Composers category: 3267 books
by Jean-Michel Angebert
Language: French
Release Date: October 15, 2008
Language: French
Release Date: October 15, 2008
Qu’est-ce que la croix gammée vient faire au milieu des « Parfaits » cathares ? Et pourtant… N’a-t-on pas retrouvé des roues solaires et des emblèmes à svastika dans la région pyrénéenne ? N’a-t-on pas vu un avion allemand célébrer, en traçant une croix celtique dans le ciel, le 700e...
Church Boy
Franklin, Kirk
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 1998
When he fell from a darkened stage in November 1996, Kirk Franklin could easily have been killed. That ten-foot plunge might have ended the career of one of America's most exciting young prodigies. But thanks to his dramatic recovery, the fall added not only a new dimension to his story but it brought...
LE METAL FOLKLORIQUE
Entre tradition et modernité
Language: French
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Le métal folklorique, ou folk metal, est un sous-genre du métal dont la popularité ne cesse de croître depuis le début des années 2000. Ce phénomène associe les instruments et techniques modernes de la musique amplifiée à des représentations issues du folklore ou de la tradition. Le folk metal...
Fool the World
The Oral History of a Band Called Pixies
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
It's the 1980s and the rock landscape is littered with massive hair, synthesizers, and monster riffs, but there is an alternative being born in the sleepy East of America-we just don't know it yet.
Before the Internet, MTV, and iPods provided far-off music fans with information and communities-and...
The Cake and the Rain
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
"Novelistic, perfectly plotted and quite possibly the best pop-star autobiography yet written." - The Wall Street Journal
Jimmy Webb’s words have been sung to his music by a rich and deep roster of pop artists, including Glen Campbell, Art Garfunkel, Frank Sinatra, Donna Summer...
Doc
The Story of a Birmingham Jazz Man
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2012
Autobiography of jazz elder statesman Frank “Doc” Adams, highlighting his role in Birmingham, Alabama’s, historic jazz scene and tracing his personal adventure that parallels, in many ways, the story and spirit of jazz itself.
Doc tells the story of an accomplished jazz master, from his...
Come As You Are
The Story of Nirvana
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2013
Nirvana came out of nowhere in 1991 to sell nearly five million copies of their landmark album Nevermind, whose thunderous sound and indelible melodies embodied all the confusion, frustration, and passion of the emerging Generation X. Come As You Are is the close-up, intimate story...
Menahem Pressler
Artistry in Piano Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2008
As soloist, master class teacher, and pianist of the world-renowned Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler can boast of four Grammy nominations, three honorary doctorates, more than 80 recordings, and lifetime achievement awards presented by France, Germany, and Israel. Former Pressler student William...
Raw
My Journey into the Wu-Tang
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
A PERFECT COMPANION READ TO THE SHOWTIME DOCUMENTARY, WU-TANG CLAN: OF MICS AND MEN
Selected as a Best Book of the Year by Esquire
"Couldn't put it down." – Charlamagne Tha God
"Mesmerizing." – Raekwon da Chef
"Insightful, moving, necessary." – Shea...
by Friedrich Nietzsche
Language: French
Release Date: September 19, 2013
Language: French
Release Date: September 19, 2013
"J'admire Wagner partout où c'est lui-même qu'il met en musique."
Un rapport singulier a uni Nietzsche à Wagner. Mais le musicien allemand, admiré par Nietzsche — la musique de Wagner lui a inspiré son premier ouvrage : la naissance de la tragédie —, deviendra également...
Official Truth, 101 Proof
The Inside Story of Pantera
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
The autobiography of the bassist of Pantera, one of the most successful heavy metal bands of all time
Few heavy metal acts survived the turmoil of the early 1990s music scene. Pantera, featuring the peerless guitar playing of the late "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, was different. Instead...
Bruce Springsteen
Une vie américaine
Language: French
Release Date: October 15, 2010
Bruce Springsteen est une figure incontournable du rock américain, ayant à son actif une carrière prolifique, marquée par des albums devenus cultes et des prises de position personnelles marquées. Cet ouvrage retrace dans le détail la construction et l’évolution de celui que l’on appelle désormais...
Glow
The Autobiography of Rick James
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Best known for his 1980s hit songs “Super Freak,” “Give it to Me Baby,” and “Mary Jane,” the late singer and funk music pioneer Rick James collaborated with acclaimed music biographer David Ritz in this posthumously published, no-holds-barred memoir of a rock star’s life and soul.
He...
Hey Ya!
The Unauthorized Biography of Outkast
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Since 1994 OutKast have been reinventing the rules of hip-hop, blending different styles of music into a Southern style that is wholly their own, soulful, outrageous, and addictive. They've captured the hearts of fans and music critics alike, and have achieved records and scaled heights in the music...