Hanky-Panky: The Theatrical Escapades of Ernest C. Rolls by Frank van Straten
$49.99 AUD
Category: Music Reference
This is the previously untold saga of one of theatre's most controversial creators, Ernest C. Rolls, and his loyal wife, the revue star, Jennie Benson. They brought their talents to the Australian theatrical world in the 1920s. Their chaotic careers survived a daunting succession of personal and profess ...Show more
The Justinguitar.Com Ukulele Songbook by Justin Sandercoe
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music Reference
The First Notes: The Story of Do, Re, Mi by Julie Andrews, Emma W Hamilton
$29.99 AUD
Category: Music Reference
A stunning new picture book from beloved icon Julie Andrews and her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton, that introduces readers to the remarkable story of the development of written music, and speaks to the beauty of music and the power of perseverance. Featuring the illustrated lyrics to "Do-Re-Mi" and an ...Show more
The Beatles - Album by Album by Brian Southall
$59.99 AUD
Category: Music Reference
This informative work tells the story of the famous Liverpool musicians, from the band's formative days in Hamburg and Liverpool to the split in 1970. General Editor Brian Southall has gathered a team of experts to write about each era of the band's existence, examining what they were doing for each of ...Show more
Limelight December 2018 - Australia's Classical Music and Arts Magazine by Limelight
$9.99 AUD
Category: Music Reference
Highlights of the December 2018 issue include-- Cover story- Recording of the Year 2018 - our reviewers select the best albums for your Christmas stocking- Feature- Christmas Music From Around the World - how have different countries have added to the festive musical canon?- Articles- MC Escher's intrig ...Show more
Shots by Don Walker
$32.99 AUD
Category: Music Reference
This extraordinary memoir begins with Don Walker's early life in rural Australia and goes up to the late '80s. In mesmerising prose, Walker evokes childhood and youth, wild times in the '70s, life on the road and in Kings Cross, music-making and much more. Shots is a stunningly original book, a set of w ...Show more
Danger Music: How teaching the cello to children in Afghanistan led to a self-discovery almost too hard to bear by Eddie Ayres
$32.99 AUD
Category: Music Reference
Eddie Ayres has a lifetime of musical experience, from learning the viola as a child in England and playing with the Hong Kong Philharmonic for many years, to learning the cello in his thirties and landing in Australia to present an extremely successful Australian morning radio show. But all of this tim ...Show more
Arboretum by David Byrne
$39.99 AUD
Category: Music Reference
For over thirty years, besides making music, David Byrne has focused his unique genius upon forms as diverse as the archaeology of music as we know it, architectural photography and the uses of PowerPoint. Now he presents his most personal work to date, a collection of drawings exploring the form of the ...Show more
Limelight April 2019 by Limelight
$9.99 AUD
Category: Music Reference
Cover story- The 10 Greatest Voices of all time, as chosen by 100 of today?s leading international and Australian opera stars. Article- From streaming to vinyl, we explore the changing face of classical music listening habits. Interview- Andreas Ottensamer, the in-demand Principal Clarinettist of the Be ...Show more
Limelight May 2019 - Australia's Classical Music and Arts Magazine by Limelight
$9.99 AUD
Category: Music Reference
Cover story-Grand Piano- We talk to Chinese superstar Lang Lang, now back in the limelight after a year off recovering from left arm tendinitis, as he returns to Australia in June to play Mozart?s dark, operatic Piano Concerto No 24 with Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras.Article- Reframing Il Via ...Show more
The Classical Music Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
$42.99 AUD
Category: Music Reference | Series: Big Ideas Ser.
From Mozart to Mendelssohn, this comprehensive guide to classical music history and classical music biography is the perfect latest addition to the bestselling Big Ideasseries.Easy to understand and clear to follow, this history of classical music explores and explains music theory and the impact of sem ...Show more
Wagner's Parsifal - The Music of Redemption by Roger Scruton
$39.99 AUD
Category: Music Reference
Wagner's last music-drama tells the story of Parsifal, the 'pure fool, knowing through compassion', who has been called to rescue the Kingdom of the Grail from the sins that have polluted it. The Grail is a symbol of purity in a world of lust and power, but although Parsifal is the culmination of Wagner ...Show more