Musical Images - A New Zealand Historical Journey 1840-1990 by John Mansfield Thomson
$10.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
The World Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments by Max Wade-Matthews
$18.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
A comprehensive encyclopedia of musical instruments, covering all sections of the orchestra, the voice, as well as historical rare and non-Western instruments. Includes information on the history of the orchestra - from medieval consorts, baroque and classical orchestras, through to the modern symp ...Show more
The Way to the Labyrinth - Memories of East and West by Alain Danielou; Marie-Claire Cournand (Translator)
$12.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Alain Dani lou was an accomplished pianist, dancer, player of the Indian v n , painter, linguist and translator, photographer, and world traveler. To these attainments he has added The Way to the Labyrinth, translated into English by Marie-Claire Cournand. Born of a haute-bourgeoise French family--his m ...Show more
Phaidon Book of the Opera: A Survey of 780 Operas from 1597 by Catherine Atthill et al. (trans.)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
Talking Music - Conversations with New Zealand musicians by Sarah Shieff
$20.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
These interviews with New Zealand composers provide a picture of the contemporary music scene.
A Sharp Left Turn - Notes on a life in music, from Split Enz to Play It Strange by Mike Chunn
$20.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
A rollicking yarn about the early days of ground-breaking band Split Enz, but also the powerful story of how Mike Chunn dealt with a crippling mental health issue and went on to become one of our most influential music identities. This is a gripping read that works on several levels. It's the sliding-do ...Show more
Mick Jagger by Philip Norman
$15.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: good-very good
A miracle of still-plentiful hair, raw sex-appeal, and strutting talent . The frontman of one of the most influential and controversial groups of all time. A musical genius with a career spanning over four decades. He is a testament to British glamour, the ultimate architect and demi-god of rock. Bestse ...Show more
Dead People I Have Known by Shayne Carter
$12.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: good
In Dead People I Have Known, the legendary New Zealand musician Shayne Carter tells the story of a life in music, taking us deep behind the scenes and songs of his riotous teenage bands Bored Games and the Doublehappys and his best-known bands Straitjacket Fits and Dimmer. He traces an intimate history ...Show more
Whistle As You Go: The Story of the Kiwi Concert Party by Terry Vaughan
$20.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
Frederick Page - A Musician's Journal by J. M. Thomson; Janet Paul
$30.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
The Oxford History of New Zealand Music by John M. Thomson
$35.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
This comprehensive history of the diverse and unheralded music of New Zealand focuses on performance from colonial times to the formation of the national symphony orchestra in 1947, and composition from Alfred Hill in the early 1900s to the flowering of local composers in the 1970s.