Music books

"A treasure trove of 19th century songs, hilarious jokes, wild stories, vintage photos, and even a recipe for cooking...  Read More >>

Unusual, evocative non-fiction about the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams and folk, how it changed his music, our...  Read More >>

When the young composer-lyricist Douglas Cohen first secured the musical rights to the novel No Way to Treat a Lady...  Read More >>

This Element aims at reconstructing and describing the main features of the French republican festivals in Milan,...  Read More >>

Dieses Buch befasst sich mit der Wirkung Richard Wagners und Friedrich Nietzsches auf die Ideologien der radikalen...  Read More >>

The Sugababes have made a huge impact in the music industry. Their influence is still felt and is stronger than...  Read More >>

The book covers the beginning of punk rock in Poland between 1978 and 1982. There is a timeline of gigs and various...  Read More >>

Information is totally important no matter what you are involved in. When I decided to become a singer I just jumped...  Read More >>

The Beloved Beethoven is a two-part series of music books of easy and intermediate piano arrangements of Ludwig...  Read More >>

Grogan describes a joyful rediscovered world of music at age 76 after retirement, then pursued piano lessons and...  Read More >>

A Fan History of INXS is a moving and enlightening tribute to one of the world's greatest band...INXS. This is the...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1975, and written by an authority on Scottish music, this book traces the evolution of the...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1966, this was the first book on this subject to be published for over a hundred years....  Read More >>

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Designed as a practical resource, this book examines transformational and inclusive approaches to the teaching of...  Read More >>

This new, expanded edition celebrates a flurry of recent Yes activity. The book examines each one of the band's...  Read More >>

(Lead Sheets: Melody line, lyrics and chord symbols). Calling All Disney Fans! Capture the magic with Disney 100...  Read More >>

This expressive coffee table book traces the great career of U2, who sold more than 130 million albums, revolutionised...  Read More >>

The only book to consider Oi! as a distinct genre within punk rock, What Have We Got? is the story of a musical...  Read More >>

This book explores the relationship between The Beatles and their times, situating them in the changing class, gender...  Read More >>

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From the Celts, Henry VIII, and the Quakers to Ira Aldridge and Paul Robeson, Why Britain Rocked uncovers the unique...  Read More >>

Explores music as constitutive of Uyghur cultural and social life where subaltern experiences of ethnicity, race,...  Read More >>

How jazz spurred a generational debate that reshaped American culture.  Read More >>