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McBrien nos acerca al Porter más privado. «Cole Porter: una biografía» es el resultado de diez años de trabajo. Autor de más de veinte musicales de Broadway y compositor de estrellas como Ethel Merma

Neil Young is arguably the only rock performer and songwriter whose work has retained the respect of a large following while gaining the allegiance of new generations. He has demonstrated a unique ability to combine commercial success with a willful experimentation. His music has encompassed almost every American popular style, from folk to metal, from rockabilly to punk, from rhythm and blues to country; and it is his restless pursuit of new challenges that has led on the one hand to his recognition as one of the few stars who refuses to "sell out," and on the other hand to his being sued by his record company for making albums that were not "characteristic of Neil Young." In "A Dreamer of Pictures," David Downing paints an illuminating and entertaining portrait of this contradictory and enigmatic figure. Here we see his childhood in Canada and his first forays into musicmaking; his ups and downs with Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, and Nash, and Crazy Horse; the privations and excesses of life on the road; his unconventional filmmaking and fundraising ventures; his often absurd political pronouncements; his two marriages; his involvement with his younger son''s therapy to combat cerebral palsy; and his continuing musical evolution.Neil Young has taken rock beyond generational boundaries and has helped to establish it as a unique art form; "A Dreamer of Pictures" is thus a portrait not only of Young, but of rock itself.

No podía faltar en la colección un estudio sobre la vida y obra de este mito de la música de todos los tiempos.

Guo Yue narra sus memorias en primera persona y traslada al lector a las callejuelas del Pekín de los años 60. La descripción de su entorno familiar se ve envuelta en los aromas y los ritmos de sus dos unicas pasiones: la musica y la cocina tradicional china.Los años pasan y la realidad politica trastoca las antiguas costumbres chinas, pero Guo Yue no pierde la esperanza y consigue vivir de la musica. La flauta de bambu y su ansia de aprender el arte de la cocina tradicional le alejan de los principios revolucionarios del comunismo y le aferran todavia mas a sus pasiones.Musica, comida y amor es una biografia y un recetario de cocina china que ahonda en las pasiones artisticas y en la capacidad de evasion del ser humano porque, a veces, para conseguir los sueños hay que alejarse de la realidad. Guo Yue nos lo demuestra con una prosa intima y pulida llena de imagenes, texturas y sabores.

Imagine One quarter of the world's most famous group, one half of the most successful songwriting team of all time and one voice for world peace - all achieved in one tragically shortened career. John Lennon's remarkable talent and uncompromising character gave him a unique and extraordinary life, achieving a level of success and public adoration that few can imagine. Never far in his mind from his working class roots, his lifestyle was conversely rich and free, his celebrity affording him a musical and political soapbox few have attained. Music Icons: Lennon takes a look at both his personal and professional life before, during and after the Beatles: the progression of his creative genius as a solo artist and songwriter, his battles with the US government, his devotion to his wife and their mutual goal for a peaceful revolution. Having become a controversial and outspoken idealist and a mercurial music legend, Lennon's senseless murder in 1980 shook the world. While his widow has continued to keep his cause and ideals alive, it is Lennon's music - both as a Beatle and as an iconic solo artist - which continues to inspire and move music lovers around the globe. The Music Icons series: Each title contains a painstaking selection of approximately 150 portraits, colorful posters and record covers, rare concert photos, and previously unpublished candid photos. These imageseach matching an important biographical eventare accompanied by text tracing the progression of each subjects life and career and are complemented by a section containing lists of essential recordings and selected chart rankings. About the Series: More bang for your buck! "... a fast-food, high-energy fix on the topic at hand." The New York Times Book Review About the editor and author: Luke Crampton and Dafydd Rees both work in London's music business before co-founding the Media Research & Information Bureau (MRIB) in 1981. In addition to writing over 20 music and media-related books, they are voting members for the Grammy Awards, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The duo has also created and produced numerous successful UK and US radio and television series, including the Network Ch

