Gerald Finzi: His Life and Music (McVeagh Diana)(Paperback)

Gerald Finzi: His Life and Music (McVeagh Diana)(Paperback)

The Finzi that emerges from this critically-acclaimed biography is a multi-faceted and complex character. The author shows how he developed from a solitary, introverted youth into a man with strong views and a myriad of interests: everything from education, pacifism, vegetarianism, to the Arts and

Elgar the Music Maker (McVeagh Diana)(Pevná vazba)

The new Diana McVeagh book on Elgar is first-rate, wrote Gerald Finzi of her earlier study of the composer, published in 1955. In the completely new Elgar the Music Maker she harvests five decades of thoughts about his music, scrutinizing the biographical details that have since been discovered and

Gerald Finzi's Letters, 1915-1956 (McVeagh Diana)(Pevná vazba)

A fully annotated edition of more than 1600 letters from and to Gerald Finzi, spanning the composer's life from ca. the early 1920s up until his untimely death in 1956. WINNER of the 2022 C.B. Oldman prize, by the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres

On Bowie (Sheffield Rob)(Paperback / softback)

A love letter to David Bowie, and a celebration of his life and his music from a lifelong fan and Rolling Stone magazine

Long Drawn Out Trip: A Memoir (Scarfe Gerald)(Paperback)

The legendary cartoonist and designer tells his life story for the first

John Coltrane: His Life and Music (Porter Lewis)(Paperback)

John Coltrane was a key figure in jazz, a pioneer in world music, and an intensely emotional force whose following continues to grow. This new biography, the first by a professional jazz scholar and performer, presents a huge amount of never-before-published material, including interviews with

My Family and Other Animals (Durrell Gerald)(Paperback / softback)

Ten-year-old Gerald doesn't know why his older brothers and sisterscomplain so much. With snakes in the bath and scorpions on thelunch table, the family home on the Greek island of Corfu is a bitlike a zoo so they should feel right at home... Gerald joyfullypursues his interest in natural history

Korngold and His World (Goldmark Daniel)(Paperback)

A brand-new look at the life and music of renowned composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) was the last compositional prodigy to emerge from the Austro-German tradition of Mozart and Mendelssohn. He was lauded in his youth by everyone from Mahler to Puccini and his

Long Drawn Out Trip - A Memoir (Scarfe Gerald)(Pevná vazba)

The legendary cartoonist and designer tells his life story for the first

Dogsbody (Jones Diana Wynne)(Paperback / softback)

A powerful being fights for his life within the body of a humble, earthbound

Walk Tall: The Music and Life of Julian Cannonball Adderley (Ginell Cary)(Paperback)

WALK TALL: THE MUSIC & LIFE OF JULIAN CANNONBALL

Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music (Horne Gerald)(Paperback)

A galvanizing history of how jazz and jazz musicians flourished despite rampant cultural exploitation The music we call 'jazz' arose in late nineteenth century North America--most likely in New Orleans--based on the musical traditions of Africans, newly freed from slavery. Grounded in the music

Quincy Jones: His Life in Music (Henry Clarence Bernard)(Paperback)

Quincy Jones (b. 1933) is one of the most prolific composers, arrangers, bandleaders, producers, and humanitarians in American music history and the recording and film industries. Among pop music fans he is perhaps most famous for producing Michael Jackson's album, Thriller. Clarence Bernard Henry

Music Love Drugs War (Quigley Geraldine)(Paperback)

'A clever multiple-narrative account of teenage kicks and sectarian strife in early 80s Northern Ireland . . . this debut marks out Quigley as a writer of compassion and humour' GuardianThe end of the school year is approaching, and siblings Paddy and Liz McLaughlin, Christy Meehan, Kevin Thompson

Getting High: The Adventures of Oasis (Hewitt Paolo)(Paperback)

Between 1994 and 1996, music writer Paolo Hewitt spent the greater part of his life on the road with Oasis, in the U.K., Europe and America. He came back with tales that would cement the legend of the brawling, effing, hedonistic, charismatic, confessional and extraordinarily talented Gallagher

The Dead World of Lanthorne Ghules (Killingworth Gerald)(Paperback)

What starts as a little sibling rivalry escalates to a life-or-death threat. Can Edwin save his baby sister from the terrible dangers of the Dead World? Edwin really doesn't want to be a big brother. Forced to move house, start a new school and make way for this unwelcome interloper in his parents'

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Munoz Isabel)(Pevná vazba)

Meet composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and learn about his life and music in this engagingly illustrated biography. Wolfgang Amadeus rose to fame as a child genius who wrote his first piece at the age of five, spent a lifetime making music for archbishops and emperors, and created countless

Pel His Life and Times (Harris Harry)(Paperback)

Krishnamacharya: His Life and Teachings (Mohan A. G.)(Paperback)

The Music of Life (Revised) (Khan Inayat)(Paperback)

A transcendent exploration of the nature and effects of sound by the Sufi master. The Music of Life is the definitive collection of Hazrat Inayat Khan's teachings on sound, presenting the Sufi master's vision of the harmony that underlies and infuses every aspect of our lives. Inayat Khan explores

Face the Music: A Life Exposed (Stanley Paul)(Paperback)

NEW YORK TIMES and INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERIn Face the Music, Paul Stanley--the co-founder and famous 'Starchild' frontman of KISS--reveals for the first time the incredible highs and equally incredible lows in his life both inside and outside the band. Face the Music is the shocking, funny, smart,

Julian Grenfell - His Life and the Times of His Death, 1888-1915(Paperback / softback)

Hot Water Music (Bukowski Charles)(Paperback)

With his characteristic raw and minimalist style, Charles Bukowski takes us on a walk through his side of town in Hot Water Music. He gives us little vignettes of depravity and lasciviousness, bite sized pieces of what is both beautiful and grotesque.The stories in Hot Water Music dash around the

Elvis Speaks: Thoughts on Fame, Family, Music, and More in His Own Words (McKeon Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Elvis Presley spoke to a whole generation of people through his music. Whether it was a ballad, a gospel hymn, or pure rock'n'roll, when he sang, people listened. However, there was more to Elvis than his music and movies. Throughout his career he was questioned by mobs of adoring fans and