Shop  /  Music  /  27,208 titles

Music books

Music writing is a broad shelf: band biographies, criticism, histories of jazz, rock and folk, the classical repertoire, and theory for anyone who wants to know why the chord works. Below is what we hold today. Stock sits in London and New York and changes daily.

If the book you want went out of print with the band, that is normal. Send us the title and we will look for it.

All music books in stock

27,208 titles

The Perfect Wagnerite

The Perfect Wagnerite

Shaw, Bernard · Book Jungle, 2009

New £39.99

Woodstock: From World War to Culture Wars

Woodstock: From World War to Culture Wars

Heppner, Richard · Excelsior Editions, 2024

New £67.99

Music's Making: The Poetry of Music, the Music of Poetry

Music's Making: The Poetry of Music, the Music of Poetry

Cherlin, Michael · State University of New York Press, 2025

New £58.99

Music's Making: The Poetry of Music, the Music of Poetry

Music's Making: The Poetry of Music, the Music of Poetry

Cherlin, Michael · State University of New York Press, 2024

New £115.99

Sounding Bodies: Acoustical Science and Musical Erotics in Victorian Literature

Sounding Bodies: Acoustical Science and Musical Erotics in Victorian Literature

Draucker, Shannon · State University of New York Press, 2024

New £115.99

Sounding Bodies: Acoustical Science and Musical Erotics in Victorian Literature

Sounding Bodies: Acoustical Science and Musical Erotics in Victorian Literature

Draucker, Shannon · State University of New York Press, 2025

New £82.99

From Blues to Beyoncé: A Century of Black Women’s Generational Sonic Rhetorics

From Blues to Beyoncé: A Century of Black Women’s Generational Sonic Rhetorics

McGee, Alexis · State University of New York Press, 2024

New £57.99

Early Jazz: A Concise Introduction, from Its Beginnings through 1929

Early Jazz: A Concise Introduction, from Its Beginnings through 1929

Tomita, Fumi · State University of New York Press, 2024

New £115.99

Early Jazz: A Concise Introduction, from Its Beginnings through 1929

Early Jazz: A Concise Introduction, from Its Beginnings through 1929

Tomita, Fumi · State University of New York Press, 2024

New £56.99

A Theory of Harmony: With A New Introduction by Paul Wilkinson

A Theory of Harmony: With A New Introduction by Paul Wilkinson

Wilkinson, Paul, Levarie, Siegmund, Levy, Ernst · State University of New York Press, 2024

New £57.99

Resonances against Fascism: Modernist and Avant-Garde Sounds from Kurt Weill to Black Lives Matter

Resonances against Fascism: Modernist and Avant-Garde Sounds from Kurt Weill to Black Lives Matter

Chiesa, Laura · State University of New York Press, 2024

New £58.99

Resonances against Fascism: Modernist and Avant-Garde Sounds from Kurt Weill to Black Lives Matter

Resonances against Fascism: Modernist and Avant-Garde Sounds from Kurt Weill to Black Lives Matter

