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Les souffrances du jeune Mozart
By Jean-Jacques Greif. 2001
Une fois de plus, Jean-Jacques Grief récidive dans cette biographie. Il nous raconte la vie de Mozart et son époque…
dans un texte qui se lit comme un excellent roman. Il n'hésite pas à y aller de ses remarques, ni même à interpeller son lecteur, tout en restant fidèle au thème. [SDMToute la ville en jazz (Collection Topo)
By Stanley Péan. 1999
Survol historique du jazz au Québec; les visages du jazz, connus ou moins connus; commentaires sur ces artistes et leurs…
oeuvres; discographies et livres commentés. Une documentation colligée par un mélomane qui sait partager sa passion. [SDMDe préférence la nuit (Collection Liberté grande)
By Stanley Péan. 2019
Stanley Péan raconte des trajectoires de vie, entremêle musique, littérature et cinéma, prend la mesure dun art aussi fertile et…
déroutant que le siècle qui la vu naître. En point dorgue, Black and Blue , un rappel de lhistoire des Afro-Américains dans laquelle ont surgi et grandi en mesure leurs doléances musicales. À limage du jazz, ces essais sont spontanés et réfléchis, organiques et raffinésLa chanson qui m'a tué: autobiographie
By Marc Hamilton. 2005
Marc Hamilton est l'auteur-compositeur-interprète de "Comme j'ai toujours envie d'aimer", l'une des chansons les plus populaires de l'histoire de la…
musique francophone. Malgré tout, le chanteur québécois n'a pas eu la vie facile. Dans cette autobiographie, il nous raconte son enfance de fils adopté, les contrats qui l'ont ruiné, sa carrière en débandade, la drogue, l'alcool, les pilules, les tentatives de suicide et les années de misère noire au cours desquelles sa conjointe s'est prostituée pour faire vivre le coupleVariations sauvages (Pocket)
By Hélène Grimaud. 2004
Dès les premiers mots, Hélène Grimaud donne le ton de son étonnant récit. L'itinéraire de cette pianiste française de renommée…
internationale emprunte mille chemins buissonniers; on la suit, de seuil en seuil, à travers son adolescence prodige, sa rupture avec le milieu parisien, son exil aux États-Unis, les doutes et la solitude à New York - jusqu'à cette nuit où son regard croise celui d'Alawa, la louve, d'où viendra la renaissance. Éloge des mains, bestiaire fantastique, contes mystérieux, profils inattendus d'artistes et de musiciens dessinent le fil rouge de ce livre dont l'éclat des facettes forme le portrait unique d'une rebelle absolue. Variations sauvages est un hymne vibrant à la musique et à la liberté, un plaidoyer pour la reconnaissance des loups et la sauvegarde de la nature. Un petit traité d'insoumission à l'usage de tous les enfants terribles -- 4e de couvCash, l'autobiographie
By Johnny Cash. 2005
Johnny Cash (1932-2003) raconte sa propre histoire, depuis l'enfance dans les champs de coton de l'Arkansas jusqu'aux formidables succès des…
dernières années qui l'ont replacé en tête des charts et dans le coeur d'un large public. Ceci sans renier des prises de position jugées renégates, ni passer sous silence les aspects les plus sombres de sa vie, sur lesquels il s'exprime ici avec une franchise bouleversante. -- 4e de couvCéline
By Georges-Hébert Germain. 1997
La biographie tant attendue de la célèbre chanteuse québécoise, par un auteur qui en a déjà plusieurs autres à son…
actif. Un ouvrage sérieux qui rapporte - selon les dires même de Céline Dion - fidèlement et sans sensationnalisme la le parcours de la chanteuseRenée Martel: ma vie je t'aime (Calmann-Lévy suspense)
By Dominique Chapados. 2002
Elle a commencé sa carrière à cinq ans en accompagnant son célèbre père, Marcel Martel, dans des tournées qui les…
ont menés partout au Québec. Renée Martel est l'une des chanteuses populaires qui a le plus marqué sa génération. Vedette adulée dans les années 70 et 80, elle a su traverser les décennies, se maintenir au sommet des palmarès, vendre des milliers de disques, remporter de nombreux Félix et recevoir ainsi la consécration de ses pairs tout comme du grand public. Derrière cette vie de rêve se cache cependant une femme fragile qui a dû lutter toute sa vie contre ses démons intérieurs. Elle a eu une enfance difficile avec un père malade qu'elle aimait et qui l'aimait, mais qui n'arrivait pas à communiquer avec elle. Elle a été victime d'un viol à 18 ans et a vécu des grossesses non désirées. Elle a par ailleurs abusé de l'alcool et des drogues douces. Tous ces drames l'ont conduite à une tentative de suicide. Au moment où les choses semblaient vouloir se replacer pour elle, elle a dû faire face à une faillite et à une nouvelle descente aux enfers, qui l'ont menée à une terrible prise de conscience : elle était alcoolique ! À 54 ans, Renée Martel semble enfin avoir trouvé la paix, malgré des problèmes de santé qui l'ont forcée à prendre une retraite prématurée. Après 50 ans d'une carrière exceptionnelle, elle a pris le temps de se confier à son fils, Dominique Chapados, qui a écrit cette biographie à la fois touchante et profondément sincère.Tino Rossi
By Emmanuel Bonini. 2003
