Musician Biographies

Ligeti

By Paul Griffiths

Listen to This

By Alex Ross

Genesis of a Music: An Account of a Creative Work, Its Roots and Its Fulfillments

By Harry Partch

Violet

By J Douglas-Home

Ticket to the World: My 80s Story

By Martin Kemp

The Beauty Insider: Effortless Skincare and Beauty Advice that Works

By Alison Young

Messiah: Gospel According to Handel's Oratorio

By Roger A. Bullard

John Barry: A Sixties Theme - From James Bond to "Midnight Cowboy"

By Eddi Fiegel

Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd

By Nick Mason, Philip Dodd

Beethoven's Piano Sonatas: A Short Companion

By Charles Rosen

George Gershwin's Preludes for Piano

By Scriabin, Alexander

His Bright Light

By Danielle Steel

In Search of Wagner

By Theodor Adorno, Rodney Livingstone, Slavoj Zizek

Hans Keller and Internment: The Development of an Emigre Musician

By Alison Garnham, Christopher Wintle

Music and Inspiration

By Jonathan Harvey

Tainted Glory in Handel's Messiah: The Unsettling History of the World's Most Beloved Choral Work

By Michael Marissen

So Tell Me What You Want: The must-read 2025 music memoir on life working with pop idols Take That, Prince, Amy Winehouse, the Spice Girls, David Bowie and more

By Nicki Chapman

Anything Goes: The Autobiography

By John Barrowman with Carole E. Barrowman

Mozart

By Richard Baker

Cole Porter: The Definitive Biography

By William McBrien

Irving Berlin: A Musical Life

By Philip Furia

All that Glitters

By Pearl Lowe

Engelbert: What's in a Name? The Autobiography

By Engelbert Humperdink, Katie Wright

Schubert: A Critical Biography

By Maurice John Edwin Brown

The Oxford Dictionary of Dance

By Debra Craine, Judith Mackrell

Woman: The Incredible Life of Yoko Ono

By Alan Clayson, Barb Jungr, Robb Johnson

Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head

By Rob Chapman

Crying in H Mart

By Michelle Zauner

Mad, Bad and Dangerous - The Book of Drummer's Tales

By Spike Webb

Zemlinsky

By Antony Beaumont