John Barry

Gerald Abraham's reputation as an authority on Russian music has tended to obscure his deep interest in the music of Poland and Czechoslovakia, and of the nineteenth-century generally. From ...

First published in 1936, Calvocoressi's and Abraham's study was the first complete account of its subject to appear in any language, including Russian, and was based on a ...

If critics often disagree among themselves over the merits of a given work, this is nothing compared to the wider argument about what the critic's role should be - Objective ...

First published in 1972, Ian Whitcomb's After the Ball is an exuberant account of the origins and explosion of popular music, informed by the author's store of experience ...

‘A controversial and honest account of My Life On The Road With Rock Group, a potted history of pop from '79-'85, and a serious analysis of the whole mess ...

Starlust is a stunning oral history of pop music fandom in all its glorious, unexpurgated ecstasies and deliriums. Through first-hand accounts collected from interviews, diaries, letters and confessions Fred Vermorel ...

The Great Cellists is a comprehensive and authoritative history of the lives and work of the cello's great performers and teachers, from the emergence of the solo instrument in the ...

Among the first of Gerald Abraham's many books were studies of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, and his knowledge of Russian literature and culture has provided the key to his extensive ...

This carefully researched and definitive book recreates the magic of the greatest violinists in history.

In three centuries, the solo performer progressed from downtrodden private servant to revered public idol ...

Among the first of Gerald Abraham’s many books were studies of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, and his knowledge of Russian literature and culture has provided the key to his extensive ...

Berlioz was one of the towering figures of Romanticism: not only was he a great and revolutionary composer, but also the finest conductor of his day and an outstanding critic ...

No artist’s achievement connects more directly with early experience than that of Berlioz. David Cairns draws on a wealth of family papers to recreate in authentic and intimate detail ...

Gustav Mahler is the most influential symphonist of the twentieth century. In this pioneering study, Norman Lebrecht reveals the man and musician through the words of his contemporaries.

Using many ...

Konstantin Stanislavsky is one of the colossi not simply of Russian, but American and European theatre. His reputation is based mainly on his famous theory of acting and its application ...

Making a Ballet is a survey of the processes which bring a ballet to the stage; it successfully dispels much of the mystique that surrounds what is a hard-learned and ...

Dialogues is the final volume in the legendary series of Stravinsky's conversations with Robert Craft.

In his Foreword, dated March 1971 shortly before his death, Stravinsky wrote of his ...

Dialogues is the fourth volume in the legendary series of Stravinsky's conversations with Robert Craft.
Originally published in 1968 as Dialogues and a Diary , Robert Craft’s diary of ...

This is an unusual and important book. As the sub-title records, it is 'an eye-witness account of Peter Brook's production from first rehearsal to first night.' The production in ...

The contents of the celebrated series of Conversations , dating from the last fifteen years of Stravinsky’s life, were taken down by Robert Craft in informal talks with the composer ...

Expositions and Developments is the third in the legendary series of Stravinsky’s conversations with Robert Craft. In this volume Stravinsky delves deep into his memory and brings to light ...