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Covering the most popular and most performed operas from the earliest classics to the present day, this concise edition of The New Penguin Opera Guide is an ideal reference for anyone who is entranced...

Celebrating its 45th anniversary in 2014, the Woodstock Music Festival defined a generation. Yet there was much more than peace and love driving that long weekend the summer of 1969. In Barefoot in Ba...

The talent. The charisma. The videos. From their 1981 hit 'Planet Earth' to their latest number-one album, 'All You Need Is Now,' John Taylor and Duran Duran have enchanted audiences around the world....

A bilingual collection from singer-songwriter José-Luis Orozco of finger rhymes and other action songs from Latin America. Including favorites such as 'The Wheels on the Bus' as well as folk songs fro...

A boy, a dog, and New Orleans' most famous hurricane. Saint is a boy with confidence as big as his name is long. A budding musician, he earns money playing clarinet for the New Orleans tourists, and h...

Elsie Wyatt is a born French horn player, just like her father and her grandfather before her. In order to qualify for the prestigious summer music camp of her dreams, she must expand her musical hori...

Just about every human being knows how to listen to music, but what does it take to make music? Is musicality something we are born with? Or a skill that anyone can develop at any time? If you don't s...

Composer John Cage sought the silence of a mind at peace with itself-and found it in Zen Buddhism, a spiritual path that changed both his music and his view of the universe. 'Remarkably researched, ex...

Randy Bachman has been rolling out chart-topping songs his whole life---'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet,' 'These Eyes,' 'American Woman,' 'Takin' Care of Business'---and, since 2005, treating fans to a li...

A concise history of jazz - featuring the most noteworthy composers and musicians and the most influential recordings of all time: Included is a complete guide to terminology and lingo.

For the beginner or the devotee - a concise history of classical music. Covers major composers, significant performances and landmark works.

Forget About Today shows a side of Bob Dylan that most people - from fans to skeptics - have never seen. Rather than another gossipy account of his romances, finances, or family, journalist Jon Friedm...

This fascinating biography charts the musician's extraordinary career and personal life while painting a vivid cultural history of eighteenth-century Europe.

Louis Armstrong was a tough kid from New Orleans who pushed jazz into new realms with his amazing, improvisational trumpet playing. His seventy-year life spanned a critical time in American music as w...

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 Qua...

This book provides intimate look at one of rock's brightest stars and his legendary backing band by the Uk's premier rock journalist. Before he was the swaggering, stadium-packing megastar, Bruce Spri...

The leading reference to the world's most popular digital audio workstation, Pro Tools 10 Power! is an all-new edition, exploring and explaining the latest version of this powerful, creative software....

While other social media tools boast different strengths and offerings, MySpace retains its primacy for music lovers and artists everywhere. Artists may have a Facebook fan page or Twitter account, bu...

In this one-of-a-kind book, author Jackie Kajzer, known internationally as 'Full Metal Jackie,' collects insights from your favorite rock stars about the creative process behind the most influential m...

This book is designed to provide background information and tools to help musicians, producers, engineers, and other music enthusiasts become more sustainable and ecologically minded in their craft. I...

Logic Pro is arguably the No. 1 digital audio workstation among professional musicians and composers, at home in both professional and project studios worldwide. Going Pro with Logic Pro 9 is an exper...

Logic Pro 9 Power! is a complete introduction and desk reference for Logic, covering what you are most likely to run into while using the program, all with simple, thorough, and complete explanations....

This book redefines what it means to be a DJ in the ever-evolving DJ world. Powerful computing combined with innovative design has provided the modern DJ with branching options for creative expression...

Get ready to dive into Cubase 6! This book provides a thorough look at the most common as well as lesser-known features of this impressive digital audio production software. Beyond describing the feat...

When it comes to musical skill, why is it that some people achieve so much more than others? We are frequently led to believe this is because of a talent hardwired into their DNA. Now, music educator...