-
Vendor: David Dutkanicz
A First Book of Brahms: For the Beginning Pianist
Suitable for beginning pianists of all ages, this volume features 26 simplified versions of longer pieces by the great Johannes Brahms arranged in order of increasing difficulty. Selections include the famous Lullaby as well as the theme from Academic Festival Overture and Hungarian Dance...- $7.95
$7.95- $7.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Two Great Clarinet Quintets: Mozart's Quintet in a Major, K.581 & Brahms's Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115
Mozart's friendship with Anton Stadler, the clarinetist in Vienna's Royal-Imperial Court Orchestra, led to the composition of his beloved Quintet in A Major. The four-movement piece is arranged for clarinet, two violins, viola, and cello. Brahms's Clarinet Quintet in B minor, also in four...- $8.95
$8.95- $8.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Felix Mendelssohn
Complete Songs Without Words for Piano
Mendelssohn's Lieder Ohne Worte, or "Songs without Words," is among the most loved, most played collections in the Romantic piano repertoire. Reproduced from the authoritative Breitkopf & H舐tel edition, this volume contains all of these popular compositions -- more than 40 pieces, including such...- $12.95
$12.95- $12.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: David Dutkanicz
Great Piano Adagios: 60 Works from Bach to Debussy
Unique and comprehensive, this collection features a tremendous variety of slow movements for keyboard players, consisting of 60 pieces that span three centuries. Pianists will discover the music of many moods, from dreamlike nocturnes and lullabies to moving elegies and romantic slow dances, all...- $14.95
$14.95- $14.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: M. Esposito
Early Italian Keyboard Music: 49 Works by Frescobaldi, Scarlatti, Martini and Others
This outstanding anthology for keyboard players unites some of the finest works of Italy's major 17th- and 18th-century composers. Written for the harpsichord and clavichord, these 49 pieces by seventeen composers comprise sonatas, toccatas, fugues, and other works for keyboardists at early-intermediate to advanced...- $19.95
$19.95- $19.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: F. T. Arnold
The Art of Accompaniment from a Thorough-Bass as Practiced in the XVIIth & XVIIIth Centuries: Volume II
A solid grounding in musical techniques of the 17th and 18th centuries is essential to a complete understanding of Baroque music. As scholar Denis Stevens says in his introduction to this work, Full enjoyment will come only when the soloist learns the gentle art...- $24.95
$24.95- $24.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: F. T. Arnold
The Art of Accompaniment from a Thorough-Bass as Practiced in the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries: Volume I
A solid grounding in musical techniques of the 17th and 18th centuries is essential to a complete understanding of Baroque music. Arnold's legendary work is a comprehensive survey of the topic, covering every issue of significance to today's performers. The text is fully amplified...- $24.95
$24.95- $24.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 6 in a Minor
Dating from the composer's prolific period of 1903-04 and following Mahler's marriage to Alma Schindler by just a year, the draft of this remarkable work -- subtitled "Tragic" -- is represented by numerous recordings. The symphony incorporates "portraits" of Alma in the first movement...- $19.95
$19.95- $19.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Maurice Ravel
Rapsodie Espagnole, Mother Goose Suite, and Pavane for a Dead Princess in Full Score
With the premiere in 1908 of Rapsodie Espagnole, Ravel's first entirely orchestral composition, the French composer achieved renown as a highly original and imaginative composer. In 1911, he recast the Mother Goose Suite, his extremely successful music for piano four-hands, as an orchestral work....- $17.95
$17.95- $17.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem, K626, in Full Score
A masterpiece of the choral literature, Mozart's Requiem, his last work, was commissioned in the summer of 1791 but left incomplete at the time of the composer's death in December of the same year. His colleague Franz S ssmayer finished the work, based on...- $6.95
$6.95- $6.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor: Resurrection
One of the last great composers in the Austro-Germanic tradition, Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) created nine symphonies (the now-legendary Symphony No. 10 was left unfinished) that explored far-reaching, innovative, and visionary approaches to melody, tonal organization, and formal structure. Outstanding among these is the work...- $11.95
$11.95- $11.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 & Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2: With Orchestral Reduction for Second Piano
This authoritative edition continues Dover's series of great piano concertos with orchestral reduction for second piano -- the universal standard, for students and professionals alike, for learning and rehearsing all concertos. Together for the first time are two of the most performed and recorded...- $19.95
$19.95- $19.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Felix Mendelssohn
