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Mozart

By Wendy Thompson

Memories of Beethoven: From the House of the Black-Robed Spaniards

By Gerhard von Breuning, Maynard Solomon, Henry Mins

The Record Men: Chess Records and the Birth of Rock & Roll

By Rich Cohen, Richard Cohen

Tchaikovsky

By Edward Garden

Romanticism and Melody: Essays for Music-Lovers

By George Austen Colerick, Jane East

English Keyboard Music Before the Nineteenth Century

By John Caldwell

Michael Tippett

By Meirion Bowen

The Lives and Times of the Great Composers

By Michael Steen

Concert Music 1630-1750

By Gerald Abraham

Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development

By Gunther Schuller

The Story of Stereophonics: High Times & Headlines

By Mike Black

Masterpieces of Music Before 1750

By Carl Parrish, John F. Ohl

Woodwind Instruments And Their History

By Anthony Baines

Rock Covers

By Jonathan Kirby, Robbie Busch, Julius Wiedemann

Edward Elgar

By Jerrold Northrop Moore

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

By Johannes C. Jansen

The Lost Pianos of Siberia: A Sunday Times Paperback of 2021

By Sophy Roberts

Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground Movement (1977-1984)

By Douglas MacIntyre, Grant McPhee

No Regrets: Writings on Scott Walker

By Rob Young

Shiny and New: Ten Moments of Pop Genius that Defined the '80s

By Dylan Jones

Believe in Magic: 30 Years of Heavenly Recordings

By Robin Turner

Perfect Sound Whatever: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

By James Acaster

Hip-Hop Is History: The New York Times bestseller

By Questlove, Ben Greenman

Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism and the Soundtrack of a Generation

By Daniel Rachel

The Beautiful Ones

By Prince

31 Songs

By Nick Hornby

The Classical Music Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

By DK, Katie Derham

Curepedia: An immersive and beautifully designed A-Z biography of The Cure

By Simon Price

M Train

By Ms Patti Smith

Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism and the Soundtrack of a Generation

By Daniel Rachel