Music
Schoenberg: Why He Matters
Hardback
An astonishingly lyrical biography that rescues Schoenberg from notoriety, restoring him to his rightful place in the pantheon of twentieth-century composers
Mozart: The Early Years, 1756–1781
Hardback
The first comprehensive life and works of the composer in over sixty years, by a leading Mozart specialist.
The Lives of Isaac Stern
Hardback
A centennial inventory of the career and legacy of one of the twentieth century’s greatest musicians, the first made-in-America violin virtuoso.
The Lives of the Great Composers
Hardback
An updated and expanded edition of this perennial favorite, tracing the line of composers from Monteverdi to the tonalists of the 1990s.
The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory
Paperback
"An utterly satisfying examination of the business of popular music." —Nathaniel Rich, The Atlantic