Music books

Offers the first comprehensive account of a centuries-old tradition of encrypting covert messages into music, from...  Read More >>

Sunday Times Classical Music Book of the Year Satie's music and ideas are inextricably linked with the City of...  Read More >>

In Rethinking Elvis, popular music scholars and historians look beyond Elvis' iconography to shine a light on the...  Read More >>

Diaries of the illness of the alternative rock star and bestselling author of SING BACKWARDS AND WEEP  Read More >>

""From The Queen of Sugar Hill author ReShonda Tate - a new novel inspired by beloved Harlem jazz performer Hazel...  Read More >>

Hosting icons and legends of folk, blues, bluegrass, jazz, spoken word and world music since 1969. A decade after...  Read More >>

An unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary life-one forged through a poverty-stricken childhood in 'slummy, one-horse...  Read More >>

This book presents papers dating from 1995 to 2022 by Prof. Susan Hallam, a former professional musician and instrumental...  Read More >>

A conversation of rare depth and tenderness, On the Fragility of Life finds Nick Cave reflecting on love, loss,...  Read More >>

Presents Fauré not as a solitary figure, but part of a vibrant continuum of nineteenth- and twentieth-century composers...  Read More >>

A new mapping of castrato afterlives in modern Rome Around 1830, opera houses stopped using castrati, and Rome...  Read More >>

Offers the first comprehensive account of a centuries-old tradition of encrypting covert messages into music, from...  Read More >>

Rush and 2112: 50 Years is the definitive account of the most groundbreaking and enduring prog rock records of all...  Read More >>

A meticulously researched and sensitively told history examining pop music's enduring and problematic fascination...  Read More >>

Music is a complex creative process involving many individuals, from performers to improvisers to composers to listeners...  Read More >>

Skillful Little Fingers is a preparatory piano method designed to help young students feel confident and comfortable...  Read More >>

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Fully illustrated and filled with never-before-seen images and accounts, Spirits of the Hoey takes readers back...  Read More >>

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Have you always wanted to learn piano but felt overwhelmed, intimidated, or unsure where to start? You're not alone....  Read More >>

Peut-on soigner la mélancolie d'un siècle avec une dose d'opérette et un soupçon de swing ? Des rivages d'Alexandrie...  Read More >>

Analyzes the relationship between Charles Manson, music, and 1960's counterculture.  Read More >>

From the Spanish Civil War to postpunk London-this is the untold story of a legendary community space where anarchy...  Read More >>

(Piano Solo). ""I look back and wonder how my imagination might have taken flight with these pieces on my piano""...  Read More >>