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Glenn Gould: a life and variations
Par Otto Friedrich. 1989
Crazy, eccentric, obsessive, and bizarre are just some of the terms that have been used to describe Glenn Gould. Friedrich…
has used direct quotes from many of the people whom Gould knew during his short career, which ended at age fifty in 1982, in order to paint a picture of a man who was almost a recluse as far as his personal life was concerned, but who was also a genius, totally and obsessively devoted to his musicThe trail of the Apache Kid
Par Lewis Patten. 1979
The Cole Porter story
Par Cole Porter. 1965
The composer's contribution to popular music is treated with affectionate appreciation in an introduction by Arthur Schwartz. There follows an…
account of his career by Porter himself, and the rest of the book consists of discussion by HublerJohnny cash: The life in lyrics
Par Johnny Cash. 2023
The life of the Man in Black revealed by his lyrics, authorized by the Cash estate. Johnny Cash is one…
of the most beloved and influential country-music stars of all time, having composed more than six hundred songs and sold more than ninety million records. He received twenty-nine gold, platinum, and multiplatinum awards for his recordings and has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This is the first time Cash's fifty years of songwriting have been collected anywhere; this book includes the lyrics to 125 songs and the stories behind them. Perhaps more than any other American artist, he spoke to the soul of the nation as well as to the triumphs and challenges of his own life. These pages explore Cash's range as a poet and storyteller, taking listeners from his early life and first successes through periods of personal challenge, activism, and faith. The result is a profound understanding of Johnny Cash as a man and an artist, as well as the American story he helped shape. An essential collectible that sheds new light on Cash's life and work, this book includes remembrances from Cash's son, John Carter Cash, "family historian" Mark Stielper. Released for the twentieth anniversary of the legendary musician's passing, it will be a landmark in music publishingEasily slip into another world: A life in music
Par Henry Threadgill. 2023
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 Coleman and Wynton Marsalis) to have won a Pulitzer Prize. In Easily Slip into Another World , Threadgill recalls his childhood and upbringing in Chicago, his family life and education, and his brilliant career in music. Here are riveting recollections of the music scene in Chicago in the early 1960s, when Threadgill developed his craft among friends and schoolmates who would go on to form the core of the highly influential Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM); the year and a half he spent touring with an evangelical preacher in the mid-1960s; his military service in Vietnam—a riveting tale in itself, but also representative of an under-recognized aspect of jazz history, given the number of musicians in Threadgill’s generation who served in the armed forces. We appreciate his genius as he travels to the Netherlands, Venezuela, Trinidad, Sicily, and Goa enriching his art; immerses himself in the volatile downtown scene in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s; collaborates with choreographers, writers, and theater directors as well as an astonishing range of musicians, from AACM stalwarts (Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith, and Leroy Jenkins), to Chicago bluesmen, downtown luminaries, and world music innovators; shares his impressions of the recording industry his perspectives on music education and the history of Black music in the United States; and, of course, accounts for his work with the various ensembles he has directed over the past five decadesMy effin' life
Par Geddy Lee. 2023
The long-awaited memoir from the iconic Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Rush bassist, and bestselling author of Geddy Lee's…
Big Beautiful Book of Bass. Geddy Lee is one of rock and roll's most respected bassists. For nearly five decades, his playing and work as co-writer, vocalist and keyboardist has been an essential part of the success story of Canadian progressive rock trio Rush. Here for the first time is his account of life inside and outside the band. Long before Rush accumulated more consecutive gold and platinum records than any rock band after the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, before the seven Grammy nominations or the countless electrifying live performances across the globe, Geddy Lee was Gershon Eliezer Weinrib, after his grandfather murdered in the Holocaust. As he recounts the transformation, Lee looks back on his family, in particular his loving parents and their horrific experiences as teenagers during World War II. He talks candidly about his childhood and the pursuit of music that led him to drop out of high school. He tracks the history of Rush which, after early struggles, exploded into one of the most beloved bands of all time. He shares intimate stories of his lifelong friendships with bandmates Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart—deeply mourning Peart's recent passing—and reveals his obsessions in music and beyond. This rich brew of honesty, humor, and loss makes for a uniquely poignant memoirLoaded: The life (and afterlife) of the velvet underground
Par Dylan Jones. 2023
