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A decade after the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had given way to an era of retrenchment and repression, 1824 became a watershed year. The premiere of the Ninth Symphony, the death of Lord Byron - who had been aiding the Greeks in their struggle for independence, Delacroixs painting of the Turkish massacre of Greeks at Chios and Pushkins anti-tyrannical play Boris Godunov all signalled that the desire for freedom was not dead. And all of these works and events were part of the flowering of the High Romantic period. In The Ninth, eminent music historian and biographer Harvey Sachs employs memoir, anecdote and his vast knowledge of history to explain how the premiere of Beethovens staggering last symphony was emblematic of its time - a work of art unlike any other - and a magisterial, humanistic statement that remains a challenge down to our own day and for future generations.

In "The Loves of Great Composers," Gustav Kobbé explores the intricate relationships and romantic entanglements of some of the most celebrated figures in classical music. Richly textured and vibrantly written, Kobbes work combines biographical detail with an engaging narrative style, inviting readers into the personal lives of composers like Beethoven, Wagner, and Tchaikovsky. The book sheds light on how these emotional experiences influenced their music, contributing to a deeper understanding of their artistic legacies within the context of romanticism and the broader cultural movements of their times. Gustav Kobbe was not only an esteemed musicologist but also an accomplished playwright and critic. His deep-rooted passion for music, combined with his exposure to its operatic and symphonic forms during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, likely shaped his insights into the emotional landscapes of these composers. Kobbes travels and interactions with musical circles at the height of their prominence provided him with a wealth of knowledge, which is evident in his meticulous research and empathetic portrayals. This captivating book is an essential read for anyone interested in the intersections of love and music. Kobbes eloquent prose and insightful anecdotes make it accessible to both casual readers and scholars alike, offering a unique lens through which to appreciate the profound impacts of personal relationships on the creative processes of some of historys greatest musical figures.

By any standards, Kings of Leon are unique. Consisting of three brothers and their first cousin, all surnamed Followill, the quartet from Tennessee have conquered the music world on their own terms. They have audaciously mixed elements of classic rock with grunge, garage and a very contemporary attitude. The result is music that has found a global audience, drawn from all ages. Along the way, the band have earned the respect of Bob Dylan, U2, and other A-list celebrities. Their hard-partying lifestyle and glamorous girlfriends ensure that the band remains a favourite with the media. This book traces the rise of Kings of Leon from local hopefuls to Grammy-winning chart-toppers. A religious background that kept them well away from rock music until 1997 has further added to the mystique surrounding the Kings, as Michael Heatley recounts in this first-ever full-length, authoritative biography of the band.

A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEARWayne Kramer, legendary guitarist and co-founder of quintessential Detroit proto-punk legends The MC5, tells his story in The Hard Stuff.As gripping as it is sobering.THE TIMESVoyerustically dramatic.NEW YORK TIMESEye-opening.GUARDIANOne of rocks most engaging and readable memoirs.ROLLING STONEInspiring and redempetive.UNCUTAn endearing read.MOJOLed by legendary guitarist Wayne Kramer, The MC5 was a reflection of the times: exciting, sexy, violent, out of control - assuring their time in the spotlight would be short-lived.Kramers story is a revolutionary one, but it is also the deeply personal struggle of an addict and an artist. From the glory days of Detroit to the junk-sick streets of the East Village, from Key West to Nashville and sunny Los Angeles, in and out of prison and on and off of drugs, his is the classic journeyman narrative, but with a twist: hes here to remind us that revolution is always an option.

This carefully researched and definitive book recreates the magic of the greatest violinists in history. In three centuries, the solo performer progressed from downtrodden private servant to revered public idol. The supreme artists Corelli, Vivaldi, Viotti, Paganini, Vieuxtemps, Joachim and Auer were pivotal figures in the history of violin playing, while more recent times have seen Sarasate, Ysaye and the virtuosi of the modern recording era. The Great Violinists reveals a range of personalities from the conventional to the eccentric. In her coverage of the last hundred years, Margaret Campbell has interviewed many eminent musicians and had rich access to letters and private documents. Her book offers a vivid portrait of skills and traditions that have been handed down through generations. It is a book for string players, students, concert goers and music buffs - indeed, anyone who enjoys the sound of the violin.

