Titoli in Compositori e musicisti

The literary establishment tends to regard Bob Dylan as an intriguing, if baffling, outsider. That changed overnight when Dylan was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, challenging us to think of him as an integral part of our national and international literary heritage. No One to Meet places Dylan the artist within a long tradition of literary production and offers an innovative way of understanding his unique, and often controversial, methods of composition.

Compositor francés que influyó intensamente en la música del siglo XX. Junto con Debussy, es el gran representante de la moderna escuela musical francesa. Maurice Ravel fue el feliz autor de la ópera en un acto "La hora española", de 1911, que desarrolla su acción en la ciudad española de Toledo y es considerada como una de las obras líricas más logradas del siglo XX. Fue autor, igualmente, de la fantasía lírica "El niño y los sortilegios", estrenada con gran éxito en 1925.

A world-renowned composer of symphonies, operas, and film scores, Philip Glass has, almost single-handedly, crafted the dominant sound of late twentieth-century classical music. Rapturous in its ability to depict the creative process, Words without Music allows listeners to experience that sublime moment of creative fusion when life merges with art. Biography lovers will be inspired by the story of a precocious Baltimore boy who entered college at age fifteen before traveling to Paris to study under the legendary Nadia Boulanger; Glass devotees will be fascinated by the stories behind Einstein on the Beach and Satyagraha, among so many other works.

Grâce à ses chansons d’une qualité d’écriture peu commune, Leonard Cohen est assurément l’un des artistes les plus estimés et admirés du paysage musical des cinquante dernières années. Il est de ceux qui, tout au long de leur carrière, ont su se réinventer pour répondre aux attentes du public. Difficile, néanmoins, de raconter Leonard Cohen tant il y a à dire sur cet être charismatique à bien des égards et ô combien fascinant.

Elton John is as much loved for his outrageous personality and witty outspokenness as for his music. Such shamelessness and sheer silliness rivals anything uttered by punk rockers, yet it is so typically Elton: honest and intemperate. Tragedy and heartbreak have played a large part in his life. Behind the parties, the hedonism, the lavish stage costumes, and silly glasses lies a more somber story. Between disputes with managers, legal wranglings, public breakups, and divorce, John has been faced with serious health problems and drug addictions.

Hijo de una encantadora modista de Santiago de Cuba y un habanerísimo padre músico que desde niño le inculcóel amor a las artes y la pasión por la lectura. Paquito D’Rivera nació en Marianao, La Habana el 4 de Junio de 1948.De temperamento inquieto y carácter humorístico, el ecléctico saxofonista, clarinetista, compositor y escritor, en 1067fue fundador, junto a Armando Romeu de la orquesta Cubana de música moderna y más tarde, con Chucho Valdés,del explosivo, innovador e influyente grupo Irakere.

Tom Petty has long been considered one of the great songwriters of American rock 'n' roll, as well as one of the key standard bearers of integrity in the music business.

I Access all areas berättar Anders Tengner för första gången om sitt liv med hårdrockens storheter. Under tjugofem år flög han jorden runt och mötte hundratals rockband, många av dem privat. Hans intervju- och fotoarkiv är helt unikt i sitt slag, och här öppnar han för första gången dörrarna till en rockskatt som till stora delar är tidigare opublicerad. I detta avsnitt möter vi den legendariska OZZY & BLACK SABBATH. Personliga intervjuer varvas med detaljerad bandhistorik.

'Mightily entertaining' - Heat This audiobook includes an interview with Ozzy Osbourne from 2009. People ask me how come I'm still alive, and I don't know what to say. When I was growing up, if you'd have put me up against a wall with the other kids from my street and asked me which one of us...

The fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen’s most surprising album, Nebraska, revealing its pivotal role in Springsteen’s career—now with a new afterword Soon to be a major motion picture starring Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) “Brilliant . . . For fans of American music...

