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“catherine kautsky”

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  • Debussy's Paris

    Piano Portraits of the Belle Époque

    by Catherine Kautsky ...
    Claude Debussy’s exquisite piano works have captivated generations with their dreamlike atmosphere and mysterious soundscapes.Written in Paris at the height of the Belle Époque, the music creates a soundtrack for Parisians’ enjoyment of such delights as clowns, mermaids, eccentric dances, and the dark tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Debussy’s Paris: Piano Portraits of the Belle Époque explores how key ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

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    by Jack Goldstein ...
    Series Book 107 - 101 Amazing Facts
    Are you the world’s biggest One Direction fan? Do you know everything there is to know about the world’s best-loved boy band? Then this is the book for you! In this easy-to-digest eBook are 101 facts about your favourite group - do you know all of them?Test yourself and your friends with these handily-packaged facts easily organised into categories for maximum enjoyment. Show everyone that you are ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Moon River and Me

    A Memoir

    by Andy Williams ...
    A remarkable memoir by one of the most popular and beloved entertainers of the twentieth centuryWhen in the mid-1950s Andy Williams reached a low point in his career, singing in dives to ever-smaller audiences, the young man from Wall Lake, Iowa, had no inkling of the success he would one day achieve. Before being declared a national treasure by President Ronald Reagan, Williams would chart ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Captain Beefheart: The Biography

    by Mike Barnes ...
    “Barnes gets the story, and with the full participation of those brave musicians who attempted to interpret Beefheart's sometimes otherworldly methodology” The TimesThrough new interview material, and with reference to reports and eulogies that appeared in the media, Mike Barnes studies the star’s legacy putting the last two decades into context with the revelation of Van Vliet’s battle with MS. ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Gigantic: The Story Of Frank Black And The Pixies

    by John Mendelssohn ...
    The influence and importance of The Pixies cannot be overestimated. Their style of broken, furious yet melodic and exceptionally catchy punk rock blazed a trail for such vital bands as Mudhoney and Nirvana, the grunge movement and the 90s British indie-rock sound. Bossanova and Surfer Rosa have become familiar members of the canon of great rock albums, although the group's initial career was cut ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Wagner

    by Michael Tanner ...
    ‘A fine, intellectually sparkling and always engaging little book – a welcome addition to any Wagner library’Hans Vaget, Opera QuarterlyWhilst no one would dispute Wagner’s ranking among the most significant composers in the history of Western music, his works have been more fiercely attacked than those of any other composer. His supposed personal defects have provoked intense hostility which has ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Early Years

    The Lyrics of Tom Waits 1971-1983

    by Tom Waits ...
    Known for his growling vocals and for the distinct poetry of his lyrics, Tom Waits has amassed over the course of three decades a devoted cult following. The Early Years collects the lyrics—formative and classic—from the first ten albums of this true bard of hard living. A celebration of both his words and of the artist himself, this lyrical biography charts the course from Wait's emotional debut ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Wrong Sex, Wrong Instrument

    by Maggie Cotton ...
    Now retired and no longer silenced by a contract, Maggie Cotton presents an honest and long-overdue player's perspective of life inside a professional symphony orchestra, describing how she became the first female percussionist in what was initially a staunchly male-dominated world. Now retired after forty years with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Maggie gives a fascinating and ... Read more

    $11.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • My Nine Lives

    A Memoir of Many Careers in Music

    by Leon Fleisher, Anne Midgette ...
    The stirring memoir of one of the greatest pianists of the postwar era—an inspiring tale of triumph over crippling incapacity that rivals Shine.The pianist Leon Fleisher—whose student–teacher lineage linked him to Beethoven by way of his instructor, Artur Schnabel—displayed an exceptional gift from his earliest years. And then, like the hero of a Greek tragedy, he was struck down in his prime: at ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Stravinsky and the Russian Period

    Sound and Legacy of a Musical Idiom

    by Pieter C. van den Toorn, John McGinness ...
    Series series Music since 1900
    Van den Toorn and McGinness take a fresh look at the dynamics of Stravinsky's musical style from a variety of analytical, critical and aesthetic angles. Starting with processes of juxtaposition and stratification, the book offers an in-depth analysis of works such as The Rite of Spring, Les Noces and Renard. Characteristic features of style, melody and harmony are traced to rhythmic forces, ... Read more

    $40.19 USD

  • What Else Is in the Teaches of Peaches

    by Peaches, Holger Talinski ...
    An outrageous and provocative photograph book of cult music hero Peaches, with text from Peaches, Yoko Ono, Elliot Page, and Michael Stipe.“[Peaches] has teamed up with her longtime tour photographer Holger Talinski to look back at a brazen career that has captured the attention of outsider artists and massive pop stars alike, ranging from Michael Stipe to PJ Harvey to Iggy Pop . . . Along with ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Had Me a Real Good Time: The Faces Before During and After

    by Andy Neill ...
    The definitive account of one of rock 'n' roll's most engagingly shambolic acts as well as an evocative portrait of the times in which they raised hell and recorded some timeless tracks, now updated with details of the sad death of keyboard player Ian McLagan. ... Read more

    $9.89 USD