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We all Want to Change the World
The Life of John Lennon

We all Want to Change the World

The Life of John Lennon
by John Wyse Jackson

John Lennon (1940-80) was the founder of the most successful pop/rock group of all times, the Beatles. John Wyse Jackson's biography touches for the first time on Lennon's Irish roots and how his background influenced his music, philosophy and attitude to life and politics and thereby travels to the heart of the 'little child inside the man'.

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  2005-10-06
  978-1-904950-37-0
  Hardback
  World
  Biography, Music

Haus Price: £14.40
RRP: £18.00


Moreschi
The Angel of Rome

Moreschi

The Angel of Rome
by Nicholas Clapton

Alessandro Moreschi, known during his life as ‘The Angel of Rome’, is remembered as the only castrato singer to have made recordings. Historically he was the last representative of the centuries-old tradition of castrating boy singers in order to preserve their high-pitched voices into adulthood - an act of cruelty which produced some of the greatest singers the world has ever known. Behind the extraordinary sound of Moreschi’s voice lay a strange and lonely life lived in the shadow of the great events and great institutions, a personality glimpsed by inference and allusions.

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  2004-11-02
  978-1-904341-77-2
  Paperback
  World
  Biography, History, Music

Haus Price: £7.99
RRP: £9.99


Miles Davis
Life&Times

Miles Davis

Life&Times
by Brian Morton

Miles Davis was one of the great jazz musicians, bandleaders and composers.

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  2004-10-29
  978-1-904341-79-6
  Paperback
  World
  Biography, Music

Haus Price: £7.99
RRP: £9.99


Rakhmaninov

Rakhmaninov


by Andreas Wehrmeyer

Sergey Rakhmaninov was born in Novgorod, Russia and studied piano from the age of six under Tchaikovsky. In 1892 he established his own reputation as a composer with the Prelude in C'sharp minor.

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  2004-07-29
  978-1-904341-50-5
  Paperback
  World English language only
  Biography, Music

Haus Price: £7.99
RRP: £9.99


Gershwin
Life&Times

Gershwin

Life&Times
by Ruth Leon

George Gershwin's music ranged from the haunting 'Rhapsody in Blue' and 'Porgy and Bess' to such classic songs as 'I Got Rhythm' and 'Embraceble You'. He penned nearly 400 of the greatest pop and Broadway songs ever written.

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  2004-07-21
  978-1-904341-23-9
  Paperback
  World
  Biography, Music

Haus Price: £7.99
RRP: £9.99