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David Bowie – Sheet Music & Scores

`I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring.´ David Bowie (1947-2016)
David Bowie definitely kept his promise. As one of the most dazzling personalities in showbiz, and one of the greatest rock and pop stars of all time, the `Thin White Duke´ enchanted generations not only with hits like `Life on Mars´, `Heroes´ or `Let's Dance´, but also as an androgynous, extra-terrestrial work of art, constantly reinventing itself again and again. Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover all about Starman, Ziggy Stardust and the Superhuman David Bowie here!

Starman & Superhuman

Bowie was born in London as David Robert Jones. In 1969, he first stepped into the public eye with `Space Oddity´, a ballad that was inspired by the film `2001 - A Space Odyssey´. His big breakthrough came in 1972 with `The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars´. Bowie's appearance, in all its creative glory, amazed the world.
At a concert in London in 1973, Bowie allowed his fictional character Ziggy Stardust die, in order to devote himself to new projects such as the albums `Transformer´, ` Diamond Dogs´, `Young Americans´, `Stations to Stations´ and `Low´. Bowie also produced other artists, and tried his hand at acting, most famously in the film `Labyrinth´.
Bowie lived in West Berlin from 1976 to 1978, a melting pot of what was then the alternative art and music scene. Here he recorded one of his greatest hits, `Heroes´, and the album of the same name. Bowie also worked closely with his friend Iggy Pop on his albums `Lust for Life´ and `The Idiot´.
In the 1980s, Bowie reinvented himself again, exploring funk and pop, but without slipping into the trivial. In 1983, the album `Let's Dance´ was a worldwide hit, and he enjoyed huge success with his collaborations with friends like Queen, with `Under Pressure´, Pat Matheny with `This is not America´, and Mick Jagger with `Dancing in the Streets´.
In the 1990s, Bowie worked alongside various artists from the alternative rock scene on his own albums, such as Nine Inch Nails and Placebo.

One last album and a gigantic legacy

David Bowie first struggled with health problems in the early 2000s. On January 10, 2016, just two days after the release of his multi-award-winning album `Blackstar´, in which he deals with his own death in a profound, almost unbearably open way, David Bowie passed away.
The prolific, creative genius David Bowie is one of a kind, and he leaves a life's work that has inspired generations, and will continue to inspire generations to come.
The posthumous album `Toy´, originally recorded in 2000 but never published, was released as part of the latest multi-album box set `Brilliant Adventure (1992-2001)´ on November 26th, 2021, and is set for individual release, as a deluxe edition, on January 7th, 2022.

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