The Cambridge Companion to Percussion by Russell Hartenberger (Editor)
$62.00 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary | Series: Cambridge Companions to Music Ser.
Percussion music is both the oldest and most recent of musical genres and exists in diverse forms throughout the world. This Companion explores percussion and rhythm from the perspectives of performers, composers, conductors, instrument builders, scholars, and cognitive scientists. Topics covered includ ...Show more
The Complete Classical Music Guide by DK
$49.99 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary
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'r ...Show more
Seven Deadly Sins by Corey Taylor
$24.99 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary
'I was 22 years old, a hard-on with a pulse: wretched vice-ridden, too much to burn and not enough minutes in a hour to do so. 1995 was a full 365-day year of drinking, fucking, lying, raging and exploration for me - not a dull one in the bunch. It was a time of self-shit: self-importance, self-absorpti ...Show more
25 Years of Grace: An Anniversary Tribute to Jeff Buckley's Classic Album by Jeff Apter; Merri Cyr
$59.99 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary
Jeff Buckley made only one album, but the one he made has proved to be seminal. His talent awed industry giants and moved the hearts of fans spanning generations. But Buckley's untimely death in 1997 left his fans to wonder about all the sonic magic that could have been.Photographer Merri Cyr was there ...Show more
A New Heaven - Harry Christophers and the Sixteen Choral Conversations with Sara Mohr-Pietsch by Harry Christophers; Sara Mohr-Pietsch
$39.99 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary
The Sixteen have become a household name. They are the Voices of Classic FM, and stars of the BBC Four series Sacred Music, presented by Simon Russell Beale. Every year since the millennium, they have undertaken a Choral Pilgrimage, bringing a programme of a cappella vocal music to around thirty cathedr ...Show more
Morning Glory on the Vine: early songs & drawings by Joni Mitchell
$49.99 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary | Reading Level: Biography
A gorgeous compendium of Joni Mitchell's handwritten lyrics and drawings, originally handcrafted as a gift for a select group of friends in 1971 and now available to the public for the first time. In 1971, as her album Blue topped charts around the world, Joni Mitchell crafted one hundred copies of Mor ...Show more
Bohemian Rhapsody: The Official Book of the Movie by Owen Williams
$40.00 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary
Bohemian Rhapsody: The Inside Story is the official book of the Twentieth Century Fox and Queen epic movie Bohemian Rhapsody. The author has interviewed key cast and crew members to reveal how Freddie Mercury and Queen's incredible story was brought to the big screen. Many of Queen's pivotal moments wer ...Show more
Supreme Glamour by Mark Bego; Mary Wilson et al
$69.99 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary
Supreme Glamour builds a complete picture of the charm and sophistication of The Supremes. With the assistance of her close personal friend Mark Bego, founding member Mary Wilson tells the complete story of the band, both on- and off-stage, from their beginnings as The Primettes in June 1959 to their 19 ...Show more
How to be Invisible (Lyrics) by Kate Bush
$29.99 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary
Selected and arranged by the author, with an expansive introduction by the novelist David Mitchell, How To Be Invisible presents the lyrics of Kate Bush for the first time in a beautiful cloth-bound edition. Kate Bush is a true iconoclast and one of the most revered contemporary musical artists of recen ...Show more
Chopin's Piano: In Search of the Instrument That Transformed Music (PB) by Paul Kildea
$24.99 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary | Series: Journey Through Romanticism | Reading Level: near fine
'Beguiling ... Limpidly written, effortlessly learned' William Boyd, TLS, Books of the Year In November 1838 Frédéric Chopin, George Sand and her two children sailed to Majorca to escape the Parisian winter. They settled in an abandoned monastery at Valldemossa in the mountains above Palma, where Chopin ...Show more
Queen - Complete Works by Georg Purvis
$39.99 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary
Clashing together outrageous musical influences, and extravagant visual imagery, Queen's place in history as the greatest glam band of them all is rock solid. Their fan base continues to grow, over 25 years on from the death of Freddie Mercury, Queen's flamboyant, unforgettable front man. Georg Purv ...Show more
Robert Doisneau: Musicians by Robert Doisneau; Clementine Doroudille
$55.00 AUD
Category: Classical/Contemporary
With camera in hand, master photographer Robert Doisneau crisscrossed Paris to capture intimate moments with star musicians such as Eartha Kitt in a jazz club, Django Reinhardt at home, and Yehudi Menuhin backstage, or with locals at a neighborhood dance or jamming together in a brass band. He was commi ...Show more