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'The perfect short introduction to Elgar.' - Spectator

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Joni Mitchell, Elvis Costello, and the Torch Song Tradition combines biographical material, artist commentary, critical interpretation, and selected exemplars of the writers' work to reveal the power of authorship and the creative drive necessary to negotiate an artistic vision in the complicated mechanisms of the commercial music industry.

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The King of Nashville, Tony Brown, offers a rare photographic journey through his 40-year career--including historical pictures and contemporary portraits of rock, country, and gospel music legends--in which he produced hundreds of #1 country music songs that are beloved by millions.

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This close-up look at the life and music of Robert Johnson and his contributions to the evolution of blues music describes his obscurity during his own life, his innovative influence on American popular music, and how the history of blues music was shaped and transformed by white fans with different tastes and standards.

(Paperback, Main)

A highly approachable and readable guide to Benjamin Britten and his music for the high-profile centenary year.

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Ethnomusicologizing contains writings on contemporary music and culture studies. In this work, Banfield instructs readers in the ways by which we may better appreciate and understand creative artistry and process, and their relation to history and its meaning.

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English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original.

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Newly discovered recordings of a music legend in his own remarkable words: punk, Buzzcocks and the inspiration behind some of greatest songs ever written.

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In this book, Kenneth LaFave guides readers past Bernsteins famously tortured personal problems and into the clarity and balance of his Serenade after Platos Symposium for Violin and Orchestra, the intense drama of his music for On the Waterfront, the existential cosmography of his three symphonies, and his vibrant works for the musical stage.

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In Experiencing Mozart: A Listeners Companion, music historian David Schroeder illustrates through the great composers music how the issues he cared about so deeply in his time remain as pressing to modern listeners.

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(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

This volume spans more than 500 remarkable records and is a journey into vinyl's extraordinary history. From rare and colorful editions, bold shapes, and bootleg X-ray vinyl of the USSR to daring designs that fashioned the identities of era-defining records and artists, this collection celebrates vinyl's artistic potential as a material form.

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25 Years of Fabric uses oral history and images to tell the story of the people, the music and the vision behind the legendary club

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Factory Records' fame and fortune were based on two bands - Joy Division and New Order - and one personality - that of its director, Tony Wilson.

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The no-holds-barred group autobiography of the critically-acclaimed feminist punk-rock group, The Lunachicks

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English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original.

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35 concerts. 17,000 motorcycle miles. Three months. One lifetime. Now in paperback.

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Trapped in a dead-end job and torn by her lovers departure, free-spirited Catrina and her friend Andrew decide to get an old van and busk their way from Norway to Portugal, via Nordkapp, the land of the Midnight Sun. Along the way, Catrina learns the true meaning of love and courage and, above all else, the importance of following her dreams.

(Paperback)

English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original.