Libros de música

Pavarotti Up Close is an unprecedented and affectionate portrait of the greatest tenor of the twentieth century, told through the eyes of his longtime musical coach and accompanist Leone Magiera. The...

Comprehensive text on the history of film music, including in-depth chapters on Silent Cinema, Sound Cinema, Aesthetic Theories, Music and Animated Cinema, and much more.

In 2008, the whole Studio di Fonolgia di Milano della Rai - including equipment and furniture - was completely reconstructed inside the XXXVI room of the Museum of Musical Instruments at the Sforza Ca...

Facsimile reproduction of the Biblioteca Marciana manuscript of Cesti's score. Includes detailed introduction in Italian and English, and the printed libretto by Nicolò Beregan.

The Nazis turned music into a weapon of propaganda and used it especially to channel consensus and control the masses. In order to achieve this, the Nazis did not hesitate to alter history and introdu...

This book is not a biography, nor a technical-artistic analysis of Rossini's work. It is rather the result of a lifetime of enthusiastic cohabitation with the composer and the desire to spread the wor...

Blues legend Big Bill Broonzy's story in his own words, as told to Yannick Bruynoghe. Although he was born and raised in Mississippi, Big Bill was a pioneer of the Chicago style of blues. During his l...

Larry Sandberg. The set-up, maintenance, and restoration of the 5-string banjo. Clear instructions and detailed photographs and diagrams. Indispensable for amateur and professional.

A highly illustrated study of Daniel Francis O'Neill who was Chief of Police in Chicago at the beginning of the century. He collected and published what was to become the largest collection of Irish m...