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This page last updated on 4 February, 2012
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Note: Collections with multiple composers are listed under "Various".


  Agus
 Heifetz - as I Knew Him
  For the last 15 years of Jascha Heifetz's life, Ayke Agus was his closest companion. She came to him as a violin student in his master class at the University of Southern California, but he singled her out when he heard her play the piano. She became hisprivate accompanist and ultimately his assistant and confidante. A sensitive and astute observer, Agus takes up where previous biographers left off; her book is a loving yet unblinking portrait of an aging master by his...

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  Beatles
 Beatles Story - In Their Own Words & Pictures
  From their years growing up in Liverpool through their ride to fame to their ultimate breakup, here's 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 that's been a part of so many of our lives.
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  Bierley
 Hallelujah Trombone - Henry Fillmore Story
  Paul Bierley's affectionate bio-portrait of famed bandmaster Henry Fillmore is now available in a new soft-cover edition from Carl Fischer. Fillmore's life, rich in incident, triumphs and tragedy, truly a rags-to-riches story full of episodes the equal of those found in novels, is presented with grace and no little elegance in this updated biography. Hallelujah Trombone! will delight Fillmore's many admirers and introduce this delightful book to many new people with an...

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  Brown & Gaines
 Love You Make - Insiders Story of the Beatles
  The Love You Make is a true insider's account of the entire history of The Beatles, written by Peter Brown, who worked for both Brian Epstein and the Apple organization. From the early days of The Quarrymen to the breakup of the band and John's tragic death, this book leaves no stone unturned.
  
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  Cobain
 Kurt Cobain Journals
  Kurt Cobain filled dozens of notebooks with lyrics, drawings, and writings about his plans for Nirvana and his thoughts about fame, the state of music, and the people who bought and sold him and his music. His journals reveal an artist who loved music, who knew the history of rock, and who was determined to define his place in that history. Here is a mesmerizing, incomparable portrait of the most influential musician of his time. 294 pages. Softcover. 157322359X. 97815...

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  Emerick
 Here, There and Everywhere
  Here, There, and Everywhere is the story of The Beatles' amazing recording sessions at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, as told by Geoff Emerick. Emerick started out as a staff engineer at the studio and eventually became The Beatles' engineer of choice for most of their career. This is a must for any sound engineer and/or Beatles fan.
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  Hensel
 Diary [Tagebuch] (Klein & Elvers) [text in German]
  
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  Hogan
 Rough Guide to The Velvet Underground
  Sporting shades and feedback-heavy sounds, the Velvets straddled art and rock, changing popular music forever, and sowing the seeds for punk, grunge, and thousands of countercultural four-chord wonders. The Rough Guide to The Velvet Underground explores:The Velvet Story: How Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, John Cale, and the others emerged from the New York scene, their successes and excesses and what happened to each in their solo years. Velvet Music: From their 1967 deb...

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  Howitt
 More Love Lives of the Great Composers
  With true stories as titillating, lurid hilarious and bizarre as these, who needs fiction? Following his highly acclaimed first volume of composer's love lives, Basil Howitt comes up with another volume of amazing revelations.
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  Ingham
 Rough Guide to The Beatles, The
  This pocket-sized reference guide provides essential biographical material covering the Beatles (1958-1970) and their solo (1970-2002) years. It also gives critical commentary on every recording, film and side-project, as well as dozens of interesting facts and statistics. This book is a substantial contribution to the Beatles library, and great reading for all Beatles fans! 325 pages.
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  Ingham
 Rough Guide to The Rolling Stones, The
  This pocket-sized reference book explores every aspect of the Rolling Stones' music, along with the band's history, from the blues clubs of '60s West London to the world tours and millionaire mansions. It lists 50 essential Stones songs and the stories behind them, plus their albums, bootlegs, soundtracks and solo projects. It talks about their entourage, including girlfriends, managers and musicians, from Jerry Hall and Marianne Faithfull to Andrew Loog Oldham and Nic...

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  Jeppesen
 Style of Palestrina & the Dissonance, The
  Dover reprint of the 1946 Oxford University Press edition.
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  Kane
 Ticket to Ride - Inside Beatles 64-65 Tours
  Ticket to Ride tells the story of The Beatles' North American tours of 1964-65, written by the only American journalist in the band's official press corps. The book comes with a CD of rare interviews of The Beatles.
  
