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More Stories of Famous Operas
Written by Ernest Newman
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 5, 2013
Price: $15.99
This book contains the definitive treatment of the stories, texts, and music of Turandot, Gianni Schicchi, The Barber of Bagdad, Thaïs, Eugen Onegin, Prince Igor, The Golden Cockerel, Elektra, Orfeo ed Euridice, Lakmé, Les Huguenots, Così fan tutte, The Seraglio, Les Troyens, Don Pasquale, La Juive, Manon, Falstaff, Louise, Pelléas and... Read more >
Written by Ernest Newman
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 5, 2013
Price: $15.99
This book contains the definitive treatment of the stories, texts, and music of Turandot, Gianni Schicchi, The Barber of Bagdad, Thaïs, Eugen Onegin, Prince Igor, The Golden Cockerel, Elektra, Orfeo ed Euridice, Lakmé, Les Huguenots, Così fan tutte, The Seraglio, Les Troyens, Don Pasquale, La Juive, Manon, Falstaff, Louise, Pelléas and... Read more >
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Rod
The Autobiography
Written by Rod Stewart
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $16.00
The Autobiography
Written by Rod Stewart
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $16.00
The extraordinary life and career of music legend Rod Stewart, in his own words for the first time.
With his soulful and singular voice, narrative songwriting, and passionate live performances Rod Stewart has paved one of the most iconic and successful music careers of all time. He was the charismatic lead singer...
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THE BASS SAXOPHONE
Written by Josef Skvorecky
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $14.99
The two haunting, poetic novellas that comprise The Bass Saxophonebrilliantly evoke the comedy and sadness of life under the Nazi and Soviet dictatorships. They are prefaced by a remarkable memoir of Skvorecky's jazz-obsessed youth. Jazz is a symbol of freedom in both these novellas.
In Emoke, which is set in the shadow of the... Read more >
Written by Josef Skvorecky
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $14.99
The two haunting, poetic novellas that comprise The Bass Saxophonebrilliantly evoke the comedy and sadness of life under the Nazi and Soviet dictatorships. They are prefaced by a remarkable memoir of Skvorecky's jazz-obsessed youth. Jazz is a symbol of freedom in both these novellas.
In Emoke, which is set in the shadow of the... Read more >
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Seventeen Famous Operas
Written by Ernest Newman
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $18.99
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Written by Ernest Newman
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $18.99
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Musical Motley
Written by Ernest Newman
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 10, 2013
Price: $18.99
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Written by Ernest Newman
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 10, 2013
Price: $18.99
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On Music and Musicians
Written by Robert Schumann
Edited by Konrad Wolff
Translated by Paul Rosenfeld
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2013
Price: $12.99
Edited by Konraad Wolff
Translated by Paul Rosenfeld
With twenty black-and-white illustrations
Schumann’s literary gifts and interests almost equaled his musical ones. From boyhood on he was drawn to literary expression, and his writings on music belong to the best among the romantic literature of the 19th century. The same fire, poetry, directness of... Read more >
Written by Robert Schumann
Edited by Konrad Wolff
Translated by Paul Rosenfeld
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2013
Price: $12.99
Edited by Konraad Wolff
Translated by Paul Rosenfeld
With twenty black-and-white illustrations
Schumann’s literary gifts and interests almost equaled his musical ones. From boyhood on he was drawn to literary expression, and his writings on music belong to the best among the romantic literature of the 19th century. The same fire, poetry, directness of... Read more >
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This Business of Global Music Marketing
Global Strategies for Maximizing Your Music's Popularity and Profits
Written by Tad Lathrop
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2013
Price: $10.99
Think BIG—capture the global music market.
Worldwide tours, internet downloads, international album distribution–the global market for music is expanding with lightning speed, and that means big opportunities for everyone in the music business. The main obstacle? Lack of knowledge. The world market is packed with opportunity, but it's also full of cultural... Read more >
Global Strategies for Maximizing Your Music's Popularity and Profits
Written by Tad Lathrop
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2013
Price: $10.99
Think BIG—capture the global music market.
