Best Books About Music/Musicians

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Cash
Cash 4.02 avg rating β€” 24,977 ratings
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The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier 3.98 avg rating β€” 6,513 ratings
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The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
by: Alex Ross
4.10 avg rating β€” 15,704 ratings
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The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera 3.96 avg rating β€” 267,597 ratings
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Passion and Glory
Passion and Glory 4.13 avg rating β€” 54 ratings
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The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45
The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45 4.25 avg rating β€” 79,660 ratings
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The Man Next Door
The Man Next Door 3.82 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
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And the Band Played On: The Titanic Violinist & the Glovemaker: A True Story of Love, Loss & Betrayal
And the Band Played On: The Titanic Violinist & the Glovemaker: A True Story of Love, Loss & Betrayal 3.85 avg rating β€” 899 ratings
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Thank You: A Tribute to Chris Cornell
Thank You: A Tribute to Chris Cornell 3.99 avg rating β€” 69 ratings
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The End of Music: The Death of the Dream of Independent Musicians
The End of Music: The Death of the Dream of Independent Musicians it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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It's So Easy: And Other Lies
It's So Easy: And Other Lies 4.23 avg rating β€” 12,205 ratings
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The History of Synthwave
The History of Synthwave 4.33 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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The Last Resort or How to Succeed in the Music Industry
The Last Resort or How to Succeed in the Music Industry it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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Is That it?
Is That it? 3.93 avg rating β€” 835 ratings
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The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824
The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824 3.59 avg rating β€” 984 ratings
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The Last Master Passion and Anger
The Last Master Passion and Anger 4.16 avg rating β€” 79 ratings
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Mozart: A Life in Letters
Mozart: A Life in Letters 4.32 avg rating β€” 171 ratings
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My Music, My Life
My Music, My Life 4.26 avg rating β€” 68 ratings
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain 3.95 avg rating β€” 72,846 ratings
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Blinded by the Sun
Blinded by the Sun 3.22 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
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Gustav Mahler: 2
Gustav Mahler: 2 3.80 avg rating β€” 104 ratings
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Life of Giuseppe Verdi: A Book for Young People
Life of Giuseppe Verdi: A Book for Young People 4.25 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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Pieces: A Life in Eight Movements and a Prelude
Pieces: A Life in Eight Movements and a Prelude 3.66 avg rating β€” 38 ratings
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Booking the Library: A Guide for Entertainers, Musicians, Speakers and Authors
Booking the Library: A Guide for Entertainers, Musicians, Speakers and Authors it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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The Big If
The Big If 4.47 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
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Tunes of the Twenties and All That Jazz
Tunes of the Twenties and All That Jazz it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
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The Luthier's Apprentice (Violinist Detective Series, #1)
The Luthier's Apprentice (Violinist Detective Series, #1) 3.82 avg rating β€” 68 ratings
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Music From Standing Waves
Music From Standing Waves 4.24 avg rating β€” 122 ratings
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Dear Mr. Kershaw: A Pensioner Writes
Dear Mr. Kershaw: A Pensioner Writes 4.10 avg rating β€” 48 ratings
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The Roll
The Roll
by: Joe Hnida
4.67 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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MJ: The Genius of Michael Jackson
MJ: The Genius of Michael Jackson 3.88 avg rating β€” 268 ratings
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The Man Called CASH: The Life, Love and Faith of an American Legend
The Man Called CASH: The Life, Love and Faith of an American Legend 3.98 avg rating β€” 1,422 ratings
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The One Tenor
The One Tenor 4.43 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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Perfect Melody (New Song Series Book 6)
Perfect Melody (New Song Series Book 6) 4.61 avg rating β€” 112 ratings
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Beethoven's Hair: An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey and a Scientific Mystery Solved
