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  • The Cambridge Companion to Vaughan Williams

    Edited by Alain Frogley, Aidan J. Thomson ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Music
    An icon of British national identity and one of the most widely performed twentieth-century composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams has been as much misunderstood as revered; his international impact and enduring influence on areas as diverse as church music, film scores and popular music has been insufficiently appreciated. This volume brings together a team of leading scholars, examining all areas of ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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  • The World's Great Men of Music

    Story-Lives of Master Musicians

    by Harriette Brower ...
    In "The World's Great Men of Music," Harriette Brower presents a rich tapestry of biographical sketches that delve into the lives and contributions of renowned composers and musicians from various epochs. Her narrative style is engaging and accessible, combining scholarly insight with a journalistic flair that captures the reader's imagination. Structured around key figures such as Beethoven, ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • My Nine Lives

    A Memoir of Many Careers in Music

    by Leon Fleisher, Anne Midgette ...
    The stirring memoir of one of the greatest pianists of the postwar era—an inspiring tale of triumph over crippling incapacity that rivals Shine.The pianist Leon Fleisher—whose student–teacher lineage linked him to Beethoven by way of his instructor, Artur Schnabel—displayed an exceptional gift from his earliest years. And then, like the hero of a Greek tragedy, he was struck down in his prime: at ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers: Debussy

    by Paul Holmes ...
    Lavishly illustrated throughout, this fascinating biography sets Debussy's musical revolution in the context of his times. It will be invaluable to musicians and concert-goers alike. ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • Verdi and His Operas

    by Robert Hardcastle ...
    The life and work of the greatest of all Italian composers, Giuseppe Verdi, including the much-loved anecdotes, which the author firmly believes reflect both historical and mythic truths about their subject. Covers all Verdi operas, from the early works in the bel canto tradition to the late masterpieces Otello and Falstaff. ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Discovering Classical Music: Rachmaninoff

    by Ian Christians ...
    Series series Discovering Classical Music
    "I recommend this book wholeheartedly to new music lovers" Sir Charles Groves CBE Thanks to Nigel Kennedy and Pavarotti, millions of people have recently discovered that classical music is a highly enjoyable experience, perhaps contrary to their expectations. But the world of classical music can be highly intimidating and confusing. Ian Christians, for many years a passionate believer in ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Stravinsky: The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers.

    by Neil Wenborn ...
    This book traces the remarkable course of a creative career which spanned the drawing rooms of the Imperial Russia and the social ferment of 1960s America, and serve to establish Stravinsky not only as the most celebrated composer of his time but also as one of the defining forces of twentieth-century culture. ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • The Music of Lutosławski

    by Charles Bodman Rae ...
    Witold Lutosławski is widely regarded as one of the foremost composers of the post-war era and one of the truly great musicians of the 20th century. Charles Bodman Rae's examination of Lutosławski 's life and work draws on wide-ranging and meticulous research, including hours of recorded conversation with the composer himself. Now expanded for this third edition to include an additional chapter ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Mendelssohn and the Organ

    by Wm. A. Little ...
    Mendelssohn and the Organ is the first comprehensive historical-critical study in any language to examine the role of the organ in Mendelssohn's personal and professional career. It examines his entire oeuvre for the instrument, including the Berlin-Krakow manuscripts, and presents for the first time Mendelssohn's complete correspondence with his English publisher, Charles Coventry. ... Read more

    $115.19 USD

  • Kirill Kondrashin

    His Life in Music

    by Gregor Tassie ...
    Kirill Kondrashin is regarded as one of the most brilliant Russian conductors of the 20th century and a great interpreter of Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, and Mahler. In Kirill Kondrashin: His Life in Music, Gregor Tassie presents a full biography of the artist, from his humble background and early conducting experience at age 17, through his 20 years in Leningrad and at the Bolshoi ... Read more

    $94.79 USD

  • BBC Proms 2017

    Festival Guide

    by BBC Proms Publications ...
    Series series BBC Proms Guides
    The BBC Proms is the world's biggest and longest-running classical music festival and one of the jewels in the crown for the BBC. It is one of the strongest brand names in the music world and attracts a glittering array of artists and orchestras from the UK and around the world in over 150 concerts, talks, workshops and family events around London every summer. Whether you're a first-time visitor ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Lies and Epiphanies

    Composers and Their Inspiration from Wagner to Berg

    by Chris Walton ...
    Lies and Epiphanies offers case studies of "inspiration" in five composers -- Richard Wagner, Gustav Mahler, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Richard Strauss, and Alban Berg. Their own tales of their epiphanies played a determining role in the reception history of their works: the finale of Mahler's Second Symphony was supposedly born of a "lightning bolt" of inspiration at the funeral of Hans von Bülow, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD