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  • A Short History of Opera

    by Donald Grout, Hermine Weigel Williams ...
    When first published in 1947, A Short History of Opera immediately achieved international status as a classic in the field. Now, more than five decades later, this thoroughly revised and expanded fourth edition informs and entertains opera lovers just as its predecessors have.The fourth edition incorporates new scholarship that traces the most important developments in the evolution of musical ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

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  • Mozart

    A Life

    by Peter Gay ...
    A biography of the greatest musical mind in Western historyMozart's unshakable hold on the public's consciousness can only be strengthened by historian and biographer Peter Gay's concise and deft look at the genius's life. Mozart traces the development of the man whose life was a whirlwind of achievement, and the composer who pushed every instrument to its limit and every genre of classical music ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Discover Early Music

    by Lucien Jenkins ...
    The Middle Ages began with the collapse of the Roman world. This left a military and political system in ruins but a cultural world-view largely intact. Artistically rich and varied in themselves, the medieval centuries also sparked both the artistic Renaissance and the religious Reformation that followed. Rich but musically lost? Buildings and statues endure, but how can we ever really know ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Mozart's Don Giovanni

    A Short Guide to a Great Opera

    by Michael Steen ...
    Series series Great Operas
    With a wealth of famous tunes and meticulous characterisation, Don Giovanni is an undisputed masterpiece created by Mozart out of a thread-bare fairground gig. The Don – for whom both sexes have a sneaking admiration – gatecrashes proceedings, serenading and seducing as he goes. As wily as he is insatiable, he outclasses all who are out to get him, including a jealous bumpkin and the down-at-heel ... Read more

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  • Piano Playing : with Piano Questions Answered

    by Josef Hofmann ...
    Josef Hofmann (1876–1957) was a master of piano technique and an artist who had few equals at the keyboard. A student of Anton Rubinstein and a leading exponent of the works of Chopin, Liszt, and Schumann, he always balanced his virtuoso playing with a firm adherence to the piece as written. It is this balanced approach to piano playing that he advocates in this highly regarded volume on piano ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Music at the Limits

    by Edward Said ...
    Music at the Limits is the first book to bring together three decades of Edward W. Said's essays and articles on music. Addressing the work of a variety of composers, musicians, and performers, Said carefully draws out music's social, political, and cultural contexts and, as a classically trained pianist, provides rich and often surprising assessments of classical music and opera.Music at the ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • The Ignorant Maestro

    How Great Leaders Inspire Unpredictable Brilliance

    by Itay Talgam ...
    “Choosing ignorance might seem a terrible quality to exhibit in your workplace—a sure path down the stairs and out the corporate door. But stick with me here and see how it leads you upward. You’ll understand why great leaders embrace ignorance and use it to elevate their people to new heights of achievement.”A conductor in front of his orchestra is an iconic symbol of leadership—but what does a ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • The Supernatural Voice

    A History of High Male Singing

    by Simon Ravens ...
    `The use of high male voices in the past has long been one of the most seriously misunderstood areas of musical scholarship and practice. In opening up this rich subject (to readers of all sorts) with refreshingly clear perspectives and plenty of new material, Simon Ravens' well-researched book goes a very long way to rectifying matters. Ravens writes damnably well, and if the story that emerges ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • A History of the Oratorio

    Vol. 4: The Oratorio in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

    by Howard E. Smither ...
    With this volume, Howard Smither completes his monumental History of the Oratorio. Volumes 1 and 2, published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1977, treated the oratorio in the Baroque era, while Volume 3, published in 1987, explored the genre in the Classical era. Here, Smither surveys the history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century oratorio, stressing the main geographic areas of ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Bach in Berlin

    Nation and Culture in Mendelssohn's Revival of the "St. Matthew Passion"

    by Celia Applegate ...
    Bach's St. Matthew Passion is universally acknowledged to be one of the world's supreme musical masterpieces, yet in the years after Bach's death it was forgotten by all but a small number of his pupils and admirers. The public rediscovered it in 1829, when Felix Mendelssohn conducted the work before a glittering audience of Berlin artists and intellectuals, Prussian royals, and civic notables. ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • The Standard Operas

    by George P. Upton ...
    First published in 1897. "The object of the compiler of this Handbook is to present to the reader a brief but comprehensive sketch of each of the operas contained in the modern repertory which are likely to be given during regular seasons. To this end he has consulted the best authorities, adding to the material thus collected his own observations, and in each case presented a necessarily brief ... Read more

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  • Reaching the Next Level

    A Method for the Experienced Classical Guitarist

    by Martha Masters ...
    A guide for intermediate and advanced classical guitarists, addressing technical and musical issues. Any serious student of classical guitar will appreciate this book which covers topics often heard in a lesson, but seldom covered in a book, with appropriate repertoire provided. Topics covered include technical control, study habits, crafting interpretations, tone production, performance anxiety, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD