Louise Farrenc: Nonet for Winds and Strings
As well as being a virtuoso pianist, Louise Farrenc became the first woman to hold a permanent position as Professor at the Paris Conservatoire while continuing to compose symphonic and chamber music. This handbook introduces readers to Farrenc and her contemporaries with a focus on professional women musicians in nineteenth-century Paris. Farrenc's music was much admired by her contemporaries including Robert Schumann and Hector Berlioz, The acclaimed Nonet (1849) incorporated playful dialogue within the ensemble, virtuosic display, and an artful balance of newer and older compositional methods, garnering critical and artistic success and official recognition for the composer. Its performance history shows how musicians managed the logistics of professional life: forming and sustaining relationships, organizing concerts and tours, and promoting their work in the musical press. The book's nuanced analytical approach and historical insights will allow students, performers and listeners a fresh appreciation of Farrenc's work.
The Pocket Kendrick Lamar
Dive into the world of Kendrick Lamar, and celebrate the artist's rise from Compton rapper to hip-hop royalty.This book is your backstage pass to everything K-Dot - tracing Kendrick Lamar's Californian roots through his hip-hop rise, to that unforgettable 2025 Super Bowl halftime performance. Known for his sharp lyrics and deep storytelling, and with critically acclaimed albums and a powerful stage presence, Kendrick has revolutionized modern rap music. The Pocket Kendrick Lamar covers his diverse musical influences - from Tupac to jazz, and the albums that changed the game. Learn the stories behind his fire lyrics, as he tackles issues of race, identity and social justice. And (of course) get the low-down on his beef with Drake - a rap feud over authenticity, lyrical prowess and dominance in hip-hop. Perfect for die-hard fans and cultural enthusiasts alike, this book is a must-have for anyone who wants to know how Kendrick became rapper royalty. Gemini Pockets From little guides to soothe your soul to all-access passes to the lives of pop icons, and from quizzes and puzzles for literature lovers to books on food, nature, fashion and more, Gemini Pockets are the perfect fit for your life and interests.
Tom Petty
Experience the extraordinary career of beloved rocker Tom Petty with this richly illustrated slipcase edition. Twenty-eight Billboard Top-10 singles, induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and a string of best-selling studio albums...nearly a decade after his passing, Tom Petty remains one of rock's most beloved figures. In Tom Petty: The Life & Music, veteran rock journalist Gillian G. Gaar reveals this rock icon through 75 career releases, performances, and accolades. This luxuriously produced collectible edition features: A slipcased hardcover formatStunning concert and candid offstage photographyImages of memorabilia, including gig posters, vinyl record sleeves, ticket stubs, period ads, and moreThrough the decades, Gaar covers it all: Petty's childhood in Florida and early band, MudcrutchAll 13 studio albums, including those with The Heartbreakers and as a solo artist such as the breakouts Damn the Torpedoes and WildflowersA selection of his greatest singles, like the rock standards "Don't Do Me Like That" and "Free Fallin'"Relationships with notable rock figures such as Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Johnny Cash, and Stevie NicksLegendary gigs, from his first SNL appearance to his 2004 performance with Prince and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and his Super Bowl halftime performanceand much moreBeginning with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' 1976 self-titled debut LP and continuing right through the band's final release, Hypnotic Eye in 2014, Tom Petty is one of the most beloved performers and musicians in rock 'n' roll history, influencing countless acts for decades. This book is your unprecedented retrospective of Petty's life and art, from teenage Florida rock 'n' roll enthusiast to international star and celebrity.
Keep Your Ear to the Ground
The first history of the fanzines that emerged from Washington, DC's highly influential punk communityDIY culture has always been at the heart of DC's thriving punk community. As Washington, DC's punk scene emerged in the mid-1970s, so did the periodicals--"fanzines"--that celebrated it. Before the rise of the internet, fanzines were a potent way for fans to communicate and to revel in the joy of fandom. These zines were more than just publications; they were a distillation of punk's allure, connecting the city to the broader punk community. Fanzines remain a meaningful, tactile, creative medium for punk fans to connect with like-minded people outside the corporate-controlled world.In Keep Your Ear to the Ground, the archivist and musician John R. Davis unveils the development of punk fanzines and their role in supporting DC's hardcore and punk scene from the 1970s into the twenty-first century. He sheds new light on DC's scene and highlights some of its key personalities, including many who are often left out of punk history, with high-quality images of rare zines and insights from numerous interviews with zine creators and musicians. This book vividly weaves together the origin of zines and their importance in underground communities.For punk enthusiasts, zine creators, American studies scholars, and anyone who has ever felt like an outsider, Keep Your Ear to the Ground traces how the unique environment of Washington, DC, helped zines thrive.
