Fire Music is an American war and peace novel of the World War II era — written to create for those who weren’t there what it was really like, back then, when Pearl Harbor was bombed and Hitler declared war on us. “Really like,” you were young and madly in love and your happy world was suddenly threatened with total destruction. Startled, you saw yourself sitting in a velvet-lined opera box watching through opera glasses destruction already in progress across the Atlantic Ocean. The shows were called “Dismemberment of Europe” and “Fall of France.” Fire Music is what happened then to Americans — what they did and how they did it; who struggled and made a difference and survived; who struggled and made a difference and did not survive.

This title provides a group portrait of some of the greatest musicians of the 20th century, including Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Grandmaster Flash and Bob Dylan.

Hearts on Fire is a history of five years of triumph for Canadian music and a celebration of the innovative new artists that rose the profile of Canadian music on the international stage. Everyone from The Be Good Tanyas to Broken Social Scene to Feist to Arcade Fire is celebrated in this triumphant tale of unparalleled creativity.

An analysis of the emergence, reception, and legacy of fusion, experimental music that emerged in the late 1960s and 1970s as musicians combined jazz, rock, and funk in new ways.

"Using first-hand accounts, including contemporary correspondence, articles and interviews, this account of Walton's life also draws on material newly available relating to his friends and associates. The reception of Facade and Walton's work in both films and radio are fully explored."--BOOK JACKET.

(Piano Solo Sheets). Piano solo sheet music for the instrumental theme written and recorded by Vangelis for the soundtrack of the 1981 film of the same name.

Billy Joel has sold over 150 million records, produced thirty-three Top-40 hits, received six Grammy Awards, and been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Fans celebrate him, critics deride him, and scholars have all but ignored him. This first-of-its-kind collection of essays offers close analysis and careful insight into the ways his work has impacted popular music during the last fifty years. Using diverse approaches, this volume serves as a model for how any scholar can approach the study of popular music. Ultimately, these chapters interrogate how popular music frames our experiences, constitutes our history and culture, and gains importance in our daily lives.

In communist Hungary, a peasant loses his land, a young mother loses her baby's father, and both are scared into silence-until music brings them together to face the agonizing tests ahead.

(Piano Vocal). This sheet music features an arrangement for piano and voice with guitar chord frames, with the melody presented in the right hand of the piano part as well as in the vocal line.