Estas páginas no pretenden ofrecer ninguna novedad extraordinaria sobre la figura de María Callas, sino cubrir un hueco del que la literatura en castellano adolece hace tiempo. Todos los libros publicados en nuestra lengua sobre la "Divina" no contienen más que apologías oficiales, biografías de la "mujer" detrás de no se sabe qué cartón piedra, o, finalmente, innumerables memorias de ex parientes, ex maridos, o ex acompañantes al piano que no aportan nada a quien se interesa por María Callas como soprano: los asertos pseudofroidianos sobre madre e hija, el cuento del patito feo convertido en bello cisne, o el aporte espontáneo de anécdotas particulares a la ya tupida letanía de rarezas atribuidas a la Callas, forman parte de muchas de las cosas, nuevas o viejas, que se dicen, pero el verdadero admirador de la soprano, devoto o no, echará en falta estudios serios, eruditos o no, sobre su canto, o simplemente sobre la huella que ha dejado su arte, demasiado perdido, a lo que se ve, en las ristras de la leyenda. Por desgracia se suelen refugiar algunos de los autores en lo inexplicable del arte de María Callas, pero salvo los dogmas y algún que otro vericueto teológico, creemos, nada hay que no pueda ser descrito y explicado. Y dentro del vasto repertorio de la soprano, hemos sesgado la aportación de la artista desde la perspectiva del bel canto y del neobelcanto, guiados quizás por nuestro gusto particular, más afín a la metáfora y al mito que al realismo, más en concordancia con Rossini que con Mascagni, más entrañable en Donizetti que en Leoncavallo, pero también porque, claramente, este repertorio es el que nos presenta a la soprano en el summum de sus cualidades vocales. Hemos acotado, igualmente, los años en que María Callas poseía, al unísono, no sólo una voz capaz de superar cualquier dificultad inherente al canto, sino una madurez artística sorprendente.Prólogo Armida Leonora Lucia Elvira Norma Medea Epílogo

For the first time ever comes the inside story of Clarence "Big Man" Clemons--his life before, during and beyond the E-Street Band, including unbelievable, never-before-told adventures with Bruce Springsteen, the band, and an incredible cast of other famous characters recounted by himself and his best friend, television writer/ producer Don Reo. Here are just a few things you'll get from reading it: * The truth behind the final hours of making Born To Run * The real story of how the E-Street Band got its name * What happened when Clarence and Ringo Starr were sitting in a hotel room and Clarence got the call that Bruce was breaking up the band * How Bruce and Clarence met that dark, stormy night at the Student Prince * The E-Street band's show at Sing-Sing prison where all of their equipment blows out right as they take the stage * The secret that Robert De Niro told Clarence and Bruce they had to keep for 25 years But that's merely a glimpse. This is not your average rock book. It is something creative, something unique, something new. It is the story of E-Street. It is the story of stories. It is the story of the Big Man.

Reedición de 7 CD's descatalogados de la obra orquestal de Robert Gerhard. Estas grabaciones fueron editadas por Astrée Auvidis y la Fundación Caja Madrid. Incluye además un libreto con 78 páginas.

A portrait of the beautiful Palladian villas in the Italian Veneto. This collection of a book and 4 CDs is highlighted by classical music.

The international best-seller is now in paperback! From their years growing up in Liverpool through their ride to fame to their ultimate breakup, heres the inside story. Interwoven with The Beatles own memories are the recollections of such associates as road manager Neil Aspinall, producer George Martin, and spokesman Derek Taylor. The Beatles Anthology is a once-in-a-lifetime volume: warm, frank, funny, poignant, and bold-just like the music thats been a part of so many of our lives. The Beatles Anthology is, for the first time, the story of The Beatles by The Beatles. Created with the full cooperation of Paul, George, Ringo, and Yoko Ono Lennon, it also includes the words of John, painstakingly compiled from sources worldwide. The Beatles Anthology is, in effect, The Beatles autobiography.The Beatles Anthology features over 1300 images, most previously unpublished. Paul, George, Ringo, and Yoko Ono Lennon all opened their own archives just for this project, as did Apple, EMI, and others long associated with The Beatles, allowing the unprecedented release of photographs, documents, and other memorabilia from their homes and offices. The result is an extraordinary wealth of visual material brimming on each and every page.