Debussy - A Painter in Sound by Stephen Walsh
$38.00 AUD
Category: Classical
Claude Debussy was that rare creature, a composer who reinvented the language of music without alienating the majority of music lovers. He is the modernist everyone loves. How did he manage this? Was it through the association of his music with visual images, or was it simply that, by throwing out the r ...Show more
Chopin's Piano: In Search of the Instrument That Transformed Music (PB) by Paul Kildea
$23.00 AUD
Category: Classical | Series: Journey Through Romanticism
'Beguiling ... Limpidly written, effortlessly learned' William Boyd, TLS, Books of the Year In November 1838 Frédéric Chopin, George Sand and her two children sailed to Majorca to escape the Parisian winter. They settled in an abandoned monastery at Valldemossa in the mountains above Palma, where Chopin ...Show more
Totally Wired: The Rise and Fall of the Music Press by Paul Gorman
$30.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary
A raucous yet reflective look back at the evolution of the music press and the passionate rock and pop journalists who defined the music of the 20th century. Totally Wired is the definitive story of the music press on both sides of the Atlantic, tracing its rise and fall from humble beginnings nearly 1 ...Show more
What's Good: Notes on Rap and Language by Daniel Levin Becker
$35.00 AUD
Category: Music
A love letter to the verbal artistry of hip-hop, What’s Good is a work of passionate lyrical analysis. Much has been asserted about hip-hop’s lyrical inventiveness, but there have been very few, if any, dives as deep into the way rap lyrics function. The book is as up to the moment as possible and embr ...Show more
The Beloved Vision: Music in the Romantic Age by Stephen Walsh
$63.00 AUD
Category: Classical
Everyone loves romantic music: the sweet melody of a Schubert song, the heroine dying for love in an Italian opera, the swooning orchestration of a Tchaikovsky symphony. But as Stephen Walsh - author of the highly praised Debussy: A Painter in Sound - points out in this intensely absorbing study, there ...Show more
Year of Wonder - Classical Music for Every Day by Clemency Burton-Hill
$35.00 AUD
Category: Classical
'Year of Wonder is an absolute treat - the most enlightening way to be guided through the year.' Eddie RedmayneClassical music for everyone - an inspirational piece of music for every day of the year, celebrating composers from the medieval era to the present day, written by award-winning violinist and ...Show more
The Japanese Myths: A Guide to Gods, Heroes and Spirits by Joshua Frydman
$30.00 AUD
Category: Classical
The perfect introduction to the world of Japanese myth and legend. This is a smart and succinct guide to the rich tradition of Japanese mythology, from the earliest recorded legends of Izanagi and Izanami, their divine offspring and the creation of Japan, to medieval tales of vengeful ghosts, through to ...Show more
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