‘Fascinating and authoritative’ The Daily Express Sunday Times bestselling author Sean Smith tells the extraordinary story of a modern cultural icon: Harry Styles.

Creative Concert Production and Entrepreneurship: Concert Dramaturgy and Project Development for the Performing Arts offers a conceptual and applied introduction to the musical and dramaturgical challenges involved in developing and producing concerts.

The definitive biography of one of music's greatest legends.

Learn copyright essentials in order to succeed in today’s music industry.

With the free-form exchange of music files and musical ideas online, understanding copyright laws has become essential to career success in the new music marketplace. This cutting-edge, plain-language guide shows you how copyright law drives the contemporary music industry.

By looking at the law and its recent history, you will understand the new issues introduced by the digital age, as well as continuing issues of tr...

Taylor Swift: The Star, The Songs, The Fans includes new work from interdisciplinary scholars who focus on Swift’s star persona; the lyrics, themes and meanings of Swift’s songs; and the ways that fans interact with Swift’s work and with each other.

The definitive history of Western Music. The definitive survey, combining current scholarship with a vibrant narrative. Carefully informed by feedback from dozens of scholars, it remains the book that students and teachers trust to explain what’s important, where it fits and why it matters. Peter Burkholder weaves a compelling story of people, their choices and the western musical tradition that emerged.

From chant to hip-hop, he connects past to present to create a context for tomorrow’s...

Jazz and Death: Reception, Rituals, and Representations critically examines the myriad and complex interactions between jazz and death, from the New Orleans "jazz funeral" to jazz in heaven or hell, final recordings, jazz monuments, and the music’s own presumed death.

The classic biography of the Rolling Stones - updated for their 60th anniversary

Method, Methodology and Research Design in Artistic Research: Between Solid Routes and Emergent Pathways offers a rich and innovative approach to method, research design and methodology of research in and through the arts.