Tino Rossi est né au cur d'un vieux quartier du port d'Ajaccio en 1907. Sa longue carrière, cinquante ans de…
chansons et de cinéma, lui a valu tous les honneurs et toutes les récompenses, pour des succès inoubliables comme Petit papa Noël ou Marinella, qui lui conférèrent le titre d'" Empereur de la romance ", de " Napoléon du disque ". Mais avec une grande intelligence, le chanteur a toujours su éviter les écueils de la gloire, imposant son talent avec panache. Le mystère de Tino c'était sa force, sa force reste un mystère. Un mystère corse. Qui mieux qu'un Ajaccien pouvait comprendre la face cachée de l'artiste sans trahir l'homme ? À l'occasion du 20e anniversaire de la disparition de l'idole, Emmanuel Bonini livre ici la première biographie fouillée de Tino Rossi, à la lumière de nombreux entretiens avec tous ceux qui l'ont côtoyé, mais aussi de documents d'archives, récoltés au cours d'une enquête minutieuse. En se penchant sur la vie du " d'Artagnan de la chanson ", il révèle un Tino plus méconnu, " le petit Constantin de jadis ", et fait naître, par les souvenirs évoqués, la fraîcheur de l'authentique et le bonheur de l'inédit.Les Beatles (De vie en vie)
By Brigitte Labbé. 2005
Une collection de livres qui racontent des vies faites de projets, d'actions, d'œuvres, mais aussi d'erreurs et d'échecs. Des vies…
qui montrent de quoi les hommes et femmes sont capables. Une manière concrète et passionnante de rencontrer mille et une idées. Dans le monde entier, des centaines de milliers de jeunes déchaînés se ruent à leurs concerts. On n'avait jamais vu ça. En trois ans, John, Paul, George, Ringo, quatre jeunes Anglais de Liverpool, deviennent le groupe pop le plus célèbre de l'histoire de la musique.Antonio Vivaldi (Classica)
By Sophie Roughol. 2005
Dalida
By Catherine Rihoit. 2005
Retrace la vie et la carrière de Dalida à partir de témoignages de ses proches et de ses archives personnelles…
conservées par son frère: son enfance au Caire dans une famille originaire de Calabre, son élection au titre de miss Égypte, ses débuts au cinéma et dans la chanson, son arrivée à Paris, ses rencontres, sa carrière internationale, ses succès, etc.Bob Dylan, épitaphes 11 (POPculture)
By Stéphane Koechlin. 2004
La littérature consacrée à Bob Dylan pourrait facilement prendre tout un rayon de librairie. Stéphane Koechlin ajoute un titre aux…
études » dylanesques » avec une biographie fouillée, un bon travail de synthèse qui vient combler un vide. Prenant appui sur les 11 épitaphes, des poèmes qui constituent les notes de la pochette de l’album Time they are a-changing, Koechlin retrace le parcours du chanteur mythique de ses débuts jusqu’à aujourd’hui. C’est l’ouvrage d’un fan patient et méticuleux, doublé d’un grand connaisseur de la musique américaine. On sent quand même une liberté de romancier qui m’a plutôt agacé : en plus de l’aspect » psychologisant « , on trouve même des dialogues, alors que tout fan de Dylan sait bien que le maître ne parle pas. Néanmoins, cette biographie de Bob Dylan, seule de son genre en français, est une excellente référence.Our band could be your life: scenes from the American indie underground 1981-1991
By Michael Azerrad. 2019
This is the story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan Eighties-when a small…
but sprawling network of bands--along with labels, fanzines, radio stations, and other subversives--re-energized American rock with punk rock's do-it-yourself credo and created music that was deeply personal, often brilliant, always challenging, and immensely influentialShe come by it natural: Dolly parton and the women who lived her songs
By Sarah Smarsh. 2020
The National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Heartland focuses her laser-sharp insights on a working-class…
icon and one of the most unifying figures in American culture: Dolly Parton. Growing up amid Kansas wheat fields and airplane factories, Sarah Smarsh witnessed firsthand the particular vulnerabilities—and strengths—of women in working poverty. Meanwhile, country songs by female artists played in the background, telling powerful stories about life, men, hard times, and surviving. In her family, she writes, "country music was foremost a language among women. It's how we talked to each other in a place where feelings aren't discussed." And no one provided that language better than Dolly Parton. Smarsh challenged a typically male vision of the rural working class with her first book, Heartland , starring the bold, hard-luck women who raised her. Now, in She Come By It Natural , originally published in a four-part series for The Journal of Roots Music , No Depression , Smarsh explores the overlooked contributions to social progress by such women—including those averse to the term "feminism"—as exemplified by Dolly Parton's life and art. Far beyond the recently resurrected "Jolene" or quintessential "9 to 5," Parton's songs for decades have validated women who go unheard: the poor woman, the pregnant teenager, the struggling mother disparaged as "trailer trash." Parton's broader career—from singing on the front porch of her family's cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains to achieving stardom in Nashville and Hollywood, from "girl singer" managed by powerful men to leader of a self-made business and philanthropy empire—offers a springboard to examining the intersections of gender, class, and culture. Infused with Smarsh's trademark insight, intelligence, and humanity, She Come By It Natural is a sympathetic tribute to the icon Dolly Parton and—call it whatever you like—the organic feminism she embodiesLet love rule
