Musique

Riccardo Muti

“A vivid portrait of life at the top of a podium heap…[a] fascinating memoir – a mustread for all who would gain insights into what makes a dedicated and complicated man of music tick.”  Chicago Tribune From a small town in the south of Italy to the pinnacle of the classical music world, Riccardo Muti has enthralled audiences across the globe as conductor of …Lire la suite

Black Vinyl White Powder

The most authoritative, intelligent, diligently researched and unpretentious analysis of the British pop scene yet written' Sunday TelegraphBlack Vinyl White Powder charts the amazing fifty year history of the British music business in unparalleled scale and detail. As a key player across the decades, Napier-Bell - who discovered Marc Bolan and managed amongst others The Yardbirds and Wham! - …Lire la suite

I'm Coming To Take You To Lunch

A fantastic tale of boys, booze and how Wham! were sold to China

Pop manager extraordinaire Simon Napier-Bell had had enough. He'd had enough of pop groups. He'd had enough of the constant grief at home with his two ex-boyfriends bickering and bleeding him dry; and most of all he'd had enough of the music biz. But then he fell in love with a new passion - the Far East; and a dynamic new duo - George and Andrew - jointly called Wham! Soon, in an audacious …Lire la suite

Flying Stumps and Metal Bats

Cricket's Greatest Moments by People Who Were There

Since 2003 the Wisden Cricketer has run a monthly feature called ‘Eyewitness'. Each article takes a seminal moment in the history of cricket and invites the key protagonists to reminisce about it, relive it and reflect. Now for the first time the very best of ‘Eyewitness' has been collected in one volume. The result is a fascinating tour of cricket's most memorable moments, as told by the …Lire la suite

Masters of Russian Music

First published in 1936, Calvocoressi's and Abraham's study was the first complete account of its subject to appear in any language, including Russian, and was based on a large amount of original first-hand research. Over 75 years later Masters of Russian Music retains its power - as any study of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakof, Scriabin, Borodin et al really ought to, since these were…Lire la suite

Slavonic and Romantic Music

Essays and Studies

Gerald Abraham's reputation as an authority on Russian music has tended to obscure his deep interest in the music of Poland and Czechoslovakia, and of the nineteenth-century generally. From a lifetime's devoted scholarship in these fields Abrahams selected his best work to make up this volume (first published in 1968), one of exceptional breadth and fascination.The subjects range from the …Lire la suite

Comment voulez-vous que j'oublie...

Madeleine & Léo Ferré 1950-1973

Préface de BenoîtePour la première fois, l'histoire de l'amour fou qui unit durant dix-huit ans Madeleine et Léo Ferré est racontée de l'intérieur, par la fille de Madeleine, qui partagea leur quotidien dès l'âge de cinq ans. Celle pour qui Léo Ferré écrivit "Jolie môme" évoque la misère des débuts, le succès, la gloire et... les ...

Finding My Voice

This year, The Voice UK changed holiday park entertainer, Leanne Mitchell's life forever. This is the exclusive, full story of that incredibly journey told in her own words.In the contest that's all about pure talent, 40 hopefuls pushed themselves to their vocal limits in a bid to impress coaches Tom Jones, Jessie J, Danny O'Donoghue and will.i.am. The Voice UK was Leanne's second chance at …Lire la suite

This Business of Global Music Marketing

Global Strategies for Maximizing your Music's Popularity and Profits

Think BIG--capture the global music market.Worldwide tours, internet downloads, international album distribution-the global market for music is expanding with lightning speed, and that means big opportunities for everyone in the music business. The main obstacle? Lack of knowledge. The world market is packed with opportunity, but it's also full of cultural, regulatory, administrative, legal, …Lire la suite

On Music and Musicians

Edited by Konraad WolffTranslated by Paul RosenfeldWith twenty black-and-white illustrationsSchumann’s literary gifts and interests almost equaled his musical ones. From boyhood on he was drawn to literary expression, and his writings on music belong to the best among the romantic literature of the 19th century. The same fire, poetry, directness of expression, the same inventiveness we …Lire la suite