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  Kent
 Within the Sphere of the Master
  For more than a half century, Adolph "Bud" Herseth has been a living legend in the music world. Having served as the principal trumpet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for 53 years, he is acknowledged as the greatest symphonic trumpet player of all time. If fact, he is generally regarded as the very finest orchestral player among brass instrumentalists who have ever practiced the art. Under his leadership and guidance, the entire brass section of the CSO became the mo...

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  Klauber
 Gene Krupa - Pictoral Life of a Legend, w/CD
  A photographic presentation of the life, times and music of "that ace drummer man." With over 200 photos that span six decades of jazz history, this most visual of performers, the man who made the drums a solo instrument, comes alive like never before. Contributing their own singular and often heartfelt insights about Gene are the finest percussionists in music today, including Phil Collins, Tommy Aldridge, John Blackwell, Peter Erskine, Ed Shaughnessy, Peter Criss, Ke...

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  Lihoreau & Suchet
 Composer's Notes
  Published in association with Classic FM, the book of the radio series of the same name, this book takes 27 composers from Bach and Haydn to Rachmaninov and Gershwin, and looks at their financial success (or lack thereof) in a biographical context. It includes a "rich list" of all 27 composers, from the most solvent (Gershwin) to the least (Mussorgsky). 190 pages. Hard cover. 1843670267. 9781843670261.
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  Liszt
 Life of Chopin, The
  Dover reprint of an 1863 Oliver Ditson (Philadelphia) edition. Translated into English. This biography of Fr‚d‚ric Chopin by his friend and fellow artist, Franz Liszt, offers a highly informed assessment of the Polish composer's musical legacy. It's further enlivened by the author's personal acquaintance with Chopin's other friends, who included Sand, Balzac, Hugo, Berlioz, Delacroix, and Schumann. Liszt surveys the technical brilliance as well as the poetry of Cho...

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  Manning
 Rough Guide to Pink Floyd, The
  This pocket-sized reference book about Pink Floyd covers the band's entire career, from the Syd Barrett era to their Live 8 Reunion. In addition to the band's history, this book lists 50 essential Pink Floyd songs and the stories behind them, plus all the albums and recording sessions, side-projects and solo careers. Also talks about their movies, film soundtracks, TV appearances and videos, including The Wall and Pink Floyd at Pompeii. Additional features include cove...

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  Newman & Kirtley
 Alma Rose - Vienna to Auschwitz
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  Orenstein
 Ravel Reader, A
  Subtitled "Correspondance, Articles, Interviews." Considered among the most original and influential composers of the twentieth century, Maurice Ravel played a decisive role in the history of modern French music--a role that continues to be examined by students exploring the roots of musical style in our time. An internationally recognized authority on the life and works of Ravel, editor Arbie Orenstein captures the essence of this enigmatic man through his own words, ...

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  Rushton
 Mozart - An Extraordinary Life
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  Simpson
 Rough Guide to Elvis
  This new edition of the Rough Guide to Elvis, will be the most up-to-date guide on every aspect of The King, from his songs to his record collection, his cars to his costumes, from his birth to his mythic afterlife. The guide charts his life, the music, the 50 essential Presley songs, the collectables, the museums, a world tour of the essential Elvis sights - from Graceland to Germany - and the Icon - Elvis as king, star, image and myth.
  
Item: 69325
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  Various
 Read the Beatles (Sawyers)
  Read The Beatles is a collection of interviews, essays, poetry, book excerpts, and record and movie reviews by selected writers from the last 30+ years. It contains both hard-to-find and out-of-print articles, as well as new writings about the group and the artists' individual careers. This is a must for both Beatles fans and students of pop culture.
  