Ludwig Van Beethoven compuso obras maestras inigualables de la música académica europea, propulsándola del Clasicismo al Romanticismo. Entre ellas se encuentran las nueve Sinfonías, una ópera (Fidelio), las Sonatas para piano y los últimos Cuartetos de cuerdas, considerados por algunos especialistas su mayor creación. Su vida estuvo principalmente consagrada al arte, sorteando todo tipo de enfermedades (incluyendo su legendaria sordera). Excéntrico y capaz de divertirse a lo grande, fue además un hombre de su tiempo, admirador de la Revolución Francesa y despectivo con los príncipes.

"LA VITA OGGI È DURA PER UNA DONNA CHE CONTA." E se lo dice M¥SS KETA, la Diva definitiva della musica italiana, c’è da crederci. Ma niente paura, questo libro è qui per aiutarvi. Tra ricordi di festini memorabili e incontri licenziosi con le massime autorità della politica e del mondo dello spettacolo, la nostra Dea mascherata rivela a tutti noi comuni mortali gli amori (e gli odi) che costellano il suo oscuro passato e i segreti che l’hanno resa celebre, invincibile e immune al tempo che passa.

“Narrator [Hannah] Church delivers a performance that is both tender and resonant. Her warm, emotionally nuanced voice draws listeners into the heart of Parton’s journey, capturing not just the facts of her life, but the spirit behind them. Church’s pacing is thoughtful and deliberate...

From Mozart to Janis Joplin – meet the greatest music icons of all time. These five-minute portraits bring to life the passion, genius, and legacy of the artists who defined generations. Featuring Bach, Beethoven, Wagner, Whitney Houston, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash and many more!

Exploding on the music scene in the early 1970s, the rock group KISS combined raw energy with theatrical showmanship—not to mention face painting! Founding member Gene Simmons—an outrageous star whose superlong tongue, legendary sexual exploits, and demonic makeup have made him a rock icon—recounts his own story as well as the history of the band. In KISS and Make-Up, Simmons shares a wild, shocking, and unbelievable tale about an immigrant boy from Israel who studied to be a rabbi but was saved by rock and roll and became one of the most notorious rock stars in the world.

Dopo gli studi universitari in Scienze politiche a Roma e Milano, Mimma Gaspari, verso la fine del '59, a soli ventun anni, inizia la sua carriera come paroliera, a fianco di Teddy Reno. Un colpo di fortuna, ma anche un lavoro fortemente voluto, dentro al mondo della musica, che segnerà profondamente la sua vita portandola a ricoprire ruoli di grande e delicata sensibilità.

On February 11, 2012, Whitney Houston was found submerged in the bathtub of her suite at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. In the decade since, the world has mourned her death amid new revelations about her relationship to her Blackness, her sexuality, and her addictions. Didn’t We Almost Have It All is author Gerrick Kennedy’s exploration of the duality of Whitney’s life as both a woman in the spotlight and someone who often had to hide who she was. This is the story of Whitney’s life, her whole life, told with both grace and honesty.

La biografía de un genio absoluto. Hizo de todo en la vida. Fue compositor, director de orquesta, poeta, dramaturgo y teórico musical alemán. Su excepcional figura ha pasado a la posteridad principalmente por sus óperas o "dramas musicales" en las que, a diferencia de otros grandes compositores, asume también la escenografía y el libreto.

La biografía de este irreverente e influyente presentador y escritor peruano en exclusiva. Entrevistador de celebridades, Bayly se da a conocer como escritor desde 1994, publicando una serie de novelas de estilo hedonista y casi documental (con los que la crítica tiene una relación contradictoria) que se convirtieron en bestsellers.

Un poeta de la canción popular contemporánea. Cantautor, compositor, intérprete y músico español, se trata de una de las figuras más destacadas de la canción moderna tanto en lengua castellana como catalana. Su obra, que tiene influencias de poetas como Benedetti, Machado, Hernández, Alberti, García Lorca, Neruda o León Felipe, es reconocida hoy como una de las más sensibles y románticas del siglo XX.