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Ten years ago, Motley Crue’s bestselling The Dirt—penned with rock chronicler extraordinaire Neil Strauss—set a new bar for rock ’n’ roll memoirs. A genuine cultural phenomenon, this turbocharged blockbuster, with more than half a million copies in print, is now available in this deluxe, slipcased hardcover edition, timed to celebrate thirty wild years with rock’s most infamous band.

Bundel liedteksten, voorzien van commentaar waarin Wiegersma verhaalt over het onstaan en de achtergronden van de liedjes. Wiegersma was de tekstschrijver en levenspartner van cabaretier Wim Sonneveld.

By giving brief accounts of the lives, characters, and history of great violinists, this book brings out the special achievement of each. A "family tree" shows the stylistic lineage of such differing players as Perlman, Stern, and Menuhin in unbroken teacher-pupil continuity back to Corelli.

Informatie over de Indiase klassieke danskunst.

Fotoboek met afbeeldingen van bouwradio's gekoppeld aan pophits.

Reportages over en interviews met in Nederland werkzame dirigenten: Jansons, Thielemann, Chailly, Haitink, Mengelberg, Gergjev, Rattle, De Waart, Vonk, Haenchen, Kreizberg, Metzmacher, Rostropovich en Brüggen.

In 1955, at the age of 23, pianist Glenn Gould burst onto the world stage with his inspired recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations. His dynamic virtuosity and passionate artistry inspired millions, and he spent the next nine years as a star on the international concert circuit. In 1964 he announced that he was retiring from live performance, and he devoted the rest of his life to recording and documentaries. Glenn Gould: A Life in Pictures is the first photographic treatment of the life of one of the greatest and most fascinating musicians of our time. This collection of more than 200 images includes a treasure trove of family pictures from the Glenn Gould Estate and rare photos from the CBC archives, Sony Classical and the National Library of Canada. The foreword by Yo-Yo Ma and the introduction by music critic Tim Page provide an insightful overview of Gould's life and art. Extensive captions by the estate's literary adviser and quotations from Gould himself and other luminaries, such as Leonard Bernstein, Yehudi Menuhin, Leopold Stokowski and Leonard Rose, appear throughout the book. The result is a lively portrait of a creative genius.

Lexicon van de westerse klassieke muziek, waarin behalve vreemde termen en biografische gegevens over componisten ook analyses van hun voornaamste werken zijn opgenomen.

In 1975, four teenagers gathered in a kitchen in Dublin to discuss forming a band. The drum kit just about fit into the room, the lead guitarist had a homemade guitar, the bassist could barely play at all and nobody wanted to sing. Over thirty years later, they are still together, bound by intense loyalty, passionate idealism and a relentless belief in the power of rock and roll to change the world. U2 have sold over 130 million albums, revolutionized live performance all over the world, spearheaded political campaigns and made music that defines the age we live in. From the anarchic days of their Seventies punk origins, through their Eighties ascent to superstardom, the dark post-modern ironies of the Nineties and their 21st-century resurgence as rock's biggest and boldest band, this is a tale of faith, love, drama, family, birth, death, survival, conflict, crises, creativity--and a lot of laughter.--From publisher description.

Naslagwerk voor de westerse klassieke muziek.

Yehudi Menuhin shares with the reader his unique store of understanding about the violin, about how to exercise and practise, and about the techniques of performance. His reflections on the nature and scope of his instrument are profoundly illuminating and his theories on interpretation particularly valuable. William Primrose writes the distinguished monograph on the viola and describes the instrument as 'a violin with a college education'.

Featuring annotations and commentary by Stone himself, the screenplay of the controversial director's new motion picture Nixon is accompanied by essays by officials of the Nixon Administration and photographs from the film. Original. Movie tie-in.

Uitgegeven als essay in het kader van de Maand van de filosofie. Want vrijheid is nooit absoluut.

Historische schets van het leven van castraatzangers in kerk en theater (opera) in Italië in de 17e en 18e eeuw.

Opera began during the Italian Renaissance as an effort to present drama with music in imitation of the ancient Greeks. Here is the story of opera, with Orfeo of Monteverdi (1607), then evolving after nearly two centuries into the classical style, of which Mozart was supreme master. By the late eighteenth century, comic and grand opera were highly developed art forms in Italy, France, and German-speaking Europe. Here are accounts of the great opera companies of Paris, Milan, Bayreuth, London, and New York. Prominent composers discussed include Rossini, Donizetti, Berlioz, Verdi, Gounod, Puccini -- and in our own century, Hindemith, Berg, Menotti, Britten, Barber, and others. Performers profiled include Jenny Lind, Enrico Caruso, Maria Callas, Luciano Pararotti, and others.

Once the king of the blues-derived "stride" school of jazz piano, Fats Waller earned his reputation as the most perfect of all jazz pianists with impeccable time keeping, instrumental mastery, the intensity of swing, and melodic gift. He arrived on the scene just as jazz was flowering nationwide, and he reaped a harvest of fame and fortune through his piano rolls, recordings, and much-lauded European tours. His death . . . in 1943, marked the end of the swing era. This informal narrative of Waller's life and music—a moving memoir of a musical genius and an outstanding human being—was written by Fats' personal manager. Reviewing Fats' brief but stellar career, Kirkeby reveals a life that was filled with paradoxes, and a man who moved with ease from a middle-class churchgoing home to New York's speakeasy subculture. Kirkeby details Waller's collaboration with lyricist Andy Razaf; his friendships with James P. Johnson, Willie "the Lion" Smith, and Duke Ellington; and his successful forays into films and Broadway musicals, including Hot Chocolates and Stormy Weather (with Lena Horne). He also weaves in his own personal memoir and includes a selected discography listing the most representative Waller recordings.

De levensgeschiedenis van twee muzikale Cubaanse broers die in 1949 naar New York emigreren.