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The two-time Emmy-award-winning Camerota retraces her steps down an often gritty path toward her dream of becoming a journalist. At times heartbreaking and pulse-pounding, Combat Love is an inspiration for anyone who's ever searched for that elusive place called home.

After February 9, 1964, everyone wanted to be Debbie Gendler. She was one of a handful of lucky fans who were in the live audience for the Beatles' historic performance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Everyone has a story about where they were when they watched the appearance, but very few were there in-person—and even fewer would go on not just to meet the Beatles, but end up building a career around the band. But Debbie did.

Suzi Ronson was working in a Beckenham hair salon in the early seventies when Mrs Jones came in for her weekly shampoo and set. After being introduced to her son David and his wife Angie, Suzi finds herself at the Bowies' bohemian apartment and is soon embroiled in their raucous world. Having crafted his iconic Ziggy Stardust hairstyle, Suzi becomes the only working woman in David's touring party and joins the Spiders from Mars as they perform around the globe.

As an A&R man at Epic Records, Tom Werman helped introduce the world to REO Speedwagon, Boston, Ted Nugent, and Cheap Trick; he also discovered KISS, Rush, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, but his record label passed on all of them. Then, as an independent producer, he oversaw landmark albums by Mötley Crüe, Twisted Sister, Lita Ford, Jeff Beck, Poison, and many more. All in all, his record-making resume includes twenty-three gold- or platinum-selling albums and cumulative sales of more than fifty-two million copies.

Antonio Vivaldi – Katholischer Priester und bedeutender Violinist des Barocks. Der Venezianer Antonio Vivaldi trug mit seinen virtuosen und schwungvollen Stücken maßgeblich zur Weiterentwicklung der europäischen Instrumentalmusik bei. Werke wie "Die Vier Jahreszeiten" sind bis heute weltweit beliebt. Der Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold nimmt uns mit auf eine faktenreiche Kulturreise und erläutert verständlich, unterhaltsam und strukturiert Basiswissen zu Leben und Werk des innovativen italienischen Barockkomponisten Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741).

Franz Joseph Haydn – Prägender Komponist der Wiener Klassik, Freund Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts und Lehrer Ludwig van Beethovens. Der Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold nimmt uns mit auf eine faktenreiche Kulturreise und erläutert verständlich, unterhaltsam und strukturiert Basiswissen zu Leben und Werk des stilprägenden Komponisten der Wiener Klassik Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809). Der Österreicher Franz Joseph Haydn, geboren 1732 in Rohrau, stammte aus bescheidenen Familienverhältnissen.

A sweeping history of three generations darkened by the long shadow of the Holocaust, The Cello Still Sings is a vivid, moving, and true story of personal discovery. As a child Janet is haunted by the eerie hush surrounding her parents' experiences. George and Katherine, two professional musicians and Holocaust survivors, bury the memories of who and what they were before, silencing the past in order to live.

Hoje é inimaginável conceber a música brasileira sem as vozes de Cartola e Adoniran Barbosa. Mas, nos anos 1970, a situação era diferente: nenhum deles jamais gravara um LP, e a percepção do mercado era de que lançar discos dedicados aos veteranos era um desperdício de dinheiro. Foi quando entrou em cena o intrépido produtor João Carlos Botezelli, o Pelão, que tomou para si a missão de registrar alguns dos maiores compositores de nossa cultura.

Ela não era filha de Zeus e Mnemosine, nem se chamava Euterpe, mas por eleição unânime e informal, consagrou-se como a musa da bossa nova. Capixaba, Nara Lofego Leão, a caçula do casal formado pelo advogado dr. Jairo e sua esposa dona Tinoca, tinha um ano, quando estabeleceu-se com a família no Rio de Janeiro. Ofuscada pela eloquência paterna e a exuberância da irmã, nove anos mais velha–a futura modelo e influente personagem da cena carioca, Danuza Leão–Nara começou a acumular apelidos e reclusões voluntárias.

Книга представляет собой сборник свидетельств родных и друзей, коллег и поклонников музыки Рахманинова на разных этапах жизни композитора. В ней есть и воспоминания самых близких к Сергею Васильевичу и его семье людей, и мемуары современников, дающие представление об эпохе и времени, в которое жил и творил композитор. Задумывая этот проект, мы видели его второй частью "дилогии", в которую вошли бы книга Оскара фон Риземана «Сергей Рахманинов. Воспоминания» и сборник мемуаров многих героев этих воспоминаний.

