While ballads have been a cornerstone of popular music for decades, this is the first book to explore the history and appeal of these treasured songs. David Metzer investigates how and why the styles... Zobraziť viac
A visual and cultural history of hip hop, charting its meteoric rise from underground trailblazer to global tastemaker... Zobraziť viac
Wonderfully engaging, expansive and ambitious, Sound Tracks tells the history of our relationship with music in sixty detective stories, each focusing on the discovery of a musical instrument - or its fragments - in archaeological digs around the world... Zobraziť viac
In the late 1970s, aggressive, young bands are forming across Britain. Independent labels are springing up to release their music. But this isn't the story of punk. Forget punk. Punk was a flash in the pan compared to this... Zobraziť viac
From Sunday Times bestselling author Lesley-Ann JonesOn 12 July 1962... Zobraziť viac
Originally published in 2000 by Editions Allia in France, The Song of the Machine is a richly detailed graphic novel based on the history of electronic music. From the disco of the 1970's to the rave culture of the 1990's, The Song of the Machine... Zobraziť viac
On the fiftieth anniversary of Waterloo the song, not the battle - one super-fan sits down to listen to the ABBA Gold album from start to finish, looking back over the half-century he has spent in the company of ABBA's music... Zobraziť viac
Without Beethoven, music as we know it wouldn’t exist. Who was this titan of world culture? ... Zobraziť viac
This complete illustrated history of recorded sound reveals the masterful product design behind the evolving technology of sound recording, with specially commissioned photography of iconic, rarely seen artifacts from the collections... Zobraziť viac
Will Ashon tells, in 36 interlinked 'chambers', the story of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) and how it changed the world. As unexpected and complex as the album itself, Chamber Music ranges from provocative essays to semi-comic skits, ... Zobraziť viac
Flip the Script showcases some of the best rappers currently making music in the UK. It has taken a significant amount of time for women to get recognition in the genre, even though there have been phenomenal women... Zobraziť viac
Audio Erotica is a perfectly pitched visual anthem to home audio entertainment. Using sales brochures from the 1950-1980s, a symphony of graphic nostalgia tracks the technological progress of our listening pleasure... Zobraziť viac
A History of the World in 100 Objects meets Sapiens: the first archaeological history of humanity's musical heritage, in fifty detective stories... Zobraziť viac
Johann Nepomuk Hummel pôsobil v jednom z najdynamickejších období dejín hudby na prelome 18. a 19. storočia. Monografia od amerického muzikológa, pedagóga a interpreta Marka Krolla je prvou v anglickom jazyku, ktorá... Zobraziť viac
The story of recorded sound – the technological developments, the people that made them happen and the impact they had on society – from the earliest inventions via the phonograph to LPs, EPs and the recent resurgence of vinyl... Zobraziť viac
My My! The story of ABBA told through a selection of their greatest hits. This year is the fiftieth anniversary of Waterloo (the song, not the battle) – a seminal moment in pop history which saw Swedish sensation ABBA burst on to the international... Zobraziť viac
The music that would come to be known as hip-hop was born at a party in the Bronx in the summer of 1973... Zobraziť viac
První úplný soupis díla Pavla Haase, jednoho z tzv. terezínských skladatelů... Zobraziť viac
From his allegiance to punk rock in his adolescence to becoming an essential voice on music and culture, Kelefa Sanneh makes a deep study of how popular music unites and divides us... Zobraziť viac
Imagine you've made it. You and your friends have hit the big time in music and you're going to be a star. But then, quite suddenly, it's over. Your best friends don't want you anymore... Zobraziť viac