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  Walcker, et al
 Bach - Book & CD [First Discovery Series]
  Innovative hard cover children's book uses pictures, music and words to tell the story of Mozart's life. The accompanying CD includes a narrated version of the story, and superb recordings of Mozart's music. Written in child-friendly language, attractively presented with entertaining illustrations. Young children can read the story themselves or listen to it on the CD. Includes "Activity Boxes" suggesting further musical activities for children to enjoy.
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 Beethoven - Book & CD [First Discovery Series]
  Innovative hard cover children's book uses pictures, music and words to tell the story of Mozart's life. The accompanying CD includes a narrated version of the story, and superb recordings of Mozart's music. Written in child-friendly language, attractively presented with entertaining illustrations. Young children can read the story themselves or listen to it on the CD. Includes "Activity Boxes" suggesting further musical activities for children to enjoy.
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 Berlioz - Book & CD [First Discovery Series]
  Innovative hard cover children's book uses pictures, music and words to tell the story of Mozart's life. The accompanying CD includes a narrated version of the story, and superb recordings of Mozart's music. Written in child-friendly language, attractively presented with entertaining illustrations. Young children can read the story themselves or listen to it on the CD. Includes "Activity Boxes" suggesting further musical activities for children to enjoy.
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 Chopin - Book & CD [First Discovery Series]
  Innovative hard cover children's book uses pictures, music and words to tell the story of Mozart's life. The accompanying CD includes a narrated version of the story, and superb recordings of Mozart's music. Written in child-friendly language, attractively presented with entertaining illustrations. Young children can read the story themselves or listen to it on the CD. Includes "Activity Boxes" suggesting further musical activities for children to enjoy.
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  Walcker, et al
 Debussy - Book & CD [First Discovery Series]
  Innovative hard cover children's book uses pictures, music and words to tell the story of Mozart's life. The accompanying CD includes a narrated version of the story, and superb recordings of Mozart's music. Written in child-friendly language, attractively presented with entertaining illustrations. Young children can read the story themselves or listen to it on the CD. Includes "Activity Boxes" suggesting further musical activities for children to enjoy.
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 Handel - Book & CD [First Discovery Series]
  Innovative hard cover children's book uses pictures, music and words to tell the story of Mozart's life. The accompanying CD includes a narrated version of the story, and superb recordings of Mozart's music. Written in child-friendly language, attractively presented with entertaining illustrations. Young children can read the story themselves or listen to it on the CD. Includes "Activity Boxes" suggesting further musical activities for children to enjoy.
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 Mozart - Book & CD [First Discovery Series]
  Innovative hard cover children's book uses pictures, music and words to tell the story of Mozart's life. The accompanying CD includes a narrated version of the story, and superb recordings of Mozart's music. Written in child-friendly language, attractively presented with entertaining illustrations. Young children can read the story themselves or listen to it on the CD. Includes "Activity Boxes" suggesting further musical activities for children to enjoy.
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  Walcker, et al
 Purcell - Book & CD [First Discovery Series]
  Innovative hard cover children's book uses pictures, music and words to tell the story of Mozart's life. The accompanying CD includes a narrated version of the story, and superb recordings of Mozart's music. Written in child-friendly language, attractively presented with entertaining illustrations. Young children can read the story themselves or listen to it on the CD. Includes "Activity Boxes" suggesting further musical activities for children to enjoy.
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 Schubert - Book & CD [First Discovery Series]
  Innovative hard cover children's book uses pictures, music and words to tell the story of Mozart's life. The accompanying CD includes a narrated version of the story, and superb recordings of Mozart's music. Written in child-friendly language, attractively presented with entertaining illustrations. Young children can read the story themselves or listen to it on the CD. Includes "Activity Boxes" suggesting further musical activities for children to enjoy.
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 Vivaldi - Book & CD [First Discovery Series]
  Innovative hard cover children's book uses pictures, music and words to tell the story of Mozart's life. The accompanying CD includes a narrated version of the story, and superb recordings of Mozart's music. Written in child-friendly language, attractively presented with entertaining illustrations. Young children can read the story themselves or listen to it on the CD. Includes "Activity Boxes" suggesting further musical activities for children to enjoy.
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  Williamson
 Bob Dylan - The Man, The Music, The Myth
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  Williamson
 Rough Guide to Led Zeppelin
  Rock legends Led Zeppelin remain a colossal music force with songs at once mystical, heavy, traditional and highly original. The Rough Guide to Led Zeppelin tells the story of the life and afterlife of this most extraordinary supergroup. Features include: The Story: from the first meeting of Plant and Page to the untimely death of John Bonham, detailing the magic, mayhem and excesses of the era. The Music: the band's fifty best songs unpicked, plus coverage of blues in...

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