By Lenny Kravitz. 2020
"I see my story as a suite of songs that have a magical connection. I never understood that connection until…
I sat down to write. It was then that the magic started to flow." Let Love Rule is a work of deep reflection. Lenny Kravitz looks back at his life with candor, self-scrutiny, and humor. "My life is all about opposites," he writes. "Black and white. Jewish and Christian. The Jackson 5 and Led Zeppelin. I accepted my Gemini soul. I owned it. I adored it. Yins and yangs mingled in various parts of my heart and mind, giving me balance and fueling my curiosity and comfort." Let Love Rule covers a vast canvas stretching from Manhattan's Upper East Side, Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant, Los Angeles's Baldwin Hills, Beverly Hills, and finally to France, England and Germany. It's the story of a wildly creative kid who, despite tough struggles at school and extreme tension at home, finds salvation in music. We see him grow as a musician and ultimately a master songwriter, producer, and performer. We also see Lenny's spiritual growth—and the powerful way in which spirit informs his music. The cast of characters surrounding Lenny is extraordinary: his father, Sy, a high-powered news executive; his mother, Roxie Roker, a television star; and Lisa Bonet, the young actress who becomes his muse. The central character, of course, is Lenny, who, despite his great aspirational energy, turns down record deal after record deal until he finds his true voice. The creation of that voice, the same voice that is able to declare "Let Love Rule" to an international audience, is the very heart of this story. "Whether recording, performing, or writing a book," says Lenny, "my art is about listening to the inspiration inside and then sharing it with people. Art must bring the world closer together." A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company150 glimpses of the beatles
By Craig Brown. 2020
A distinctive portrait of the Fab Four by one of the sharpest and wittiest writers of our time "If you…
want to know what it was like to live those extraordinary Beatles years in real time, read this book." —Alan Johnson, The Spectator Though fifty years have passed since the breakup of the Beatles, the fab four continue to occupy an utterly unique place in popular culture. Their influence extends far beyond music and into realms as diverse as fashion and fine art, sexual politics and religion. When they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, fresh off the plane from England, they provoked an epidemic of hoarse-throated fandom that continues to this day. Who better, then, to capture the Beatles phenomenon than Craig Brown—the inimitable author of Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret and master chronicler of the foibles and foppishness of British high society? This wide-ranging portrait of the four lads from Liverpool rivals the unique spectacle of the band itself by delving into a vast catalog of heretofore unexamined lore. When actress Eleanor Bron touched down at Heathrow with the Beatles, she thought that a flock of starlings had alighted on the roof of the terminal—only to discover that the birds were in fact young women screaming at the top of their lungs. One journalist, mistaken for Paul McCartney as he trailed the band in his car, found himself nearly crushed to death as fans climbed atop the vehicle and pressed their bodies against the windshield. Or what about the Baptist preacher who claimed that the Beatles synchronized their songs with the rhythm of an infant's heartbeat so as to induce a hypnotic state in listeners? And just how many people have employed the services of a Canadian dentist who bought John Lennon's tooth at auction, extracted its DNA, and now offers paternity tests to those hoping to sue his estate? 150 Glimpses of the Beatles is, above all, a distinctively kaleidoscopic examination of the Beatles' effect on the world around them and the world they helped bring into being. Part anthropology and part memoir, and enriched by the recollections of everyone from Tom Hanks to Bruce Springsteen, this audiobook is a humorous, elegiac, and at times madcap take on the Beatles' role in the making of the sixties and of music as we know it. A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and GirouxMe and sister bobbie: True tales of the family band
By Willie Nelson. 2020