The Great Cellists is a comprehensive and authoritative history of the lives and work of the cellos great performers and teachers, from the emergence of the solo instrument in the seventeenth century to the present day.In its early history, the cello was a genuine bass violin that came in three sizes and from the thirteenth century was played side by side with viols and later violins. The instrument we know today came into general use by the time the great makers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries - such as Amati, Stradivari and Guarneri - brought their craft to perfection and made numerous of the instruments most sought after by todays virtuosi.Many of the earliest known professional cellists were employed as court musicians, but their names have not been widely known. The most familiar names belong to those early cellists who were also composers: Boccherini, Romberg, Piatti and Popper. In more recent times, the great Europeans Becker, Klengel and Salmond led to Feuermann, Piatogorsky, Fournier, Rostropovich, and above all to Casals; and they, in turn, have greatly influenced contemporary musicians such as the late Jacqueline du Pre and the manifold brilliant players from Russia, Japan and the USA. The Great Cellists reveals a splendid range of personalities from the conventional to the eccentric. Included also are the numerous less well-known cellists who were important as founders of the various national schools.Margaret Campbell has interviewed many eminent musicians and had rich access to letters and private documents in her coverage of the last hundred years. Her absorbing book presents to the reader a rich vision of skills and traditions that have been handed down nationally through the generations, and developed internationally since the twentieth century. It is a book for string players, students, concertgoers and CD buffs - indeed, anyone who enjoys the sound of the cello.

a fantastic read . . . witty and incredibly detailed - Brain DamageBy the late 1960s, popular British prog-rock group Pink Floyd were experiencing a creative voltage drop, so they turned to composer Ron Geesin for help in writing their next album.The Flaming Cow offers a rare insight into the brilliant but often fraught collaboration between the band and Geesin, the result of which became known as Atom Heart Mother the title track from the Floyds first UK number-one album. From the time drummer Nick Mason visited Geesins damp basement flat in Notting Hill, to the last game of golf between bassist Roger Waters and Geesin, this book is an unflinching account about how one of Pink Floyds most celebrated compositions came to life.Alongside photographs from the Abbey Road recording sessions and the subsequent performances in London and Paris, this new and updated edition of The Flaming Cow describes how the title was chosen, why Geesin was not credited on the record, how he left Hyde Park in tears, and why the group did not much like the work. Yet, more than fifty years on, Atom Heart Mother remains a much-loved record with a burgeoning cult status and an increasing number of requests for the score from around the world. It would appear theres still life in the Flaming Cow yet.

Richard Wagner remains, almost 130 years after his death, the most controversial composer in the history of music. Creator of huge and hugely ambitious operas, which have an immense immediate impact, as well as providing food for endless thought and discussion, Wagner has had an influence on many fields outside music. In this lively pocket guide, Michael Tanner gives concise accounts of all his operas - the likes of Parsifal, Lohengrin and Tristan und Isolde - showing how important it is to grasp the dramatic situations at every point, and indicating some of the key musical features. He also provides an outline of Wagners astonishing life, and shows that he has often been unfairly criticised and made a scapegoat, especially for political events which took place long after his death.Key features include:- Wagner: his life year by year - Wagner: his music work by work - Things people said about Wagner - Essential Wagner: ten great moments - Wagner on CD and DVD - Wagner bibliographyThis indispensable Faber Pocket Guide provides a wealth of insights into Wagner and is essential reading for anyone with an interest in both and the man and his music. [P]robably the best introduction ever written to this most complex of composers. Simon Heffer, Telegraph

Joseph Haydn is one of the greatest and most innovative of all composers, yet in some ways he is still curiously misunderstood. This engaging new Pocket Guide assesses what Haydns music means to us today, and challenges some of the myths that have grown up around the composer. With suggestions for further reading and recommended CD recordings, Richard Wigmores crisp and concise guide presents you with all you need to listen to and enjoy Haydns music. It explores each of his key works, from his symphonies to his quartets, from his choral works to his sonatas, and invites a new generation of listeners to discover the depth and dazzling ingenuity of this most humane and life-affirming of composers.

