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programmes such as Ready Steady Go! and the Ed Sullivan Show. An important new book that takes you right into the studio and firmly centre-stage for an unrivalled and exhilarating Beach Boys experience. Nearly 400 pages 21.5cm x 28cm with masses of b/w photos, ads and memorabilia, Brian Wilson solo concerts, selected US/UK discography, song recording index, Smile recording index, list of session musicians, TV listings and concert location index. £19.95 NOW £7
70994 IN THE KEY OF GENIUS: The Extraordinary Life of Derek Paravicini
by Adam Ockelford We urge you to invest in this moving and uplifting true story of Derek Paravicini, who weighed just 1lb 5oz when he was born and who is not only blind but has severe learning difficulties as well as autism but who nevertheless amazes all those who hear him play the piano. When he was two, his nanny put a
toy organ in front of him and, miraculously, he taught himself to pick out nursery rhymes, although he could not yet talk. Music proved to be his saviour and, by the time he was four, it was obvious that he was naturally an exceptionally gifted musician. His mentor is his teacher and music psychologist and also the writer of this startling book, which reveals how - although Derek needs round-the-clock-care and cannot tell his fingers from his thumbs or his left hand from his right, has thrilled audiences at venues from Ronnie Scott’s to the Barbican, Las Vegas and Buckingham Palace. 279 tear- jerking pages with photos mostly in colour. £17.99 NOW £6
71115 APOLLO’S ANGELS: A History of Ballet
by Jennifer Homans For over 400 years ballet has entranced audiences with its unique combination of grace, storytelling and artistry. The tradition dates back to 16th century France and the codification of the basic steps and positions under Louis XIV, himself an avid dancer. However the steps and gestures were shaped by European history as ballet travelled
around the courts of Europe, from Paris and Milan to Vienna and, in particular, St Petersburg. The Renaissance and Classicism, the Enlightenment and Romanticism, Bolshevism, Modernism and the Cold War have all made their mark. It was in 19th century Russia that the art developed into the form we recognise today, with The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker and Swan Lake all originating at the Imperial Court. So proud was Russia of its ballet, that even when the Bolsheviks slaughtered the Tsar and his family and set about the destruction of all associated with them, the Tsar’s special privileges for the “ballet babies” were retained, and even expanded. The title of this immense, breathtaking book derives from the aspiration of ballet to the ideals of Apollo, son of Zeus and god of civilisation, healing, prophecy and music, and also leader of the Muses, the cultivated and beautiful women who represented music, arts, poetry and dance. In what is surely the most comprehensive and wide-ranging study of its subject in recent times, the writer tells the story of ballet from its very beginnings, tracing the development of technique, choreography and performance and unforgettably describing the artists, innovators and performances which have shaped this unique art form, bringing high culture alive and making it accessible to all. 668 pages, 40 pages of colour and b/w plates, some 150 illus. in all, many of them rarely seen. £30 NOW £9.50
70937 THIS MAN AND MUSIC by Anthony Burgess
Anthony Burgess was the author of over 50 books including A Clockwork Orange but always emphasised music as the ruling passion of his creative life. Largely self-taught in music, he composed his first symphony before he was 20, many years before his first novel, and was the composer of over 65 musical works. In these deeply insightful meditations, he explores the meaning of music, the intention of the composer and the process of composition, and the seemingly elusive relationship between literature and music. Burgess reveals how prose writers have struggled to tap the inherent musicality of their material. 192 page paperback with musical scores. £11.50 NOW £4
63679 ALWAYS MAGIC IN THE AIR by Ken Emmerson
Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield, Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Doc Pomus, Mike Stoller, Mort Shuman, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil melded black, white and Latino sounds before multiculturalism became a concept. Here is the story of how 14 American songwriters forever changed popular music. It is a family portrait of a remarkable group of young songwriters who, huddled in midtown Manhattan’s Brill Building and at 1650 Broadway during the late 1950s and early 60s crafted some of rock ‘n’ rolls great early classics. They wrote songs like Elvis Presley’s Jailhouse Rock, Dionne Warwick’s Walk On By and the Righteous Brothers’ You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’. 336pp in large softback with b/w photos. £15 NOW £2
70549 THE PIANO: The Complete Illustrated Guide to the World’s Most Popular Musical Instrument