Worldwide tours, internet downloads, international album distribution–the global market for music is expanding with lightning speed, and that means big opportunities for everyone in the music business. The main obstacle? Lack of knowledge. The world market is packed with opportunity, but it's also full of cultural... Read more >
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Franz Liszt, Volume 1
The Virtuoso Years: 1811-1847
Written by Alan Walker
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 20, 2013
Price: $22.99
Franz Liszt--child prodigy, virtuoso pianist, co-founder with Chopin and Schumann of the Romantic movement in music--has been the subject of literally hundreds of biographies, but it is only in the last few decades that the importance of Liszt the composer, as opposed to Liszt the Romantic hero, has been recognized. This... Read more >
The Virtuoso Years: 1811-1847
Written by Alan Walker
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 20, 2013
Price: $22.99
Franz Liszt--child prodigy, virtuoso pianist, co-founder with Chopin and Schumann of the Romantic movement in music--has been the subject of literally hundreds of biographies, but it is only in the last few decades that the importance of Liszt the composer, as opposed to Liszt the Romantic hero, has been recognized. This... Read more >
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Franz Liszt, Volume 2
The Weimar Years: 1848-1861
Written by Alan Walker
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 20, 2013
Price: $22.99
The second volume in Alan Walker's magisterial biography of Franz Liszt.
"You can't help but keep turning the pages, wondering how it will all turn out: and Walker's accumulated readings of Liszt's music have to be taken seriously indeed."-D. Kern Holoman, New York Review of Books
"A conscientious scholar passionate about his subject. Mr... Read more >
The Weimar Years: 1848-1861
Written by Alan Walker
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 20, 2013
Price: $22.99
The second volume in Alan Walker's magisterial biography of Franz Liszt.
"You can't help but keep turning the pages, wondering how it will all turn out: and Walker's accumulated readings of Liszt's music have to be taken seriously indeed."-D. Kern Holoman, New York Review of Books
"A conscientious scholar passionate about his subject. Mr... Read more >
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The Baroness
The Search for Nica, the Rebellious Rothschild
Written by Hannah Rothschild
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $26.95
The Search for Nica, the Rebellious Rothschild
Written by Hannah Rothschild
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $26.95
Beautiful, romantic and spirited, Pannonica, known as Nica, named after her father’s favorite moth, was born in 1913 to extraordinary, eccentric privilege and a storied history. The Rothschild family had, in only five generations, risen from the ghetto in Frankfurt to stately homes in England. As a child, Nica took her...
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The Baroness
The Search for Nica, the Rebellious Rothschild
Written by Hannah Rothschild
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $13.99
The Search for Nica, the Rebellious Rothschild
Written by Hannah Rothschild
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $13.99
Beautiful, romantic and spirited, Pannonica, known as Nica, named after her father’s favorite moth, was born in 1913 to extraordinary, eccentric privilege and a storied history. The Rothschild family had, in only five generations, risen from the ghetto in Frankfurt to stately homes in England. As a child, Nica took her...
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QUARTET PLAYING,ART OF
Written by David Blum
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 13, 2013
Price: $14.99
How do four instrumentalists with strong individual tastes and temperaments manage to forge a distinctive approach to the music they play? This extraordinary book ushers readers into the workshop of one of the world's most accomplished string quartets. In rich and probing conversations with their longtime friend and musicologist and conductor... Read more >
Written by David Blum
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 13, 2013
Price: $14.99
How do four instrumentalists with strong individual tastes and temperaments manage to forge a distinctive approach to the music they play? This extraordinary book ushers readers into the workshop of one of the world's most accomplished string quartets. In rich and probing conversations with their longtime friend and musicologist and conductor... Read more >
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Swissted
Vintage Rock Posters Remixed and Reimagined
Written by Mike Joyce
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $40.00
“Fine art for font nerds.”—New York Magazine
“One of the most engaging homages I have ever seen.”—Steven Heller
Swissted takes rock concert posters of the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s and remixes and reimagines them through a Swiss modernist lens. The result is some of the coolest images you’ve ever seen! The book features... Read more >
Vintage Rock Posters Remixed and Reimagined
Written by Mike Joyce
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $40.00
“Fine art for font nerds.”—New York Magazine
“One of the most engaging homages I have ever seen.”—Steven Heller