Drawing on contributions from remaining members, contemporaneous musicians, critics, filmmakers, and the generation of artists who emerged in their wake,…
this definitive oral history celebrates not only the impact of The Velvet Underground but their legacy, which burns brighter than ever in the 21st century. Rebellion always starts somewhere, and in the music world of the transgressive teen—whether it be the 1960s or the 2020s—The Velvet Underground represents ground zero. Crystallizing the idea of the bohemian, urban, narcissistic art school gang around a psychedelic rock and roll band—a stylistic idea that evolved in the rarefied environs of Andy Warhol's Factory—The Velvets were the first major American rock group with a mixed gender line-up. They never smiled in photographs, wore sunglasses indoors, and invented the archetype that would be copied by everyone from Sid Vicious to Bobby Gillespie. They were avant-garde nihilists, writing about drug abuse, prostitution, paranoia, and sado-masochistic sex at a time when the rest of the world was singing about peace and love. In that sense they invented punk and then some. It could even be argued that they invented modern New York. Drawing on interviews and material relating to all major players, from Lou Reed, John Cale, Mo Tucker, Andy Warhol, Jon Savage, Nico, David Bowie, Mary Harron, and many more, award-winning journalist Dylan Jones breaks down the band's whirlwind of subversion and, in a narrative rich in drama and detail, proves why The Velvets remain the original kings and queens of edgeChanges: An oral history of tupac shakur
Par Sheldon Pearce. 2021
A New Yorker writer's intimate, revealing account of Tupac Shakur's life and legacy, timed to the fiftieth anniversary of his…
birth and twenty-fifth anniversary of his death. In the summer of 2020, Tupac Shakur's single "Changes" became an anthem for the worldwide protests against the murder of George Floyd. The song became so popular, in fact, it was vaulted back onto the iTunes charts more than twenty years after its release—making it clear that Tupac's music and the way it addresses systemic racism, police brutality, mass incarceration, income inequality, and a failing education system is just as important now as it was back then. In Changes , published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Tupac's birth and twenty-fifth anniversary of his death, Sheldon Pearce offers one of the most thoughtful and comprehensive accounts yet of the artist's life and legacy. Pearce, an editor and writer at The New Yorker , interviews dozens who knew Tupac throughout various phases of his life. While there are plenty of bold-faced names, the book focuses on the individuals who are lesser known and offer fresh stories and rare insight. Among these are the actor who costarred with him in a Harlem production of A Raisin in the Sun when he was twelve years old, the high school drama teacher who recognized and nurtured his talent, the music industry veteran who helped him develop a nonprofit devoted to helping young artists, the Death Row Records executive who has never before spoken on the record, and dozens of others. Meticulously woven together by Pearce, their voices combine to portray Tupac in all his complexity and contradiction. This remarkable book illustrates not only how he changed during his brief twenty-five years on this planet, but how he forever changed the worldVerdi: de vive voix (Classica)
Par André Tubeuf. 2010
« C'est un véritable parcours avec Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) que nous offre André Tubeuf. Cette quête personnelle, qui débute par…
une analyse stimulante du célèbre Requiem, nous emporte très loin sur les sentiers de la révélation. Au bout du chemin, nous redécouvrons un grand génie du théâtre lyrique - une grande voix de la musique, tout simplement. » -- 4e de couvCalixte Duguay: aussi longtemps que je vivrai
Par Odette Castonguay. 2006
« Biographie de l’auteur-compositeur-interprète acadien Calixte Duguay. Au début des années 1970 il fallait se battre pour tout simplement rêver…
en français. À cette époque, chanter l’Acadie en français, la faire découvrir aux Québécois et aux Européens était un exploit que les plus jeunes peuvent difficilement imaginer. Les premières chansons de Calixte Duguay ont été l’expression de l’âme de son peuple, le reflet d’une époque charnière de l’histoire des Acadiens. » -- 4e de couvTandis que cinq cent mille Américains sont perdus dans le bourbier du Viêt Nam, cinq cent mille autres se rassemblent,…
en août 1969 à Woodstock pour trois jours de paix, de musique et d'amour. A travers l'histoire du festival, l'auteur dresse le portrait de cette génération.Johnny & Sylvie (Couples mythiques)
Par Bernard Violet. 2008
« Ce fut une très belle histoire de jeunesse, confie Sylvie. C'était viscéral, sensuel, fort et emporté, mais comme toutes…
les passions, elles se brûlent avec le temps. » De son côté, Johnny a toujours répété qu'il a gardé pour Sylvie une grande tendresse et le souvenir ému d'un temps révolu. Un quart de siècle, déjà, pour cet événement qui plongea la France en émoi. Comme l'avait fait, quarante ans plus tôt, la rencontre des deux jeunes gens en plein coeur de la vague « yé-yé »... -- 4e de couvPuccini (Classica)
Par Sylvain Fort. 2010
" Il est pour la postérité l'héritier de la grande tradition italienne, et le dernier compositeur d'opéras qui ait acquis…