Taylor Swift
Illustrated throughout with stunning images, this glossy, fully-illustrated biography tells the story of Taylor Swift's life and music. The definitive biography of a global music icon Includes coverage of the Tortured Poets Department and the Eras Tour, as well as visuals from Taylor Swift's most recent 'Childless Cat Lady' photoshoot Taylor Swift's rise to mega stardom is the story of the century. Charming fans straight out the gate as a teen country music sensation, Swift has gone on to dominate the music industry as a pop titan. She is the first woman to have four albums in the Billboard chart's Top Ten at the same time, is the recipient of fourteen Grammys and forty American Music Awards, and her recent Eras tour broke records to become the highest-grossing tour in history. A treasured celebrity who has triumphed in the face of haters and intrusive tabloid coverage, Taylor Swift uses her personal life as inspiration for her songwriting, delivering hit after hit, and selling out stadiums the world over. Her music continues to engage, evolve and encapsulate the hearts of fans all over the world. Taylor's story is one of love and poetry.
Queens of Disco
A joyful, vibrant look at the evolution of disco music - told through the stories of ten female pioneers.From leading vocalists such as Gloria Gaynor, Donna Summer and The Pointer Sisters, who helped popularize disco music in the late seventies, to modern-day disco divas including Madonna and Kylie Minogue, Queens of Disco is an electrifying must-read for dance music enthusiasts.This joyful book explores disco's emergence in the underground club scene and unpicks its influence on DJ culture and legacy in defining electronic dance music such as hip-hop, house and new-wave. Featuring complementary playlists alongside detailed profiles of ten female trailblazers and fully illustrated throughout.Queens of... seriesPacked with iconic images, cultural history and playlists, The Queens of... series is a celebration of influential music genres and the female pioneers that defined them.
Poetics of Music in the Form of Six Lessons
Timeless lessons on the pleasures of listening, the dilemmas of composition, and the meaning of artistic freedom from a founder of musical modernism. In October 1939, Igor Stravinsky took the stage at Harvard not as a conductor but as a speaker. Invited to deliver the prestigious Norton Lectures, he had departed Europe just days after the outbreak of war, leaving behind not only a growing political maelstrom but also his life in France, where his wife, eldest daughter, and mother all had died in the previous year. Poetics of Music offers a snapshot of this pivotal moment in the composer's biography and career. Delivered at the height of his neoclassical period, which blended the sculptural precision of classicism with distinctively twentieth-century cadences, Stravinsky's lectures explore both the creative potential and the constraints of tradition. Though he achieved artistic immortality as a genre-defying experimentalist who scandalized audiences in Belle ?poque Paris, the Stravinsky we find here is more circumspect, defending the dignity of formal conventions against the more anarchic currents of modernist experimentation. Tradition, he argues, is not a relic of a bygone past but a living force that animates the present. And true artistic freedom emerges not only in moments of revolutionary inspiration but also through strict deference to the formal requirements of the work. Like his compositions, Stravinsky's lectures are ambitious and at times bombastic, punctuated by wit and polemic. Ranging widely from the phenomenology of rhythm to the fate of high culture in the Soviet Union, he invites us to reflect on what it is in music that compels us, whether we are hearing one of his polytonal works or a simple birdsong.
George Harrison
As a Beatle, Harrison underwent a bewilderingly compressed early adulthood, buffeted by unprecedented levels of fame and success. After Beatlemania left him unsettled and unfulfilled, his became a quest for deeper meaning which travelled far beyond the parameters of his former band and indeed music itself.This elegant, in-depth biography tracks him assiduously through his many changes and conflicts, from schoolboy guitarist to global superstar, God seeker to independent film-maker, Formula One enthusiast to UNICEF Fundraiser, and marks the perennial struggle of a man attempting to walk a spiritual path lined with temptation.Drawing on scores of interviews with close friends and collaborators, rigorous research and critical insight, George Harrison: Behind The Locked Door is an intimate character study, illustrating the eternal yin and yang of Harrison's nature; the definitive account of a compelling, contradictory life.Graeme Thomson has written widely on music regularly contributing to TheGuardian, Uncut, the Herald and The Arts Desk and is the author of several books. His book Under the Ivy: The Life & Music of Kate Bush was described by The Irish Times as "the best music biography in perhaps the past decade" and by Mojo as "superb".
