Being Wagner: The Triumph of the Will by Simon Callow
$25.00 AUD
Category: Music
The perfect introduction to the Master. One hundred and thirty-five years after his death, Richard Wagner's music dramas stand at the centre of the culture of classical music. They have never been more popular, nor so violently controversial and divisive. As a man, he was a walking contradiction: aggres ...Show more
Richard Wagner: A Life in Music by Martin Geck
$57.95 AUD
Category: Music
Best known for the challenging four-opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung, Richard Wagner (1813-83) was a conductor, librettist, theater director, and essayist, in addition to being the composer of some of the most enduring operatic works in history, such as The Flying Dutchman, Tannhauser, and Tristan a ...Show more
Radio Birdman: Retaliate first: How one band smashed the rules of Australian rock and roll by Murray Engleheart
$37.00 AUD
Category: Music
The first-ever in-depth biography of iconoclastic Sydney punk band Radio Birdman. Sydney's legendary Radio Birdman were a stake through the satin and scarfed hearts of the early seventies' music scene, revolutionising the conservative Australian industry in the process. Regarded as one of the earliest p ...Show more
Callas 100 by Giampaolo Guida Guid
$105.00 AUD
Category: Music
*Maria Callas told through the words of colleagues, beloved, close collaborators and unpublished images *Features stunning black and white photography and previously unseen documents The sound of Maria Callas, artist and woman. Maria Callas was one of the most influential and renowned opera singers of t ...Show more
In Good Hands - The Making of a Modern Conductor by Alice Farnham
$25.00 AUD
Category: Music
'Alice Farnham's insightful book is an inspirational tool, even for those of different disciplines.' CATE BLANCHETT
Why Beethoven: A Phenomenon in 100 Pieces by Norman Lebrecht
$23.00 AUD
Category: Music
Without Beethoven, music as we know it wouldn't exist. Who was this titan of world culture? 'You want to build a Beethoven library? There can be no better starting point... Brilliant.' John Suchet, Classic FM presenter Through 100 recordings, Lebrecht brings to life the composer as we've never seen him ...Show more
Quartet: How Four Women Challenged the Musical World by Leah Broad
$25.00 AUD
Category: Music
The lives, loves, adventures and trailblazing musical careers of four extraordinary women from a stunning debut biographer. The lives, loves, adventures and trailblazing musical careers of four extraordinary women from a stunning debut biographer.'Fabulous.' Sunday Times 'A rare gift.' Financial Times ' ...Show more
Together, Somehow - Music, Affect, and Intimacy on the Dancefloor by Luis Manuel Garcia-Mispireta
$57.99 AUD
Category: Music
In Together, Somehow, Luis Manuel Garcia-Mispireta examines how people find ways to get along and share a dancefloor, a vibe, and a sound. Drawing on time spent in the minimal techno and house music subscenes in Chicago, Paris, and Berlin as the first decade of the new millennium came to a close, Garcia ...Show more
Opera As Art - Philosophical Sketches by Paul Thom
$200.00 AUD
Category: Music | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
In Opera as Art: Philosophical Sketches, Paul Thom argues for opera as an art, standing alongside other artforms that employ visual and sonic media to embody the great themes of human life. Thom contends that in great operatic art, the narrative and expressive content collaborate with the work's aesthet ...Show more
World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy
$33.00 AUD
Category: Music
An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Tweedy, sharing fifty songs that changed his life, the real-life experiences behind each one, as well as what he's learned about how music and life intertwine and enhance ea ...Show more
Icons of Rock: In Their Own Words by Jenny Boyd
$37.00 AUD
Category: Music
There have been innumerable 'rock star' biographies and music histories before, but there is no book that presents the deepest, innermost thoughts from some of the industry's most legendary musicians on not only how they create, but what drives their creative process. Have you ever wondered how your ...Show more
Let's Do It - The Birth of Pop by Bob Stanley
$50.00 AUD
Category: Music
The prequel to Bob Stanley's universally acclaimed Yeah Yeah Yeah, Let's Do It is the only book that brings together all genres to tell the definitive story of the birth of Pop, from 1900 to the mid-fifties.'An absolute landmark/joy/gossip-fest/door to Narnia: the history of pop music before rock'n'roll ...Show more