Títulos en Compositores y músicos

Mozart was chaos. A boy wonder. A broke genius. A man who joked about farts and wrote music that made kings weep. This book isn’t a textbook. It’s a story. From the powdered courts of Europe to the echo of his Requiem, MOZART: The Man Who Was Born in Tune follows the full arc. The prodigy, the rebel, the romantic, and the ghost. You’ll meet the father who pulled the strings, the wife who stayed through the madness, the enemies who envied him, and the symphonies that bent light.

The voice that defined soul. The life that defied expectations. The truth that changes everything. What do we really know about the legends we claim to love? We know their hits, their accolades, their public personas—but do we know their truths? Etta James sang with a passion that could shatter hearts and heal souls, but behind that incomparable voice lived a woman fighting battles most of us can't imagine. At Last! The Etta James Chronicles pulls back the curtain on one of music's most complex and captivating figures, revealing the real woman behind the legend.

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE The celebrated first memoir from arguably the most influential singer-songwriter in the country, Bob Dylan. “I’d come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right...

Fragmentos de diarios, dietarios, epifanías, aforismos y poemas que dan fe de los extraordinarios logros del "Dylan negro". Al tiempo que componen una conmovedora estampa de sus tempranas vivencias y de su peripecia vital; salpicada con los recuerdos de los momentos compartidos con otros compañeros de armas Bob Marley, Michael Jackson y también por la aparición de sus mentores en la industria musical Clive Davis, Stevie Wonder y en las procelosas aguas del mundo del libro.

Ficción dramática basada en el encuentro entre Astor Piazzolla, el famoso músico argentino y Nadia Boulanger, la super reconocida pedagoga musical francesa. Las clases tomadas con la Boulanger fueron decisivas en la evolución musical de Astor y marcaron para siempre al tango argentino.

Músico, cantautor y director de teatro chileno, y procedente de una familia campesina de Ñuble, se convirtió en un referente internacional de la canción reivindicativa y de cantautor. Fue torturado y asesinado en el antiguo Estadio Chile (que después fue denominado Estadio Víctor Jara) por fuerzas represivas de la dictadura de Augusto Pinochet, poco después del golpe militar que derrocó al gobierno de Salvador Allende, el 11 de septiembre de 1973.

Dorothy Lamour, born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton (December 10, 1914 - September 22, 1996) was an American actress and big band singer, best remembered for having appeared in the Road to... movies, a series of successful comedies starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. Her appearance as Ulah in The Jungle Princess (1936) brought her fame and marked the beginning of her image as the "Sarong Queen." For her contribution to the radio and motion picture industry, Lamour has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The following recordings are from TV appearances in 1972 and 1981.

In The Big Break, author Del Clark takes listeners behind the curtain of the entertainment industry to reveal how some of the biggest names in show business got their start. Through candid stories, surprising twists, and inspiring journeys, this book captures the grit, determination, and luck that define the path to stardom.

Parov Stelar erfand ein eigenes Musikgenre, spielte in den größten Stadien und Festivals Europas und der USA vor zig Millionen Menschen und begeistert Fans auf der ganzen Welt. Doch wer steckt hinter dem Phänomen? Und wie sieht das Leben eines internationalen Musikstars wirklich aus? Welchen Preis zahlen Menschen für Ruhm und Erfolg? Zum ersten Mal berichtet Parov Stelar von seinem Trip in die persönliche und musikalische Unterwelt. Von Angst und Zweifeln, Triumph und Taumel, von Exzess und Wahnsinn.

De Toulon à Paris, des salons de coiffure aux plateaux de télévision, Sofia Morgavi nous livre le récit touchant et inspirant d'une vie consacrée à la voix. À travers 20 leçons pratiques nées de ses rencontres les plus marquantes, Sofia crée un genre inédit : chaque chapitre autobiographique dévoile une leçon de chant que la vie lui a enseignée.

