A personal exploration of Indian classical music, its improvisations that flower from well-established short sequences of notes, its subtle evocations of feeling. By a fine writer and vocali... read more
From childhood to the 1970s and her marriage to Sonny - therefore doesn't include her account of a surprising publicity stunt in 1979 (?) when she appeared at a boys school not unknown to li... read more
A memoir by the Swedish singer-songwriter who found her voice with Poly Styrene and Viv Albertine, later working with Massive Attack and others in her long career in music.
The first biography of one of the great codebreakers: she played a key role in both world wars, and also deciphered the letters of both Beethoven and Mozart.
A recreation of the 400km walk taken by the youthful composer across northern Germany from Arnstadt to Lübeck in the winter of 1705, to hear Buxtehude play the organ. Clare is good at imagi... read more
The first full biography (with access to his papers given by his family) to this Indian cultural icon and significant C20th musician, who influenced the Beatles, Coltrane, Glass, Menuhin.
First edition, in fine condition with a very good dust jacket with minimal shelf wear. The jacket is very slightly foxed here and there on the inside. Contains several b&w photographs of Ber... read more
Narrated by Mozart in three periods of his life: as a child in London, as an angst-ridden youth in Paris, and as a man in sight of his own death in Leipzig. Charlatans and aristocrats abound... read more
The first violinist of the Takacs Quartet ruminates on the work of Bartók, Britten, Dvořák and Elgar in relation to ideas of home, exile, nostalgia and place, the hope and even dread of r... read more