books

Music books and specialized literature on contemporary music, jazz, music education, sound art, biographies, and music history.

Zur Überlieferung der Klänge

Peter Hirsch considers the extent to which Benjamin's concept of "transmissibility" can be significant for musical tradition.

9,50 €

Anton Bruckner

Kohrs' concise analyses convey a new image of Bruckner.

24,00 €

“God is in the House”

This book is the first to reconstruct in detail the often blurred traces of the life of Art Tatum, the legendary African-American jazz pianist.

48,00 €

Warum improvisieren wir?

IMPROVISATION. Everything is possible and right!!! You can play whatever you want!!! You can't make mistakes!!!

18,00 €

Goin’ Home

A fantastic novel about the history of music in the USA, its identities, and their fractures. Antonín Dvořák, Amy Beach, and Bud Powell are revitalized characters.

29,00 €

Die Mahlers in New York

Gustav Mahler was not made for New York ... he had more important things to do. Gustav and Alma Mahler from an American perspective.

34,00 €

Radio Cologne Sound

The WDR studio shaped electronic music like few others.

39,00 €

A Natural Gesture

Questioning our "why" reveals our "how" - and our natural gesture beyond technology.

20,00 €

Camille Saint-Saëns

"I, on the other hand, pursued the chimera of purity of style and perfection of form", Saint-Saëns wrote in 1885, directing his "énergie intellectuelle" towards classicism in the midst of romantic seduction.

9,50 €

Eine Natürliche Geste

Luigi Gaggera's book is a resounding philosophy of music-making—for anyone who wants to approach their passion with depth.

20,00 €

Eric Dolphy

A poetic and fragmentary biography of jazz visionary Eric Dolphy - multi-instrumentalist, innovator, and icon of the 1960s avant-garde.

24,00 €

„Spielen Sie Stockhausen wie Beethoven“

Biography and pedagogical work of one of the most versatile of the great pianists of the 20th century.

42,00 €

Daxophonie

A catalogue-book about Hans Reichel, the “universal artist” from Wuppertal, the third member of the Triumvirate alongside Brötzmann and Kowald.

38,00 €

Kommunikation und Technologie in dem Tanztheaterstück enactment::interchange

In her book, composer and multimedia artist Xiao Fu analyzes the aesthetic, biographical, and technical background of her dance theater project.

28,00 €

Lehre unter Strom

Models for and critical perspectives on new teaching and learning.

32,00 €

Werke in memoriam

A musical memory.

36,00 €