Performing with David Bowie, surviving the murky depths of the music business, enduring a painful divorce, and making the first music video in outer space, award-winning recording artist Emm Gryner has navigated through life’s highs and lows using a secret compass: singing. Her voice, and her desire to express herself in music, has been a constant, from the early days of playing in bands while growing up in a small town, to playing arena rock shows and stadiums. Across these years and on many travels, she’s discovered the human voice to be an unlikely guide.

There's No Bones in Ice Cream by Sylvain Sylvain is the inside story of glam heroes the New York Dolls - outrageous, defiant, sleaze kings, transgender posers, drug casualties, and victims, not just of their own excess but of an unsympathetic music industry that simply didn't know how to process them. Though their brief, sensation-filled yet doomed career produced just two albums, the Dolls exerted an influence on rock that changed it forever. A cross between the Rolling Stones and the Sex Pistols, the Dolls became the link in the chain between them.

Suze Rotolo chronicles her coming of age in Greenwich Village during the 1960s and the early days of the folk music explosion, when Bob Dylan was finding his voice and she was his muse.

In questo romanzo Linus ipotizza il suo ultimo giorno alla radio. Nessuna paura, non esiste ancora una data ufficiale e non inizierà con questo libro un conto alla rovescia che porterà alla chiusura di "Deejay chiama Italia". Semplicemente un giorno dovrà succedere, e in queste pagine il passato e il presente si intrecciano per raccontare una storia di successo che lega le ambizioni di un ragazzo della provincia milanese a quella della radio più influente d'Italia. Ma in queste pagine la decisione è presa ed è di quelle da cui non si può tornare indietro.

Juan Luis Guerra y 4-40. "Merengue y Bachata a ritmo de poesía y compromiso." Es un orgullo presentar el primer audiolibro dominicano conteniendo la historia del más trascendente artista dominicano de todos los tiempos: Juan Luis Guerra. Conozca en la voz del autor de la investigación, el comunicador y economista Euri Cabral , todos los momentos importantes que ha vivido Juan Luis y 4-40 en su gran historia de éxito y peregrinaje por el mundo.

John Mayall has played with them all: Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Jack Bruce, Mick Fleetwood, Mick Taylor, Andy Fraser, and the list goes on. Now in his 80s, John continues to tour all over the world and perform to sold-out crowds. With an incredible blues career spanning over 50 years, rightly earning him the title the "Godfather of British Blues", John shares his experiences and encounters in what will be a must-listen autobiography for any true blues fans.

Gary Barlow is one of the most successful British musicians and songwriters of all time, but 15 years ago, as he himself admits, he hit rock bottom - he was out of shape, out of work, depressed. Food for him had become an addiction, a means not only of comfort but almost of self-medication as he grappled with the cruel twists of fate of musical stardom. In 2003, as he struggled with the disappointment of an underperforming solo career alongside the tireless media taunts; Gary turned to food.

Frédéric Chopin is the pianist-composer par excellence. Here, his life - from his birth in Poland, his famous affair with the French writer George Sand, and his death at the age of 49 in Paris - is told with his music featuring prominently.

El refinamiento y la estética en la múscia en una gran dimensión. Pau Carles Salvador Casals i Defilló, más conocido como Pau Casals, y también como Pablo Casals en Latinoamérica y el mundo anglosajón, es unos de los músicos catalanes mas destacados del siglo XX. Por su incomparable desempeño como instrumentista del violonchelo, Casals es considerado uno de los mejores violonchelistas de todos los tiempos.

Un músico de talla mundial. Como nadie jamás antes que él, sacó de su oscuridad a la música popular norteamericana con una propuesta donde se sintetizaban el jazz y la música clásica. Amado por millones de fans, su legado musical supervive en las más diversas versiones y escenarios posibles: salas de conciertos clásicos, clubes de jazz, teatros de Broadway, películas hollywoodenses y estadios deportivos.