Títulos en Compositores y músicos

One of the most infamous names in music history steps forward to reclaim the truth behind the legend, in a raw exploration of the price of fame, the despair born of worldwide humiliation, and the unseen toll of chasing acceptance in a world built on illusion.

"La femme en moi" est un témoignage poignant et courageux, une histoire de liberté, de célébrité, de maternité, de survie, de foi et d’espoir. En juin 2021, le monde entier a pu entendre Britney Spears s’exprimer sur sa mise sous tutelle lors de son audience publique. Son intervention a fait bouger les lignes. En faisant entendre sa voix — et sa vérité —, elle a non seulement changé sa vie mais aussi celle de nombreuses personnes. "La femme en moi" dévoile pour la première fois l’incroyable odyssée et la force inouïe d’une des plus grandes stars de la pop de tous les temps.

In 1992, the Screaming Trees were expected to become the next big band to come out of the Seattle music scene during the heyday of grunge. Except it never happened. It wasn't because the band didn't have great songs—indeed, the Trees were revered for their ability to write a great song that was both artistically original and commercially viable, which is no easy task. Other Seattle bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden were fans of the Screaming Trees, playing shows with them and collaborating on albums, long before their own bands broke through into the mainstream.

Con la sua voce straordinaria, il suo essere una rockstar a dispetto di tutto e tutti, il suo anticonformismo, la sua vita trasgressiva e la sua prematura scomparsa...

Read by the author, acclaimed conductor Jane Glover. 'You don’t have to be able to hum Mozart to find this book utterly engrossing . . . I couldn’t put it down' - Joanna Lumley An expertly researched and vividly written account of Mozart’s formative trips to Italy. At thirteen years old...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLER A fast-paced, tender-hearted rock ’n’ roll memoir for the ages, Mike Campbell’s Heartbreaker is part rags-to-riches story and part raucous, seat-of-the-pants adventure, recounting Campbell’s life and times as lead guitarist of Tom...

A memoir from singer-songwriter Madison Beer, chronicling the past decade of her life spent in the spotlight—the ups, the downs, and the in-betweens that you won’t see on social media. Discovered at twelve years old, Madison Beer was one of the first artists to have her entire life...

P-Funk keyboardist Daniel Bedrosian brings to life the recording and musical activity of Parliament-Funkadelic in 1975, an epoch-making year marked by the release of three seminal albums: Chocolate City , Let's Take It to the Stage , and Mothership Connection. By the end of it, George Clinton and P-Funk were catapulted into superstardom, becoming a massive platinum success with multiple hit singles.

October 1982: ABC, Culture Club, Shalamar and Survivor dominate the top twenty when the Pogues barrel out from the backstreets of King's Cross, a furious, pioneering mix of punk energy, traditional melodies and the powerfully poetic songwriting of Shane MacGowan.

In a book that inspired the Amazon original series starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Malcolm McDowell, oboist Blair Tindall recounts her decades-long professional career as a classical musician, from the recitals and Broadway orchestra performances to the secret life of musicians who survive hand to mouth in the backbiting New York classical music scene, trading sexual favors for plum jobs and assignments in orchestras across the city.

'Mightily entertaining' - Heat This audiobook includes an interview with Ozzy Osbourne from 2009. People ask me how come I'm still alive, and I don't know what to say. When I was growing up, if you'd have put me up against a wall with the other kids from my street and asked me which one of us...

Although we have heard the music of J. S. Bach in countless performances and recordings, the composer himself still comes across only as an enigmatic figure in a single familiar portrait. As we mark the 250th anniversary of Bach's death, author Christoph Wolff presents a new picture that brings to life this towering figure of the Baroque era. This engaging new biography portrays Bach as the living, breathing, and sometimes imperfect human being that he was, while bringing to bear all the advances of the last half-century of Bach scholarship.

Cantautora, pintora, escultora, bordadora y ceramista chilena, es considerada por muchos la folclorista más importante de Chile del siglo XX y fundadora de la música popular de aquel país. El aporte de Violeta Parra al quehacer musical y artístico chileno se considera unánimemente de gran valor y trascendencia, sirviendo su trabajo de inspiración a muchos artistas posteriores. De allí su importancia.

Just what was it about the Grateful Dead that made them rock and roll's most beloved band? In Deadheads, those with the real story, who were there and are still listening to the music, explain it all. Grateful Dead lyricist John Perry Barlow talks about his lifelong friendship with Dead guitarist Bob Weir. Cajun chef Rick Begneaud shares his memories of feeding the Dead. John Popper of Blues Traveler recalls playing with the Dead at Bill Graham's memorial tribute .

Jay-Z: Made in America is the fruit of Michael Eric Dyson’s decade of teaching the work of one of the greatest poets this nation has produced, as gifted a wordsmith as Walt Whitman, Robert Frost and Rita Dove. But as a rapper, he’s sometimes not given the credit he deserves for just how great an artist he’s been for so long.

Bob Dylan is an internationally best-selling artist, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and an Oscar winner for Things Have Changed. His career is stronger and more influential than ever. How did this happen, given the road to oblivion he seemed to choose more than two decades ago? What transformed a heroin addict into one of the most astonishing literary and musical icons in American history?

In the US, hip hop reigns as the genre that influences every aspect of our culture. From fashion to film, the dominance of this prolific sound can be traced back to one year—1988. From Public Enemy to The Fresh Prince, these twelve months gave rise to the superstars and styles that still resonate in songs released today. Through the unique perspective and personal experiences of Will Smith, Class of ’88 reveals the milestone moments, albums and artists that inspired a sonic evolution and secured 1988 as hip hop’s most important year.

In this audio biography, Gustav Mahler's life story is told against the backdrop of an age full of tension–colourful and polyphonic, faithful to the facts, and close to the sources.

Nessuno come Pino Daniele ha saputo costruire un ponte tra l'Italia, l'America e l'Africa. La sua chitarra aveva dei poteri magici: sapeva flirtare con il blues senza tradire la tarantella e convivere con il Sud del mondo, senza abbandonare Napoli. Mentre un suo grande concittadino, Eduardo De Filippo, consigliava ai giovani di fuggire da Napoli per avere successo, lui no.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), en français Jean-Sébastien Bach, est né dans une illustre famille de musiciens allemands. Orphelin à 10 ans, Bach est un compositeur et un musicien reconnu comme étant l'un des plus grands compositeurs de tous les temps, par des hommes tels que Mozart et Beethoven.