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Biografier giver dig adgang til ægte livsfortællinger og skæbner, der har sat deres præg på verden. Her finder du bøger om både nulevende og historiske personer - fra de magtfulde til de misforståede, fra kendte navne til hverdagens helte. Vores udvalg rummer inspirerende historier om mod, passion og vilje, hvor virkelighedens stemmer får plads. Uanset om du søger en biografi med indhold til samlingen, en rørende gave eller blot ønsker at læse om mennesker, der har ændret verden, er der masser at vælge imellem. Find din næste biografi hos WilliamDam.dk og oplev fortællinger, der berører og sætter sig fast.
This selection of 750 of Ralph Vaughan Williams' letters, introduced and annotated, provides insights on his early development, his own music and his views on... Læs mere
The poignant memoir of forgotten Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe, and a remarkable chronicle of the early days of the world's most influential pop group.
This book looks at the life of Veena Dhanammal (1866–1938), considered the embodiment of ‘classicism’ in Karnatik music. It locates her art within the cultural,... Læs mere
Explores Mendelssohn's precocity, his musical impressions of British culture, the role of the visual in his music, his compositional response to Bach's St Matthew Passion, and incomplete drafts from his musical estate of three instrumental works.
This important biography of Elgar draws on letters and documents which became available in the preceding twenty-five years. Michael Kennedy, a distinguished musical... Læs mere
Written by Michael Kennedy, music critic for the Sunday Telegraph, this first detailed biography of Richard Strauss for many years reassesses the man and the... Læs mere
Published in Spohr's 200th anniversary year, this book is the first to deal at length with both the life and the works of a composer who exerted a strong influence on the development of nineteenth-century music.
Between May 1949 and August 1954 the composers Pierre Boulez and John Cage exchanged a series of remarkable letters which reflect on their own music and the music and... Læs mere
Mozart was not only an extraordinary musical genius but a man who lived through the great change from the old society to the modern one in which we still live. This... Læs mere
This biography of the American composer Charles Ives (1874–1955) clarifies the complexity of the man and his music. Ives's music is uniquely autobiographical, and Feder's straightforward discussion of the music itself illuminates the narrative.
The definitive biography of guitar icon and GrammyAward-winning artist, Bill Frisell, featuring exclusiveinterviews with Paul Simon, Bon Iver and more.
Drawing on interviews with friends, family, collaborators and lovers, this biography of Stephen Sondheim looks to bring us not only the artist - as a master of modern compositional style - but also the private man.