Annotates the author's lyrics with personal and theatre history, discussions of his collaborations, and dissections of his work - both the successes and the failures....

Updated with 3 new songs, this is the intimate, first-person chronicle of the life and work of Jay-Z, born Shawn Carter in Brooklyn's notorious Marcy Projects, now...

Tom Waits, even with his barnyard growl and urban hipster yawp, may just be what the Daily Telegraph calls him: 'the greatest entertainer on Planet Earth.' Over a span...

Contains four libretti that is to be set to music. This title includes: "Songs in Time of War", "Shared Ground", "The Traveller" and "Seven Elements", that take us all...

Drawing on George Harrison's personal archive of photographs, letters, diaries, and memorabilia, this title reveals the arc of his life, from his guitar-obsessed...

A landmark work that pays splendid homage to a forgotten era of seminal American music.

How does a work of music stir the senses, creating feelings of joy, sadness, elation, or nostalgia? This title details the array of stylistic devices and techniques...

Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, the two greatest operatic composers of their time, had everything and nothing in common. Their achievements were comparable, but...