by Jeremy Siepmann
From modest 18th century Italian beginnings to society drawing rooms, from the saloons of the Wild West to Harlem and from the concert hall to Tin Pan Alley, here is the history of, and all the details you could wish for about, the world’s most popular and versatile musical instrument. Info is given on all the fascinating developments in piano technology, from its first construction by Bartolomeo Cristofori in about 1709. Here are the composers who have made the greatest contribution to the piano’s reputation as a vehicle for profound musical expression, from Johann Sebastian Bach to Oscar Peterson, the performers who have made the piano sing, from Claude Debussy to François Poulenc, Scarlatti to Gershwin. 192 pages 23cm x 28cm, 200 photos, colour. £14.99 NOW £6.50
70432 UNLOCKING THE MASTERS DELUXE SET by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms, the great ‘Three Bs’ of classical music, are brought together in one elegant box set by Amadeus Press, an imprint of Hal Leonard, and each book is accompanied by a full-length Naxos CD. The books are ‘Bach’s Keyboard Music: A Listener’s Guide’ by Victor Lederer, providing a close but non-technical look at the richness of the composer’s exploration of baroque genres. 147pp in paperback. ‘Beethoven’s Symphonies: A Guided Tour’ by John Bell Young is the second paperback in the box set. It takes the listener through each of Beethoven’s nine symphonies in detail. 132pp in paperback. The CD contains selections from all of the symphonies conducted by the legendary Wilhelm Furtwängler. ‘Brahms: A Listener’s Guide’ by John Bell Young looks at one of the 19th centuries pre-eminent composers and one of its most polarising musical figures. The CD features recordings made specifically for this book. 145pp in paperback. Set of
three in elegant slipcase, 500pp in total, 16 x 23.5cm. £43.95 NOW £12.50
68669 1001 CLASSICAL RECORDINGS YOU MUST HEAR BEFORE YOU DIE Selected and
Reviewed by Leading International Critics edited by Matthew Rye
Selected by a team of 35 leading music critics from around the world, the 1001 classical recordings are absolute ‘must-hear’ pieces. From medieval madrigals, through the heavy-hitting greats like Brahms, Bruckner, Dvorak Mahler and Sibelius, to the latest important living composers such as Steve Reich or Philip Glass, all the greatest works by the finest composers past and present are surveyed and described in one handy volume. The book features album cover illustrations, highlights recommended releases and quotations. 960 pages, illus in colour.
$36.95 NOW £6
69442 RICHARD RODGERS by Geoffrey Block
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The musicals of the Rodgers and Hart era began in the 1920s and 30s through to the great days of Oklahoma!, the ‘South Pacific’ film and Cinderella (1957) which became a milestone to bring the ideals of Broadway musical theatre to commercial television. Richard Rodgers was a prolific composer whose career spanned six decades and who wrote more than a thousand songs and 40 shows for the American stage. The only show that they chose to revise and revive, and The Boys from Syracuse, the first Broadway musical based on Shakespeare and one of the few 1930s musicals to enjoy frequent revivals. Concludes with the first serious look at the five neglected and often maligned musicals from the 1960s and 70s. 315pp, photos and some musical scores. £22.50 NOW £5
69569 HERBERT VON KARAJAN: A Life in Pictures
edited by Pierre-Henri Verlhac
No one would seriously dispute that Herbert von Karajan is a legend. The Salzburg Festival was founded in 1920, and the young Karajan’s passion for theatre was awakened. The biography at the beginning of this volume documents in gripping detail Karajan’s brilliant career and pulls no punches about his private life either, notably the two occasions on which he joined the NSDAP - the precursor of the Nazi Party. The photos of him with the cream of the music profession from all over the world are just stunning. With foreword by Anne- Sophie Mutter, biographical essay by Juergen Otten and text by Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin. 192 pages 30 x 25.5mm, 150 illus in colour and b/w with discography, dozens of quotations. £41.95 NOW £11
69579 OPERA COMPANION by George Martin Almost 700 pages absolutely packed with information. There are synopses of an amazing 47 operas, and a 200 page refresher course. The book is designed differently from most opera guides in that it makes no attempt at ‘completeness’, but provides the reader with ‘the information necessary to go to any opera and find it at least interesting if not enjoyable’. By ‘information’ the author means such background knowledge as the definition of a baritone, a brief history of the claque and the castrati, the why and how of an overture, the sounds of an orchestra and the structure of a melody. 695 paperback pages with line drawings. Gives composer, librettist, and date and place of first performance.