Elijah in Full Score
One of the last works of German composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), the oratorio Elijah was first performed at England's Birmingham Festival in August 1846. Elated by the audience's response, Mendelssohn wrote jubilantly to his brother: "Not less than four choruses and four airs were...- $27.95
$27.95- $27.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Johann Jakob Froberger
Organ Works
Welcomed throughout Europe in the seventeenth century as a virtuoso organist and harpsichordist, Johann Jakob Froberger (1616-67) composed brilliantly for both instruments, his works a rich and appealing amalgam of Italian, French, and German keyboard styles. Especially through his organ music, this prolific German...- $22.95
$22.95- $22.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Philipp Spitta
Johann Sebastian Bach, Volume III: Volume 3
This monumental study of Johann Sebastian Bach ranks among the great classics of musicology. Since its first publication in 1873-80, it has remained the basic work on Bach and the foundation of later research and study. The three-part treatment describes in chronological sequence practically...- $34.95
$34.95- $34.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Philipp Spitta
Johann Sebastian Bach, Volume II: Volume 2
This monumental study of Johann Sebastian Bach ranks among the great classics of musicology. Since its first publication in 1873-80, it has remained the basic work on Bach and the foundation of later research and study. The three-part treatment describes in chronological sequence practically...- $34.95
$34.95- $34.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Claude Debussy
Etudes, Children's Corner, Images Book II: And Other Works for Piano
Many of the most admired of Debussy's piano works, reprinted from authoritative French editions, among them the Etudes (1915), a late work that richly displays the full range and depth of Debussy's genius for the piano, and the magical Children's Corner (1906-8). Also included:...- $18.95
$18.95- $18.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Charles-Marie Widor
Complete Organ Symphonies, Series I
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), the greatest French organist of his day, called the ten solo compositions in this two-volume edition organ symphonies to reflect both their secular spirit and the orchestral wealth of the timbres of the new French organs. Cast in the distinctive new...- $19.95
$19.95- $19.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphonies Nos. 22-34 in Full Score
Mozart wrote the 13 symphonies reprinted in this volume in Salzburg and Paris from 1773 to 1780. A number of the earlier works are Italianate in inspiration, in three-movement form, with brisk figures and simple textures. Two of these -- Symphony No. 25 in...- $24.95
$24.95- $24.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Gabriel Fauré
Sixty Songs
The elegantly expressive songs in this volume are among the finest works of the composer generally regarded as the greatest master of the French song. Gabriel Fauré wrote then between 1861 and 1904, and gathered them into three collections, all reprinted here from authoritative...- $24.95
$24.95- $24.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Ludwig Van Beethoven
Great Romantic Violin Concertos in Full Score
This volume presents three of the most popular violin concertos, published together in one volume for the first time: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 61Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor, Op. 64Peter Ilyitch...- $22.95
$22.95- $22.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Claude Debussy
Pelleas Et Melisande in Full Score
Distinguished by its sure and economical craftsmanship, Pelleas et Melisande is Debussy's only opera -- a perfect marriage of music and verse that ranks as one of the great landmarks in the history of the form, so sublimely does the musical style fit Maeterlinck's...- $29.95
$29.95- $29.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique and Harold in Italy in Full Score
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), considered the father of modern orchestration, possessed an intuitive musical genius all the more remarkable for his limited formal musical education. A brilliant colorist, a master of the unexpected rhythmic break, he brought a new symphonic richness to Romantic music.Both damned...- $29.95
$29.95- $29.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Johannes Brahms
Three Orchestral Works in Full Score: Academic Festival Overture, Tragic Overture and Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn
Johannes Brahms was one of music's greatest masters of classical forms, a composer whose individuality expanded and enriched those forms, giving them new variety of mood and a freshness of melodic invention. In writing for the orchestra, Brahms's independent approach brought unusual dramatic power...- $18.95
$18.95- $18.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concertos Nos. 23-27 in Full Score
This volume contains Mozart's last five piano concertos: No. 23 in A Major, K488; No. 24 in C Minor, K491; No. 25 in C Major, K503; No. 26 in D Major, K537; and No. 27 in B-flat Major, K595. As a bonus in the...- $34.95
$34.95- $34.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Franz Schubert
