Music reviews & criticism books

The Management of Opera. Eastern Adriatic Theatres (1861-1918) reconstructs the complex system of operatic production...  Read More >>

From male bisexuality to religion in pop, Little Richard spent the 1950s pioneering ideas that are still too challenging...  Read More >>

"""The story of the album that finally brought the spirited, talented Canadian vocalist out and into the spotlight""--"...  Read More >>

Beloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through the lens of game-changing...  Read More >>

Fusion Jazz - auch Jazzrock oder kurz Fusion genannt - ist eine aufregende und zeitlose Musikrichtung, in der sich...  Read More >>

"""An examination of the relationship between audiovisual soundtracks and the ""sonic haunting"" of trauma, anxiety,...  Read More >>

With this beautifully produced book, relive the extraordinary history of the of the hottest band in the land through...  Read More >>

From the band’s first single, ‘In The City’ in April 1977, to their last, ‘Beat Surrender’ in November 1982, The...  Read More >>

Un libro di memorie che � la storia di una grande amicizia. Miki Del Prete � l'autore delle pi� famose canzoni di...  Read More >>

"A fascinating journey through the history of ""Amazing Grace,"" one of the transatlantic world's most popular hymns...  Read More >>

The formative early ballets of West Side Story creators Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins explored in detail...  Read More >>

This book characterizes the 1918-22 formation of Czechoslovakia as an effect of political and musical expressions....  Read More >>

Famously signed to Decca instead of The Beatles, Brian Poole and The Tremeloes spent four years topping the charts,...  Read More >>

Scriptor, Cantor & Notator is an innovative multi-author project dealing with the complex interconnections between...  Read More >>

"The definitive illustrated history of ""Tommy,"" the album that made the Who one of the greatest and most influential...  Read More >>

"The volume explores the long-lasting phenomenon of basso continuo in the Italian peninsula, from its origins -...  Read More >>

The ten essays in Literature and the Arts explore the intermedial plenitude of eighteenth-century English culture,...  Read More >>

How music embodies and contributes to historical and contemporary nationalism What does music in Portugal and Spain...  Read More >>

Explores the phenomenon of human and animal acoustic entanglements in art and performance.  Read More >>

The Pipes of War; A Record of Achievements of Pipers of Scottish and Overseas Regiments during the War, 1914-18,...  Read More >>

How music embodies and contributes to historical and contemporary nationalism What does music in Portugal and Spain...  Read More >>

"""La Vida de Britney Spears: Más Allá de los Escenarios"" Sumérgete en la emocionante y conmovedora biografía de...  Read More >>

According to a literary tradition of Iraq, the origin of the oud lies in the grief of Lamak, a descendent of Cain,...  Read More >>

An enlightening, thoughtful and witty exploration into how and why we listen to music, from the award-winning author...  Read More >>

An enlightening, thoughtful and witty exploration into how and why we listen to music, from the award-winning author...  Read More >>