Music Reference

A Brief History of Album Covers

By Jason Draper

Illustrated Dictionary of Music

By John Burke

1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die

Lives of the Great Composers: v. 1

By Harold C. Schonberg

The Vintage Guide to Classical Music: An Indispensable Guide for Understanding and Enjoying Classical Music

By Jan Swafford

How to Succeed in the Music Business

By Allan Dann, John Underwood

The BBC Proms Pocket Guide to Great Symphonies

By Sir Nicholas Kenyon, CBE

The Secret History of Entertainment

By David Hepworth

The Rough Guide Book of Playlists

By Mark Ellingham

MAKING STRINGED INSTRUMENTS

The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone

By Richard Ingham (Leeds College of Music)

The Complete Guide to the Music of Jimi Hendrix

By John Robertson

All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul

By Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine

31 Songs

By Nick Hornby

MUSIC SOUNDED OUT

Bloomsbury Good Music Guide

By Neville Garden

Rock Covers

By Jonathan Kirby, Robbie Busch, Julius Wiedemann

The Rough Guide to Cult Pop (Edition 1)

By Paul Simpson

Bob Dylan All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track

By Philippe Margotin, Jean-Michel Guesdon

Woodwind Instruments And Their History

By Anthony Baines

The Rough Guide to Rock

By Mark Ellingham, Jonathan Buckley

Concert Music 1630-1750

By Gerald Abraham

Italian Violin Music of the Seventeenth Century

By Willi Apel, Thomas Binkley

The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz

By Leonard Feather, Ira Gitler

Christmas Oratorio BWV 248

By Johann Sebastian Bach, Neil Jenkins

Complete NME Singles Charts

By Roger Osborne

The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock (Virgin Encyclopedia Series)

By Larkin (Editor), Colin

The Wagner Compendium: A Guide to Wagner's Life and Music

By Barry Millington

Bob Marley: The Untold Story

By Salewicz, Chris

The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

By Ross, Alex