Living in the Present with John Prine
In the spring of 2018, Tom Piazza climbed into a 1977 Coupe DeVille with the great singer-songwriter John Prine, taking a Florida road trip that soon evolved into a deep friendship, full of jokes and tall tales over epic meals, afternoons digging around antique malls and record stores, and long nights playing guitar and trading songs. Eventually they decided to write Prine's memoir together, and Prine shared intimate, often hilarious stories of his youth and family in Chicago and Kentucky, his breakthrough into the national spotlight, his riotous early years in the Nashville country scene, and much more. When Prine died suddenly of COVID in April 2020, that unfinished memoir evolved into an intimate narrative of the artist's final years. Piazza offers fans an unforgettable portrait of the beloved musician in his late glory--as a boyish cut-up, an epic raconteur, a great American poet, and most importantly, the good friend his fans have always imagined.
Bruce Springsteen and Born to Run
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen's masterpiece of American rock 'n' roll with this handsomely produced and stunningly illustrated volume. Bruce Springsteen and Born to Run: 50 Years is the definitive story of a landmark album in American rock music. In 1975, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band released what would become their breakthrough album and arguably the most lauded album of Springsteen's long, illustrious career. Born to Run has sold over 9 million copies and counting and continues to inspire musicians and music fans young and old from around the world. In this book, music journalist Sean Egan takes a deep dive into one of the legendary musician's most famous albums on its 50th anniversary. Chapters cover Springsteen's career prior to 1975, track-by-track analyses of each side, the studios where it was recorded, the supporting tour, and The Boss's career after the LP. Illustrated with performance and off-stage photography as well as memorabilia, the book is presented as a slipcased hardcover. Springsteen fans new and old can expect: A deep dive into how the album came together and why it is regarded as a masterpieceTrack-by-track analyses of the studio cut as well as insight into the many disregarded tracks and ideas leading up to its recordingHistorical insight and analysis about the state of rock in the mid-'70s and how Springsteen assembled a wildly talented group of musicians in the E Street BandThe story of the battle between Springsteen and Columbia Records after his previous albums failed to ignite the public's passionAnd much, much moreThis display-worthy book is a must for every Bruce Tramp's collection. The Great Albums series presents authoritative explorations of rock's most revered records, beautifully packaged for fans to treasure. Delve into even more groundbreaking releases with: Pink Floyd and The Dark Side of the Moon, The Who & Quadrophenia, Prince and Purple Rain, and Queen & A Night at the Opera, with more to come.
Rockschool Electric Guitar Level 4
(Guitar). Learn to play rock and pop with Rockschool. These specially written arrangements develop the skills and techniques you need to help you achieve your musical goals. For Rockschool's 2018-2024 Guitar series, Rockschool have commissioned arrangements of titles reflecting popular music's rich heritage in all its forms and have tailored each piece to make it exactly right for the grade. You can also use titles from Rockschool's Classics series as part of the syllabus. The arrangements have been written and performed by top session musicians who have worked with some of the biggest names in rock, metal and pop. The tracks were recorded at Real World's acclaimed recording studios and feature live instruments and first rate performances for an unrivalled level of feel, authenticity and musicianship. Featuring: I Need You (Lynyrd Skynyrd) * My Thang (James Brown) * Our Generation (The Hope of the World) (John Legend) * Shut up and Dance (Walk the Moon) * The Thrill Is Gone (B.B.King) * Treasure (Bruno Mars) * and six Rockschool originals. Plus: * Band and artist fact files with recommended listening * In-depth walkthroughs of every track * Easy-access downloadable audio * Example tests and exercises * Amp settings and tone advice for each track
Sound System
'Fascinating' Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2 'A thrilling trip' Maxi Jazz, Faithless Musicians have often wanted to change the world. From underground innovators to pop icons, many believe in the political power of music. Rulers recognise it too. Music challenges the political order--and props up the status quo. Now updated in a new edition, Sound System is the story of one musician's journey to discover what makes music so powerful. Dave Randall uses his insider's knowledge of the industry to shed light on the secrets of celebrity, commodification and culture. This is a book of raves, riots and revolution. From Glastonbury to Gaza, the attention economy to AI, Randall asks: how can we make music serve the interests of the many, rather than the few? Dave Randall is a musician, producer and activist. He has toured the world playing guitar with Faithless, Dido, Sin矇ad O'Connor and many others.
