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Sergey Prokofiev (20th Century Composers Series) by Daniel Jaffe
$20.00 NZD
Category: Music Books
A comprehensive, revealing biography of the versatile Russian composer and pianist.A revealing and comprehensive biography of Sergey Prokofiev (1891
Bob Marley by -
$25.00 NZD
Category: Music Books | Series: Music Icons
This title presents redemption songs. Few artists can lay claim to representing an entire music genre: singer-songwriter, guitarist Bob Marley is one. His name is synonymous with the indigenous Jamaican off-beat music of reggae, a local genre he took from his beloved island homeland to the world. The fi ...Show more
The Faber Pocket Guide to Opera by Rupert Christiansen
$25.00 NZD
Category: Music Books
This new edition of leading opera critic Rupert Christiansen's perennially popular Pocket Guide has between extensively revised, and incorporates many more operas from all periods, including recent works by Philip Glass, Mark Anthony Turnage, Thomas Ades and George Benjamin. Whether you are a first-time ...Show more
Giacomo Puccini (20th Century Composers Series) by Conrad Wilson
$28.00 NZD
Category: Music Books
The life of Giacomo Puccini, composer of many well-loved operas.Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) is perhaps the world's most popular composer of operas and said to represent Verdi's only true successor. A superb dramatist and gifted melodist, he had a wholly original style and sense of psychological atmosphe ...Show more
Messiah: The Landmark Library by Jonathan Keates
$45.00 NZD
Category: Music Books | Series: The Landmark Library
In 1741, in just 24 days, the German-born, British-naturalized composer George Frideric Handel wrote an oratorio rich in tuneful arias and choruses of robust grandeur. Coolly received in London at first, after Handel's death Messiah enjoyed an extraordinary surge in popularity: it was performed at festi ...Show more
The Complete Classical Music Guide by DK
$48.00 NZD
Category: Music Books
What makes Mozart's music so great? Why does a minor chord sound sad and a major chord sound happy? What's the difference between opera and operetta? From Bach to Bernstein, this definitive guide offers a complete survey of the history of classical music. Whether you already love classical music or you ...Show more
Music for the People : The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Classical Music
$50.00 NZD
Category: Music Books
Have you ever been carried away by a piece of classical music? The sad song of a single violin might make us cry, but the idea of finding out more about classical music can often be intimidating. In this funny, evocative, personal book, Gareth takes us on a journey of musical discovery that explains and ...Show more
Music Icons: Bob Dylan by Dafydd Rees & Luke Crampton
$25.00 NZD
Category: Music Books | Series: Music Icons
In 2008, Bob Dylan became the first rock and roll artist to be honored with a Pulitzer Prize, for his 'profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power'. A musician, poet, and celebrated nonconformist of unparalleled stature, Dylan is re ...Show more
Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia by Richard Cook
$35.00 NZD
Category: Music Books
"Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia" is not merely an A-Z guide to the artists and bands who have shaped jazz, but it also tracks the history of jazz and its changing styles. This is a wonderfully accessible work. Richard Cook's passion for jazz and his strongly held opinions make this the liveliest and m ...Show more
Classical Music (Eyewitness Companion) by Dorling Kindersley
$50.00 NZD
Category: Music Books | Series: Eyewitness Companions
The guide that shows you what others only tell you. Explore and enjoy 1,000 years of classical music with this unique collaboration from DK and Classic FM. From Beethoven to Tchaikovsky, Cosi Fan Tutte to Swan Lake, discover the lives and works of the great composers, performers, instruments and key wor ...Show more
A Singer's Notebook by Ian Bostridge
$40.00 NZD
Category: Music Books
Ian Bostridge is one of the outstanding singers of our time, celebrated both for the quality of his voice and for the exceptional intelligence he brings to bear on the interpretation of the repertoire of the past and present alike. Yet his early career was that of a professional historian, and "A Singer ...Show more
U2 by U2 by Neil McCormick
$70.00 NZD
Category: Music Books
"I always thought the job was to be as great as you could be." - Bono. This is the story of U2, in their own words and pictures. Told with wit, insight and astonishing candour by the band themselves and manager Paul McGuinness, with pictures from their own archives, "U2 By U2" allows unprecedented acces ...Show more