£15.99 NOW £5
69824 CLIFFHISTORY: The Authorised Photographic Memoir
by Robin Morgan and Amy Turner This is Cliff Richard, His Story, in pictures enhanced by concise and informative sections of text. His is a journey which would span decades and continents and result in his accumulating hundreds of gold and platinum awards, more than 250,000,000 record sales, ten box office hits and millions of minutes of airtime. Perhaps the secret of his success is that he never stands still. The 76th studio album released by Cliff reached No. 7 in the charts and produced three Top 20 hits and in 2009 he was reunited with his first band The Shadows in the London O2 Arena. A gorgeous souvenir volume. 192 pages, 29 x 24.5mm, b/w and colour photos, with silk bookmark. £29.95 NOW £6.50
69815 BOB DYLAN: CHRONICLES VOLUME ONE by Bob Dylan
The book starts with Bob Dylan’s arrival in New York in 1961 and his sign-up with the Columbia label. The Folklore Center and the Gaslight club followed and when he started writing his own songs the world changed again. One of his juke-box favourites was Judy Garland’s “The Man That Got Away”. Interspersed with the story of Dylan’s meteoric rise to fame are memories of his childhood, parents, schooling and his wide reading
of writers such as Byron, Coleridge, Eliot and Nietzsche, to name a few people whose ideas he discusses. 293pp, paperback.
£7.99 NOW £2.50
70495 MILES: The Autobiography by Miles Davis and Quincy Troupe Miles Davis was just 18 years old when Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Buddy Anderson, Gene Armstrong, Lucky Thompson and Art Blakey all played in Billy Eckstine’s band at the Riviera Club in St Louis, and the fledgling trumpeter took his instrument along. The band’s trumpeter went sick, and the rest is history. First published in 1989, he is brutally honest about his battles with drugs and racism, and more than candid about the women in his life. Bird, Dizzy, Monk, Trane, Mingus, Duke, Sinatra and many others all loom large here, as the man who gave us some of the most exciting music of the 20th century gives us a fascinating insight into his quite extraordinary life. Warts, drugs, sex and all. 420pp 2012 paperback, 111 b/w photos. £10.99 NOW £4.50
70497 THE NINTH: Beethoven and the World in 1824 by Harvey Sachs
Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 - or, simply “The Ninth” - is one of the most towering, precedent-shattering and influential compositions in the history of music. It has been adopted as an anthem for political organisations of all hues from Nazis to Communists and all points in between. Music historian and biographer Harvey Sachs sets this immense work in its historical context. After a decade of retrenchment and repression across all Europe following the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1824 was a watershed year. Sachs employs his encyclopaedic knowledge of music, history, memoir and anecdote to show why the première of Beethoven’s astounding last symphony was a work of art unlike any other. Illus. 225pp.