Selected Piano Works for Four Hands
Franz Schubert's piano pieces for four hands are among the most varied and significant works in the entire repertoire. Schubert wrote more of these works than any other major composer, and generations of teachers, students, and concert musicians have enjoyed their enduring beauty and...- $22.95
$22.95- $22.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Johannes Brahms
Complete Piano Works for Four Hands
This volume is the definitive playing edition of Brahms's complete works for four-hand piano, containing 81 compositions in all. These include the Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 23; the delightful Waltzes, Op. 39; the Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a; Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes,...- $24.95
$24.95- $24.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart was a faithful correspondent, and this full and expert collection of more than 100 letters covers his brief and tumultuous life, from the years when the child prodigy astonished the courts of Europe to his final days, when he wrote loving notes to...- $12.95
$12.95- $12.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Neal Zaslaw
Mozart's Piano Concertos: Text, Context, Interpretation
Like the symphonies of Beethoven, Mozart's piano concertos constitute an extraordinary body of work that will never disappear from our culture. Yet despite widespread recognition of their importance, they still present many interpretive problems. In 1989, the Michigan MozartFest brought expert performers, instrument makers,...- $129.95
$129.95- $129.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Byron Janis
Chopin and Beyond: My Extraordinary Life in Music and the Paranormal
One of the world's greatest classical pianists reveals how the ""other world"" transformed his life and careerBy any measure, Byron Janis has had an extraordinary musical career. His discovery of two long-lost Chopin scores made headlines around the world, and he has been honored...- $26.95
$26.95- $26.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Stephen Stamas
Lincoln Center: A Promise Realized, 1979-2006
The Journey Continues for the World's Most Prestigious Cultural AssociationThis book chronicles the major milestones in the artistic, physical, and administrative history of Lincoln Center's last two-and-a-half decades. Filled with over sixty beautiful black-and-white photographs that highlight the Center's rich cultural history, it illuminates...- $35.95
$35.95- $35.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Phil G. Goulding
Classical Music: The 50 Greatest Composers and Their 1,000 Greatest Works
MAKE A SOUND INVESTMENT IN CLASSICAL MUSICWho are the ten most important classical composers? Who in the world was Palestrina? Why did Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" cause a riot? Which five of each important composer's works should you buy? What is a concerto and...- $22.00
$22.00- $22.00
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Eva Badura-Skoda
Interpreting Mozart: The Performance of His Piano Pieces and Other Compositions [With CD (Audio)]
Paul Badura-Skoda is considered to be one of the great pianists of his generation, as well as an important scholar who has created definitive editions of many of the works of the Viennese masters, most notably Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart. With his wife, the noted...- $74.95
$74.95- $74.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: R. Larry Todd
Nineteenth-Century Piano Music
First Published in 2004. 19th-Century Piano Music focuses on the core composers of the 19th-century repertoire, beginning with 2 chapters giving a general overview of the repertoire and keyboard technique of the era, and then individual chapters on Beethoven, Schubert, Weber, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann,...- $64.95
$64.95- $64.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Lewis Lockwood
Beethoven's Symphonies: An Artistic Vision
More than any other composer, Beethoven left to posterity a vast body of material that documents the early stages of almost everything he wrote. From this trove of sketchbooks, Lewis Lockwood draws us into the composer's mind, unveiling a creative process of astonishing scope...- $18.95
$18.95- $18.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: David Brown
Tchaikovsky: The Final Years 1855-1893
This very distinctive new work on Tchaikovsky uniquely combines a lively biography of one of the best-loved composers of the nineteenth century with a chronological guide to his music, from the popular ballets and concertos to lesser-known pieces. Brown enthusiastically and sensitively guides the...- $32.50
$32.50- $32.50
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Christoph Wolff
The World of the Bach Cantatas: Early Selected Cantatas
Such questions concern the role of the cantatas in Bach's compositional development, musical models for the works, and performance practice during the composer's lifetime. In this book, Bach scholars place the works in their historical and biographical context, guiding the reader through their literary,...- $24.95
$24.95- $24.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Charles Ives
Essays Before a Sonata, the Majority, and Other Writings
