Energy Follows Thought: The Stories Behind My Songs by Willie Nelson, David Ritz
$65.00 AUD
Category: Music
For the first time ever, and to help celebrate his 90th birthday in 2023, American icon Willie Nelson provides the stories behind the lyrics of 160 of his favorite songs, along with a dynamic assortment of never-before-seen photos and ephemera. From his earliest work in the 1950s to today, Willie looks ...Show more
Maria by Callas: 100th Anniversary Edition by Tom Volf
$420.00 AUD
Category: Music
Discover lost archives and previously unknown photos of legendary soprano, Maria Callas, in "Maria by Callas" by Tom Volf. With the help of Callas's closest friends and colleagues, Volf presents a personal album that captures the diva's life and work in a unique way. This updated edition, printed for Ca ...Show more
Easily Slip into Another World: A Life in Music by Henry Threadgill, Brent Hayes Edwards
$75.00 AUD
Category: Music
An autobiography of one of the towering figures of contemporary American music and a powerful meditation on history, race, capitalism, and art.Henry Threadgill has had a singular life in music. At 79, the saxophonist, flautist, and celebrated composer is one of three jazz artists (along with Ornette Col ...Show more
Sound Within Sound by Kate Molleson
$25.00 AUD
Category: Music
A radical new book by journalist, critic and BBC Radio 3 broadcaster Kate Molleson, which fundamentally changes the way we think about classical music and the musicians who made it on a global scale. ‘Wonderful . . . This is a book of discovery that speaks of music as a life force, that urges us to l ...Show more
But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz by Geoff Dyer
$23.00 AUD
Category: Music
Lester Young fading away in a hotel room; Charles Mingus storming down the streets of New York on a too-small bicycle; Thelonius Monk creating his own private language on the piano... In eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skilfully evokes the embattled lives of the players who shaped modern ...Show more
Dance Your Way Home - A Journey Through the Dancefloor by Emma Warren
$35.00 AUD
Category: Music
This book is about the kind of ordinary dancing you and I might do in our kitchens when a favourite tune comes on. It's more than a social history: it's a set of interconnected histories of the overlooked places where dancing happens . . . Why do we dance together? What does dancing tells us about ou ...Show more
Rough Ideas: Reflections on Music and More by Stephen Hough
$28.00 AUD
Category: Music
A collection of essays on music and life by the famed classical pianist and composer Stephen Hough is one of the world's leading pianists, winning global acclaim and numerous awards, both for his concerts and his recordings. He is also a writer, composer, and painter, and has been described by The E ...Show more
In Good Hands: The Making of a Modern Conductor by Alice Farnham
$37.00 AUD
Category: Music
Who dreams of becoming a conductor? What does it take to get there and stay in the game?
The Beloved Vision: Music in the Romantic Age by Stephen Walsh
$60.00 AUD
Category: Music
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
For the Love of Music: A Conductor's Guide to the Art of Listening by John Mauceri
$25.00 AUD
Category: Music
Why do so many of us listen to classical music, and how can you get the most from listening to it?In this unpretentious and instructive book, internationally celebrated conductor and teacher John Mauceri brings to bear his lifetime of experience and profound knowledge. A protégé of Leonard Bernstein and ...Show more
Rolling Stone: The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone, Stone Rolling
$75.00 AUD
Category: Music
From Rolling Stone, the definitive and lavishly illustrated companion book to one of the most popular and hotly debated lists in the world of musicWhen Rolling Stone publishes a list, the world listens. The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list was first established in 2003 and the line-up was updated in ...Show more
Folk Music - A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs by Greil Marcus
$41.95 AUD
Category: Music
Acclaimed cultural critic Greil Marcus tells the story of Bob Dylan through the lens of seven penetrating songs "Marcus delivers yet another essential work of music journalism."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Further elevates Marcus to what he has always been: a supreme artist-critic."--Hilton Als Ac ...Show more