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Masterly conductor's guide to classical music for anyone seeking to love and understand it

(Hardback)

In this current work, Foretastes of Heavenly Music: Johann Mattheson and Christoph Raupach on Music in Time and Eternity, Irwin provides translations and commentary for two eighteenth-century texts that illuminate the musico-theological foundation underlying the work of Lutheran composers such as Bach and Telemann.

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(Paperback)

Have you ever been carried away by a piece of classical music In this funny, evocative, personal book, previously published as Music for the People: The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Classical Music, Gareth takes us on a journey of musical discovery that explains and entertains in equal measure.

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George is the story of two extraordinary lives the private man and the public legend.

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Build your understanding and appreciation of some of the greatest music in the world

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A history of Riot Grrrl, a group of extraordinary young women coming of age angrily, collectively, and publicly. It tells the story of a time when America thought feminism was dead, and feminism seemed to buy into the slacker myths of Generation X, but a generation of noisy girls rose up to prove everybody wrong.

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(Hardback)

This book presents a rich and intimate perspective of the National Symphony Orchestra as it evolved in prominence and international expanse over the last 50 years. Hundreds of stunning photographs and personal stories from NSO musicians bring to life the tenure of seven NSO conductors, major guest artists, and members themselves.

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The incredible story of The Beach Boys from founding member Mike Love

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Goodbye, Guns N' Roses transports the reader into a mind-altering trip through the colors, scandals, nihilism, and mythology that make Guns N' Roses so much more than another "hair metal" band.

(Spiral bound)

For voice and piano, with guitar chord symbols; includes guitar instructional tips.

(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.

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Drawing on extensive interviews with fans, colleagues and associates, this work details the fall and rise of a rock superstar. It is the biography of legendary rock alien David Bowie that focusses in detail on the star's comeback - and includes the Bowie discography.

(Hardback, Main)

An exceptional and rare insight into one of the greatest living composers.

(Paperback, Revised)

Portion of edition statement from p. ix.

(Paperback, New edition)

Julian Copes highly acclaimed autobiography and its long-awaited sequel in one extraordinary volume.

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A celebration of music from Armando Iannucci - creator of Alan Partridge, The Thick of It and Veep.

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Exclusive, behind-the-scenes revelations in this study of Heart's hit-making process. Includes exclusive interviews and is a must-have for any Heart fan.

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A fascinating investigation into what defines 'heavy' in music and how heaviness transfuses culture.

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Seven years in the making, this is the complete account of the career, music and legacy of Jimi Hendrix, based entirely on first-person recollections and new, exclusive photographs and documents.

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Through the eyes of two award-winning musicians who travelled along its rural routes, an engaging exploration of the 1970s hillbilly chitlin' circuit that ran from shaded pockets of Appalachia to Nashville's doorstep, unexpectedly sparking country music's big boom in the 1980s before morphing into modern Americana.

An insightful new resource that looks at the rise of American hip hop as a series of distinct regional events, with essays covering the growth of hip hop culture in specific cities across the nation.

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Nixon in China and The Death of Klinghoffer played a crucial role in bringing opera back to life as a contemporary art form. This is a story, at once heroic, comic, and unnerving, of men and women making history and of their different conceptions of what history is and what it means to makes it.