The first-ever collection of the original handwritten Beatles' lyrics.

I am a composer. Part memoir, Becoming a Composer offers an intriguing glimpse into the mind and motivation of a composer and covers aspects of Wallen's sometimes troubled childhood, and her experiences of growing up as a black composer in the UK.

The Sunday Times top ten bestselling memoir of Tracey Thorn's 30-year pop career with Marine Girls and Everything But The Girl, and her collaborations with Paul Weller, Massive Attack and Todd Terry.

Beeswing is the autobiography from world-renowned artist Richard Thompson, co-founder of the legendary folk rock group Fairport Convention.

Beeswing is the autobiography from world-renowned artist Richard Thompson, co-founder of the legendary folk rock group Fairport Convention.

Using the history of both the Takacs Quartet and the Beethoven quartets as the backbone to his story, the author, first violinist of the Takacs since 1993, recounts the challenge of tackling these pieces. It takes the reader inside the daily life of a quartet, vividly showing the necessary creative tension between individual and group expression.

*Revised and updated for the anniversary year*; John Suchet's acclaimed biography of the greatest composer the world has ever known.

John Suchet's acclaimed biography of the greatest composer the world has ever known

Beethoven's music expresses far more than just the iconic scowl we so often imagine when listening to his works. In this fresh perspective, Mark Evan Bonds proposes a new way of hearing Beethoven's music as a series of variations on the composer's entire self, not just his scowling self.

An exploration of the unswerving artistic vision underlying Beethoven's symphonies, from a leading scholar of the composer's works.

Behind Bars is the indispensable reference book for composers, arrangers, teachers and students of composition, editors, and music processors. Supported by 1,500 music examples of published scores from Bach to Xenakis, this seminal and all-encompassing guide encourages new standards of excellence and accuracy.

Including various areas of Dylan's life - his immigrant antecedents, his business dealings, his various addictions and his romantic attachments - this title provides a picture of Dylan, who changed the whole course of popular music in the sixties and, over thirty years later, won three Grammys.

A biography of Benjamin Britten which presents a panorama of British musical life since the 1920s.

Benjamin Britten was the greatest English composer of the twentieth century and one of the outstanding musicians of his age. Born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, in 1913, Britten was the youngest child of a dentist father and amateur musician mother.

'She [Bessie Smith] showed me the air and taught me how to fill it ... she's the reason I started singing, really' - Janis Joplin '[Jackie Kay] offers the most vivid evocation of Bessie Smith I have ever read' - Ian Carr, BBC Music Bessie Smith was born in Tennessee in 1894.

Beyond Talent is a practical, step-by-step guide to advancing a career in music. From booking concerts and creating dynamic promotional materials, to overcoming the typical "inner" challenges musicians face, author Angela Myles Beeching offers inspiration for your journey along with straight-talking solutions backed by real-world results.

An account of the five turning points in Western music, starting with the invention of notation by an 11th century monk, the invention of the piano and opera, and the first musical recording, and the development of musical styles ending with popular music of the 20th century. The book accompanies a 5-part Channel 4 series.