Beethoven's Hair: An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey and a Scientific Mystery Solved 3.76 avg rating β€” 2,279 ratings
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Stories of Music, Volume 2
Stories of Music, Volume 2 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Queen's Soprano
Queen's Soprano 3.56 avg rating β€” 773 ratings
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Prince Orlofsky, Vampire Hunter
Prince Orlofsky, Vampire Hunter 3.89 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
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Prince And The Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983-1984
Prince And The Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983-1984 4.57 avg rating β€” 465 ratings
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The History of Hip Hop
The History of Hip Hop 3.43 avg rating β€” 30 ratings
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Broken Music: A Memoir
Broken Music: A Memoir
by: Sting
3.88 avg rating β€” 4,732 ratings
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AI Performance: The Art of Live Automation: The ultimate 'how to' guide in creating stunning, technical and revolutionary live shows for any contemporary musical performer
AI Performance: The Art of Live Automation: The ultimate 'how to' guide in creating stunning, technical and revolutionary live shows for any contemporary musical performer it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung [Oct 25, 2016] Scruton, Roger
The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung [Oct 25, 2016] Scruton, Roger 4.13 avg rating β€” 240 ratings
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Through the Fire
Through the Fire 4.75 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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Old-Time Fiddle for the Complete Ignoramus (Book & Online Audio)
Old-Time Fiddle for the Complete Ignoramus (Book & Online Audio) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 59 ratings
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Sent for You Yesterday
Sent for You Yesterday 4.01 avg rating β€” 347 ratings
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Classical Guitar Book in Open D Tuning: Arrangements in Open D Tuning with Tablature and Notation
Classical Guitar Book in Open D Tuning: Arrangements in Open D Tuning with Tablature and Notation it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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Loose Gravel
Loose Gravel 4.15 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
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Intimate Conversations: Face to Face with Matchless Musicians
Intimate Conversations: Face to Face with Matchless Musicians 4.67 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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Britten's Children
Britten's Children 4.25 avg rating β€” 52 ratings
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The Band That Played On: The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the Titanic
The Band That Played On: The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the Titanic 3.66 avg rating β€” 629 ratings
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A Woman of Note
A Woman of Note 3.80 avg rating β€” 434 ratings
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Music As Medicine: Deforia Lane's Life of Music, Healing, and Faith
Music As Medicine: Deforia Lane's Life of Music, Healing, and Faith 4.04 avg rating β€” 46 ratings
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Broken Harmony (New Song Series Book 4)
Broken Harmony (New Song Series Book 4) 4.62 avg rating β€” 119 ratings
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Little Heroes
Little Heroes 3.74 avg rating β€” 442 ratings
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The Long Hard Road Out of Hell
The Long Hard Road Out of Hell 3.81 avg rating β€” 31,711 ratings
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The Sorcerer of Bayreuth: Richard Wagner, his Work and his World
The Sorcerer of Bayreuth: Richard Wagner, his Work and his World 4.05 avg rating β€” 82 ratings
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My Walk Among the Stars: Rubbing Shoulders With Country Giants
My Walk Among the Stars: Rubbing Shoulders With Country Giants it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll 3.99 avg rating β€” 1,088 ratings
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In the Key of Genius: The Extraordinary Life of Derek Paravicini
In the Key of Genius: The Extraordinary Life of Derek Paravicini 4.16 avg rating β€” 152 ratings
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A Hymn for Eternity: The Story of Wallace Hartley, Titanic Bandmaster
A Hymn for Eternity: The Story of Wallace Hartley, Titanic Bandmaster 3.92 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
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Orchestrated Death (Bill Slider #1)
Orchestrated Death (Bill Slider #1) 3.83 avg rating β€” 965 ratings
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Among My Klediments
Among My Klediments 3.81 avg rating β€” 54 ratings
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Tangled Chords (New Song #3)
Tangled Chords (New Song #3) 4.69 avg rating β€” 134 ratings
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Something Beautiful: The Stories Behind a Half-Century of the Songs of Bill and Gloria Gaither
Something Beautiful: The Stories Behind a Half-Century of the Songs of Bill and Gloria Gaither 4.33 avg rating β€” 27 ratings
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Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens
Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens 4.28 avg rating β€” 40 ratings
