The Violin: A Social History of the World's Most Versatile Instrument by David Schoenbaum
47.95 AUD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
A 16-ounce package of polished wood, strings, and air, the violin is perhaps the most affordable, portable, and adaptable instrument ever created. As congenial to reels, ragas, Delta blues, and indie rock as it is to solo Bach and late Beethoven, it has been played standing or sitting, alone or in group ...Show more
A Pianist's A-Z: A Piano Lover's Reader by Alfred Brendel
29.99 AUD
Category: Music
'This book distils what, at my advanced age, I feel able to say about music, musicians, and matters of my pianistic profession.' Ever since Alfred Brendel bid farewell to the concert stage after six decades of performing, he has been passing on his insight and experience in the form of lectures, reading ...Show more
All The Songs: The Story Behind Every Beatles Release by Philippe Margotin, Jean-Michel Guesdon, Scott Freiman, Patti Smith
69.99 AUD
Category: Music | Series: All the Songs Ser.
Musical historians Phillippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon delve deep into the history and musical origins of every Beatles album, recounting the circumstances that led to the composition of each song, the recording process and the instruments used. This intimate and revealing look at the music of Th ...Show more
Jimi Hendrix: A Brother's Story by Leon Hendrix
32.99 AUD
Category: Music
In this intimate depiction, Leon vividly recounts Jimi's tough childhood in Seattle, and his amazing rise to fame. From Jimi's experimentation with the sound and vibration of plucking wires attached to the posts of their brass bed to the moment he picked up his first stringed instrument, this is a fresh ...Show more
Wagner Without Fear by Berger William
26.99 AUD
Category: Music
Do you cringe when your opera-loving friends start raving about the latest production of Tristan? Do you feel faint just thinking about the six-hour performance of Parsifal you were given tickets to? Does your mate accuse you of having a Tannhä user complex? If you're baffled by the behavior of Wagner ...Show more
All About The Ukulele And How To Do It by Sara Austin Corbett & Robin Geradts-Gill
16.95 AUD
Category: Music
This pocket-size, hand-illustrated book contains everything you need to get started with the ukulele, including a comprehensive chord chart, instructional guide for good uke technique and plenty of laughs along the way. Printed on 100% recycled paper, it's your ukulele's indispensable companion and the ...Show more
My Way: an Autobiography by Paul Anka
19.99 AUD
Category: Music
A teen idol of the 1950s who virtually invented the idea of singer-songwriter-heartthrob that still fuels the industry today, Paul Anka's slew of hits - from "Diana" to "Put Your Head on my Shoulder" - earned him a place touring with the major stars of his era, including Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, an ...Show more
Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen by Jeff Burger
34.95 AUD
Category: Music
Leonard Cohen, one of the most admired performers of the last half century, has had a stranger-than-fiction, roller-coaster ride of a life. Now, for the first time, he tells his story in his own words, via more than 50 interviews conducted world-wide between 1966 and 2012. In this book -- which includes ...Show more
Young Neil The Sugar Mountain Years by Sharry Wilson
24.99 AUD
Category: Music
Young Neil is a detailed chronological narrative of the early life of iconic Canadian musician Neil Young. Exploring a time in this Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s life that has yet to be documented with such depth of research, Young Neil is an exhaustive document of his “Sugar Mountain” years, from 1945 ...Show more
Chapter and Verse: New Order, Joy Division and Me by Bernard Sumner
35.00 AUD
Category: Music
Founding member and guitarist of Joy Division and the lead singer of New Order, Bernard Sumner has been famous over the years for his reticence. Until now. An integral part of the Manchester music scene since the late 1970s, his is the definitive version of the events that created two of the most influe ...Show more
MAX S KANSAS CITY by KASHER STEVEN
45.00 AUD
Category: Music
Before legends like Blondie, Lou Reed, David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen played to crowds of thousands, they played in Mickey Ruskin's dingy living room on Park Ave South in Manhattan, also known as Max's Kansas City. At no other time in history has there been such an important collision of art, music a ...Show more
Bela Bartok by David Cooper
59.99 AUD
Category: Music
This deeply researched biography of Bela Bartok (1881-1945) provides a more comprehensive view of the innovative Hungarian musician than ever before. David Cooper traces Bartok's international career as an ardent ethno-musicologist and composer, teacher, and pianist, while also providing a detailed disc ...Show more