3,980円 Wade Mainer (b. 1907) is believed to be the longest-lived country entertainer ever. His banjo lessons began in childhood and he played informally into his adult years, when he joined his brother, fiddler J. E. Mainer (1898-1971), in Mainer's Mountaineers. Music became their ticket out of the cott...

1,591円 "In the summer of 1937 George Gershwin died suddenly from a brain tumour at the age of 38. His tragically early death stunned the world. A composer of classical and popular music, he had summed up the unique qualities of what is meant by ""American music"". This book sheds fresh light on the man ...

777円 Making moonshine, working blue-collar jobs, picking fights in bars, chasing women, and living hardscrabble lives . . . Clayton and Saford Hall were born in the backwoods of Virginia in 1919, in a place known as The Hollow. Incredibly, they became legends in their day, rising from mountain-bred po...

777円 “Number One” was a phrase my fatherーand, for that matter, my motherーrepeated time and time again. It was a phrase spoken by my parents’ friends and by their friends’ children. Whenever adults discussed the great Chinese painters and sculptors from the ancient dynasties, there was always a singl...

1,555円 The stirring memoir of one of the greatest pianists of the postwar eraーan inspiring tale of triumph over crippling incapacity that rivals Shine. The pianist Leon Fleisherーwhose student–teacher lineage linked him to Beethoven by way of his instructor, Artur Schnabelーdisplayed an exceptional gif...

2,312円 'An incredible story of musical instruments, how they're made and what people make of them' - Keith Richards Everyone knows of the legendary quality and unbelievable price tag of a Stradivarius violin. In this, the first popular account of the Stradivari phenomena, Toby Faber explores the life an...

1,601円 Buddy Holly is the best-known yet most elusive and enigmatic of all Rock 'n' Roll legends. Now Philip Norman, who has won international praise for his biographies of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Elton John, has written the definitive story of a short but extraordinary life. Buddy's records...

421円 A fantastic look at the life of seven historical singers:• Faustino Bordoni• Catarina Gabrielli• Sophie Arnould• Elizabeth Billington and Her Contemporaries• Angelica Catalani• Giuditta Pasta• Henrietta Sontag

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1,591円 The Spice Girls phenomenon was a genuine pop music landmark. No group since The Beatles had commanded as much media attention. Ginger, Baby, Posh, Sporty and Scary became international stars and, whether they were adored or ridiculed, they became the ultimate expression of global media fame in th...

534円 Fuair Pat the Pipe - Píobaire - bás inné. Dúirt sé riamh gur beag píobairí a rinne slí beatha as an gceol. B'eisean ceann acu. Ní raibh smacht ceart aige ar na píóbaí ná na foinn, ach ceol níos ionraice ní chloisfeá riamh. Gach tuisle 's taisme dá shaol 's dá thinneas le cloisteáil sna nótaí crái...

933円 How one family’s tragedy ultimately revolutionized contemporary Christian music. Known for such classics as “Easter Song,” the Second Chapter of Acts was one of the major music groups in the forefront of the Jesus movement. But what happened, in the wake of personal tragedy, to bring together a b...