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Score! (Rutshire Chronicles, #6)
Score! (Rutshire Chronicles, #6) 3.96 avg rating β€” 3,015 ratings
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Duet on Fire (New Song Series Book 2)
Duet on Fire (New Song Series Book 2) 4.61 avg rating β€” 147 ratings
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Get a Shot of Rhythm and Blues: The Arthur Alexander Story
Get a Shot of Rhythm and Blues: The Arthur Alexander Story 4.23 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
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Started Out Just Drinking Beer: The Mental As Anything Story
Started Out Just Drinking Beer: The Mental As Anything Story 4.25 avg rating β€” 44 ratings
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Good Vibrations
Good Vibrations 3.85 avg rating β€” 26 ratings
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Appassionata (Rutshire Chronicles #5)
Appassionata (Rutshire Chronicles #5) 3.90 avg rating β€” 3,185 ratings
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A Past Refrain (New Song Series Book 5)
A Past Refrain (New Song Series Book 5) 4.68 avg rating β€” 112 ratings
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Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in North Georgia
Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in North Georgia 4.60 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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My My!: ABBA Through the Ages
My My!: ABBA Through the Ages 3.65 avg rating β€” 84 ratings
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Galina: A Russian Story
Galina: A Russian Story 4.52 avg rating β€” 242 ratings
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Espedair Street
Espedair Street 3.90 avg rating β€” 8,172 ratings
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Going Solo (New Song Series Book 1)
Going Solo (New Song Series Book 1) 4.47 avg rating β€” 323 ratings
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Shout Because You're Free: The African American Ring Shout Tradition in Coastal Georgia
Shout Because You're Free: The African American Ring Shout Tradition in Coastal Georgia 4.67 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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The Book of ABBA: Melancholy Undercover
The Book of ABBA: Melancholy Undercover 3.65 avg rating β€” 464 ratings
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The Faber Pocket Guide to Britten
The Faber Pocket Guide to Britten 4.20 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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Play of a Fiddle: Traditional Music, Dance, and Folklore in West Virginia
Play of a Fiddle: Traditional Music, Dance, and Folklore in West Virginia 4.14 avg rating β€” 21 ratings
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Wham! George & Me
Wham! George & Me 4.05 avg rating β€” 6,649 ratings
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Britten
Britten 4.29 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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Unforgettable Fire: Past, Present, and Future--The Definitive Biography of U2
Unforgettable Fire: Past, Present, and Future--The Definitive Biography of U2 3.67 avg rating β€” 723 ratings
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Granny Will Your Dog Bite
Granny Will Your Dog Bite 3.83 avg rating β€” 12 ratings
84.
Running Up That Hill: 50 Visions of Kate Bush
Running Up That Hill: 50 Visions of Kate Bush
by: Tom Doyle
4.15 avg rating β€” 353 ratings
88.
Benjamin Britten: A Biography
Benjamin Britten: A Biography 4.27 avg rating β€” 96 ratings
88.
Country Soul: Making Music and Making Race in the American South
Country Soul: Making Music and Making Race in the American South 4.14 avg rating β€” 78 ratings
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Who I Am
Who I Am 3.91 avg rating β€” 4,887 ratings
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Music All Around Me
Music All Around Me it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Me
Me 4.32 avg rating β€” 70,322 ratings
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Freddie Mercury: The Definitive Biography
Freddie Mercury: The Definitive Biography 3.87 avg rating β€” 5,226 ratings
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Really Saying Something: Sara & Keren – Our Bananarama Story
Really Saying Something: Sara & Keren – Our Bananarama Story 3.75 avg rating β€” 580 ratings
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Remembering Beethoven
Remembering Beethoven really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Unlovable: A memoir from the voice of Savage Garden
Unlovable: A memoir from the voice of Savage Garden 4.55 avg rating β€” 799 ratings
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1984: The Year Pop Went Queer
1984: The Year Pop Went Queer
by: Ian Wade
3.87 avg rating β€” 67 ratings
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Eternal Flame: The Authorized Biography of The Bangles
Eternal Flame: The Authorized Biography of The Bangles 3.66 avg rating β€” 192 ratings
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Hilary and Jackie: The True Story of Two Sisters Who Shared a Passion, a Madness and a Man
Hilary and Jackie: The True Story of Two Sisters Who Shared a Passion, a Madness and a Man 3.83 avg rating β€” 534 ratings
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A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians - from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between
A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians - from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between 3.85 avg rating β€” 330 ratings
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