Composers and songwriters Books

It's the era of Peace and Love. The mid-sixties. Mike, a typical college freshman attended classes and hung out in the Student Union with musicians Glen, Vince, and Dennis. He had the one thing they lacked in their quest for fame: a vehicle to haul them...

Enjoy an audio-commentary experience like no other as Grammy-award winner, Daru Jones, talks about his time drumming on some favorite hits, including Jack White's "Lazaretto", Milk's "Brain", Inventors "Closer", Neon's "I'm Gonna Go Away Now", Pack's "L...

Exile is a band with a diverse history. The group formed in 1963 looking to play small clubs in Richmond, Kentucky, but managed to top both the pop and the country charts during a ten-year span in the late 1970s and 1980s. "Kiss You All Over" was a major...

Jim Landry was in the music business, to some significant degree, from 1966 until 2012. In Part One, he’ll take you through the theory and his earliest lessons on music. In Part Two, he’ll stress his experience – instrumental...

這是一部由海外華人撰寫的西方古典音樂專著，收錄了作者多年來的筆耕成果，即20餘萬字以貝多芬為主題的文章作品，形式有詩歌、隨筆、散文和評論。內容涉及偉大作曲家貝多芬人生與事業的各個方面，從出身經歷到情感生活，從時代背景到思想意識，從作品評介到賞樂解析。全書史料翔實，信息豐富；論證嚴謹，評述精闢；情理交融，文筆優美。出自一位非學院派的貝多芬學者，本書的一大特色是個性鮮明，超脫傳統條條框框的束縛制約。基於對所書歷史人物及其作品全面深刻的理解認識，作者在一些重要專業課題及領域推出了個人獨闢蹊徑富有首創性的論點和意...

FULL COLOR VERSIONBrian Chatton has indeed rolled with rock royalty. Jimi Hendrix, Ringo Starr,Ronnie Wood, B.B. King, Joe Cocker, Keith Emerson, Paul and Linda McCartney and the list goes on. Talented, outrageous, funny, beloved. No one ever forgets the...

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Within these pages you will read of incredible strength against adversity. An inspirational story of a kid from a North Manchester housing estate who's determination to succeed in his dream of performing a tribute to his hero Elvis Presley! With plenty...

David Heavenor is a Scottish singer songwriter based in Edinburgh having written well over 100 songs to date, the majority of which are featured in this collection also featuring the writer's description of the people, events and settings for their...

Five CrownsEvery Princess loves wearing a beautiful crown. My great granddaughter who calls herself Princess London, wears her crown all the time! That's what inspired me to write this book. Crowns are awarded at pageants and different other events. All...

Packed with first-hand stories and unpolished nuggets, this book plots a path through UKHC in the '90s as it developed into an underground scene.Focusing on the people; artists, promoters, venues, record labels and fanzines, and following the evolution...

Cassandra Claude is a Miami-based vocal instructor as well as a vocal health consultant, training performers since 2005. Exclusively specializing in diverse vocal technique for optimal versatility and longevity, Cassandra works with singers to achieve a...

Beginning in 1963, a family from Utah started turning out records and within a decade became one of the top selling musical acts in history.From old-time standards to pop through country and onto Broadway, this family has tackled it all. Follow along on...

Beginning in 1963, a family from Utah started turning out records and within a decade became one of the top selling musical acts in history.From old-time standards to pop through country and onto Broadway, this family has tackled it all. Follow along on...

Originally composed in 1910 as a piano duet for Mimi and Jean Godebski, aged 6 and 7, to whom the worm was dedicated. The suite of five pieces was given its premiere in the original piano duet setting on April 20, 2010 in Paris by Jeanne Leleu and...

William Levi Dawson (1899-1990) overcame adversity and Jim Crow racism to become a nationally recognized composer, choral arranger, conductor, and professor of music. In William Levi Dawson: American Music Educator, Mark Hugh Malone tells the...

Leicester-born tenor sax man, John Barrow, is one of the journeymen of pop. In a career that spans more than thirty years he has worked, toured and recorded with world name artists that include:BOY GEORGE / CULTURE CLUB / FUN BOY THREE / IGGY POP /...

Most biographies of people in music or theatre focus on household names, people who, by talent, sheer luck, or a combination of both, have achieved stardom. David Scheel was almost one of those. Everyone who saw Scheel perform in his teens, either as an...

Adrian Le Roy and his cousin Robert Ballard founded the printing firm "Le Roy & Ballard", and in August 1551 obtained a royal privilege from Henry II to print music. In February 1553, the company was awarded the title of "imprimeur du Roi en musique". ...

From an award-winning British singer-songwriter, these are Jonathan's lyrics. Affectionately referred to as 'his brothel candles' and from a writer, you've probably never heard of, until now... Contains 'A Dyslexic Perspective On Creative Writing' as an...

Tom Salvatori: A Lifetime in Music - Sheet Music Collection - Solo Guitar. Tom Salvatori (b.1958) has been quietly composing original instrumentals for the nylon string guitar in his own self-constructed corner of the music world for over fifty years...

Das Buch ""Die T�����tigkeit Melanchthons bei den Unionsversuchen, 1539-1541"" von August Blatter, erschienen im Jahr 1899, besch�����ftigt sich mit der Rolle des bekannten Theologen Philipp Melanchthon w�����hrend der Unionsversuche in den Jahren 1539...

Il libro ""Cenni Biografici Di Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina (1895)"" scritto da Alberto Cametti fornisce una descrizione completa della vita e delle opere del compositore italiano Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Il testo si apre con una breve...

""Ecrivains Etrangers (1900)"" est un livre �����crit par De Wyzewa et Teodor. C'est une collection de portraits d'�����crivains �����trangers c�����l�����bres de l'�����poque, tels que Tolsto�����, Dosto�����evski, Goethe, Shakespeare, Dante, Cervantes,...

""A Educa����������o Nacional"" ����� um livro escrito por Jos����� Verissimo em 1890 que discute a import�����ncia da educa����������o para o desenvolvimento do Brasil como na����������o. O autor argumenta que a educa����������o ����� fundamental para a...

Das Buch ""Wandernde Melodien: Eine Musikalische Studie"" wurde im Jahr 1890 von Wilhelm Tappert verfasst. Es handelt sich um eine Studie, die sich mit der Musik und den Melodien besch�����ftigt. Der Autor untersucht die verschiedenen Arten von Melodien...

Das Buch ""Verzeichniss der Musikalien-Verlages von N. Simrock in Berlin (1881)"" von N. Simrock ist ein Verzeichnis der Musikst�����cke, die im Verlag von N. Simrock in Berlin ver������ffentlicht wurden. Das Buch wurde im Jahr 1881 ver������ffentlicht...

Storia dei Bersaglieri (1879) di Pietro Fea ����� un libro che narra la storia del Corpo dei Bersaglieri, un'unit������ militare dell'esercito italiano caratterizzata dalla loro particolare uniforme e dal loro stile di marcia veloce. Il libro inizia con...

""Reise-Briefe von Carl Maria von Weber an seine Gattin Carolina"" ist eine Sammlung von Briefen des ber�����hmten deutschen Komponisten Carl Maria von Weber an seine Ehefrau Carolina w�����hrend seiner Reisen durch Europa in den Jahren 1810 bis 1826...

""Observaciones sobre la intervenci������n que ha tenido el ex presidente de Centroam�����rica"" es un libro escrito por Alejandro Marure en 1839. En este texto, el autor analiza la intervenci������n del ex presidente de Centroam�����rica en los asuntos...

Greetings everyone,This issue will be called the Social Distancing Spring Edition ( just kidding) :)I hope all of you are safe and healthy at home and for those who may know of someone or you yourself have been exposed we pray for your good health and...

Backstage, on the bus, or in the studio, saxophonist Jon Gordon, winner of the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone competition, chats with several generations of great musicians. From Jay McShann to Renee Rosnes, Jazz Dialogues lets...

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) has been called the father of the symphony and the string quartet. A friend of Mozart and a teacher of Beethoven, "Papa" Haydn composed an amazing variety of music -- symphonies, string quartets, concerti, masses,...

Based on lengthy interviews with Ellington's bandmates, family and friends, Duke Ellington and His World offers a fresh look at this legendary composer, tracing his life and career in terms of the social, cultural, political and economic realities of his...

This is a complete biography of this seminal singer/pianist who has been active on the American music scene since the mid-'50s. Originally published in 1995 by Penguin Books, and universally hailed as the definitive biography, this new edition will...

"I'm not a working musician," the legendary Canadian jazz guitarist Sonny Greenwich once declared. "When I decide to play, I play to awake people spiritually. That's the only reason."For that, and for his stirring, distinctively linear style, he was...