Music books

This book presents a theoretical framework for hermeneutic musical analysis, enriched with numerous practical examples....  Read More >>

""Humanities and Healing: The Art and the Science"" was the theme of the 185th Anniversary meeting of the Philosophical...  Read More >>

The series explores the complexity and the interconnections of arts and languages by merging, comparing and contrasting...  Read More >>

Straightaway, Charles Hambitzer recognized the genius in his new pupil. Just how far that 14-year-old George Gershwin...  Read More >>

This book explores the synergetic cooperation and sometimes complex relationship between Western pop songs and East...  Read More >>

In this, the second of two volumes on Lou Reed, we will see the phoenix-like rebirth of his career occur in terms...  Read More >>

Turn on the radio anywhere in the world, and sooner or later you will hear 'Africa'. Along with just a handful of...  Read More >>

A culturally connected celebration of the groundbreaking hip-hop...  Read More >>

The Sunday Times bestselling biography of two young geniuses who merged their talents to create one of the greatest...  Read More >>

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A thrilling new biography of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky—composer of some of the world’s most popular orchestral and...  Read More >>

Musicians have access to an ever-growing array of technological tools, creating a world rich with new artistic possibilities....  Read More >>

“Aquí mataron gente por sacar la bandera / Por eso es que ahora yo la llevo donde quiera. (Here they killed people...  Read More >>

Blending biography and archival history, After the Flood asks of Bob Dylan, “If your dreams are fulfilled at twenty,...  Read More >>

The realm of music creation is undergoing a profound metamorphosis. What once felt like a distant future is now...  Read More >>

From the musical director of Rent comes a thirtieth-anniversary account of how Broadway's iconic grunge rock show...  Read More >>

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A poignant consideration of the material aspect of sound and how it fundamentally shapes our experience of the world,...  Read More >>

Musicians have access to an ever-growing array of technological tools, creating a world rich with new artistic possibilities....  Read More >>

“Aquí mataron gente por sacar la bandera / Por eso es que ahora yo la llevo donde quiera. (Here they killed people...  Read More >>

Coming out of northern England in the late 1970s, few bands have had the impact and influence of Joy Division and...  Read More >>

The Who is one of the most energetic and influential bands in rock history. Beginning as a mod band in London's...  Read More >>

The British rock star Chris Rea will be forever known for his seasonal smash 'Driving Home For Christmas', but there...  Read More >>