Singen, Musizieren

The definitive account of one of rock ’n‘ roll’s most engagingly shambolic acts as well as an evocative portrait of the times in which they raised hell and recorded some timeless tracks, now updated …

A pioneering study of how American composer Aaron Copland helped shape the sound of the Hollywood film industry and introduced the moviegoing public to modern musical styles. One of the most influent …

Well before she married Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann was already an internationally renowned pianist, and she concertized extensively for several decades after her husband’s death. Despite be …

The first biography of the composer Gérard Grisey shows how the artist’s sensuality and rigor came together to form the musical genre known as spectralism. The French composer Gérard Grisey (1946-98) …

The unexpected death of George Michael on Christmas Day, 2016 brought to a close the life of one of the UK’s most loved pop icons. Careless Whispers is the gripping story of this musical legend – A r …

Arnold Schoenberg and Thomas Mann, two towering figures of twentieth-century music and literature, both found refuge in the German-exile community in Los Angeles during the Nazi era. This complete ed …

Eric ‚Boots‘ Greene is a professional drummer who has played for artists such as Pharrell Williams, Jay-Z, P-Diddy, Snoop Dogg, Common, Jill Scott, and more!!! He has written this book to show the re …

The book consists of three parts. The first is the background story providing a detailed context surrounding the writing of the works. It also gives details of methodology and the origins of each wor …

Read & Burn is the first serious, in-depth appraisal of one of the most influential British bands to emerge during the punk era. If Wire were briefly a punk band, however, it was largely by historica …

An unflinching account of rapper Marshall Mathers’ rise to fame from his native Detroit to worldwide superstardom and on to his latest globally chart-topping album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de G …