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Cigar Box Banjo
Greystone Books 2010; US$ 14.95This eclectic, funny, and moving book tracks a life lived in music and words. Paul Quarrington ruminates on the bands of his childhood; his restless youth, spent playing bass with the cult band Joe Hall and the Continental Drift; and his incarnation, in middle age, as rhythm guitarist and singer with the band Porkbelly Futures. Ranging through... more...
Fats Waller
Continuum International Publishing 2005; US$ 130.00Fats Waller (1904-1943) was an outsize man in all respects: five feet, eleven inches tall, he weighed 285 pounds. The greatest of the Harlem stride pianists, he composed hundreds of songs, he led a band that made over 400 recordings, and he wrote severa more...
And There I Stood with My Piccolo
University of Minnesota Press 2009; US$ 15.00And There I Stood with My Piccolo, originally published in 1948, is a zesty and colorful memoir of composer Meredith Willsons early yearsfrom growing up in Mason City, Iowa, to playing the flute with John Philip Sousas band and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, to a successful career in composing for radio and motion pictures in... more...
One Train Later
St. Martin's Press 2007; US$ 19.99?The train jerks to a halt, and as I get out at Oxford Circus, Stewart gets out with me. We look at each other, laugh, and make the standard remark about it being a small world. But this is the brilliant collision, one train later and it might all have turned out differently.? In this extraordinary memoir, world-renowned guitarist Andy... more...
Four Strong Winds
McClelland & Stewart 2011; US$ 19.99An acclaimed music historian brings us the long-awaited story of Ian & Sylvia - marking the first time that the legendary folk duo has endorsed a biography of their groundbreaking career. Their classic "Four Strong Winds" is widely considered to be one of the great songs of all time. Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, and Joni... more...
Singing Was the Easy Part
St. Martin's Press 2009; US$ 18.99Born Vito Farinola in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn in 1928, Vic worked as an usher at the fabled Paramount Theatre before realizing a dream by shooting to the top of the Billboard Chart in 1947 with his first hit ?I Have But One Heart.? He was mentored by everyone from Perry Como to Tommy Dorsey. Frank Sinatra praised his voice and became a friend for... more...
Wagner and Beethoven
Cambridge University Press 1991; US$ 120.00This book analyses the lifelong impact of Beethoven's music on Wagner and its importance for his conception of music drama. Kropfinger charts and scrutinises Wagner's early responses to the composer and considers his experience as a conductor of Beethoven's music. A discussion of the Romantic 'Beethoven image' leads to a careful... more...
Passion and Pain
St. Martin's Press 2007; US$ 17.99From the poverty-stricken streets of Ponce, Puerto Rico to the vibrant barrios of New York City, HECTOR LAVOE became the singer of all singers, and the driving-force behind the Salsa movement in the mid-1960s. His popularity rivaled that of his contemporaries, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco. Behind the music, Hector?s life was filled... more...
Beethoven
Andrews UK 2010; US$ 6.99This short biography of the famous composer Ludwig van Beethoven details his life, his works and gives the reader an interesting guide to the style that defined this master of symphonies and other musical works. It also discusses the influence he had on Wagner's style. This version has been specifically edited and formatted for today's e-readers,... more...
Richard Wagner
Andrews UK 2010; US$ 4.49This short biography of the famous composer Richard Wagner details his life, his works and gives the reader an interesting guide to the style that defined this master of operas and other musical works. This version has been specifically edited and formatted for today's e-readers, and makes an excellent addition to any music-related book collection. more...









