The Beethoven Syndrome: Hearing Music as Autobiography (Bonds Mark Evan)(Pevná vazba)

The Beethoven Syndrome: Hearing Music as Autobiography (Bonds Mark Evan)(Pevná vazba)

The Beethoven Syndrome is the inclination of listeners to hear music as the projection of a composer's inner self. This was a radically new way of listening that emerged only after Beethoven's death. Beethoven's music was a catalyst for this change, but only in retrospect, for it was not until

MY BEETHOVEN MUSIC BOOK(Pevná vazba)

The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places (Krause Bernie)(Paperback)

A 'passionate amalgam of science and autobiography' that will leave you hearing -- and seeing -- nature as never before (New York Times Book Review). Musician and naturalist Bernie Krause is one of the world's leading experts in natural sound, and he's spent his life discovering and recording

Namedropper! - an unorthodox autobiography told through five decades of the music and entertainment business (Phipps Chris)(Pevná vazba)

An unorthodox autobiography detailing a 50 year career in the music, entertainment and film

Biographic Beethoven (Weeks Marcus)(Pevná vazba)

Most people know that Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a German composer, a musical prodigy whose Symphony No. 5 is recognizable the world over from its opening four notes. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he was almost completely deaf for nearly half his life; that his father would often

Sussex Music (Weeks Marcus)(Pevná vazba)

Beethoven, a Life (Caeyers Jan)(Pevná vazba)

The authoritative Beethoven biography, endorsed by and produced in close collaboration with the Beethoven-Haus Bonn, is timed for the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth. With unprecedented access to the archives at the Beethoven House in Bonn, renowned Beethoven conductor and scholar Jan

Signed, Sealed, and Delivered: The Soulful Journey of Stevie Wonder (Ribowsky Mark)(Pevná vazba)

The first definitive biography of music legend Stevie WonderStevie Wonder's achievements as a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer are extraordinary. During a career that has spanned almost fifty years, he has earned more than thirty Top 10 hits, twenty-six Grammy Awards, and a

I Came as a Shadow: An Autobiography (Thompson John)(Pevná vazba)

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK The long-awaited autobiography from Georgetown University's legendary coach, whose life on and off the basketball court throws America's unresolved struggle with racial justice into sharp relief John Thompson was never just a basketball coach and I Came As a Shadow is

Life as Creative Constraint: Autobiography and the Oulipo (Kemp Anna)(Pevná vazba)

Life as Creative Constraint is the first book to focus on the extraordinary life-writing of the French experimental writing group, the Oulipo. The Oulipo's enthusiasm for literary games and formal gymnastics has seen its work caricatured as 'lifeless' - impressively virtuoso but moreinterested in

Love with No Tomorrow: Tales of Romance During the Holocaust (Pierce Mindelle)(Pevná vazba)

Love at first sight. During the Holocaust. Bonds as strong as steel, forged in the flames of hate. These are extraordinary stories of love affairs during the most dangerous, degrading, and deadly conditions of genocidal persecution. The extreme lengths to which two people will go to express their

Beethoven: A Political Artist in Revolutionary Times (Kinderman William)(Pevná vazba)

We have long regarded Beethoven as a great composer, but we rarely appreciate that he was also an eminently political artist. This book unveils the role of politics in his oeuvre, elucidating how the inherently political nature of Beethoven's music explains its power and endurance. William

Black Beauty (Sewell Anna)(Pevná vazba)

Described on the title-page of the first edition as 'the autobiography of her horse, translated from the original equine', BLACK BEAUTY was Anna Sewell's only book, written when she fatally ill but determined to record her passopnate indignation at the insensitive behaviour of people towards

Zayn - The Official Autobiography (ZAYN)(Pevná vazba)

Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome: Breaking the Ties That Bind (Baker Amy J. L.)(Pevná vazba)

Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) occurs when divorcing parents use children as pawns, trying to turn the child against the other parent. This book examines the impact of PAS on adults and offers strategies and hope for dealing with the long-term

Hell Is Round the Corner - The Unique No-Holds Barred Autobiography (Tricky)(Pevná vazba)

'I was never interested in being the richest dude on the planet. My attitude was, I'm gonna turn music upside down. I'm gonna make a sound that nobody's heard before.' The autobiography of one of the most original artists to emerge from the UK in the past 30

Punk in the Gym (Pollitt Andy)(Pevná vazba)

Punk in the Gym is the autobiography of British rock climber Andy Pollitt. He is as close to a Hollywood A-lister as the climbing world will ever get. He had the looks, and he starred in all the big roles in the 1980s and 1990s alongside co-stars like Jerry Moffatt Malcolm 'HB' Matheson. For those

Volume Control - Hearing in a Deafening World (Owen David)(Pevná vazba)

The surprising science of hearing and the remarkable technologies that can help us hear better Our sense of hearing makes it easy to connect with the world and the people around us. The human system for processing sound is a biological marvel, an intricate assembly of delicate membranes, bones,

Bounty (Evanovich Janet)(Pevná vazba)

The latest thrilling adventure for the world's much-loved sleuths, Fox and O'Hare, from Janet Evanovich, the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum

Music Business Essentials: A Guide for Aspiring Professionals (Cabaniss Mark)(Pevná vazba)

Today's music business is more challenging than ever, but music's availability and the consumption of this powerful force offer unprecedented opportunities for those with the desire to succeed. Music Business Essentials: A Guide for Aspiring Professionals takes musicians and beginning business

Give Me the Now: An Autobiography (Zwirner Rudolf)(Pevná vazba)

Rudolf Zwirner, 'the man who invented the art market,' as coined in Der Spiegel, reflects on more than sixty years in the art business in his authoritative autobiography. 'Americans now see Germany as a natural breeding ground for mighty gallerists and collectors, but Rudolf Zwirner's fascinating

John Rae, Arctic Explorer - The Unfinished Autobiography (Rae John)(Pevná vazba)

John Rae is best known today as the first European to reveal the fate of the Franklin Expedition, yet the range of Rae's accomplishments is much greater. Over five expeditions, Rae mapped some 1,550 miles (1,850 kilometres) of Arctic coastline; he is undoubtedly one of the Arctic's greatest

My Autobiography (Best Rory)(Pevná vazba)

The fascinating autobiography of one of Ireland's best rugby players, Rory

Music as Message; An Introduction to Musical Semantics (Bernhardt-Kabisch Ernest)(Pevná vazba)

The book is designed as an introduction to the basic questions of musical semantics and represents the quintessence of fifty years of the author's researches into music from Beethoven to