The untold story of Willie Nelson and his sister, Bobbie, who, over the course of their lives together, supported each…
other through personal tragedies and triumphs and forged an unbreakable bond through their shared love of music Abandoned by their parents as toddlers, Willie and Bobbie Nelson found their love of music almost immediately through their grandparents, who raised them in a small Texas town. Their close relationship—which persists today—is the longest-lasting bond in both their lives. In alternating chapters, this heartfelt dual memoir weaves together both their stories as they experienced them side by side and apart. The Nelsons share powerful, emotional moments from growing up, playing music in public for the first time, and facing trials in adulthood, as Willie pursued songwriting and Bobbie faced a series of challenging relationships and a musical career that took off only when attitudes about women began to change in Texas. The memoir is Bobbie's first book, and in it she candidly shares her life story in full for the first time. Her deeply affecting chapters delve into her personal relationships and life as a mother and as a musician with technical skills that even Willie admits surpass his own. In his poignant stories, Willie shares the depth of his bond with his sister, and how that bond carried him through his most troubled moments. Willie and Bobbie have supported each other through unthinkable personal heartbreak, and they've always shared in each other's victoriesJagged little pill: You live, you learn ́the stories behind the iconic album and groundbreaking musical
By Alanis Morissette. 2020
The official behind-the-scenes look at the powerful new musical based on Alanis Morissette's cult classic album Jagged Little Pill .…
Celebrating its 25-year anniversary in 2020, singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette's Grammy-Award winning album Jagged Little Pill has come to define a generation. In the "triumphant and moving" ( Variety ) Broadway musical of the same name, Morissette's iconic numbers-including smash hits like "Ironic," "You Oughta Know," and "Hand in My Pocket,"-are paired with new songs by the beloved musician and a powerful original story by Academy Award-winning writer Diablo Cody ( Juno ). Hailed as "urgent, wildly entertaining, and wickedly funny" ( The Boston Globe ) and "joyful and redemptive, rousing and real" ( The New York Times ), the Jagged Little Pill musical is a poignant and emotionally revelatory experience that is speaking to audiences across generations. Now, for the first time, this book will take you behind the scenes with stunning photography, original in-depth interviews with the cast, crew, Alanis Morisette, and Diablo Cody, and an introduction from Morissette herself on the album's genesis and journey from release to acclaimed musical-including details and anecdotes on her collaboration on the show. Including the full annotated libretto and a retrospective look at Alanis's artistic influences and the significance of the album within the cultural context of the 90s as well as its long-term impact on the music world as we know it, this beautifully rendered book is a must-have keepsake for anyone who has been touched by this production or Morissette's musicLetters of Note: Music (Letters of Note)
By Shaun Usher. 2020
An inspired and inspiring collection of letters on the theme of music, from the curator of the globally popular Letters…
of Note website.The first volume in the bestselling Letters of Note series was a collection of hundreds of the world's most entertaining, inspiring, and unusual letters, based on the seismically popular website of the same name--an online museum of correspondence visited by over 70 million people. From Virginia Woolf's heartbreaking suicide letter, to Queen Elizabeth II's recipe for drop scones sent to President Eisenhower; from the first recorded use of the expression 'OMG' in a letter to Winston Churchill, to Gandhi's appeal for calm to Hitler; and from Iggy Pop's beautiful letter of advice to a troubled young fan, to Leonardo da Vinci's remarkable job application letter. Now, the curator of Letters of Note, Shaun Usher, gives us wonderful new volumes featuring letters organized around a universal theme.In this volume, Shaun Usher turns to music in all its forms. Music elicits the full range of emotion from the human heart: from joy to despair, humour to awe. Letters of Note: Music brings together a riveting collection of letters by and about musicians and music that enrich our lives. Includes letters by Charles Mingus, Helen Keller, Nick Cave, Roger Taylor, Angelique Kidjo, and many more.Featuring letters read by Sanjeev Bhaskar, Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, Nick Cave, Crystal Clarke, Benedict Cumberbatch, Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Fry, Danny Huston, Toby Jones, Jude Law, Stephen Mangan, Miriam Margolyes, Clarke Peters, Juliet Stevenson and Mark Strong, with extra performances by Jarvis Cocker and Matt Berry.