Arts / Music

A Selection of Collected Folk-Songs

by Cecil J. Sharp

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality,...

Musical Form

by Ebenezer Prout

Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909), was an English musical theorist, writer, teacher and composer, whose instruction, afterwards embodied in a series of standard works, underpinned the work of many British musicians...

Songs Without Words (Lieder Ohne Worte) by Felix Mendelssohn for Solo Piano Opp.19b, 30, 38, 53, 62, 67, 85 & 102

by Felix Mendelssohn

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...

Ballade No.1 in G Minor by Frederic Chopin for Solo Piano (1836) Op.23

by Frédéric Chopin

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...

Nocturne by Claude Debussy for Solo Piano (1892) Cd89 (L.82)

by Claude Debussy

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...

Where Have All the Good Times Gone?

by Louis Barfe

Louis Barfe's elegantly written, authoritative and highly entertaining history charts the meteoric rise and slow decline of the popular recording industry.

Barfe shows how the 1920s and 1930s saw the departure...

Shell Shocked: My Life with the Turtles, Flo and Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc.

by Howard Kaylan & Jeff Tamarkin

(Book). If Howard Kaylan had sung only one song, the Turtles' 1967 No. 1 smash hit "Happy Together," his place in rock-and-roll history would still be secure. But that recording, named in 1999 by BMI as one...

Read & Burn: A Book about Wire

by Wilson Neate

(Book). Read & Burn is the first serious, in-depth appraisal of Wire, one of the most influential British bands to emerge during the punk era. If Wire were briefly a punk band, however, it was largely by historical...

Downton Abbey (Songbook): Original Music from the Television Series

by John Lunn

(Piano Solo Songbook). 17 original pieces from the hit television series arranged for piano solo: Damaged * Deception * Did I Make the Most of Loving You * Downton Abbey the Suite * A Drive * Emancipation *...

The Dervish

by Frances Kazan

(Book). The first Arab Spring: revolution and passion seethe and erupt in this action-packed romance during the dying days of the Ottoman Empire. Kazan's novel takes us intimately behind the veil, to see and...

The Scots Fiddle: Tunes, Tales & Traditions of the Lothians, Borders & Ayrshire

by J. Murray Neil & Kathleen McPhee

In the second of a three-volume set of The Scots Fiddle, J. Murray Neil has compiled a collection of the fiddle music of Scotland relating to Edinburgh and the Lothians, Borders and Ayrshire. It includes a selection...

Text and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll: The Beats and Rock Culture

by Simon Warner

Text and Drugs and Rock'n'Roll explores the interaction between two of the most powerful socio-cultural movements in the post-war years - the literary forces of the Beat Generation and the musical energies of...

The Indispensable Harp: Historical Development, Modern Roes, Configurations, and Performance Practices in Ecuador and Latin America

by John M. Schechter

A musical instrument that has played a vital role in Latin American music cultures "the harp" is the subject of this new work, the first study of its kind to be published in English. John Schechter presents...

Engaging Musical Practices: A Sourcebook for Middle School General Music

by Suzanne L. Burton, Brian D. Bersh & Frank Abrahams

4. Middle school general music may be a student’s last encounter with school music. A practical book with accessible pedagogical resources on middle school general music is needed for methods courses and music...

Arlo Guthrie: The Warner/Reprise Years

by Hank Reineke

Arlo Guthrie: The Warner/Reprise Years revisits Guthrie’s 15-year ride as a recording artist for the prestigious record label. Hank Reineke guides readers through the colorful history of Guthrie’s most creative...

Reading the Grateful Dead: A Critical Survey

by Nicholas G. Meriwether

In Reading the Grateful Dead: A Critical Survey, Nicholas G. Meriwether has assembled a collection of essays that examine the development of Grateful Dead studies. This volume includes work from three generations...

50 Licks: Myths and Stories from Half a Century of the Rolling Stones

by Bernard M Corbett & Peter Fornatale

Behold the Rolling Stones: run-ins with the law, chart-topping successes, and now the World's Greatest Continually Operating Rock and Roll Band. 50 Licks tells the story of the Stones, right from its very origins....

The Spanish Song Companion

by Jacqueline Cockburn, Richard Stokes & Graham Johnson

The Spanish Song Companion is an introduction to the rich heritage of Spanish song, providing the texts of over 300 songs with parallel translations in accurate and readable English.

Alexander Zemlinsky: A Lyric Symphony

by Marc D. Moskovitz

From Zemlinsky's early success as a composer and widely recognized achievements as a conductor to his eventual descent into obscurity, this new biography places Zemlinsky (1871-1942) against the backdrops of...

Music in 1853: The Biography of a Year

by Hugh Macdonald

Why 1853? For many leading composers this year brought far-reaching changes to their lives: Brahms emerged from obscurity to celebrity, Schumann ceased to be an active composer, and both Berlioz and Wagner became...