une popularité planétaire. Ses chefs-d'oeuvre (Tosca, La Bohème, Manon Lescaut, Il Trittico, Madama Butterfly, Turandot...) sont constamment à l'affiche de toutes les scènes lyriques. Paradoxalement, l'homme est moins connu ; situer sa vie et sa musique dans son époque est cependant une nécessité, de même qu'évaluer la portée de son oeuvre. Troublée par son succès, une partie de la critique a cru voir dans les oeuvres de Puccini facilité, démagogie et vulgarité. Sylvain Fort nous montre qu'il en va bien autrement. " -- 4e de couvTibu: memorias de un mánager
Par Carlos Vázquez Moreno. 2020
"A journey through the professional life of Carlos Vázquez Moreno, a/k/a 'Tibu.' A faithful testimony, unsweetened, often stark and emotional,…
of his career as a musician, record producer, and manager of stars such as Hombres G, Aute, El Canto del Loco, and Miguel Ríos; a book that does not seek to be a mere settling of scores or a collection of anecdotes. From the death of Franco to the present day, Tibu puts a name and a face to the music business in Spain, offering the reader an insider's view of how this business really works. He shows us a whole life, his own, that has revolved around artists, musicians, and all that showbiz that surrounds them, that until very recently was dedicated to the pursuit of money, and that led him to know firsthand the darkness that hides in a cell." -- Translation provided by NLSStill so excited!: my life as a Pointer Sister
Par Ruth Pointer. 2016
"|Still So Excited!: My Life as a Pointer Sister| is an engaging, funny, heartbreaking, and poignant look at Ruth Pointer's…
roller-coaster life in and out of the Pointer Sisters. When overnight success came to the Pointer Sisters in 1973, they all thought it was the answer to their long-held prayers. While it may have served as an introduction to the good life, it also was an introduction to the high life of limos, champagne, white glove treatment, and mountains of cocaine that were the norm in the high-flying '70s and '80s. Pointer's devastating addictions took her to the brink of death in 1984. Pointer has bounced back to live a drug- and alcohol-free life for the past 30 years and she shares how in her first autobiography, detailing the Pointer Sisters' humble beginning, musical apprenticeship, stratospheric success, miraculous comeback, and the melodic sound that captured the hearts of millions of music fans." -- Provided by publisherEl ritmo de la vida
Par Julissa. 2007
"Life is a trajectory with many paths that promise to take you to your final destination. Many times on this…
path called life, you come to a crossroads, and you don't know where to go. You may wonder, "Which route can get me where I want to go the fastest? Will I encounter difficulties along the way? What lies ahead?" These are common questions that everyone has asked themselves at some point in life. Having gone through a process similar to this, I can identify with what young people in today's society are facing. Through this book it is my desire to make this journey of The Rhythm of Life much easier, more desirable and even fun. By sharing (my) life experiences, advice and what God says in His Word, I pray that I can plant hope in the hearts of these boys and girls and influence them to live life to the fullest, in 'God's way'." -- Translation provided by NLSChronicle of the innovative English rock group comprised of Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon, from their…
childhoods in Liverpool until their split in 1970. Based largely on a 1994 television documentary series, the book features interviews with the four musicians and their close associates. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2000The Metropolitan Opera stories of the great operas
Par John W Freeman. 1984
Describes the plots of 150 world-famous operas, featuring works from sixteenth-century Italy through twentieth-century America. Seventy-two composers are presented in…
alphabetical order. Biographical sketches of the composers precede the opera entries, each of which includes a list of characters and a summary of each act.Long players: a love story in eighteen songs (A Penguin Original)
Par Peter Coviello. 2018
A passionate, heartfelt story about the many ways we fall in love: with books, bands and records, friends and lovers,…
and the families we make. Have you ever fallen in love--exalting, wracking, hilarious love--with a song? Long Players is a book about that everyday kind of besottedness--and, also, about those other, more entangling sorts of love that songs can propel us into. We follow Peter Coviello through his happy marriage, his blindsiding divorce, and his fumbling post marital forays into sex and romance. Above all we travel with him as he calibrates, mix by mix and song by song, his place in the lives of two little girls, his suddenly ex-stepdaughters. In his grief, he considers what keeps us alive (sex, talk, dancing) and the limitless grace of pop songs Adult. Strong language. UnratedClaude Léveillée (Claude Léveillée #2)
Par Marie-Josée Michaud. 2008
En 1960, Claude Léveillée revenait de Paris et de son épisode Piaf où il fut quasiment séquestré dans l’appartement de…
la diva qui lui prédisait un destin unique… Dans ce deuxième et dernier tome de sa biographie, la saga continue sur plus de quatre décennies, depuis son retour en terre québécoise qui lui colle tant à la peau, jusqu’à la date fatidique du 27 avril 2004 où, terrassé par un AVC, il s’écroule sur scène, en plein spectacle.