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Vingtième saison pour La Story sur Nostalgie. Vingt saisons que Brice Depasse nous emmène dans les rues de Londres, les théâtres parisiens, les studios hollywoodiens, les arrière-salles bruxelloises pour nous raconter la grande histoire de la chanson et du cinéma. Ce second tome de chroniques inédites révèle une fois de plus la passion avec laquelle l'auteur-animateur fait de nous les témoins privilégiés des derniers jours de Freddie Mercury,...
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Batá identifies both the two-headed, hourglass-shaped drum of the Yoruba people and the culture and style of drumming, singing, and dancing associated with it. This book recounts the life story of Carlos Aldama, one of the masters of the batá drum, and through that story traces the history of batá culture as it traveled from Africa to Cuba and then to the United States. For the enslaved Yoruba, batá rhythms helped sustain the religious and cultural...
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David Bowie was a master of artifice and reinvention. In that same spirit, illustrator María Hesse and writer Fran Ruiz have created a vivid retelling of the life of David Robert Jones, from his working-class childhood to glam rock success to superstardom, concluding with the final recording sessions after his cancer diagnosis.Narrated from the rock star's point of view, Bowie colorfully renders both the personal and the professional turning points...
4) Book of Life
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"A no-holds-barred memoir that charts the rise and fall - and rise - of one of Australia's most iconic music performers.
You think you know Deborah Conway? You think seeing her striding and scowling down Sydney's back streets in an oversize coat or galavanting around a golf course wearing a close approximation of plus fours means you know who Deborah Conway is? She figures you probably don't know the half of it. And there's a lot to know.
If you...
5) Idle Worship
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In Idle Worship a hand-picked crop of stars, who should know better (and sometimes do), examine the absurd and auto-erotic world of fan fever - and ponder whether pop promises a path to enlightenment or an endless pageant of tasteless clothing, recycled attitudes and vicious haircuts.
Refreshingly witty and weird, often touching and always drenched in teen spirit, this is like no other book about music ever published. Among those taking their chance...
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A beautifully illustrated biography of the iconic lead singer of the British rock band, Queen.
The music of Queen and powerhouse lead singer Freddie Mercury are best experienced with the volume turned all the way up. Alfonso Casas's Freddie Mercury delivers a sonorous homage to the formidable singer and the turning points that produced a game-changing body of music that continues to inspire fans around the globe.
First published in Spain and now available...
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La música tiene la extraordinaria cualidad, entre otras, de ayudarnos a configurar nuestra idea del mundo. Por más que los puristas insistan en que lo personal, lo político, lo social y lo artístico no deben mezclarse, Daniel Barenboim recuerda en este inspirador texto que la escucha y el conocimiento de las músicas más variadas indica precisamente lo contrario. Apelando a su inquebrantable compromiso con la paz entre Israel y Palestina, examina...
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Made in Patagonia, bandas y solistas del fin del mundo es un compilado con reseñas, entrevistas y testimonios de más de 100 músicos independientes desde Ushuaia hasta Neuquén. Under, mainstream. Rock, pop, indie, folclore, metal, electrónica, cumbia, reggae. Shaman Herrera, La Patrulla Espacial, The Otherness, Falsa Cubana, Gaspar Benegas, Fémina, Sara Hebe, Atrás Hay Truenos, La Negra Sarabia, 113 Vicios, Lisandro Aristimuño y la lista continúa.
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In the early 80s I contributed much of the songs and music (and some other bits and pieces) to a revue called Nice, if you can get it directed by Maggie Ford, which was centred on the world of work. Some of that material appeared more recently on the album Hands of the Craftsman. That album formed the basis of this book: however, it includes much supplementary material. This includes not only historical and anecdotal material, but material that wasn't...
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Known for his growling vocals and for the distinct poetry of his lyrics, Tom Waits has amassed over the course of three decades a devoted cult following. The Early Years collects the lyrics-formative and classic-from the first ten albums of this true bard of hard living. A celebration of both his words and of the artist himself, this lyrical biography charts the course from Wait's emotional debut album, Closing Time (1977), to the experimental stirrings...
