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Meet Phil Collen. You may know him as the lead guitarist in Def Leppard, whose signature song Pour Some Sugar on Me is still as widely enjoyed as when it debuted in 1988. Maybe you’ve heard of him as the rock star who gave up alcohol and meat more than 25 years ago....
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2015-10-22
ePub
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Discover the remarkably honest and captivating story of one of the world's greatest ever singing talents, Sir Tom Jones 'Brilliantly told' SUNDAY TIMES 'A terrific, star-studded journey' DAILY EXPRESS ______ 'For a lot of years, I've answered a lot of questions, but...
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Penguin
Parution :
2015-10-08
ePub
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'Jimi Hendrix was not so much an element in a Periodic Table of Heavy Rock as an entire elemental spectrum in a parallel universe.'Welcome to The Periodic Table of Heavy Rock! Instead of hydrogen to helium, here you'll find Smashing Pumpkins to Spinal Tap - 118 artists...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2015-10-01
ePub
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The Real Traviata is the rags-to-riches story of a tragic young woman whose life inspired one of the most famous operas of all time, Verdi's masterpiece La traviata, as well as one of the most scandalous and successful French novels of the nineteenth century, La Dame...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-09-24
ePub
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14,59€
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The Real Traviata is the rags-to-riches story of a tragic young woman whose life inspired one of the most famous operas of all time, Verdi's masterpiece La traviata, as well as one of the most scandalous and successful French novels of the nineteenth century, La Dame...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-09-24
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Opera is often regarded as the pinnacle of high art. A "Western" genre with global reach, it is where music and drama come together in unique ways, supported by stellar singers and spectacular scenic effects. Yet it is also patently absurd -- why should anyone break...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-09-16
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Ministry is a memoir both ugly and captivating, revealing Al Jourgensen as a man who lived a hard life his own way without making compromises. He survived prolonged drug addiction -- twenty-two years of chronic heroin, cocaine, and alcohol abuse, to be more precise --...
Editeur :
Da Capo
Parution :
2015-09-08
ePub
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At the turn of the twentieth century, students returning from abroad brought Beethoven to China. The composer's perseverance in the face of adversity and his musical genius resonated in a nation searching for a way forward. Beethoven remained a durable part of Chinese...
Editeur :
E-Penguin
Parution :
2015-08-31
ePub
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Ambitious and groundbreaking, Electric Shock tells the story of popular music, from the birth of recording in the 1890s to the digital age, from the first pop superstars of the twentieth century to the omnipresence of music in our lives, in hit singles, ringtones and on...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2015-08-27
ePub
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London 1962. Five young hooligans have formed a band and are on a collision course with the austere and intolerant values of post-war Britain. From their beginning in a scummy flat off the Kings Road to the notorious Redlands scandal, this is the anarchic rollercoaster...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2015-08-06
ePub
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The dramatic and tormented life of Jerry Lee Lewis is the most fabled in rock 'n' roll history. Hellfire is a wild, riveting, and beautifully written biography that received universal acclaim on its original publication and is now an American classic.Born in Louisiana...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2015-08-06
ePub
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Æneas i Carthago von Joseph Martin Kraus bildete das umfangreichste und langwierigste Opernprojekt am Hofe des schwedischen Königs Gustav III. Das Libretto verfaßte der Dichter Johan Henrik Kellgren nach einem Entwurf des Königs. Etwa ein Jahrzehnt, von 1781 bis 1792,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-07-31
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In Perséphone vereinten zu Beginn der 1930er Jahre mit André Gide und Igor Strawinsky zwei der bedeutendsten Kunstschaffenden ihrer Zeit ihr Können. Diese Studie zielt daher – neben der Nachzeichnung der Entstehungsgeschichte – auf eine Gegenüberstellung der...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-06-26
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Il libro raccoglie gli atti del convegno internazionale Sopra il gusto moderno: Civiltà musicale napoletana nell’età di Pergolesi, tenutosi a Napoli nel Gennaio del 2010 nell’ambito delle celebrazioni per i 300 anni della nascita di Pergolesi.Il volume esplora l’epoca e...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-06-26
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'Packed with war stories from a golden age of rock, and insights into the stars that made that music' CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE'On reading Getcha Rocks Off you realise just how drastically things have changed in the rock industry but books like this perfectly evoke what...
Editeur :
Orion
Parution :
2015-06-18
ePub
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Amazonen, die Kriegerinnen aus der antiken Mythologie, sind seit Jahrhunderten Gegenstand der Literatur. Jennifer Villarama untersucht erstmalig vertiefend die Rezeption und literarische Bearbeitung des Amazonen-Stoffes im deutschsprachigen Raum der Frühen Neuzeit. Sie...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-05-31
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Tips and ideas from transport to tents and style to scrimping Festivals come in every shape and size and cater for every type of music lover, but what unites them is that they are a wonderful opportunity to get away from daily life and have an awesome party! This savvy...
Editeur :
Summersdale
Parution :
2015-05-14
ePub
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Five decades in the music industry, 100 albums, 10 Grammys, the Kennedy Center Honors, and the Country Music Hall of Fame. Add high-profile activism for the legalisation of marijuana, the foundation of a ground-breaking philanthropic organisation, and a much-publicised...
Editeur :
Sphere
Parution :
2015-05-05
ePub
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In her bestselling autobiography Bedsit Disco Queen, Tracey Thorn recalled the highs and lows of a thirty-year career in pop music. But with the touring, recording and extraordinary anecdotes, there wasn't time for an in-depth look at what she actually did for all those...
Editeur :
Virago
Parution :
2015-04-30
ePub
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In 1714, the 29 year-old Johann Sebastian Bach was promoted to the position of concertmaster at the ducal court of Weimar. This post required him for the first time in his already established career to produce a regular stream of church cantatas-one cantata every four...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-04-01
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