Music and photography have always shared a special relationship - when an iconic musician is portrayed by a first-rate photographer, the resulting image is often transformative and transcendent, and a classic pop culture image is born. Now, in the same popular and affordable format as Thames & Hudson's PhotoBox and FashionBox, MusicBox gathers more than 450 such legendary photographs of musicians, covering the stars of jazz, blues, rock and roll, soul, and all of their contemporary offshoots. This is an amazing collection of memorable photographs in an irresistible package.

Charts the developments of music boxes from the invention of the first one in 1796 through today.

A mysterious music box from the Haunted Museum follows a young girl home in this spooky read by the author of The Titanic Locket. Don’t touch anything in the Haunted Museum! Emma would rather be at her ballet class than at the Haunted Museum, but she can’t miss her best friend’s birthday party. In a spooky exhibit of music boxes, she’s drawn to a particular one, in which a pair of dancers spin slowly to a haunting melody. But that very night, the music box shows up at her door—like it’s following her. Emma dances better than she ever imagined when the music box is playing. But that’s not all. Sometimes the music speeds up, and the dancers seem to move on their own. Emma finds the lid open, music playing, even when she knows she’d shut it before. And then an eye appears in the mirror inside the lid—someone is watching Emma! The more Emma learns about the history of the music box, the more she realizes she needs to break the hold it has over her before it’s too late. But the better she dances when the music plays, the less she wants to! Praise for The Titanic Locket “Hair-raising. . . . Weyn keeps unexpected chills coming. . . . A quick, jittery read.” —Publishers Weekly “Weyn ratchets up the eeriness . . . and quickly builds to a stormy climax.” —Kirkus Reviews

The Classic FM Family Music Boxis the perfect introduction to the world of classical music. Featuring beautiful hand-drawn illustrations and 8 sound-chip buttons that play short bursts of iconic pieces of music, this unique book brings to life some of the greatest composers throughout history. Readers will be introduced to the genius of legendary artists such as Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Elgar, Handel, Verdi, Vivaldi and Strauss, and will experience their lives, inspirations and music as never before. In addition to high-quality sound chips, a unique QR code allows access to a bespoke landing page on Classic FM's website allowing readers to listen to full versions of the music featured in the book.

Thirty-eight delightful designs will make you want to create a music box for everyone you know. For the holidays, reindeers paw in "Up on the Housetop", and snow gently falls for "Silent Night", while Santa bears gifts for boys and girls to "Here Comes Santa Claus". Each one is shown in beautiful full color, followed by "recipe-style" instructions with a list of materials needed for each project and simple numbered steps for easy assembly.

New knowledge as to dating has enabled the author to accurately date boxes produced by eleven of the leading makers over the period 1830 to 1900.