Chiesa, Laura · State University of New York Press, 2024

New £115.99

Folklore Matters: Incursions in the Field, 1965–2021

Folklore Matters: Incursions in the Field, 1965–2021

Jackson, Bruce · State University of New York Press, 2024

New £58.99

Jazz with a Beat: Small Group Swing, 1940–1960

Jazz with a Beat: Small Group Swing, 1940–1960

Richards, Tad · Excelsior Editions, 2024

New £53.99

The Jazz Problem: Education and the Battle for Morality during the Jazz Age

The Jazz Problem: Education and the Battle for Morality during the Jazz Age

Hardesty, Jacob W. · State University of New York Press, 2024

New £57.99

The Jazz Problem: Education and the Battle for Morality during the Jazz Age

The Jazz Problem: Education and the Battle for Morality during the Jazz Age

Hardesty, Jacob W. · State University of New York Press, 2023

New £115.99

Pepper Adams: Saxophone Trailblazer

Pepper Adams: Saxophone Trailblazer

Corea, Chick, Carner, Gary · Excelsior Editions, 2023

New £51.99

Haight-Ashbury, Psychedelics, and the Birth of Acid Rock

Haight-Ashbury, Psychedelics, and the Birth of Acid Rock

Szatmary, David P., Campbell, Robert J. · Excelsior Editions, 2023

New £53.99

Baroque Counterpoint

Baroque Counterpoint

Schubert, Peter, Neidhofer, Christoph · State University of New York Press, 2023

New £83.99

Musicology of Religion: Theories, Methods, and Directions

Musicology of Religion: Theories, Methods, and Directions

Beck, Guy L. · State University of New York Press, 2023

New £115.99

Musicology of Religion: Theories, Methods, and Directions

Musicology of Religion: Theories, Methods, and Directions

Beck, Guy L. · State University of New York Press, 2023

New £60.99

Ducktails, Drive-ins, and Broken Hearts: An Unsweetened Look at '50s Music

Ducktails, Drive-ins, and Broken Hearts: An Unsweetened Look at '50s Music

Davis, Hank · Excelsior Editions, 2023

New £53.99

Tommy, Trauma, and Postwar Youth Culture

Tommy, Trauma, and Postwar Youth Culture

MacLeod, Dewar · Excelsior Editions, 2023

New £45.99

Perfect Pitch: An Autobiography

Perfect Pitch: An Autobiography

Yourke, Electra Slonimsky, Slonimsky, Nicolas · Excelsior Editions, 2023

New £57.99

Perfect Pitch: An Autobiography

Perfect Pitch: An Autobiography

Yourke, Electra Slonimsky, Slonimsky, Nicolas · Excelsior Editions, 2023

New £115.99

Blues on Stage: The Blues Entertainment Industry in the 1920s

Blues on Stage: The Blues Entertainment Industry in the 1920s

Clark, John L., Jr., Clark, John L. · Excelsior Editions, 2023

New £115.99

Blues on Stage: The Blues Entertainment Industry in the 1920s

Blues on Stage: The Blues Entertainment Industry in the 1920s

Clark, John L., Jr., Clark, John L. · Excelsior Editions, 2023

New £50.99

Bob Dylan's New York: A Historic Guide

Bob Dylan's New York: A Historic Guide

Weissman, Dick · Excelsior Editions, 2022

New £45.99

Free Jazz

Free Jazz

Schwartz, Jeff · State University of New York Press, 2022

New £115.99

Free Jazz

Free Jazz

Schwartz, Jeff · State University of New York Press, 2023

New £55.99

(White)Washing Our Sins Away: American Mainline Churches, Music, Power, and Diversity

(White)Washing Our Sins Away: American Mainline Churches, Music, Power, and Diversity

Justice, Deborah · State University of New York Press, 2023

New £58.99

(White)Washing Our Sins Away: American Mainline Churches, Music, Power, and Diversity

(White)Washing Our Sins Away: American Mainline Churches, Music, Power, and Diversity

Justice, Deborah · State University of New York Press, 2022

New £115.99

Punk Rock: Music Is the Currency of Life

Punk Rock: Music Is the Currency of Life

Clegg, Mindy · State University of New York Press, 2022

New £53.99

A Philosophy of Music Education

A Philosophy of Music Education

Wbester, Peter R., Reimer, Bennett · State University of New York Press, 2022

New £61.99

Rock on Record

Rock on Record

Zak, Albin J. · State University of New York Press, 2022

New £58.99

The Musical: A Concise History

The Musical: A Concise History

Findlay, Jamie, Gänzl, Kurt · State University of New York Press, 2022

New £58.99

Gilbert and Sullivan: The Players and the Plays

Gilbert and Sullivan: The Players and the Plays

Gänzl, Kurt · State University of New York Press, 2022

New £56.99

Gilbert and Sullivan: The Players and the Plays

Gilbert and Sullivan: The Players and the Plays

Gänzl, Kurt · State University of New York Press, 2021

New £115.99

Sounds Like Helicopters: Classical Music in Modernist Cinema

Sounds Like Helicopters: Classical Music in Modernist Cinema

Lau, Matthew · State University of New York Press, 2020

New £86.99

Found in Transition: Hong Kong Studies in the Age of China

Found in Transition: Hong Kong Studies in the Age of China

Chu, Yiu-Wai · State University of New York Press, 2019

New £60.99

Anti-Music: Jazz and Racial Blackness in German Thought between the Wars

Anti-Music: Jazz and Racial Blackness in German Thought between the Wars

Thompson, Mark Christian · State University of New York Press, 2019

New £88.99

The Sound of Vultures' Wings: The Tibetan Buddhist Chöd Ritual Practice of the Female Buddha Machik Labdrön

The Sound of Vultures' Wings: The Tibetan Buddhist Chöd Ritual Practice of the Female Buddha Machik Labdrön

Rabgey, Pencho, Cupchik, Jeffrey W. · State University of New York Press, 2024

New £91.99

The Sound of Vultures' Wings: The Tibetan Buddhist Chöd Ritual Practice of the Female Buddha Machik Labdrön

The Sound of Vultures' Wings: The Tibetan Buddhist Chöd Ritual Practice of the Female Buddha Machik Labdrön

Rabgey, Pencho, Cupchik, Jeffrey W. · State University of New York Press, 2024

New £115.99

Trendy Fascism: White Power Music and the Future of Democracy

Trendy Fascism: White Power Music and the Future of Democracy

Love, Nancy S. · State University of New York Press, 2017

New £58.99

Bagpipe Sheet Music Song Book

Bagpipe Sheet Music Song Book

Hamilton, Michael · CreateSpace, 2009

New £45.99

Honesty Is Explosive!: Selected Music Journalism

Honesty Is Explosive!: Selected Music Journalism

Bamberger, W C, Watson, Ben · Borgo Press, 2010

New £40.99

La Traviata: Libretto, Italian and English Text and Music of the Principal Airs

La Traviata: Libretto, Italian and English Text and Music of the Principal Airs

Barker, T T, Piave, Francesco Maria, Verdi, Giuseppe · Wildside Press, 2024

New £37.99

Tristan and Isolde: Libretto, German and English Text

Tristan and Isolde: Libretto, German and English Text

Wagner, Richard · Wildside Press, 2024

New £34.99

Not here? We find music books that aren’t listed anywhere.

Open a request