£12.99 NOW £4.75
70598 ULTIMATE PIANO by Nick Freeth et al This brilliantly produced interactive collection comprises a 96 page softback book which provides a brief history of the pianoforte and looks at the various options available, before taking us gently by the hand for a series of graduated lessons. We learn how the keys are fingered, which hand does what, how scales, chords and other musical “building blocks” work and how the pedals work, all illustrated with a wealth of colour photos and accompanied by an interactive DVD. Next there is another 96 page softback containing the scores to 28 classic pieces for every taste and mood, from the 16th century to modern times, accompanied by a CD of specially made recordings of each piece. Ring-bound binder, held together with an elasticated strap, and with storage wallets for extra CDs. £20 NOW £8.50
70599 ULTIMATE GUITAR by Nick Freeth et al
The 96 page softback explains history, what is on the market, what will suit you, acoustic or electric, tips on buying axes and amps, fully illustrated in colour to show the notes and chords, song structure, solos and much more, all accompanied by an interactive DVD. The second 96 page softback has scores to 28 pieces suitable for every style, mood and type of guitar, with some old favourites as well as a few delightful surprises, and this is accompanied by a specially recorded CD to help you get it right. Ring binder, and includes an elasticated strap and storage space for CD and other ephemera. £20 NOW £8
70739 ORIGINAL JELLY ROLL BLUES by William Schafer
The man who started life around 1890 in New Orleans as Ferdinand Joseph Lamoth and ended it in Los Angeles in 1941 as Jelly Roll Morton was revered, admired, emulated and despised. In the rough-and-tumble world of black showbusiness, jazz and pop music, Jelly Roll Morton was an improviser and a consummate entertainer. The self-styled ‘Originator of jazz’ he was a virtuoso pianist, composer and band leader whose famous songs include Wolverine Blues, Shake It and the virtual anthem of the swing era, King Porter Stomp. He was also a conflicted husband and lover, a gambler, a dandy and much more. 256pp, illus softback. £12.99 NOW £5
70781 TREASURES OF THE BEE GEES
by Brian Southall
This beautifully produced boxed book tells The Bee Gees’ story along with numerous archive photos and five facsimile document wallets containing mementoes. Growing up
in Manchester, on Saturdays Barry Gibb and his twin brothers went down to the Gaumont where kids could mime to records. One day the Gibb brothers’ record got smashed and they had to sing live. The manager gave them a shilling and asked them to come back next week. Soon they were performing Everly Brothers hits as The Rattlesnakes, but in 1958 the family emigrated to Australia. When they returned to the U.K. in 1976 they soon had a record deal with Polydor and their songs were covered by Janis Joplin, Nina Simone and Engelbert Humperdinck. In 1969 the brothers fell out, but the following year they reunited and started looking for a new sound. Their new mentor Arif Mardin picked up Barry’s falsetto vocal, which together with a smaller band gave the group a reincarnation with the album “Main Course”. “How Deep is Your Love” from Saturday Night Fever started a series of hits until the group finally disbanded with Maurice’s death in 2003. 63pp.
£25 NOW £10
70798 ELTON JOHN by David Buckley
Here are Elton John’s earliest gigs, and his taking on of a new personality with his legal change of name from Reginald Kenneth Dwight to Elton Hercules John. He has ‘played’ with many celebrities, among them John Lennon, Roger Daltry, Kiki Dee and Billie Jean King, and married sound-technician Renate Blauel, although his marriage
was not destined to last and he now lives with his long- term partner David Furnish after a civil marriage. Here too are moving accounts of his associations with AIDS victims and his interaction with members of the Royal Family - especially Princess Diana. 432 paperback pages with photos in b/w and colour, discography. £9.99 NOW £3
MYTHOLOGY
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
- Norman Vincent Peale
71262 FORGING DRAGONS by John Howe
Wing and talon, scale and fire, in flight above a spewing volcano, on the precipice of a glacier from which a toad’s face appears, a questing knight in woodland, Beowulf’s final struggle; there are inspirations for drawing dragons everywhere. Leading fantasy artist John Howe
