The Life and Music of Roy Orbison. Roy Orbison emerged as an artist alongside his Sun Records contemporaries in the early days of rock 'n' roll. He did not possess the good looks of Elvis Presley or the everyman toughness of Johnny Cash, nor did he conduct wild-child stage antics like Jerry Lee Lewis. But he did possess a magnetic

Conductor composer and writer Bruno Walter (1876 1962) worked closely with Gustav Mahler as the composer's assistant and protégé. His revealing recollections of Mahler were written in 1936 marking the twenty-fifthanniversary of the composer's death. Walter first encountered Mahler more than 40 years earlier when he served as the composer's assistant conductor in Hamburg. He worked with Mahler again at the Vienna Opera and after thecomposer's death conducted the debut of the Ninth Symphony and Das Lied von der Erde.A staunch supporter of Mahler's genius and defender of his dour personality Walter cites the pressures faced by a gifted artist striving forperfection. This edition of his tribute to his friend and mentor features supplemental materials that include a biographical sketch of Mahler as man and artist by Ernst Krenek the composer's son-in-law and musical heir and a newIntroduction by Erik Ryding author of Bruno Walter: A World Elsewhere.Reprint of Greystone Press Inc. New York 1941 edition.

Accident Dancing is a book of poetry by artist and musician Keaton Henson, detailing his life in fragments, from the extreme to the mundane. Accompanied by evocative pencil illustrations, it is an intimate and unapologetically personal insight into this extremely emotive artist. ?Accident Dancing is everything the way I remember it: i.e. fragmented, chaotic and often grammatically incorrect. I hope it feels authentically like a memory if nothing else. It was just something I needed to shake from my head.? - Keaton Henson

The 457 letters collected here are the most important letters in the spirit that was to shape and move a century. With explanatory notes by Dr. A. C. Kalisher.

Edited by O.G. Sonneck. All his traits and characteristics as described by his friends and acquaintances.

Ever since his father gave him a disc recorder at the tender age of 10 Bruce Swedien has known what he wanted to do for the rest of his life.The names of the people he has worked with are too many to list but when one mentions musicians like Count Basie Duke Ellington Oscar Peterson Sarah Vaughan Eddie Harris Quincy Jones Jennifer Lopez and even Michael Jackson a great deal is immediately understood.In this book Swedien generously gives away detailed information from his lifetime in the studio - from a musical technical and very personal perspective.This book has something for everyone who is interested in music especially those curiousabout the stories behind the scenes of some of the best music to ever come out of the recording studio.

Johann Sebastian Bach Volume II. This monumental study of Johann Sebastian Bach ranks among the great classics of musicology. Since its first publication in 1873-80, it has remained the basic work on Bach and the foundation of later research and study. The three-part treatment describes in chronological sequence practically everything that is known of the composer's life: his ancestry, his immediate family, his associations, his employers, and the countless occasions on which his musical genius emerged. Author Philipp Spitta accompanies this biographical material with quotations from primary sources: correspondence, family records, diaries, official documents, and more. In addition to biographical data, Spitta reviews Bach's musical production, with analyses of more than 500 pieces, covering all the important works. More than 450 musical excerpts are included in the main text, and a 43-page musical supplement illustrates longer passages. Despite the scholarly nature of this work, it also has the rare distinction of being a study that can be read with considerable enjoyment and great profit by every serious music lover, with or without a substantial background in the history of music or musical theory.

Madeleine Milhaud est née en 1902. Cousine et épouse du compositeur français Darius Milhaud, elle a cotoyé les plus grands représentants de la littérature, de la peinture, du théâtre et bien évidemment de la musique. Ses amis s?appelaient Cocteau, Léger, Claudel, Strawinsky, Satie, Picasso, Diaghilev ... A l?occasion de ses cent ans, celle qui fut la muse de son mari nous fait revivre ce XXème siècle qu?elle a parcouru. Elle en offre un témoignage émouvant et vivant autant qu?unique. / Livre /

Sous la figure médiatique, emblématique, qui est là ?

Entre deux tournées, et au hasard du calendrier, Bertrand Cantat a rencontré Dominique-Emmanuel Blanchard et Jean Yssev, ensemble, et séparément. Aussi, les éclairages sont-ils différents, dans des tonalités diverses, selon les lieux de rencontre et les interlocuteurs. Ici : la politique, Jean-Marie Messier, l?Irak, là : Ferré, « être soi-même, qu?est-ce que c?est ?» , la liberté, la passion et l?amour, etc.

Sont passés au crible les enjeux, les défis de ce groupe qui, depuis vingt ans s?est constitué une renommée mondiale sans avoir recours à la télévision et autres médias prescripteurs. Pourquoi ce choix ? Est-il le même encore aujourd?hui ? Comment parvient-on d?un rock hard, somme toute assez sommaire, à L?Europe, ce morceau destructuré, avec Brigitte Fontaine, qui dure 25 minutes et qui « n?est pas un exercice surréaliste sans conviction ».

Une fois de plus, est évoquée la notion d?exigence : comment ne cède-t-on pas à la facilité quand tant d?autres y succombent ?

On parle de musique, certes, mais aussi de poésie, de philosophie, où l?amitié, la fidélité sont au rendez-vous.

Bertrand Cantat s?interroge, revient sur ses réponses, interroge les questions qui lui sont posées, et refuse parfois d?y répondre. Cette traversée des apparences se situe loin du questionnement journalistique traditionnel et permet d?approcher, au plus près possible, un Cantat qui cherche, avant tout, à se surprendre lui-même... / Variété / Livre /

Par STUCKENSCHMIDT. LA MUSIQUE CHEZ FAYARD BIBLIOTHEQUE DES GRANDS MUSICIENSAlkan par Brigitte François-SappeyBach (T. 1 et 2) par Alberto BassoBeethoven par Jean et Brigitte MassinBellini par Pierre BrunelBerlioz par Henry BarraudBrahms par Claude RostandM. A. Charpentier par Catherine CessacChausson par Jean GalloisCouperin par Philippe BeaussantDebussy par Edward Lockspeiser et Harry HalbreichGluck par Jacques-Gabriel Prod'hommeGrieg par John HorstonHaydn par Marc VignalHonegger par Harry HalbreichMahler (T. 1, 2 et 3) par Henry-Louis de La GrangeMarais par Jérôme de La Gorce et Sylvette MilliotMozart par Jean et Brigitte MassinOffenbach par David RissinPaganini par Edward NeillPoulenc par Henri HellRavel par Marcel MarnatSchoenberg par H. H. Stuckenschmidt et Alain PoirierSchubert par Brigitte MassinSchütz par Martin Gregor-DellinStravinsky par André BoucourechlievTchaikovski par André LischkeWagner par Martin Gregor-DellinWeber par John WarrackCOLLECTIONLES INDISPENSABLES DE LA MUSIQUEGuide de la musique symphoniqueGuide de l'opéraGuide de la musique de piano et de clavecinGuide de la musique de chambreGuide de la musique d'orgueGuide de la musique sacréeGuide illustré de la musique (T. 1 et 2)Guide des opéras de WagnerGuide des opéras de VerdiGuide des opéras de MozartHistoire de la musique occidentale / / Date parution : 1993-11-10/ Livre / Livres