The Woman in Me è un racconto coraggioso che arriva dritto al cuore, una storia che parla di libertà, fama, maternità, sopravvivenza, fede e speranza. A giugno del 2021 il mondo intero è rimasto ad ascoltare col fiato sospeso Britney Spears parlare in tribunale. L’impatto di quel gesto – condividere la sua voce, la sua verità – è stato travolgente e ha cambiato il corso della vita di Britney, e di innumerevoli altri. The Woman in Me racconta per la prima volta quell’incredibile viaggio e la forza interiore di una delle più grandi artiste della storia del pop.

Il 21 settembre 1981 è una data scolpita nella Storia della musica italiana: quel giorno Franco Battiato pubblica il suo undicesimo album, La voce del padrone. È il più pop e al tempo stesso il più difficile, infatti che cosa vorrà mai dire "cerco un centro di gravità permanente"? E un’atmosfera così festosa, i testi quasi incomprensibili ma che rimangono subito in mente, le musiche coinvolgenti ma spiazzanti, che cosa significano?

Since exploding on the scene in the late 1970s, Journey has inspired generations of fans with hit after hit. But hidden under this rock 'n' roll glory is a complex story of ambition, larger-than-life personalities, and clashes. David Hamilton Golland unearths the band's true and complete biography, based on over a decade of interviews and thousands of sources.

All’inizio di questa storia c’è un ragazzino che la notte scappa di casa per andare ad ascoltare i grandi che suonano. A volte lo fanno nelle osterie, altre nei circoli di partito, più spesso sulle aie o nelle stalle. Siamo nella Romagna di inizio Novecento. E c’è chi, dopo aver lavorato tutto il giorno, non rinuncia a sognare. Il ragazzino si chiama Secondo Casadei. Pur destinato a diventare sarto come il padre, sarà abbastanza caparbio da farsi comprare un violino e da diventare capo orchestra diciottenne. Arrivando a esibirsi centinaia di volte l’anno e a scrivere, con “Romagna mia”, una delle canzoni italiane più famose al mondo.

In 1976, under the guidance of legendary label Stiff Records, he transformed himself into the snarling, spectacled artist who defied the musical status quo to blaze the trail for a new kind of rock star with his debut album, My Aim Is True. In Elvis Is King, Richard Crouse examines how the man, the myth, and the music of this arrestingly original album smashed the trends of the era to bridge the gap between punk and rock ’n’ roll.

Franz Schubert was regarded chiefly as a composer of domestic music, and during his all-too-brief life managed to publish only a quarter of his works. Without patronage and without ever becoming well known or a virtuoso, how did Schubert manage to achieve unprecedented expressivity in song composition, or to create his chamber, symphonic and piano masterpieces? And how did he reconcile the warring elements of his tempestuous personality?

Amongst all the figures in the history of Western art forms, Beethoven is one of the most radical and influential. Not only did he produce some of the most celebrated and recognizable music of all time, but his influence dramatically accelerated the development of musical composition. He was instrumental in raising the status of the composer from that of a court servant to one of an independent artist.

This program is the first installation in the "Say It With A Song" series. A perfect accompaniment to Scott’s acclaimed books, records, films and speeches, this singular special edition of his body of work is more than an audiobook. It’s a multimedia experience that invites you to explore the intersection of art and autobiography. Kick The Dark provides an intimate and transparent glimpse into one man’s view of the most important thing that will ever happen to anyone.

Thelonious Monk est l’un des plus grands pianistes du siècle dernier, un génie de la musique qui aura bousculé les conventions et porté la composition dans le jazz au firmament. Transgressif, sans concession, son art est intemporel, inégalé voire inégalable. Laurent de Wilde dépeint savoureusement la vie et l’œuvre de l’artiste qui sont l’un comme l’autre, tout autant mystérieux et singuliers, voire étranges. Musicien fabuleux, brillant écrivain et normalien, Laurent de Wilde incarne ici son récit avec style et rigueur.

«Il destino mi ha portato la musica, la grande tradizione napoletana e soprattutto le grandi canzoni umoristiche.» Renzo Arbore nel cuore ha da sempre Napoli, il luogo che lo ha ispirato come cantautore e come intrattenitore nel corso della sua lunga e brillante carriera. In queste pagine racconta se stesso attraverso la più intensa delle sue passioni: la canzone napoletana. Ripercorre così origini ed evoluzione di un genere intramontabile grazie alla rievocazione di artisti (alcuni dei quali conosciuti direttamente) come Maldacea.