Breathing Life into Death...
Consciousness bloomed, birthing new life when Pushkara Sally Ashford lost her "art" and raison d'etre - the one constant, her voice - at age 39. This singer and self-proclaimed "godless one," cried for "Help!" In its wake, a profound spiritual awakening revealed realms beyond the limitations of mind. Dissolution of the known universe and experience of love beyond all bounds in a subsequent near death experience spurred the ensuing healing odyssey and spiritual journey spanning 46 of her 85 years. Through the immediacy of poems, song lyrics and visions sandwiched among hundreds of journals, Pushkara shares her reflections from both sides of the veil.
David Cassidy
Millions around the world feel as if they've just gone nine rounds - physically and emotionally battered while waiting to hear if he'd pull through. Word leaks out that David Cassidy is in a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., hospital - the same David Cassidy who for years turned the music world on its head, and otherwise innocent and subdued souls into screaming messes. But this is 2017 - not the 1970s - and the uber-talented singer-actor is fighting for his life, less than a year after bravely announcing his dementia diagnosis and battle. Then, the dreaded news: We lost David Cassidy - the sweet and loving man who sold out stadiums and arenas, broke music records and had more fans at one time than Elvis and the Beatles. How did it get to this point? Why couldn't they get a life-saving liver? His last public music performance, in his birthplace of New York City, was supposed to be his transition into finally taking care of himself. But on Nov. 21, 2017, it would be far from the Last Kiss for David Cassidy - the fans and others he knew he loved wouldn't let it be. So they sought to right a horrible wrong - on a mission that took them to the horse breeding and racing hub of Saratoga Springs, N.Y. for months until that final goodbye. On Sept. 1, 2018, DC's final goodbye would be on the racecourse where he watched his precious horses gallop, his guardian angel waiting in the wings. And the honours didn't stop on the track - in his beloved U.K., a tribute like no other occurs, showing "Blood Brothers" and sisters go beyond the theatre.
The Little Book of Oasis
With candid quotes, upfront facts and a shedload of tidy trivia, this book covers the supersonic highs and catastrophic lows of the maddest, baddest rock'n'roll band on the planet. Whether it's Liam's salt-of-the-earth swagger, Noel's carefully crafted songwriting or the collective Northern soul at the heart of their belting anthems - Oasis are simply unforgettable. From the bad lads of Britpop to brotherly bust-ups, and from solo careers to one of the most highly anticipated reunions in music history, the band has been on a turbulent and triumphant journey. Presented in this little book are bite-sized insights into the band's notorious history, featuring: - Uncensored banter and outrageous wit from the Gallagher brothers - Facts and stories behind their enduring appeal and outstanding success - Band trivia to test even the most dedicated superfan No matter if you were there singing your heart out at Knebworth in '96 or you're discovering the phenomenon that is Oasis for the first time, this book will make you mad-fer-it!
Full Coverage
For over fifty years, Australia has maintained its own rock press - a vibrant, passionate, sometimes volatile industry of dozens of papers and magazines committed to the coverage of the country's robust music scene.From the glossy and glamorous to the punk and pernicious, these publications were the medium that brought Australian music culture to international attention and launched the careers of countless musicians, as well as writers, editors, publishers and photographers. Go-Set started it all; the Australian Rolling Stone, RAM and Juke defined their eras; music newspapers such as Beat and Inpress brought indie music to the streets; and sites like Mess+Noise, Tone Deaf and Junkee harnessed the digital age.Drawing on comprehensive research and scores of interviews with key figures including Molly Meldrum, Lily Brett and Phillip Frazer, journalist Samuel J. Fell captures the vibrancy of music journalism in Australia with colourful anecdotes and rollicking stories. Full Coverage is the tale of how the Australian rock press was born, grew and evolved to become an integral part of Australian culture.
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