Swissted takes rock concert posters of the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s and remixes and reimagines them through a Swiss modernist lens. The result is some of the coolest images you’ve ever seen! The book features... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Swissted
Vintage Rock Posters Remixed and Reimagined
Written by Mike Joyce
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $20.00
“Fine art for font nerds.”—New York Magazine
“One of the most engaging homages I have ever seen.”—Steven Heller
Swissted takes rock concert posters of the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s and remixes and reimagines them through a Swiss modernist lens. The result is some of the coolest images you’ve ever seen! The book features... Read more >
Vintage Rock Posters Remixed and Reimagined
Written by Mike Joyce
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $20.00
“Fine art for font nerds.”—New York Magazine
“One of the most engaging homages I have ever seen.”—Steven Heller
Swissted takes rock concert posters of the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s and remixes and reimagines them through a Swiss modernist lens. The result is some of the coolest images you’ve ever seen! The book features... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Days That I'll Remember
Spending Time with John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Written by Jonathan Cott
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $25.95
Jonathan Cott met John Lennon in 1968 and was friends with him and Yoko Ono until John's death in 1980. He has kept in touch with Yoko since that time, and is one of the small group of writers who understands her profoundly positive influence on Lennon. This deeply personal book... Read more >
Spending Time with John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Written by Jonathan Cott
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $25.95
Jonathan Cott met John Lennon in 1968 and was friends with him and Yoko Ono until John's death in 1980. He has kept in touch with Yoko since that time, and is one of the small group of writers who understands her profoundly positive influence on Lennon. This deeply personal book... Read more >
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eBook.
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Days That I'll Remember
Spending Time with John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Written by Jonathan Cott
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $12.99
Jonathan Cott met John Lennon in 1968 and was friends with him and Yoko Ono until John's death in 1980. He has kept in touch with Yoko since that time, and is one of the small group of writers who understands her profoundly positive influence on Lennon. This deeply personal book... Read more >
Spending Time with John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Written by Jonathan Cott
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $12.99
Jonathan Cott met John Lennon in 1968 and was friends with him and Yoko Ono until John's death in 1980. He has kept in touch with Yoko since that time, and is one of the small group of writers who understands her profoundly positive influence on Lennon. This deeply personal book... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Come As You Are
The Story of Nirvana
Written by Michael Azerrad
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2013
Price: $12.99
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 of Nirvana -- the only book with exclusive in-depth interviews with bandmembers Kurt Cobain... Read more >
The Story of Nirvana
Written by Michael Azerrad
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2013
Price: $12.99
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 of Nirvana -- the only book with exclusive in-depth interviews with bandmembers Kurt Cobain... Read more >
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Tiger Rag
A Novel
Written by Nicholas Christopher
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2013
Price: $26.00
The acclaimed author of Veronica and A Trip to the Stars returns with a dazzling new novel based on one of the great legends of musical history.
New Orleans, 1900. The virtuoso cornet player Charles “Buddy” Bolden invents jazz, but after a life consumed by tragedy, the groundbreaking sound of... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Nicholas Christopher
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2013
Price: $26.00
The acclaimed author of Veronica and A Trip to the Stars returns with a dazzling new novel based on one of the great legends of musical history.
New Orleans, 1900. The virtuoso cornet player Charles “Buddy” Bolden invents jazz, but after a life consumed by tragedy, the groundbreaking sound of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Tiger Rag
A Novel
Written by Nicholas Christopher
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2013
Price: $12.99
The acclaimed author of Veronica and A Trip to the Stars returns with a dazzling new novel based on one of the great legends of musical history.
New Orleans, 1900. The virtuoso cornet player Charles “Buddy” Bolden invents jazz, but after a life consumed by tragedy, the groundbreaking sound of... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Nicholas Christopher
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2013
Price: $12.99
The acclaimed author of Veronica and A Trip to the Stars returns with a dazzling new novel based on one of the great legends of musical history.
