Composers Who Changed History by DK
$55.00 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary
MEET THE WORLD'S GREATEST COMPOSERS - FACE TO FACE This stunning visual celebration of the world's most celebrated composers tells the fascinating stories of their lives and works. Lavishly illustrated with portraits of each composer, alongside photographs of their homes and studios, and original music ...Show more
Beethoven, a Life by Jan Caeyers; Daniel Hope (Foreword by); Brent Annable (Translator)
$49.99 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary
The authoritative Beethoven biography, endorsed by and produced in close collaboration with the Beethoven-Haus Bonn, is timed for the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth.With unprecedented access to the archives at the Beethoven House in Bonn, renowned Beethoven conductor and scholar Jan Caeyers expe ...Show more
Mozart by Jan Swafford
$45.00 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary
From acclaimed composer and biographer Jan Swafford comes the definitive biography of one of the most lauded musical geniuses in history, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.From his earliest years it was apparent that the singular imagination of Wolfgang Mozart was tirelessly at work. He hated to be bored and hate ...Show more
Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces by Laura Tunbridge
$24.99 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary
A major new biography published for the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, offering a fresh, human portrayal "Illuminating. . . . Tunbridge's pithy A Life in Nine Pieces is different and welcome: a biography presented through the focus of nine different compositions."--Fiona Maddocks, The Guardian" ...Show more
Chasing Chopin - A Musical Journey Across Three Centuries, Four Countries, and a Half-Dozen Revolutions by Annik LaFarge
$32.99 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary
A modern take on a classical icon: this "luminous book" (Susan Orlean, New York Times bestselling author of The Library Book) tells the story of when, where, and how Chopin composed his most famous work, uncovering many surprises along the way and showing how his innovative music still animates and thri ...Show more
John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon; Yoko Ono
$89.99 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary
Described by Lennon as 'the best thing I've ever done', and widely regarded by critics as his best solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band was released on 11 December 1970. With first-hand commentary by Lennon, Ono and other members of the Plastic Ono Band, and packed with previously unseen photographs ...Show more
Wagnerism - Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music by Alex Ross
$39.99 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary
'An absolutely masterly work' - Stephen Fry Alex Ross, renowned author of the international bestseller The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politics - an aesthetic war zone where the Western world wrestled with its capacity for beauty and violence. ...Show more
Composers: Their Lives and Works by DK
$59.99 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary
Introduced with a stunning portrait of each featured composer, more than 90 biographical entries trace the friendships, loves, and rivalries that inspired each musical genius and their work. Profiles offer revealing insights into what drove each individual to create the musical masterpieces - symphoni ...Show more
Conversations with McCartney by Paul Du Noyer
$24.99 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary
In June 1989, Paul Du Noyer was contacted by Paul McCartney's office in London and asked to interview the star as they had met once before and enjoyed a good raport. In the years that followed, Paul Du Noyer continued to meet, interview and work for Paul McCartney on a regular basis, producing magazine ...Show more
Elton John's Blue Moves by Matthew Restall
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary | Series: 33 1/3 Ser.
By 1976, Elton John was the best-selling recording artist and the highest-grossing touring act in the world. With seven #1 albums in a row and a reputation as a riveting piano-pounding performer, the former Reggie Dwight had gone with dazzling speed from the London suburbs to the pinnacles of rock stard ...Show more
The Beatles - Album by Album by Brian Southall
$59.99 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary
This informative work tells the story of the famous Liverpool musicians, from the band's formative days in Hamburg and Liverpool to the split in 1970. General Editor Brian Southall has gathered a team of experts to write about each era of the band's existence, examining what they were doing for each of ...Show more
Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender by Sean O'Hagan; Richard Gray (Compiled by); Rhys Thomas (Foreword by)
$50.00 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary | Series: Y Ser.
This fully authorized, visually stunning tribute to the incomparable Freddie Mercury gives fans unprecedented access to one of the world's greatest performers.Foreword by Rami Malek, Oscar-winning star ofBohemian Rhapsody!Widely known as an electric showman with no equal, Freddie Mercury's death in 1991 ...Show more