Mark Berry & Nicholas Vazsonyi 
Cambridge Companion to Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen [PDF ebook] 

Eric Coates (1886-1957) is perhaps the most familiar name associated with British light music. Sir Charles Groves said that ”his music crackled with enthusiasm and vitality. He could write tunes and …

Whose Music? combines historical, musicological, and sociological materials and styles of analysis in ways that connect to the field of sociology. The analyses of social class systems presented here …

Unlike previous anthologizing examinations of women and musical composition, this book concentrates on the reasons why there have been, and continue to be, so few women composers. Jill Halstead focus …

The treatise on musica plana and musica mensurabilis written by Lambertus/Aristoteles is our main witness to thirteenth-century musical thought in the decades between the treatises of Johannes de Gar …

The Beatles are widely regarded as the foremost and most influential music band in history and their career has been the subject of many biographies. Yet the band”s historical significance has not r …

Meet the most musically gifted family in the world ‘I was entranced… Beautifully written and hugely enjoyable.’ Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other Seven brothers and sisters. All of …

Jazz Guitar Styles is an instruction book designed for the guitarist who already knows the fundamentals but wishes to explore the ’classic’ style of swing-era guitar. It offers a clear, concise intro …

Bob Marley was the undisputed sovereign of reggae music and the revolutionary soul-prophet whose music had – and continues to have – a massive impact on people of throughout the world. "Catch A …

This book will usher you through the music maze and answer all those troublesome frequently asked questions such as how do I get a record deal, what sort of guitar is right for me…? What does a sta …