(Paperback)
By: Kristin Hersh
ISBN: 9781911545613
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2024
UK Publication Date: 22nd February 2024
Publisher: Melville House UK
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Throwing Muses frontwoman and critically acclaimed solo artist Kristin Hersh meditates on the future of her craft in this wry, existential and passionate addition to Melville House UK's new series, FUTURES.
(Hardback, Main)
By: Errollyn Wallen
ISBN: 9780571370139
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2024
UK Publication Date: 2nd November 2023
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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'Singer, composer, musician . . . Renaissance Woman of contemporary music.' - Observer
(Hardback)
By: DK
ISBN: 9780241656815
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2024
UK Publication Date: 1st February 2024
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
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(Paperback, Main)
By: Professor Stephen Walsh
ISBN: 9780571330171
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
UK Publication Date: 4th April 2019
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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An accessible and thought-provoking biographical study of Claude Debussy (1862-1918), arguably one of the three or four most influential composers of the early twentieth century.
(Hardback)
By: Olivier Roubin
ISBN: 9780762479481
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2023
UK Publication Date: 6th April 2023
Publisher: Running Press,U.S.
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The newest addition to BDL's bestselling All the Songs series, which has over 400,000 copies in print, Elton John All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track celebrates the inimitable rock icon and his illustrious music careeralbum-by-album, and track-by-track.
(Hardback)
By: Trevor Courneen
ISBN: 9781956403428
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2024
UK Publication Date: 26th October 2023
Publisher: Media Lab Books
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This stunning gift book features numerous lessons, nuggets of wisdom and invaluable advice gleaned from Bruce Springsteens music and life.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Professor Alan Walker
ISBN: 9780571348565
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2021
UK Publication Date: 5th August 2021
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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A landmark biography of the Polish composer by one of the world's leading authorities on Chopin and his time.
(Hardback, Main)
By: Fiona Maddocks
ISBN: 9780571371136
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
UK Publication Date: 1st June 2023
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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The moving story of Rachmaninoff's years in exile and the composition of his last great work, against a cataclysmic backdrop of two world wars and personal tragedy.
(Paperback)
By: Prof. Bruce Johnson
ISBN: 9798765121122
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Feb 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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(Hardback, Main)
By: Van Morrison
ISBN: 9780571353897
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
UK Publication Date: 5th March 2020
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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A new volume of the timeless lyrics of Van Morrison selected by the legendary singer-songwriter himself, edited by Eamonn Hughes, with a new foreword by Paul Muldoon.
(Paperback)
By: Donovan Bixley
ISBN: 9781988516196
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Apr 2022
Publisher: Upstart Press Ltd
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In this charming and very personal tribute, artist Donovan Bixley offers a portrait of Mozart that will forever change the way he is viewed. In nearly 100 original drawings and paintings, Bixley brings Mozart to life with humour but also reflects the turmoil of the times in which he lived.
(Hardback)
By: Andrea Swensson
ISBN: 9780760386491
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2024
UK Publication Date: 20th June 2024
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
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Authoritatively written and including rare photography and memorabilia, this beautiful slipcased volume is the only illustrated gift book to examine Prince's most iconic album and film, Purple Rain.
(Hardback)
By: Paul Sexton
ISBN: 9781787391642
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2021
UK Publication Date: 30th September 2021
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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A beautifully illustrated biography of the artist and his music, told through the many items of facsimile memorabilia, documents, posters, and concert tickets that are reproduced on the page.
(Paperback)
By: Professor Aaron Corn
ISBN: 9781920899349
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jul 2009
Publisher: Sydney University Press
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In the early 1990s, the Australian band Yothu Yindi rose to national prominence with hit songs like 'Treaty' and 'DjAzAzpana' that would become part of Australia's cultural fabric.
(Paperback)
By: Eugen Banauch
ISBN: 9780719097164
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2015
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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A multi-disciplinary set of essays revolving around the routes of Bob Dylan's cultural appropriations. -- .
(Paperback, Main)
By: Judith Chernaik
ISBN: 9780571331277
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
UK Publication Date: 7th October 2021
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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A groundbreaking account of Schumann, a major composer whose music is becoming increasingly popular over the years.
(Paperback)
By: Christina Guillaumier
ISBN: 9781789149517
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
UK Publication Date: 16th September 2024
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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An absorbing, wide-ranging and incisive biography of celebrated composer Sergei Prokofiev.
(Hardback, Main)
By: Michael Downes
ISBN: 9780571371990
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2025
UK Publication Date: 7th November 2024
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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A colourful and concise telling of the fascinating story behind Richard Wagner's extraordinary masterpiece, Ring of the Nibelung.
(Hardback)
By: Terry O'Neill
ISBN: 9781802795271
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2023
UK Publication Date: 16th March 2023
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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With more than 300 photographs and including quotes from Terry collecting his personal memories of working with the band, this is a visual portait of the story of John, Paul, George, Ringo and the music they made.
(Hardback)
By: OH
ISBN: 9781800691728
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2022
UK Publication Date: 26th May 2022
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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Includes over 170 quotes drawn from Dylan's lyrics, books, poetry, interviews and articles, on everything from civil rights and protest to god and women.
(Hardback)
By: OH
ISBN: 9781800692312
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2022
UK Publication Date: 26th May 2022
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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A celebration - in facts and quotes - of Sir Elton John: his career, music and character.
(Hardback)
By: OH
ISBN: 9781800691698
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2022
UK Publication Date: 17th February 2022
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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'Just be yourself, there is no one better.' - Taylor Swift
(Paperback)
By: Alex Ross
ISBN: 9780008422943
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2022
UK Publication Date: 16th September 2021
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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An absolutely masterly work Stephen Fry
Alex Ross, renowned author of the international bestseller The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politicsan aesthetic war zone where the Western world wrestled with its capacity for beauty and violence.
(Hardback)
By: David Demsey
ISBN: 9780313278204
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 1993
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Alec Wilder was one of the few American composers to earn an international reputation in both classical and popular music. This book documents his many hundreds of musical compositions, ranging from chamber and orchestral music, to opera and ballet, theatre and film, and art and popular songs.
