Composers - United States
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John Cage: Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse)
$24.00 Read more“Over 16 years, beginning in 1965, John Cage compiled anecdotes, observations and koanlike tales, originally typing everything on an IBM Selectric and using chance methods to determine the formatting
- Author: Cage, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 21 2019
- ISBN10: 1938221214
- Language: English
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Write On, Irving Berlin!
$16.99 Read more2019 Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Younger Readers 2018 Eureka! California Reading Association Honor Book Award 2020 New York State Reading Association Charlotte Award Master List Escaping persecutio
- Author: Kimmelman, Leslie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 15, 2018
- ISBN10: 1585363804
- Language: English
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Songwriters on Songwriting
$24.99 Add to cartIn these fifty-two interviews, the greatest songwriters of our time go straight to the source of the magic of songwriting by offering their thoughts, feelings, and opinions on their art. Representing … [more below]
- Author: Zollo, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: June 19 2003
- ISBN10: 0306812657
- Language: English
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Hold On to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene, 1973-1992
$28.95 Add to cartHold On to Your Dreams is the first biography of the musician and composer Arthur Russell, one of the most important but least known contributors to New York’s downtown music scene during the 1970s an… [more below]
- Author: Lawrence, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0822344858
- Language: English
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The Only Pirate at the Party
$18.99 Add to cartDancing electronic violinist Lindsey Stirling shares her unconventional journey in an inspiring New York Times bestselling memoir filled with the energy, persistence, and humor that have helped her su
- Author: Stirling, Lindsey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 28, 2017
- ISBN10: 1501119176
- Language: English
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Finale: Late Conversations with Stephen Sondheim
$20.99 Read more“Brazenly entertaining. . . . It summons to the page a Broadway voice like no other.”–Los Angeles Times
“[An] erudite and affably self-conscious memoir of the creative process.”–Vulture
An intimate po
- Author: Max, D. T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0063279819
- Language: English
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Pitch Perfect and Persistent!: The Musical Debut of Amy Cheney Beach
$18.99 Read moreDiscover the untold yet inspiring story of Amy Beach, musician extraordinaire and the first successful woman composer in America.
With perfect pitch and fierce persistence, Amy Beach always knew she h- Author: Delems, Caitlin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1662680082
- Language: English
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John Prine: In Spite of Himself
$21.95 Add to cartWith a range that spans the lyrical, heartfelt songs “Angel from Montgomery,” “Sam Stone,” and “Paradise” to the classic country music parody “You Never Even Called Me by My Name,” John Prine is a son
- Series: American Music
- Author: Huffman, Eddie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 147732593X
- Language: English
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Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His Legacy
$35.00 Add to cartLively, sophisticated, and filled with first-person tributes and glorious images, Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His Legacy lifts the curtain on a Broadway legend. “Aside from Sondheim’s own exception
- Author: Silverman, Stephen M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0762482354
- Language: English
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Beautiful Noise: The Music of John Cage
$18.99 Read moreOpen this unique picture book and meet John Cage, the pioneering, inspiring composer who believed all sound–from the crash of a slamming door to the whirr of a blender to the whoosh of the wind–was … [more below]
- Author: Rogers, Lisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0593646622
- Language: English
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To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse
$32.00 Add to cartLonglisted for the Plutarch Award
The mysterious true story of Connie Converse–a mid-century New York City songwriter, singer, and composer whose haunting music never found broad recognition–and one- Author: Fishman, Howard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 0593187369
- Language: English
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Energy Follows Thought: The Stories Behind My Songs
$50.00 Add to cartRevealing, funny, whimsical, and wise, outlaw country legend Willie Nelson shares the untold stories behind the his favorite songs, with all the lyrics and a dynamic assortment of never-before-seen ph
- Author: Nelson, Willie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 0063272202
- Language: English
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Goodbye Russia: Rachmaninoff in Exile
$29.95 Add to cartThe moving story of Rachmaninoff’s years in exile and the composition of his last great work, set against a cataclysmic backdrop of two world wars and personal tragedy.
In 1940, Sergei Rachmaninoff, l- Author: Maddocks, Fiona
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 02, 2024
- ISBN10: 1639365931
- Language: English
