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  • Music and Culture in America, 1861-1918

    Edited by Michael Saffle, James R. Heintze ...
    Series series Essays in American Music
    This collection of new essays focuses on the crucial period at the end of the 19th and early 20th century when American music developed its own unique social and cultural institutions. ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

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    The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between

    by Stuart Isacoff ...
    A beautifully illustrated, totally engrossing celebration of the piano, and the composers and performers who have made it their own.With honed sensitivity and unquestioned expertise, Stuart Isacoff—pianist, critic, teacher, and author of Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization—unfolds the ongoing history and evolution of the piano and all its myriad ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Stand Up Straight and Sing!

    A Memoir

    by Jessye Norman ...
    In this uplifting memoir, the acclaimed singer reflects "on life, the arts, and spirituality . . . Inspiring" ( Booklist).Jessye Norman is one of the world's most admired and beloved singers—and her life story is as moving and dramatic as the great operatic roles she has performed on stage.Born and raised in Augusta, Georgia, she studied the piano and sang the songs of her childhood, never ... Read more

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  • The First Four Notes

    Beethoven's Fifth and the Human Imagination

    by Matthew Guerrieri ...
    A TIME Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2012A New Yorker Best Book of the YearLos Angeles Magazine's #1 Music Book of the YearA unique and revelatory book of music history that examines in great depth what is perhaps the best-known and most-popular symphony ever written and its four-note opening, which has fascinated musicians, historians, and philosophers for the last two hundred years.Music ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Wondrous Strange

    The Life and Art of Glenn Gould

    by Kevin Bazzana ...
    The first major biography of Glenn Gould to stress the critical influence of the Canadian context on his life and artGlenn Gould was not, as has previously been suggested, an isolated and self-taught eccentric who burst out of nowhere onto the international musical scene in the mid-1950s. He was, says Kevin Bazzana in this fascinating new full-scale biography, very much a product of his time and ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Leonard Bernstein Letters

    by Leonard Bernstein ...
    "With their intellectual brilliance, humor and wonderful eye for detail, Leonard Bernstein's letters blow all biographies out of the water."— The Economist (2013 Book of the Year)Leonard Bernstein was a charismatic and versatile musician—a brilliant conductor who attained international superstar status, and a gifted composer of Broadway musicals ( West Side Story), symphonies ( Age of Anxiety), ... Read more

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  • The Violin: A Social History of the World's Most Versatile Instrument

    A Social History of the World's Most Versatile Instrument

    by David Schoenbaum ...
    The life, times, and travels of a remarkable instrument and the people who have made, sold, played, and cherished it.A 16-ounce package of polished wood, strings, and air, the violin is perhaps the most affordable, portable, and adaptable instrument ever created. As congenial to reels, ragas, Delta blues, and indie rock as it is to solo Bach and late Beethoven, it has been played standing or ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • The Orchestra

    A Very Short Introduction

    by D. Kern Holoman ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The Orchestra: A Very Short Introduction considers the structure, roots, and day-to-day functioning of the modern philharmonic society. Far from an anachronistic organization that cannot long survive, it is shown to be powerful political and social force, occupying critical positions in cultural diplomacy, national identity, and civic pride. ... Read more

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  • Aaron Copland

    The Life and Work of an Uncommon Man

    by Howard Pollack ...
    A candid and fascinating portrait of the American composer.The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, Aaron Copland (1900-1990) became one of America's most beloved and esteemed composers. His work, which includes Fanfare for the Common Man, A Lincoln Portrait, and Appalachian Spring, has been honored by a huge following of devoted listeners.But the full richness of Copland's life and accomplishments ... Read more

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  • Annals of Music in America A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events

    by Henry Charles Lahee ...
    pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. The object of this book is to give as complete a record as possible of the beginning and progress of music in the United States of America. ... Read more

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  • The Worlds of Lincoln Kirstein

    by Martin Duberman ...
    A rich and revelatory biography of one of the crucial cultural figures of the twentieth century.Lincoln Kirstein’s contributions to the nation’s life, as both an intellectual force and advocate of the arts, were unparalleled. While still an undergraduate, he started the innovative literary journal Hound and Horn, as well as the modernist Harvard Society for Contemporary Art—forerunner of the ... Read more

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  • A History of American Classical Music

    by Barrymore Laurence Scherer ...
    To many people, the term 'American classical music' means a handful of famous names: Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein, Sousa. But this doesnt begin to scrape the surface of a musical heritage reaching back to colonial times. For instance, did you know that George Washington loved dance music, and that Abraham Lincolns favorite song was Listen to the Mocking-Bird by the American composer Septimus ... Read more

    $9.99 USD