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A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Stranger Than Kindness is a journey in images and words into the creative world of musician, storyteller and cultural icon Nick Cave. This highly collectable book invites th …

A new and fascinating biography of the most outstanding composers in musical history, setting Debussy’s musical revolution in the context of his times. Lavishly illustrated throughout with artefacts, …

Hungarian composer and musician Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967) is best known for his pedagogical system, the Kodály Method, which has been influential in the development of music education around the worl …

The definitive history of the acid house explosion and its reverberations across popular culture,  Adventures In Wonderland has been out of print for more than 20 years. This new edition ha …

Experience the extraordinary career of “The Boss” with this richly illustrated package featuring two gatefolds, exclusive pullout poster, 8′ × 10′ glossy, and a sturdy slipcase. Twenty-time Grammy wi …

James Penberthy; Australian Composer, Conductor, educator and champion of Australian Arts. The autobiography moves through early education and war years, to an emerging fascination with the ballet, o …

“We’ve sort of flirted with greatness, ” R.E.M.’s Peter Buck admitted. “But we’ve yet to make a record as good as Big Star’s Third.” Although Big Star were together for less than four years and had l …

Stravinsky in the Americas explores the “pre-Craft” period of Igor Stravinsky’s life, from when he first landed on American shores in 1925 to the end of World War II in 1945. Through a rich archival …

Widor’s pedagogical writings, translated for the first time, offer essential guidance for interpreting his organ compositions as well as those of his followers in the French Romantic organ school. Re …

On the back cover of one of his most groundbreaking solo albums, . . . Nothing like the Sun of 1987, Sting (Gordon Matthew Sumner, b. 1951 in Wallsend, UK) somberly stands close to a statue of Mary, …