Describes the features, sounds, and role of each musical instrument in the orchestra.

Presents information about members of the British boy band, One Direction, including how the band was formed by five contestants on "The X-Factor", the progress of their careers, and their lives on the road.

"From the author of the definitive New York Times bestselling history of the Beatles comes the authoritative account of the group Jack Black and many others call the greatest rock band of all time, arguably the most successful, and certainly one of the most notorious. Rock stars. Whatever those words mean to you, chances are, they owe a debt to Led Zeppelin. No one before or since has lived the dream quite like Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul...

The author describes how he was able to learn to play the guitar in midlife in spite of a limited musical aptitude, revealing what he learned about the brain's capacity for musical proficiency at any time of life and how his findings challenge commonly accepted beliefs about musical talent and training.

Includes instructions for making a variety of simple musical instruments from ordinary household items.

Lerner and Loewe's musical version of 'Pygmalion' about a Covent Garden flower girl who becomes a lady.

Rare musical performances: Django Reinhardt with Stéphane Grapelli and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France in Jazz hot (1939), Duke Ellington and the Cotton Club Orchestra featured in Black and tan (1929), Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen, 1934, and a 1929 performance from the Utica Jubilee Singers.