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Absolutely on Music - Conversations

The Lyrics - 1956 to the Present

How Music Works

How Music Works is David Byrne's bestselling, buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lifetime thinking about. Drawing on his own...

R. Crumb Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country

For over three decades R. Crumb has shocked, entertained, titillated and challenged the imaginations (and the inhibitions) of comics fans...

The Little Book of Taylor Swift - Words to Shake It Off

The Musical Human - A History of Life on Earth – A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'

A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK<BR><BR>'Full of delightful nuggets' Guardian online<BR><BR>'Entertaining, informative ...

The Penguin Jazz Guide - The History of the Music in the 1000 Best Albums

Richard Cook and Brian Morton's Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in 1001 Best Albums is an indispensible guide to the recordi...

Queen: All the Songs - The Story Behind Every Track

The Vertigo Swirl Label - Worldwide Discography & Price Guide

THE VERTIGO SWIRL LABEL. Worldwide Discography & Price Guide.updated and expanded 2nd edition.320 pages of essential VERTIGO SWIRL LABEL ...

Holding the Note - Writing On Music

Essays on Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Leonard Cohen, Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, Patti Smith<BR>&l...

Don't Eat the Yellow Snow - Advice by musicians

When times are particularly difficult, and you are likely to slip into despair, some of the greatest pop songs about love can provide tru...

Prince and the Parade and Sign O' The Times Era Studio Sessions - 1985 and 1986

"[W]ill command the rapt attention of casual fans and scholars alike." Booklist, Starred Review • This 2nd book in the Prince Studio...

A Little Bit of Sabrina Carpenter - An Unofficial Celebration of a Global Pop Sensation

Calling all Carpenters! This pocket-sized companion is a tribute to the viral pop star Sabrina Carpenter.<BR><BR> With her ca...

Cosmic Price Guide - to original Krautrock records

An A-Z guide to rare and collectable KRAUTROCK records.448 pages of essential KRAUTROCK collecting data covering label numbers, current M...

How To Make It in the New Music Business - Practical Tips on Building a Loyal Following and Making a Living as a Musician

When How to Make It in the New Music Business hit shelves in 2016, it instantly became the go-to resource for musicians eager to make a l...

The Little Book of Eurovision - The glitz, the hits, and the Russian grannies

Everything you want to know about the fabulousness that is Eurovision!The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the world's longest running T...

Hip-Hop Is History

A must-read for old-school hip-hop heads and burgeoning fans alike<BR>Time<BR><BR>'Hip Hip is not History, it's Our sto...

Music - The Definitive Visual History

A complete and harmonious history of music, from prehistory to the present day!<BR><BR>Have you ever wondered how blues influ...

The Complete Classical Music Guide

Wagnerism - Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music

'An absolutely masterly work' Stephen FryAlex Ross, renowned author of the international bestseller The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richar...

Neue Deutsche Welle

Down with the System - The highly-awaited memoir from the System Of A Down legend

Music Is History

Questlove, the five-time Grammy Award winner and visionary drummer of The Roots, takes readers on a decade-by-decade journey from 1971 to...

A History of the World in 50 Pieces - The Classical Music That Shapes Us

Dust & Grooves - Adventures in Record Collecting

All the Songs - The Story Behind Every Beatles Release

Un poquito cantas - Folksongs from Around the World for three-part choir (Soprano, Alto, Baritone)

Shooting Star - The Definitive Story of Elliott Smith

A Resident Book of the Year 'A masterpiece. Beautiful, tragic and immaculately researched.' - Matt Everett 'Elliott was one of the best s...

Wind of Change - The Scorpions Story

No question Scorpions, Germany's loudest and proudest rock band ever, have been one of that country's most successful musical exports. Wi...

Everything We Do is Music - How 20th-Century Classical Music Shaped Pop

A panoramic exploration of the ways in which pop and rock were transformed by the pioneering visionaries of classical music.

SHE BOP: The Definitive History of Women in Popular Music - Revised and Updated 25th Anniversary Edition. Englische Originalausgabe/Original English Edition.

"It will make you want to form a band, it will make you angry, it will make you laugh, and it will educate you." - Gina BirchDrawing on m...

Women's Agency in Schubert's Vienna

It is one of the fundamental questions of cultural history and one of the still remaining desiderata of research to ask about the scope f...

