Kent Nagano How relevant is classical music today? The genre seems in danger of becoming nothing more than a hobby for the social elite. Yet Kent Nagano has another world...

John Stanley This invaluable reference book explores the background to 800 years of musical history, from 12th century chanting monks to 21st century virtuoso performers. Recommended key recordings of central...

Sir Jack Westrup and FLI Harrison; Revised By Conrad Wilson January 1, 1984 by Chancellor Press

Rob Halford The legendary frontman of Judas Priest, one of the most successful heavy metal bands of all time, celebrates five decades of heavy metal in this tell-all memoir.Most priests...

Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming...

Tina K Kamnarine Jean Sibelius's Violin Concerto is the story of Sibelius as performer and composer, of violin performing traditions, of histories of musical transmission, and of virtuosity itself. It...

Mari Yoshihara Much has been written about Leonard Bernstein, a musician of extraordinary talent who was legendary for his passionate love of life and many relationships. In this work, Mari...

Spiegel and Grau Decoded is a book like no a collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment in...

Axel Englund The first book to use subversive sexuality as a lens through which to provocatively view opera in the 21st century.Imagine Armida, Handel’s Saracen sorceress, performing her breakneck coloraturas in...

Shawn ColvinAfter learning to play guitar at the age of ten, Shawn Colvin was determined to make a life in music—a decision that would send a small-town girl out on...

David Cairns For the past half-century and more David Cairns has been one of the world's pre-eminent Berlioz scholars, translating Berlioz's freewheeling memoirs and writing a monumental biography of the...

Pauline Fairclough Dmitry Shostakovich was one of the most successful composers of the twentieth century—a musician who adapted as no other to the unique pressures of his age. By turns...