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La musique du silence Dans ce roman autobiographique passionnant, le grand ténor italien relate sa vie, ses succès et les difficultés qu'il a rencontrées au début d'une carrière qui a explosé dans les années 2000 contre toute attente. Né avec une forme héréditaire de glaucome, il...

Complete, Unabridged Guide to Psy (rapper). Get the information you need--fast! This comprehensive guide offers a thorough view of key knowledge and detailed insight. It's all you need. Here's part of the content - you would like to know it all? Delve into this book today!..... : However, just five...

Cela pourrait presque prêter à rire mais le Punk en tant que mouvement artistique a laissé des traces inaltérables dans tous les domaines de la société. À l’heure où les footballeurs du mondial et les gamins dans les rues s’en sont approprié la coupe de cheveux et où les filles à papa...

THE MUSICIAN is an autobiography of an 86 year old Jazz  musician who wanted to go to some big city like New York or Chicago to become a "star",ater he graduated from college, however he decided to become a music teacher, for the security and be a part time professional musician as a...

This book is a personal history of one of the most famous beach-music bands of the southeast. They were also a national hit with their song “Double Shot of My Baby’s Love” in 1966. They released an album and several other single recordings. They are still performing today, over fifty years later....

Als uneheliches Kind wird Elisabeth Amandi in den fünfziger Jahren in eine erzkatholische Familie hineingeboren und bis zu ihrem sechsten Lebensjahr in einem von Nonnen geleiteten Kinderheim versteckt. Schon früh wird ihre Begabung für Musik und Tanz ersichtlich, sie bekommt Ballett- und Klavierunterricht...

Elliott Carter (1908-2012) was the foremost composer of classical music in America during the second half of the 20th century. Over the course of a career that spanned seven decades, he consistently produced works that critics hailed as creatively daring, intellectually demanding, and emotionally...

Le memorie di Chet Baker: l’unica testimonianza scritta che ci abbia lasciato il grande trombettista jazz. Questi preziosi testi, scoperti a dieci anni dalla sua morte misteriosa, ci permettono di «ascoltare» la vita di Chet in presa diretta, narrata dalla sua vera voce. I ricordi d’infanzia,...

Biographie d'un musicien qui sublima la musique populaire en un art novateur et singulier. Qui, en pensant au piano, ne songe d’abord à Frédéric Chopin ? Enfant précoce, pianiste virtuose tôt reconnu, il puisa dans la matière brute de la musique populaire de son pays pour la sublimer...

Written by Chris Welch former ÊMelody MakerÊ journalist and Cream confidante this newly-researched book is the first full account of rock's premiere three-man supergroup: guitarist Eric Clapton bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker. From Cream's formation in 1966 to their breakup in 1968 the...

The Buonarroti Simoni, to whom Michelangelo belonged, were a Florentine family of ancient burgher nobility. Their arms appear to have been originally "azure two bends or." To this coat was added "a label of four points gules inclosing three fleur-de-lys or." That augmentation,...

Elisa Giobbi, come sottolinea Arturo Stàlteri nella sua prefazione, ci racconta la vita e le opere di questi eccelsi compositori scomparsi troppo presto. Lo fa con lucidità, senza compiacimenti e, tuttavia, con affetto. Li ama e li fa vivere di nuovo quei personaggi che hanno attraversato l'esistenza...

"Merece juntar-se ao restrito panteão dos grandes romances de rock." ( The Times ) Glasgow, 1972. Todos os garotos legais da cidade estão na fila para comprar ingressos para o show do Led Zeppelin. No céu, um zepelim vai se aproximando. Os seus passageiros – Jimi Hendrix, Janis...

Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the career of the Beatles in next to no time with this concise guide. 50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the life, times and music of the iconic British group the Beatles. The band shot to fame in the early 1960s with timeless...