A Few Words in Defense of Our Country

Robert Hilburn

Handbuch der Oper

Rudolf Kloiber , Wulf Konold , Robert Maschka

Ergänzend zu den über 330 Operntexten des Standardwerks stellt Robert Maschka auf ca. 50 Seiten eine Auswahl beliebter und bedeutender Glanzstücke des Operetten-Repertoires vor. Die bewährte Darstellungsform des „Handbuchs der Oper“ wird hierbei auf die Operetten...

The Silver Snarling Trumpet

Robert Hunter

Discovered at last, the legendary lost manuscript of Grateful Dead co-founder and primary lyricist Robert Hunter, written in the early 1960s-a wry, richly observed, and enlightening remembrance of "the scene" in Palo Alto that gave rise to an incredible partnership of...

MC5

Ben Edmonds , Brad Tolinski , Jaan Uhelszki

A riveting oral biography of the proto-punk Detroit rockers MC5, based on original interviews with the band and key members of their inner circle   Few bands have dared to ignite a revolution through their fusion of activism and art like MC5. Managed by the...

Early Music in the 21st Century

Mimi Mitchell

How can the early music movement move into the future? Could this be a transformative moment for change and growth? In this collection of essays, a diverse group of young and established voices from across the globe offers exciting, positive, and challenging thoughts...

Lady Gaga A to Z

N.C.

An A to Z guide to the trailblazing musician, fashion icon, Oscar-nominated actor and impassioned activist. Learn from Lady Gaga’s career experiences and discover how you too can be an ally, unafraid to be your truest self and let your creativity flourish.An essential...

A Thousand Threads

Neneh Cherry

**Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2025**The joyous and electric memoir from beloved music icon Neneh CherryA SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, EVENING STANDARD, UNCUT AND ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024‘Intoxicating . . . Seductive’ SUNDAY...

It Starts with One

Jason Lipshutz

From the executive director of music at Billboard, an extensive look inside the 20+ year career of mega-selling rock band Linkin Park, featuring new interviews, exclusive quotes, and insights from the band’s associates and collaborators   Linkin Park is...

The Popular as Art?

Sophie Duvernoy , Thomas Hecken , Alexander Wells

This book will reconstruct and analyze the logic and frameworks surrounding positive evaluations of popular art in articles and books predominantly published in the United States and western Europe. It will also examine negative evaluations of the popular, especially...

The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Music Industry Studies

David Arditi , Ryan Nolan

The Handbook of Critical Music Industry Studies provides students and researchers with the means to think about how the performance, recording, and publishing of music could be if we do things differently. People are hungry for a more equitable music...

Singing of Arms and Men

Kelley Harness

Equestrian ballets (balletti a cavallo), although little known today, emerged as valued dramatic entertainments in early modern Europe, capable of demonstrating the wealth and magnificence of the patrons who commissioned them as well as the horsemanship and military...

Erik Satie

Oliver Vogel

Erik Satie (1866-1925) gilt allgemein als eine Ikone der Moderne. Nach mehreren Jahrzehnten erscheint nun erstmals wieder eine deutschsprachige Gesamtdarstellung seines Lebens und Schaffens. Der auf dem Montmartre sozialisierte Musikpionier war ein Fragender. In...

Von geschriebenen Noten zu klingenden Tönen

Peter Gülke

Das neue Buch von Peter Gülke kreist um die Grundsatzfrage nach der Verwandlung komponierter, geschriebener Musik in Klang durch die Kunst der Interpretation. Sein zentrales Thema ist die Betonung erlebter statt nur gelesener, „architektonisch" verstandener Musik. In...

Shake It Up

Welbeck

Whether you're a Reputation stan or a Speak Now girlie, Shake It Up: Delicious cocktails inspired by the music of Taylor Swift is a must-have for Taylor Swift fans looking to unwind after a long day of Easter egg searching. Turn your favorite Taylor Swift songs into...

Musical Scenes and Social Class

Romain Garbaye , Gérôme Guibert

Early analysts of both punk and metal have shown their continuing popularity for segments of the public who were often considered in the 1970s and 1980s as “losers of globalization” despite the level of fragmentation of these scenes, the diversity of their audiences’...

On Some Faraway Beach

David Sheppard

FOREWORD BY ALAN WARNER'A book that sets new standards for rock biography' GuardianReissued as part of White Rabbit's Deep Cuts series, On Some Faraway Beach is the first and only ever comprehensive and authoritative biography of Brian Eno, featuring interviews with...

Solid Foundation

David Katz

FOREWORD BY JACQUELINE CROOKSSolid Foundation is the definitive history of Jamaica's holy music: reggae in all its forms, from the earliest ska and rock steady pioneers to the dancehall and reggae revival stars of the twenty-first century. Woven together into an...

Phänomen Mozart

Reinhard Amon

Dieses Buch zum Phänomen Mozart zeigt und erschließt den genialen Komponisten von vielen Seiten. Es ist eine fakten- und analysebasierte Synthese, in der sowohl Mozarts Werk als auch sein bewegtes Leben in ihrer Gesamt- und Verbundenheit betrachtet werden. In den 31...

Desolation

Mark Morton , Ben Opipari

A gritty, revealing heavy metal memoir by Lamb of God’s guitarist and lyricist, Mark Morton, which explores both his life in music and his tumultuous path through addiction and into recovery For a band as extreme as Lamb of God, mainstream success and touring the...

You Don't Need a Dick to DJ

Smokin Jo