New Orleans, 1900. The virtuoso cornet player Charles “Buddy” Bolden invents jazz, but after a life consumed by tragedy, the groundbreaking sound of... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Essential Classical Recordings
100 CDs for Today's Listener
Written by Rick Phillips
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $12.99
Most guides to classical recordings on CD comprise thousands of brief listings. In their attempt to be comprehensive, they end up being heavy and intimidating. Phillips knows better. He sticks to what he considers to be the 101 essential CDs, and tells readers not only why each one is the best... Read more >
100 CDs for Today's Listener
Written by Rick Phillips
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $12.99
Most guides to classical recordings on CD comprise thousands of brief listings. In their attempt to be comprehensive, they end up being heavy and intimidating. Phillips knows better. He sticks to what he considers to be the 101 essential CDs, and tells readers not only why each one is the best... Read more >
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LCD
Photographed by Ruvan Wijesooriya
Introduction by James Murphy
Format: Hardcover, 216 pages
On Sale: December 11, 2012
Price: $29.95
For the past decade, downtown-New York indie dance music innovation could be summed up in three letters: LCD. The brainchild of frontman James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem grew from a solo project into one of the most highly regarded live bands in contemporary music.
In 2011, at the height of their career, LCD... Read more >
Photographed by Ruvan Wijesooriya
Introduction by James Murphy
Format: Hardcover, 216 pages
On Sale: December 11, 2012
Price: $29.95
For the past decade, downtown-New York indie dance music innovation could be summed up in three letters: LCD. The brainchild of frontman James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem grew from a solo project into one of the most highly regarded live bands in contemporary music.
In 2011, at the height of their career, LCD... Read more >
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A Light That Never Goes Out
The Enduring Saga of the Smiths
Written by Tony Fletcher
Format: eBook, 704 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2012
Price: $14.99
The definitive book about The Smiths, one of the most beloved, respected, and storied indie rock bands in music history.
They were, their fans believe, the best band in the world. Hailing from Manchester, England, The Smiths--Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke, and Mike Joyce--were critical and popular favorites throughout their mid-1980s heyday... Read more >
The Enduring Saga of the Smiths
Written by Tony Fletcher
Format: eBook, 704 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2012
Price: $14.99
The definitive book about The Smiths, one of the most beloved, respected, and storied indie rock bands in music history.
They were, their fans believe, the best band in the world. Hailing from Manchester, England, The Smiths--Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke, and Mike Joyce--were critical and popular favorites throughout their mid-1980s heyday... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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A Light That Never Goes Out
The Enduring Saga of the Smiths
Written by Tony Fletcher
Format: Hardcover, 704 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2012
Price: $30.00
The definitive book about The Smiths, one of the most beloved, respected, and storied indie rock bands in music history.
They were, their fans believe, the best band in the world. Hailing from Manchester, England, The Smiths--Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke, and Mike Joyce--were critical and popular favorites throughout their mid-1980s heyday... Read more >
The Enduring Saga of the Smiths
Written by Tony Fletcher
Format: Hardcover, 704 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2012
Price: $30.00
The definitive book about The Smiths, one of the most beloved, respected, and storied indie rock bands in music history.
They were, their fans believe, the best band in the world. Hailing from Manchester, England, The Smiths--Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke, and Mike Joyce--were critical and popular favorites throughout their mid-1980s heyday... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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A Natural History of the Piano
The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between
Written by Stuart Isacoff
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $17.95
The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between
Written by Stuart Isacoff
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $17.95
A fascinating celebration of the piano, including tales of its masters from Mozart and Beethoven to Oscar Peterson and Jerry Lee Lewis, told with the expertise of composer and author of Temperament, Stuart Isacoff.
This history takes us back to the piano's humble genesis as a simple keyboard, and shows how...
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The First Four Notes
Beethoven's Fifth and the Human Imagination
Written by Matthew Guerrieri
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $26.95
A TIME Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2012
A New Yorker Best Book of the Year
Los Angeles Magazine's #1 Music Book of the Year
A unique and revelatory book of music history that examines in great depth what is perhaps the best-known and most-popular symphony ever written and its four-note opening, which... Read more >
Beethoven's Fifth and the Human Imagination
Written by Matthew Guerrieri
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $26.95
A TIME Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2012
A New Yorker Best Book of the Year
Los Angeles Magazine's #1 Music Book of the Year
A unique and revelatory book of music history that examines in great depth what is perhaps the best-known and most-popular symphony ever written and its four-note opening, which... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