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Few heavy metal acts survived the turmoil of the early 1990s music scene. Pantera was different. Instead of humoring the market, the band instead demanded that the audience come to them by releasing a series of fiercely uncompromising, platinum albums, including “Vulgar Display of Power” and “Far Beyond Driven”, two #1 albums that, like Metallica's “And Justice for All”, sold millions of copies despite minimal airplay.
Rex Brown's memoir...
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Considered one of the greatest composers-and music critics-of the Romantic era, Robert Schumann (1810—1856) played an important role in shaping nineteenth-century German ideas about virtuosity. Forging his career in the decades that saw abundant public fascination with the feats and creations of virtuosos (Liszt, Paganini, and Chopin among others), Schumann engaged with instrumental virtuosity through not only his compositions and performances but...
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Many students of renowned composer, conductor, and teacher Ferruccio Busoni had illustrious careers of their own, yet the extent to which their mentor's influence helped shape their success was largely unexplored until now. Through rich archival research including correspondence, essays, and scores, Erinn E. Knyt presents an evocative account of Busoni's idiosyncratic pedagogy-focused on aesthetic ideals rather than methodologies or techniques-and...
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A look at the careers of several acclaimed Scottish musicians from Fife, from their early days to the highs and lows of the music industry, to today.
The East Neuk of Fife, Scotland, may seem like an unusual place for a musical revolution, but as this firsthand account reveals, there is more to the sleepy fishing villages and rolling fields, and a small community of musicians has crept up on the world. From psychedelic troubadours the Beta Band to...
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Dans l'orchestre majestueux de l'existence, la musique se dresse comme la partition éternelle qui unit les cœurs, déclenchant une symphonie d'émotions qui transcende les frontières. Des battements primordiaux résonnant comme les pulsations du cœur de notre planète aux notes élaborées d'une symphonie qui s'étend à l'infini, chaque genre musical et chaque instrument devient une voix unique dans ce récit sonore universel.Imaginez le rugissement...
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In Italy during the late cinquecento, printed music could be found not only in the homes of the wealthy or the music professional, but also in lay homes, courts, and academies. No longer confined to the salons of the elite, music took on the role of social play and recreation. Paul Schleuse examines these new musical forms through a study of the music books of Italian priest, poet, and composer, Orazio Vecchi. Composed for minor patrons and the wider...
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John Bridcut, author of the acclaimed 'Britten's Children', will include significant fresh material which will make the book indispensable for Britten aficionados as well as for those who are discovering the composer's music for the first time. This guide is all about finding a way into Britten's music. An outline of planned chapters:- The Top Ten Britten pieces- Critics' First Impressions- Britten's Life- Britten and Pears- The things they said-...
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Notoriously reticent about his early years, violinist Jascha Heifetz famously reduced the story of his childhood to "Born in Russia. First lessons at 3. Debut in Russia at 7. Debut in Carnegie Hall at 17. That's all there is to say." Tracing his little-known upbringing, Jascha Heifetz: Early Years in Russia uncovers the events and experiences that shaped one of the modern era's most unique talents and enigmatic personalities. Using previously unstudied...
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Alexander ('Sandy') Goehr is a leading British composer and teacher. Born into a Jewish musical family in Berlin in 1932, he arrived in England in 1933 with his father, Walter, a composer, conductor, and pupil of Arnold Schoenberg; and his mother Laelia, a trained pianist from Kyiv. Raised in Amersham, he attended Richard Hall's classes at the Royal Manchester College of Music. There he formed the 'Manchester School' – a group of young composers...
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"As close to an autobiography as we're going to get from John Prine, Prine on Prine captures the inimitable, whimsical voice of one of our greatest songwriters . . . Nashville legend Holly Gleason knew the man and assembled this brilliant collection with a knowing eye and loving heart." -Joel Selvin, author of Fare Thee Well: The Final Chapter of the Grateful Dead's Long, Strange Trip and other books
Curated by a critic who knew him across five...
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