Music
George Frideric Handel: A Life with Friends
Hardback
An intimate portrait of Handel's life and inner circle, modelled after one of the composer's favourite forms: the fugue.
Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism
Hardback
The definitive account of Louis Armstrong—his life and legacy—during the most creative period of his career.
“On My Way”: The Untold Story of Rouben Mamoulian, George Gershwin, and Porgy and Bess
Hardback
A revelatory history of the operatic masterpiece that both made and destroyed Rouben Mamoulian, its director and unsung hero.
Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock 'n' Roll
Paperback
A vibrant biography of one of the greatest rock 'n' rollers, the America that made him, and the America he made.
The Birth of an Opera: Fifteen Masterpieces from Poppea to Wozzeck
Hardback
The Birth of an Opera offers illuminating insight into how operas are written and the personalities, incidents, and musical circumstances that have shaped their composition.