Joel Plaskett has earned an awful lot of honourifics in his career so far, counting folk hero, indie darling, and national treasure among them. And that's just since the Halifax musician started making records of his own in 1999. For a decade before that, he was one-quarter of Thrush Hermit, a band of scrappy Superchunk mimics who became hard-rock revivalists and one of the last survivors of the '90s pop "explosion" of major-label interest in Halifax....

Music Is History combines Questlove's deep musical expertise with his curiosity about history, examining America over the past fifty years.

"Despite being hailed as one of the best guitarists of his era, George Harrison, particularly in his early decades, battled feelings of inferiority. He was often the butt of jokes from his bandmates owing to his lower-class background and, typically, was allowed to contribute only one or two songs per Beatles album out of the dozens he wrote. Now, acclaimed Beatles biographer Philip Norman examines Harrison through the lens of his numerous self-contradictions....

Multi-Grammy Nominated Meshell Ndegeocello is a rare breed in the music industry. She has survived and weathered the ups and downs of the business by evolving musically, even against fans' expectations. But, even more, she has also evolved spiritually. She's like an older sister or close relative who you watch growing up right before your very eyes, from crazy and wild to mature and content within herself. From her first album Plantation Lullabies...

Primer libro didáctico relativo al Book Scoring, el innovador sector para compositores que transforma las novelas en álbumes originales de bandas sonoras (original soundtrack álbum). Giuseppe Centonze, compositor, productor e ingeniero de sonido de la compañía Age Of Chronicles Music Productions, ha escrito y desarrollado este libro a petición de varios compositores absortos a emprender un recorrido en este nuevo sector.

From Pee Wee Herman to John Lennon, sacramental wine to hard-drinkin' mamas, the Mississippi River to the Redwood trees, from marriage to marijuana, from Pirates to Jesus, from Spam and boogers to Uncle Sam, 'Ukulele Man' Tom Harker's poetic, funny, political, philosophical, and loving songs will touch you.

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies is one of the most exciting and provocative composers at work in the world today. His Eight Songs for a Mad King set the dizzying pace for Britain's 1960s avant-garde, and the recent Naxos Quartets bear witness to his continuing innovative spirit. Audio samples are contained in the text: just tap to listen while you read.

In the Game: Music and Multiple Sclerosis begins with the author's story of his rise and success in the music profession. Described as "being in the game," he lays out his method for success in one of the most difficult professions in America. Following a quick rise as a professional musician, he explains the first moment a strange malady is discovered while trying to jog, through to an eventual diagnosis of primary progressive multiple sclerosis...

Virtuoso pianist Franz Liszt was a key figure in the evolution of modern music. Most of his 700 compositions, which range from romantic impressionism to daring experimental pieces, were written for the piano. This survey by a well-known British composer and musicologist constitutes the most authoritative English-language study of Liszt's works. "Mr. Searle is himself a composer of progressive outlook and he thus speaks with authority. His book was...

Les dix opéras de Wagner inscrits au répertoire mettent en musique des légendes médiévales et des mythes germaniques ou scandinaves: de la trahison de Lohengrin à l'hymne à l'amour que chante Tristan à Isolde, en passant par l'engloutissement des dieux dans la Tétralogie et la rédemption de Parsifal. Mais le défenseur de « l'œuvre d'art de l'avenir » est également très préoccupé des principes poétiques qui gouvernent leur création....