VM Book/Video List
Updated Aug. 5
AUTOBIOGRAPHY/BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIRS:
BACH: Music in the Castle of Heaven by John Eliot Gardner
The Ballad of John Latouche by Howard Pollock
BEETHOVEN: Anguish and Triumph by Jan Swafford
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: A Life For Music by Neil Powell
Bel Canto Bully: The Life and Times of the Legendary Opera Impresario Domenico Barbaja by Philip Eisenbass
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS AND HIS WORLD Edited by Jann Pasler
CARESTINI: The Story of a Castrato by countertenor, PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY
CLAPTON, The Autobiography by ERIC CLAPTON
CLAUDE DEBUSSY by Paul Roberts
Call Me Debbie: True Confessions of a Down-To-Earth Diva by DEBORAH VOIGHT
Faith in Time: The Life of JIMMY SCOTT by David Ritz
FRANCO CORELLI: Prince of Tenors by René Seghers
GEORGE FEDERIC HANDEL: A Life With Friends by Ellen T. Harris
GEORGE GERSHWIN: His Life and Work by Howard Pollack
Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by JULIE ANDREWS
I Could Have Sung All Night: My Story by MARNI NIXON
I Dream A World: The Operas of William Grant Still by Beverly Soll
The Inner Voice - The Making of a Singer by RENÉE FLEMING
LEONARD BERNSTEIN - American Original by Barton Bernstein & Barbara Haws
Lifting My Voice by BARBARA HENDRICKS
MADELINE KAHN: Being the Music, A Life by William V. Madison
The Magic of BEVERLY SILLS by Nancy Guy
MARIA CALLAS: In Her Own Words by Tom Volk
MARILYN HORNE: The Song Continues by MARILYN HORNE w/Jane Scovell
MARIO LANZA: Singing to the Gods by Derek Mannering
The Memoirs of Sylvia Olden Lee by SYLVIA OLDEN LEE
The Modern Castrato: GAETANO GUADAGNI and the Coming of a New Operatic Age by Patricia Howard
Mozart at the Gateway to His Fortune: Serving the Emperor, 1788-1791 by Christoph Wolff
Musorgsky and His Circle: A Russian Musical Adventure by Stephen Walsh
My Life With Earth Wind & Fire by MAURICE WHITE
My Song: A Memoir by HARRY BELAFONTE
Mysterious Mozart by Philippe Sollers
Never Sang for Hitler: The Life and Times of LOTTE LEHMANN, 1888-1976 by Michael H. Kater
Popsie: American Popular Music Through the Camera Lense of William "Popsie" Randolph by Michael Randolph
RICHARD WAGNER: A Life in Music by Martin Geck; translated by Stewart Spencer
RISË STEVENS: A Life in Music by John Pennino
SARAH CALDWELL: The First Woman of Opera by Daniel Kessler
Sassy - The Life of SARAH VAUGHAN by Leslie Gourse
Sing for Your Life: A Story of Race, Music and Family by Daniel Bergner
Sissieretta Jones: "The Greatest Singer of Her Race," 1868-1933 by Maureen D. Lee
Stand Up Straight and Sing! by JESSE NORMAN
TOSCANINI: Musician of Conscience by Harvey Sachs
Total Praise: The Autobiography by RICHARD SMALLWOOD
Why Me? - The Sammy Davis Jr. Story by SAMMY DAVIS Jr. and Jane & Burt Boyar
WILLIE NELSON: An Epic Life by Joe Nick Patoski
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: A Biography by Piero Melograni
You Send Me - The Life & Times of SAM COOKE by Daniel Wolff with S.R. Crain, Clifton White and G. David Tenenbaum
HISTORY:
ANGELS & MONSTERS: Male and Female Sopranos in the Story of Opera by Richard Somerset-Ward
BIZET by Hugh Macdonald
Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement by Naomi André
BROKEN RECORD - The Inside History of the Grammy Awards by Henry Schipper
THE DEATH OF RHYTHM & BLUES by Nelson George
The Definitive MARIA CALLAS: The Life of a Diva in Unseen Pictures by Karl H. Van Zoggel
FORTISSIMO: Backstage at the Opera with Sacred Monsters and Young Singers by William Murray
The GERSHWINS' "Porgy and Bess:" A 75th Anniversary Celebration by Robin Thompson
GRAND OPERA: The Story of the Met by Charles and Mirella Jona Affron
A History of Opera Second Edition, Updated by Carolyn Abbate & Roger Parker
IN GRAND STYLE: The Glory of The Metropolitan Opera by Nancy Ellison
MOLTO AGITATO: The Mayhem Behind the Music at the Metropolitan Opera by Johanna Fiedler
OPERA: The Art of Dying by Linda Hutcheon and Michael Hutcheon
Opera: Passion, Power and Politics Edited by Kate Bailey