John Bridcut, author of the acclaimed Brittens Children, will include significant fresh material which will make the book indispensable for Britten aficionados as well as for those who are discovering the composers music for the first time. This guide is all about finding a way into Brittens music. An outline of planned chapters: - The Top Ten Britten pieces - Critics First Impressions - Brittens Life - Britten and Pears - The things they said - The Music (stage works, choral works, songs, chamber music, orchestral works) - The Interpreters of Brittens work - Britten as Performer - The Impresario (English Opera Group and Aldeburgh Festival) - Brittens Homes - Trivial Pursuits

The music of J.S.Bach has a unique power and attraction some 300 years after it was written. From annual performances of the great Passions and BBC Radio 3s hugely successful Bach Christmas, to its use in adverts, films and popular arrangements, the imaginative strength of Bachs music continues to draw listeners to explore its mysteries.This new Pocket Guide looks at all Bachs music, sacred and secular, and explores why he speaks so profoundly to our age about both the spiritual and the sensual in life.Among the features of this easy-to-use book: The Bach Top Ten Bach: The music work by work Performing Bach today Bach: The life year by year What people said about Bach Accessible and easy to use, Nicholas Kenyon provides for the first time an up-to-date survey of all Bachs major works in the light of the latest research, from Masses to Cantatas, Concertos to Suites, and recommends the best CDs and further reading.

Its been a long time coming... Llega a librerías el libro para conocerlo todo sobre la artista que ha redefinido la industria musical.Desde componer canciones en la granja de Pensilvania de sus padres a romper sus propios records dentro de la industria musical: el impacto mundial de Taylor Swift es innegable.A traves de este magnifico libro ilustrado, seas un swiftie veterano o un fan que acaba de llegar, podras sumergirte en el universo lirico y compositivo de la mayor artista de su generacion.Recorre las diversas eras de la cantante y descubre como sus distintas inquietudes han evolucionado a lo largo de su carrera. Una experiencia unica para interpretar todo aquello que las letras de Taylor inspiran, y llegar a los recovecos mas ocultos de la autentica mastermind de la musica.

Elvis Presley was an extremely talented musician and a very charismatic man. His colourful persona, private life and often unique personality means he still fascinates people today, years after his death in 1977.This book contains a selection of interesting facts and anecdotes about Elviss life and career. Hopefully most of them will be new to the reader!

The Eighth Symphony was going to be different from anything Mahler had ever done before. The intensely personal dramas of his earlier symphonies were a thing of the past - or rather, they were now to be seen as preludes to this new, culminating symphonic statement: he was quite sure it was the greatest thing he had ever written. The first seven symphonies were all, in their very different ways, acts of private confession, the unburdening of a hypersensitive soul, struggling to make sense of its own existence and of the thrilling and terrifying world in which it found itself. The Eighth would speak in different tones, and of a different kind of experience. It would be a bringer of joy through inspired settings of the hymn Veni, Creator Spiritus and the final scene of Goethes Faust. The world premiere in Munich in the summer of 1910 was the artistic breakthrough for which the composer had yearned all his adult life, filling Munichs huge Neue Musik-Festhalle on two successive evenings, to tumultuous applause. Stephen Johnson recounts its far-reaching effect on composers, conductors and writers of the time - Berg and Schoenberg and the teenage Korngold, Bruno Walter and Klemperer, and the writers Stefan Zweig and Thomas Mann (the character of Gustav von Aschenbach in Manns Death in Venice was partly based on the impression Mahler made on him in 1910). Placing Mahler within his world - in particular the German-speaking world - Johnson re-assesses Mahlers thoughts in the context of the prevailing thought of his age, not only in relation to the artistic and intellectual movements of the time, but through consideration of political climate and historical background, and on into science, medicine, technology, mass entertainment, and even the development of modern PR. Throughout we are made aware that in that same tumultuous summer Mahler worked desperately on his Tenth Symphony, was betrayed by his wife, and consulted Sigmund Freud. It is a story like no other.