The Apples in Stereo

Without the Apples in Stereo, there would be no Elephant 6. Without Robert Schneider, there would be no Neutral Milk Hotel. In author Jos...

Love and Let Die - Bond, the Beatles and the British Psyche

Music by the Numbers - From Pythagoras to Schoenberg

Times & Sounds - Germany's Journey from Jazz and Pop to Krautrock and Beyond

This book is a journey - a ride through the depths of Germany's modern musical roots:At the beginning of the 1970s, experimental and prog...

Hymns II

Over 200 hymns (arranged by topic with four-part harmony and guitar chords) are included in this work. Edited by Paul Beckwith, Hughes M....

Legends of Jazz

Their Generation - The Who In America 1967-69

20th Century Ambient

Rebel Musix, Scribe on a Vibe - Frontline Adventures Linking Punk, Reggae, Afrobeat and Jazz

'Essential reading: the making of history as it was happening. Vivien was there' JARVIS COCKER<BR><BR>Vivien Goldman was the ...

Piano Works Vol. 1 / Klavierwerke

**Sheet Music Publication of the Year Finalist at the Presto Music Awards 2025** Cécile Chaminade was a world-renowned composer and piani...

The Classical Music Book - Big Ideas Simply Explained

Learn about the world's greatest classical compositions and musical traditions in The Classical Music Book.<BR><BR>Part of th...

Grateful Dead's 100 Essential Songs - The Music Never Stops

The Grateful Dead’s 100 Essential Songs examines the band’s remarkable musical legacy, delving into 100 songs (plus a few ext...

Teddy Boys - Post-War Britain and the First Youth Revolution

'Enormously enjoyable' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times<BR><BR>Excellent ... illuminates a fascinating and still under-explore...

The Little Guide to Harry Styles - The New King of Pop

The world's biggest star squeezed down to a miniature pocket-size.<BR><BR>Harry Styles is the hero we all deserve right now. ...

Krautrock Eruption - An alternative history of German underground in the 60s and 70s

Das Krautrock-Buch von Wolfgang Seidel in englischer Übersetzung Mit 'Wir müssen hier raus!' hat Wolfgang Seidel, Gründungsmitglied der T...

Opera - The Definitive Illustrated Story

Experience the passion and drama of the world's greatest operas with this sumptuously illustrated visual guide.<BR><BR>Immers...

Meisterwerke am Klavier

Mendelssohn: Masterpieces for Piano brings together original piano works by Felix Mendelssohn, suitable for intermediate to advanced leve...

Reading Opera

"Libretto-bashing has a distinguished tradition in the blood sport of opera," writes Arthur Groos in the introduction to this broad surve...

Sun Records - An Oral History

The tiny Sun studio at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, may not have looked like much from the outside, but inside musical miracle...

Chamber Music for Four Violoncellos, Volume 3

(EMB). This volume includes three pieces: "Quartettino" by Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805), "Gavotte in Old Style" by Edvard Grieg (1843-190...

English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, Vol 2

First published in 1932, Cecil Sharp's English Folk-Songs from the Southern Appalachians contains 274 songs -- ballads, songs, hymns, nur...

AC/DC - For Those About to Rock. Autorisierte englische Originalausgabe

AC/DC: Der Bildband zum 50jährigen Band-Jubiläum - ab Mai 2024 ist die Band auf Europa-Tournee mit legendären Songs wie "Highway to Hell"...

Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

From Boulanger to Stockhausen - Interviews and a Memoir

First English-language publication of fascinating interviews with world-renowned musicians: composers (György Ligeti), conductors (Claudi...

The Lost Music of the Holocaust - Bringing the music of the camps to the ears of the world at last

Scores sewn into coat linings, instruments hidden in suitcases, sheet music stashed among dirty laundry, concertos written on discarded f...

Positioning Creativity in Ethnomusicology - Study and Practice

The chapters tie anti-colonial advocacy to the creation of spaces where creativity can flourish, show how creative applied ethnomusicolog...

Musicals - The Definitive Illustrated Story

Come along backstage and peek inside the spectacular and sometimes scandalous world of musical theatre.<BR><BR>See the world'...

Document and Eyewitness - An Intimate History of Rough Trade

UPDATED WITH NEW MATERIAL FOR 2026<BR><BR>'An essential purchase . . . Taylor's book is a joy' INDEPENDENT<BR><BR&gt...