Relates the untold yet inspiring story of Amy Beach, musician extraordinaire and the first successful woman composer in America, who overcame numerous obstacles to achieve a brilliant career in the music world.

This book is a memoir by the iconic singer-songwriter chronicling her story from her beginnings in Brooklyn through her remarkable success as one of the world's most acclaimed musical talents, to her present day as a leading performer and activist. From her marriage to Gerry Goffin, with whom she wrote dozens of songs that hit the charts, to her own achievements, notably with "Tapestry," which remained on the charts for more than six years, to her...

"A biography of Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the Broadway blockbuster Hamilton"--

The composer of symphonies, operas, and film scores examines his own life and career.

Presents an account of how Charles Ives came to compose the music that expressed the grief and shock of the whole city of New York after the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915.

"In Famous Father Girl, Bernstein mines the emotional depths of her childhood and invites us into her family's private world. A fantastic set of characters populates the Bernsteins' lives, including: the Kennedys, Mike Nichols, John Lennon, Richard Avedon, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Robbins, and Betty (Lauren) Bacall."--Amazon.com.

View Dylan's life and music through revealing insider portraits, exclusive photos, live concerts, video clips, and TV footage from 1975-1981.

'What am I, bologna?' Mary Rodgers (1931–2014) often said. She was referring to being stuck in the middle of a talent sandwich: the daughter of one composer and the mother of another. And not just any composers. Her father was Richard Rodgers, perhaps the greatest American melodist; her son, Adam Guettel, a worthy successor. What that leaves out is Mary herself, also a composer, whose musical Once Upon a Mattress remains one of the rare revivable...