The Complete Songs of Hugo Wolf gathers together for the first time every poem Wolf set to music. Alongside the original German texts are translations by leading Lieder expert Richard Stokes, who also provides illuminating commentary. The 36 poets set by Wolf are each given their own chapter: a brief essay on the poet is followed by a note on Wolfs connection with the writer, extracts from letters that throw light on the Songs and convey his mood at the time of composition, and the texts and translations. Short biographies of all Wolfs correspondents flesh out the extraordinary life of this genius. This will be an indispensable volume for all lovers of Lieder.

All the singles, all the albums, all the tours, all the TV specials and movies... all the ABBA! For four decades ABBA - the combined talents of Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad - has been a global music phenomenon, clocking up record sales of over 360 million. Unquestionably one of the most respected and recognisable brands in pop, Scandinavias all-conquering musical export actually remained together for only ten years but the groups influence resonates as much today as it did in the 1970s. Thanks to the global success of the musical Mamma Mia!, ABBAs hit songs are cherished by millions of new admirers, but it is the original recordings which set the bench-mark for 20th century pop. The beautiful, cascading melodies and unmistakable harmonies of Dancing Queen, SOS, Take a Chance on Me and The Winner Takes It All have a unique power to inspire passion and devotion in equal measure. For the very first time The Complete ABBA compiles all of the Swedish supergroups singles, albums, TV specials, tours and movies. Beginning with their 1972 debut single People Need Love, the book chronicles the bands incredible story right through to Bjorn and Bennys triumphant Thank You for the Music tribute concert held in London in 2009, and beyond, to 2012, the bands 40th anniversary. This is all the ABBA youll ever need!

Almost as miraculous as the songs it exists to celebrate. PETE PAPHIDESThe only ABBA book that the world will ever need. TONY PARSONSWriting perfection on musical perfection: book heaven. CAITLIN MORAN Through exclusive interviews and over a decade of deep research, renowned music journalist Jan Gradvall explores the secrets to ABBAs success.More than half a century after their songs were recorded, ABBA still make people the world over dance and sing their hearts out. After interviewing the four members for an article in 2013 - at which time the band had not been interviewed for over thirty years - Jan Gradvall was granted unique access to them for the next decade. In The Book of ABBA, the band share their thoughts and opinions more openly than ever before, while Jan reveals the context in which their sound developed - and shows how the story of ABBA is also the story of Sweden and the globalisation of pop culture.From their chart-topping ABBA Voyage - their first album in forty years - to the two-million-ticket-selling concert-experience of the same name, it is undeniable that, in the history of pop culture and music, there has never been a group like ABBA. With remarkable intimacy, Gradvalls book brings readers closer than ever to one of the worlds most notoriously private music icons.

Los Beatles son un concepto que parece ser capaz de trascenderlo todo. Pero su obra estética nace situada: se produjo en un tiempo y en unos espacios determinados que la condicionaron y la hicieron posible. De esta idea parte el semiologo Bernardo Suarez para analizar en esta obra el fenomeno artistico que Los Beatles representan en el marco de la sociedad de su epoca. Explora los contextos global, local e individuales que atravesaron la produccion de su musica y postula la existencia de dos periodos diferenciados, llamados configuraciones, que signan el porvenir de la carrera de la banda.

ANO 4, 1961 - A ERA DO ROCKOs Big Beat Boppin Beatles (janeiro a março de 1961)Eles no eram a primeira banda de Liverpool a voltar de Hamburgo. Derry and the Seniors vieram antes, mas sem fazer um sucesso estrondoso. Ja o retorno dos Beatles foi algo bem diferente: foi to explosivo localmente quanto a chegada do proprio rock n roll, em 1956. Ninguem esperava aquilo, ninguem sabia quem eles eram ou de onde vinham. E, de repente, estavam ali, incrivelmente bons, to primorosos que tudo começou a mudar por causa deles, e com rapidez.

ESQUEÇA TUDO QUE VOCÊ LEU, VIU E OUVIU SOBRE OS BEATLES.Mark Lewisohn o maior historiador de Beatles do mundo pressiona o botão ATUALIZAR para relatar toda a história como nunca foi contada ou conhec