The Politics of Opera: A History from Monteverdi to Mozart by Mitchell Cohen
The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain by Thomas McGreary
The Prima Donna and Opera, 1815-1930 by Susan Rutherford
SHOUT! - The Beatles in Their Generation by Philip Norman
REFERENCE:
100 GREAT OPERAS AND THEIR STORIES by Henry W. Simon
The BIRTH of an OPERA: FIFTEEN MASTERPIECES from POPPEA to WOZZECK by Michael Rose
Capturing Music: The Story of Notation by Thomas Forrest Kelly
FRANZ SCHUBERT and His World Edited by Christopher H. Gibbs and Morten Solvik
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Collected Documents, Volume 1, 1609-1725 edited by Burrows/Coffey/Greenacombe/Hicks
From the Score to the Stage: An Illustrated History of Continental Opera Productions and Staging by Evan Baker
INSIDE the Recording Studio: Working with CALLAS, Rostropovich, DOMINGO and the Classical Elite by Peter Andry, with Robin Stringer and Tony Locantro; foreword by PLÁCIDO DOMINGO
The Mozart Project by James Fairclough and Harry Farnham
THE MUSIC BUSINESS: An Insider's Guide To Breaking In - DVD/VHS from Warner Bros. Publications
The MUSIC LOVER'S POETRY ANTHOLOGY edited by Helen Handley Houghton & Maureen McCarthy Draper
MYSPACE MUSIC MARKETING: How to Promote and Sell Your Music on the World's Biggest Networking Web Site by Bob Baker
NOT WITHOUT MADNESS: PERSPECTIVES ON OPERA by Fabrizio Della Seta, translated by mark Weir
OPERA: The Art of Dying by Linda Hutcheon and Michael Hutcheon
OPERA COACHING: Professional Techniques and Considerations by Alan Montgomery
Overture Opera Guide: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by various contributors
ROBERT SCHUMANN: The Book of Songs by Jon W. Finson
ROSSINI in Restoration Paris: The Sound of Modern Life by Benjamin Walton
SINGING IN STYLE: A Guide to Vocal Performance Practices by Martha Elliott
UNCLOUDY DAYS - The Gospel Music Encyclopedia by Bill Carpenter
Unsettling Opera: Staging Mozart, Verdi, Wagner and Zemlinsky by David J. Levin
WEILL’s MUSICAL THEATER: STAGES OF REFORM by Stephen Hinton
WAGNER Beyond Good and Evil by John Deathridge
YOUR VOICE: An Inside View - Multimedia Voice Science and Pedagogy by Scott McCoy
CONCERT/DOCUMENTARY VIDEOS:
20 Feet from Stardom featuring DARLENE LOVE/MERRY CLAYTON/LISA FISCHER
ANNA MOFFO: In Opera and Song
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG - Deja Vu
DAVID BOWIE: The Last Five Years
DOMINGO/CARRERAS/VARIOUS - Gran Gala di Verdi (2-DVD set)
DONALD FAGEN/MICHAEL McDONALD/BOZ SCAGGS - The Dukes of September
EARTH WIND & FIRE - SHINING STARS: The Official Story of Earth Wind & Fire
ERIC CLAPTON - Live In Hyde Park
ERIC CLAPTON - One More Car, One More Rider
A Film About JIMI HENDRIX
GIL SCOTT-HERON - Black Wax/Is That Jazz
JEANETTE MacDONALD In Performance: Princess of Opera and Oratorio
JAMES TAYLOR: Pull Over
KARAJAN, or Beauty As I See It
KENNY LOGGINS: Live from the Grand Canyon
LOUIS ARMSTRONG/MAHALIA JACKSON/ANITA O'DAY/DINAH WASHINGTON/BIG MAYBELLE - Jazz on a Summer Day: 1958 Newport Jazz Festival
MAHALIA JACKSON: The Power and the Glory
MARIA CALLAS - The Callas Conversations
MARILYN HORNE – Marilyn Horne: A Reminiscence
MICHAEL McDONALD & Various Artists – Michael McDonald: A Gathering of Friends
MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ/GRACE BUMBRY – VERDI: Don Carlo (2 DVD set)
PRINCE - Prince Live at the Aladdin, Las Vegas
PRINCE - Rave Unto the Year 2000
RENÉE FLEMING – An Evening with Renée Fleming (DVD)
RENÉE FLEMING – A Musical Odyssey in St. Petersburg (DVD)
SHERYL CROW: C'mon America 2003
SHERYL CROW: Wildflower Tour Live from New York
SHIRLEY BASSEY: Divas Are Forever
SHIRLEY BASSEY: Standing Room Only
SHIRLEY VERETT/LUCIANO PAVAROTTI – PUCCINI: Tosca (DVD)
STING - All This Time
STING - Bring On the Night
THREE MO' TENORS - Three Mo' Tenors (PBS Broadcast)
TOM JONES - At This Moment
TOM JONES - Live on Soundstage with Special Guest ALISON KRAUSS
TONY BENNETT - The Music Never Ends
TONY BENNETT - The Zen of Bennett
SELF-HELP:
THE ARTIST'S WAY: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron
CREATIVE VISUALIZATION by Shakti Gawain