explains in his practical art book how to render these amazing creatures and find out about the mythological inspirations behind each painting. From ancient legend to science fiction, the Nine Worlds to Middle-Earth, discover how he creates his paintings, from initial colour washes to the final detailing as he reveals the methods and techniques for which he is renowned. The book includes many never-before-seen drawings specially commissioned for this book and we are taken on a guided tour of his studio, literally looking over his shoulder. For all who love fantasy, dungeons and dragons and mythical worlds there is much to enjoy in these hundreds of colour and line artworks. 128pp in large softback. £14.99 NOW £5
69463 WEIRD ENGLAND by Matt Lake
If the Geordie Yeti and the Cannock Chase Bigfoot are the Wookies of the British Isles, then the Duergar are its Ewoks, tiny fur-covered creatures no taller than the waist of an adult. They are indigenous to
Simonside, Northumberland and have strange powers like the legendary Black Dog. Nestled amongst other cemetery ghastly, grim and great stories, haunted crossroads, are a taunting in Taunton, dark forms on the Devil’s Elbow, the Da Vinci shepherd’s code, Shugborough Hall in Staffordshire, the cow sculptures of Milton Keynes, the M5 dinosaur, the Willow Man on the M5, Druid temples, a cement menagerie, Screaming Lord Sutch and the Monster Raving Looney Party. Pictures, 272 large pages. £14.99 NOW £3
69804 AN APPLE A DAY: Old-Fashioned Proverbs And Why They Still Work by Caroline Taggart
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A proverb is a piece of wisdom or advice expressed in a short and memorable way. The insights that struck a chord with Aesop’s readers in Ancient Greece, or Shakespeare’s audiences 400 years ago, hold good in a surprising number of cases. Many of them contradict each other. Many hands may make light work but remember that too many cooks spoil the broth. 184 pages with list of proverbs. £9.99 NOW £3
68543 BEST-LOVED STORIES
by Hans Christian Andersen Illustrated by Isabelle Brent in her distinctive illuminated style with gold borders and page edges, here is Neil Philip’s sparkling translation of these much-loved tales. The stories include Thumbelina, Little Ida’s Flowers, The Wild Swans, The Sweethearts, The Nightingale,
The Snow Queen: A Story in Seven Parts, The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep, The Goblin at the Grocer’s, The Shadow, In A Thousand Years’ Time, It’s Perfectly True, Dance, Dance Dolly Mine!, Grief, The Gardner and His Master and The Snowman are among the 17 tales. Softback, 224pp, sparkling colour illus.
£9.99 NOW £3
70576 BOOK OF OLD ENGLISH FAIRY TALES: Fairy
Gold by Ernest Rhys Bargain facsimile reprint of the original 1906 edition with seven colour plates and many woodcuts and line illustrations throughout by Herbert Cole. Favourite characters like Dick Whittington, Jack the Giant Killer, King Arthur, Tom Thumb, Chicken Licken, the Green Knight sit alongside the King of the Cats, Old Fortunatus, The Lady Mole, Mr Fox,
The Princess of Colchester, Robin Goodfellow and the Giant of St Michaels among these 33 fairy tales to please children of all ages. 236 page quality softback. £10.99 NOW £4
23992 ENGLISH FAIRY TALES This book contains over 40 of the best-loved fairy stories, beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Favourites such as Jack the Giant-killer, Jack and the Beanstalk, Dick Whittington, The Three Little Pigs and The Babes in the Wood are all here among many others, but stories from different traditions also make their appearance, including The Three Bears and Little Red Riding Hood. 256pp. Paperback. ONLY £2
70584 WHY THE CROCODILE HAS A WIDE MOUTH And Other Nature Myths by Florence Holbrook
Why the cat always falls upon her feet, the story of the first butterflies, the story of the first woodpecker, why the magpie’s nest is not well built, why the serpent sheds his skin, why the dove is timid, why the bear has a short tail, the story of the bees and the flies, the story of the first emeralds, why the juniper has berries, why all men love the moon, are among the 54 wonder filled stories. Adapted for curious young minds, they describe in simple folk tale style how many amazing creatures of the earth were created and why they look and act as they do. 29 enchanting line illus from the original 1902 edition. 110pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £2.50
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