DISCOVER THE REALITY OF LIFE AS A SUPERSTAR DJ IN THIS SENSATIONAL EXPOSE OF WHAT REALLY GOES ON BEHIND THE BPMs. The…

Over the last five years, often when David Mitchell has been on holiday, the comedian Stewart Lee has been attempting to…

Presented as a collection of found papers, appendices and notes, The Big Music tells the story of John Sutherland of 'The…

For hundreds of years, musicians, craftsmen, church officials, heads of state and philosophers fought heatedly against the…

How are conductors' silent gestures magicked into sound by a group of more than a hundred brilliant but belligerent…

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In 2008 Paul Robertson, the renowned violinist and leader of the Medici Quartet, suffered a ruptured aorta. During this…

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Picking up where his hilarious Screen Burn left off, Dawn of the Dumb collects the best of Charlie Brooker's recent TV…

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\nPlacing Mahler within his world, The Eighth reassesses Mahler\'s work in the context of the prevailing thought of his age,…

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How does music reflect the key moments in our lives? Fiona Maddocks selects 100 classical works from across nine centuries,…

Its atmosphere - slow, dark, meditative, luminous - became all-pervasive for a generation, and has remained the epitome of…

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\n\'A coolly marshalled, worldly intelligence seems to be able to take on any subject from the quotidian to the arcane. The…

Schoenberg's music examples range from the entire development sections of classical symphonies to analyses of the harmonic…

Rob Chapman's book is the first authoritative and exhaustively researched biography of Syd Barrett that fully celebrates his…

\nI never met Tony Wilson, but now I feel as though I knew him well - and I\'m sorry that I didn\'t.\'BRIAN ENO\'From…

As a 20-something college dropout Nick Kent's first five interviews as a young writer were with the MC5, Captain Beefheart,…

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From the record-breaking success of 1991's 'Black Album' to the band's reinvention with the Load/Reload albums; from the…

'A terrifying and unhappy book...' The GuardianThis astounding self-portrait covering the whole of Shostakovich's life…

In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere…

Benjamin Britten was one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century. An indispensable source of fresh insights into…

Central to this was the power and presence of Albert Grossman - manager for Dylan, Janis Joplin, Richie Havens, The Band and…

Here, collected and edited for the first time, in trade and special editions, are his unforgettable lyrics with commentary…

\nAn exceptionally thought-provoking look at music and identity from one of the world\'s leading singers.\n…

• Rok vydání 2012

In his latest laugh-out-loud collection of misanthropic scribblings, hideous Q-list celebrity failure Charlie Brooker…

\nThe volume\'s \'Intro\' charts these projects and the blurred origins of ritualised language, while its \'Outro\' offers…

In The Dark Stuff Nick Kent profiles twenty-two of the most gifted and self-destructive talents in rock history. From Brian…

Featuring over 50 song lyrics alongside never-before-seen insights from Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold, Wading in…

'If you look at all the people involved - Ivo, Tony Wilson, McGee, Geoff Travis, myself - nobody had a clue about running a…

33 Revolutions Per Minute tracks the turbulent relationship between popular music and politics, through 33 pivotal songs…

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\nThe diary and essays of Brian Eno republished twenty-five years on with a new introduction by the artist in a beautiful…

'To Richter (no first name necessary), warm greetings to the best pianist in the Soviet Union - indeed in the whole world.'…

This volume is a much-needed new selection of Seamus Heaney's work, taking account of recent volumes and of the author's…

In the book, Rosen concentrates on the three major figures of the time - Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven - because 'it is in…

In virtually all areas of Dylan's life - his immigrant antecedents, his business dealings, his various addictions and his…

What emerges is a compelling portrait of the four musicians themselves, as well as a fresh insight into close-knit entourage…

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\nLonglisted for the Penderyn Music Book PrizeEngland was once dubbed \'the land without music\', but in the early twentieth…

In smoky rooms above pubs, bare rooms with battered stools and beer-stained tables, an acoustic revolution took place in…

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\nThe must-read music book of the year: Bob Stanley\'s prequel to Yeah Yeah Yeah, Let\'s Do It is the only book that brings…

Eschewing the usual criteria of chart success or acknowledged influence, the Copendium - a collection of album reviews and…

\nA stunning new edition of Bob Stanley\'s much-loved, acclaimed and bestselling history of pop, Yeah Yeah Yeah.\n…

Who dreams of becoming a conductor? What does ittake to get there and stay in the game?…

From rave's origins in Chicago house and Detroit techno, through Ibiza, Madchester and the anarchic free-party scene, to the…

\n\'The greatest book ever written on British independent music\' Guardian\'One of the best British music books of the last…

In a period of meaningless mass manufacturing, our growing appetite for hand-made objects, artisan food, and craft beverages…

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\nA stirring account of how music acts as a witness to history and a medium of cultural memory in the post-Holocaust world.\n…

\nBut as Stephen Walsh - author of the highly praised Debussy: A Painter in Sound - points out in this intensely absorbing…

\nA passionate and illuminating memoir by the celebrated Music Director of the Royal Opera House. \'Mesmerising.\' DANIEL…

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A fascinating celebration of one of classical music's all-time great composers, and Sunday Times Classical Music Book of the…