The Essays Before a Sonata was conceived by Ives as a preface of sorts to the composition. Ives's musings also explore the nature of music, discuss the source of a composer's impulses and inspiration, and offer some biting comments on celebrated masters. The writings...- $23.95
$23.95- $23.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Alfred Einstein
Music in the Romantic Era
An illustrated history of musical thought in the nineteenth century and its relationship to the Romantic movement.Author: Alfred EinsteinISBN-10: 0393097331ISBN-13: 9780393097337Publisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/17/1947Pages: 384Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.60lbsSize: 9.55h x 6.45w x 1.41d- $66.25
$66.25- $66.25
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Daniel Heartz
Music in European Capitals: The Galant Style, 1720-1780
This volume continues the study of the eighteenth century begun in Haydn, Mozart, and the Viennese School 1740-1780 (1995) by focusing on the capital cities other than Vienna that were most important in the creation and diffusion of new music. It tells of events...- $100.00
$100.00- $100.00
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Michael B. Beckerman
New Worlds of Dvorak: Searching in America for the Composer's Inner Life
Focusing on Dvorák's eventful stay in the United States from 1892 to 1895, this book explores the world behind the public legend, offering fresh insights into the composer's music. We see the traditional image--that of a simple Czech fellow with a flair for composing...- $29.95
$29.95- $29.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Pierre Bernac
The Interpretation of French Song
This is the standard work on its subject, and its author the outstanding authority. Pierre Bernac had a long and distinguished career as a singer, specializing in the French song (or mélodie) repertoire. For many years he was incomparable partnered by Francis Poulenc, one...- $32.95
$32.95- $32.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Paul Henry Lang
The Creative World of Beethoven
After the editor's introduction, devoted to an overall view of Beethoven's significance, there are essays by Joseph Kerman and Boris Schwarz concerning the composer's sketches. Alan Tyson discusses the oratorio Christus am Oelberge; Philip Downes, the Eroica Symphony; F. E. Kirby, the Pastoral Symphony;...- $24.95
$24.95- $24.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Edward Venn
Thomas Ad鑚: Asyla
Thomas Ad s (b. 1971) is an established international figure, both as composer and performer, with popular and critical acclaim and admiration from around the world. Edward Venn examines in depth one of Ad s's most significant works so far, his orchestral Asyla (1997)....- $54.95
$54.95- $54.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Victoria A. Von Arx
Piano Lessons with Claudio Arrau: A Guide to His Philosophy and Techniques
Piano Lessons with Claudio Arrau provides an insider's view of the art of piano performance as exemplified by one of the great artists of the twentieth century. Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau devoted his life to the piano and its music. As a child prodigy,...- $58.00
$58.00- $58.00
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Hugh MacDonald
Bizet
Today Georges Bizet is most immediately recognized as the composer of the acclaimed opera Carmen. One of the most frequently performed operas for over a century, Carmen explores concepts such as the femme fatale and murderous jealousy with vivacity, color, and a wealth of...- $61.00
$61.00- $61.00
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Simon Morrison
The People's Artist: Prokofiev's Soviet Years
Sergey Prokofiev was one of the twentieth century's greatest composers--and one of its greatest mysteries. Until now. In The People's Artist, Simon Morrison draws on groundbreaking research to illuminate the life of this major composer, deftly analyzing Prokofiev's music in light of new archival...- $34.99
$34.99- $34.99
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: David Brown
Musorgsky: His Life and Works
Modest Musorgsky was one of the towering figures of nineteenth-century Russian music. Now, in this new volume in the Master Musicians series, David Brown gives us the first life-and-works study of Musorgsky to appear in English for over a half century. Indeed, this is...- $49.99
$49.99- $49.99
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Bruce Haynes
The Pathetick Musician: Moving an Audience in the Age of Eloquence
What is rhetorical music? In The Pathetick Musician, Bruce Haynes and Geoffrey Burgess illustrate the vital place of rhetoric and eloquent expression in the creation and performance of Baroque music. Through engaging explorations of the cantatas of J.S. Bach, the authors explode the conventional...- $67.00
$67.00- $67.00
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor: Danuta Mirka
Metric Manipulations in Haydn and Mozart: Chamber Music for Strings, 1787-1791
Metric Manipulations in Haydn and Mozart makes a significant contribution to music theory and to the growing conversation on metric perception and musical composition. Focusing on the chamber music of Haydn and Mozart produced during the years 1787 to 1791, the period of most...- $48.99
$48.99- $48.99
- Unit price
- per

