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Some of the worlds best-loved songs have had remarkable origins. In a book full of surprises and curiosities, Max Cryer reveals stories from all around the world, and from artists as diverse as Marlene Dietrich, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland and Elton John. This truly fascinating book makes enthralling reading.

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(Hardback)

(Paperback)

Minimalism is arguably the most popular style of concert music that the late twentieth century has produced. The movement is surveyed here from its beginnings, through a study of its principal American exponents and on to the 'post-minimalism' of John Adams, Michael Nyman, Louis Andriessen and Arvo Part.

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Now in paperback, the definitive visual history of Motown, the Detroit-based record company that became a music powerhouse.

(Hardback)

Music Is History combines Questlove's deep musical expertise with his curiosity about history, examining America over the past fifty years.

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'A brilliant series of pocket-sized books focussing on a classic album. Each one a work of real love.' NME

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The first ever oral-history of Krautrock, the sound that changed modern music.

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A beautifully produced collection of illustrations by Reinhard Kleist, capturing Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' thirty-year career

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Psychedelia is the most colourful, detailed and authoritative guide to these albums ever published. One hundred of them are evaluated here, using contemporary reviews, rare photographs and interviews, accompanied by a plethora of iconic images and reproductions of cover artwork.

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(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Contains three companion sets of trading cards - Heroes of the Blues, Early Jazz Greats, and Pioneers of Country Music - in book form. This work provides the biography of each musician, along with a full colour original illustration.

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Richard Wagner is one of the influential and also the polarizing composers in the history of music. Over the course of his long career, he produced a stream of spellbinding works that challenged musical convention through their experimentation, paving the way for modernism. This title offers an overview of Wagners life, work and times.

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This companion volume to the librettos offers essays, surveys and summaries. In this treasury of information, topics discussed range from the genesis and literary sources of the Ring to its performance history.

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Each libretto volume offers scene-by-scene synopses, introductions to all the new leitmotifs of that scene, a bibliography and selective discography. The translation runs side-by-side with the German text, the margins identifying the motifs and offering a running commentary on the action.

(Paperback)

Each libretto volume offers scene-by-scene synopses, introductions to all the new leitmotifs of that scene, a bibliography and selective discography. The translation runs side-by-side with the German text, the margins identifying the motifs and offering a running commentary on the action.

(Paperback)

Each libretto volume offers scene-by-scene synopses, introductions to all the new leitmotifs of that scene, a bibliography and selective discography. The translation runs side-by-side with the German text, the margins identifying the motifs and offering a running commentary on the action.

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A comprehensive, revealing biography of the versatile Russian composer and pianist.

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"Daydream Nation" is the kind of gorgeous monstrosity that can crush the will of the most resilient, well-intentioned listener if the necessary preparations haven't been made. This book explores the album from a range of angles, with input from the band members themselves.

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The album that Brian Wilson created in an attempt to outdo the Beatles' Rubber Soul album. Worshipped by music lovers for its harmonies it is also regarded as an early demonstration of how to use the recording studio as an instrument. Brian Wilson has recently been touring the album again, playing it to thousands of devoted fans.

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(Paperback)