Composers category: 3267 books
by Joe Licari
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2004
He calls himself "The Invisible Clarinetist" since he never really achieved the kind of fame or notoriety he might have liked.
This story is about his musical life and about some of the people who have come to share and enrich it. Music has always been his first love but his wife...
Prince
A Life in Music
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
At the dawn of the eighties, small crowds of concertgoers gathered to catch a new sensation named Prince. They showed up expecting a recast of Michael Jackson, but with more chest hair. They got something altogether different. Framed around sixty-two songs that represent the chapters of his career,...
Gainsbourg
Niente è già tanto
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 19, 2018
Serge Gainsbourg (1928-1991), con quasi 650 canzoni scritte in quarant'anni di attività, è probabilmente uno degli autori e interpreti più prolifici del secolo scorso. Poco conosciuto in Italia, se non per la sua relazione con Brigitte Bardot e per la scandalosa canzone Je t'aime... moi non plus,...
Unterwegs in Sein und Zeit
Einführung in das Leben und Denken von Martin Heidegger
Language: German
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Immer, auch in seinen komplexesten Werken, stellt Heidegger in den Vordergrund, dass das Dasein unmittelbar, nicht auf den Menschen einzuengen und endlich sei. Heidegger hat mit "Sein und Zeit" nicht nur den wohl bedeutendsten philosophischen Entwurf des 20. Jahrhunderts vorgelegt, sondern...
Jonas Kaufmann
In Conversation With
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
Jonas Kaufmann is a phenomenon. With his musicality, his vocal technique and his expressive powers - to say nothing of his matinée-idol good looks - he is widely regarded as the greatest tenor of today. Thomas Voigt's intimate biography, written in collaboration with Kaufmann, reflects on the singer's...
Mon Ami Giorgio Gomelsky
Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, Magma, Gong
Language: French
Release Date: February 17, 2018
Giorgio Gomelsky était plus un artiste qu'un homme d'affaires. Les concours de circonstances l'ont amené à devenir le manager et producteur des Yardbirds, de Magma, de Gong et de beaucoup d'autres dont les Rolling Stones. Leur premier concert au Crawdaddy devant… trois personnes, c'est à lui...
Les mots du mal
Mes correspondances avec des tueurs
Language: French
Release Date: February 17, 2018
Tant d'ouvrages sur le thème des tueurs en série ont déjà été écrits. Nombreux sont ceux qui tentent d'expliquer le phénomène en relatant leur parcours et en décortiquant leur psychologie. Pendant des années, j'ai lu avec avidité nombre de ces récits, animé par une curiosité grandissante...
Peter Cornelius
Reif für die Insel
Language: German
Release Date: October 19, 2018
Peter Cornelius – Singer/Songwriter. Hineingeboren ins Jahr 1951 in Wien. In einer Zeit des Umbruchs wuchs eine Generation heran, die sich ihren eigenen Weg suchte und ihn in der sich Bahn brechenden neuen Musik aus England und den USA fand. In "Reif für die Insel" beschreibt Cornelius,...
Jelena Obraszowa
Eine russische Opernlegende
Language: German
Release Date: September 20, 2018
"In welcher Erscheinung die Obraszowa auch vor uns tritt, wir werden sofort zwei Gegensätze wahrnehmen, zwischen denen sich ihre Persönlichkeit bewegt. Da ist einmal ihr pulsierendes Temperament, ihr mit "brennender" Energetik aufgeladenes menschliches und künstlerisches Wesen -...
'Immer ist es Liebe, die gewinnt'
Helene Fischer. Die Biografie
Language: German
Release Date: December 3, 2018
Helene Fischer weiß schon früh, dass sie später einmal auf der großen Bühne stehen will. Der samstägliche Putztag wurde in ihrem Elternhaus stets durch die Komödie Hurra, die Schule brennt aufgelockert. An diesen Tagen steht Helene begeistert vor dem Fernseher und singt leidenschaftlich alle...
Eu dormi com Joey Ramone
Memórias de uma família punk rock
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: December 10, 2013
Quando os Ramones gravaram seu primeiro disco, em 1976, prenunciaram o nascimento do punk rock. E foi Joey Ramone, o inesquecível vocalista de timbre grave, óculos de aros circulares e cabelos sobre o rosto, quem deu voz a uma geração de jovens descontentes durante os anos 70 e 80, influenciando...
High in the Mid-'60s
How to Have a Fabulous Life in Music without Being Famous
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2018
“High in the Mid-'60s”…How to Have A Fabulous Life in Music Without being famous!”… is all of the following…a memoir, a life journey, a rock n roll “everyman” story, a spiritual discovery, a fathering experience, an absolute music business survival manual, and an anecdotal treasure...
by Wagner Castro
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: November 6, 2017
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: November 6, 2017
Cantor e compositor, Ednardo é o autor da canção "Pavão Mysteriozo", já regravada por mais de 20 cantores e que foi tema da novela Saramandaia, exibida pela TV Globo em 1976. Iniciou carreira nessa década ao lado de nomes como Fagner, Belchior e Amelinha, e protagonizou importantes...
by Marcos Sampaio
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: November 6, 2017
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: November 6, 2017
Nascido em Quixeramobim, interior do estado do Ceará, Fausto Nilo é compositor, arquiteto e poeta. Seu primeiro sucesso musical, a canção "Fim do mundo", em 1972. É considerado, ao lado de nomes como Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Tom Jobim, Chico Buarque e Noel Rosa, um dos compositores...