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Vendor: Lili Boulanger
2 Morceaux: Nocturne and Cortege: Violin and Piano
A group of resourceful kids start solution-seekers.com, a website where cybervisitors can get answers to questions that trouble them. But when one questioner asks the true meaning of Christmas, the kids seek to unravel the mystery by journeying back through the prophecies of the...- $14.99
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Vendor: George Frideric Handel
The Messiah: An Oratorio For 4-part Chorus Of Mixed Voices, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, And Bass Soli And Piano
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...- $33.95
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Vendor: Fr馘駻ic Chopin
Chopin: 19 Nocturnes: Practical Performing Edition [With CD (Audio)]
The nocturnes (night pieces) are among the most introspective and personal of Chopin's works. This collection of the nocturnes includes footnotes citing the differences between the manuscripts and the first editions. Also included is an outstanding recording from the Naxos Label. Titles: Nocturne in...- $17.99
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Vendor: Bernard Holland
Something I Heard: A New York Times Critic Remembers 1981-2008
For over twenty seven years, music critic Bernard Holland reviewed the most celebrated classical artists of the twentieth century for The New York Times. Reporting both sides of the culture war between an honored past and radical change, Holland writes about Philip Glass to...- $40.00
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Vendor: Bernard Holland
Something I Heard
For twenty-plus years, music critic Bernard Holland heard it all. He reviewed and interviewed many of the most celebrated classical artists - singers, conductors, instrumentalists, composers and the avant garde - of the twentieth century for the New York Times. Reporting both sides of...- $16.99
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Vendor: Igor Stravinsky
Histoire Du Soldat (the Soldier's Tale): Authorized Edition
(Music Sales America). In this authoritative new edition of Stravinsky's dramatic masterpiece, Histoire du Soldat, the publishers have sought to rationalise all the various, and sometimes conflicting, amendments made by the composer during his life time. This edition is for all who have an...- $29.99
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Vendor: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
Fanny Mendelssohn
This is the first English-language biography of Fanny Mendelssohn, the older sister of Felix Mendelssohn and a gifted composer and pianist in her own right. Under pressure to neglect her talents in favor of her brother, Fanny stifled her career, and most of her...- $48.00
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Vendor: James H. North
Boston Symphony Orchestra: An Augmented Discography
In Boston Symphony Orchestra: An Augmented Discography, James H. North gathers all the information about Boston Symphony musical recordings into one volume, capturing over 90 years of recorded history. Similar to his earlier New York Philharmonic volume, this discography contains a chronological list citing...- $110.00
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Vendor: Philip Tacka
Sound Thinking, Volume I: Music for Sight-Singing and Ear Training
(BH Kodaly). All of the musical examples in Sound Thinking: Music for Sight-Singing and Ear Training are drawn from folk songs and art music encompassing a wide range of historical eras. The examples can be used for developing a variety of skills including sight-reading,...- $26.99
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Vendor: Arved Ashby
Absolute Music, Mechanical Reproduction
Recordings are now the primary way we hear classical music, especially the more abstract styles of "absolute" instrumental music. In this original, provocative book, Arved Ashby argues that recording technology has transformed our understanding of art music. Contesting the laments of nostalgic critics, Ashby...- $34.95
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Vendor: Konrad Dryden
Franco Alfano: Transcending Turandot
Franco Alfano: Transcending Turandot is the first fully documented biography in any language of Italy's last verismo composer, Franco Alfano (1875-1954), the composer chosen to complete Giacomo Puccini's swansong, Turandot, in 1924. Alfano remains one of the most undervalued composers, despite arguably representing the...- $69.00
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Vendor: Mark Evan Bonds
Absolute Music: The History of an Idea
What is music, and why does it move us? From Pythagoras to the present, writers have struggled to isolate the essence of "pure" or "absolute" music in ways that also account for its profound effect. In Absolute Music: The History of an Idea, Mark...- $43.99
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Vendor: Robert Chase
Dies Irae: A Guide to Requiem Music
Traditional requiem texts, among them the anonymous medieval Latin poem Dies Irae ("Day of Wrath"), have inspired an untold number of composers in different ages and serving different religions, Western and Eastern. This book, the first comprehensive survey of requiem music for nearly half...- $159.00
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Vendor: Richard Walters
Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 3 Baritone/Bass (Book/Online Audio) [With 2cd]
(Vocal Collection). The world's most trusted source for great theatre literature for singing actors. Each book includes access codes to online recordings of piano accompaniments for download or streaming. The book features authentic editions of each song in the original keys. The songs have...- $46.99
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Vendor: Benjamin Suchoff
B駘a Bart: Life and Work
This book is the first comprehensive biographical study of Bartok as man, composer, and folklorist, including the background and development of his unique musical language and the impact of his pioneering investigations of multinational musical folklore on his composed works.Author: Benjamin SuchoffISBN-10: 0810840766ISBN-13: 9780810840768Publisher:...- $87.00
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Vendor: David Schiff
The Music of Elliott Carter: A Short History
Arguably the most important American composer of the century, Elliott Carter often has been more highly regarded in Europe than in his native land. Interest in his work has grown rapidly in recent years, however, and the celebration of his ninetieth birthday in December,...- $73.95
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Vendor: Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach Flute Solos Book/Online Audio [With CD (Audio)]
(Instrumental). 11 beloved Bach pieces arranged as flute solos with both piano and harpsichord accompaniment recordings available online. Includes: Sonata in A Major, BWV 1032, 2nd Movement "Largo" * Sonata in C Major, BWV 1033, 2nd Movement "Allegro" * Sonata in C Major, BWV...- $12.99
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Vendor: Jacques Offenbach
The Tales of Hoffman (Les Contes d'Hoffmann): Libretto
(Opera). French/English. Standard Version.Author: Jacques OffenbachISBN-10: 0793567858ISBN-13: 9780793567850Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 10.20h x 6.40w x 0.60d- $6.99
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Vendor: Maciej Goląb
Nineteenth-Century Transcriptions of Works by Fryderyk Chopin
This book is the first monographic study of 19th-century transcriptions of Chopin's music. The study is based on the rich source material, which formed the basis for considerations from the perspective of social history, music analysis and aesthetics. This work reveals an important document...- $76.10
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Vendor: Maurice Ravel
Selected Short Masterpieces: Schirmer Library of Classics Volume 2022 Piano Solo
(Piano Collection). An interesting addition to any student, teacher or performer's repertoire, this Ravel offering features: Le Tombeau de Couperin * Valse Nobles et Sentimentales * In the Style of Borodin * Prelude * Antique Minuet * and others.Author: Maurice RavelISBN-10: 0793562902ISBN-13: 9780793562909Publisher: G....- $15.99
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Vendor: Vivien Schweitzer
A Mad Love: An Introduction to Opera
A lively introduction to opera, from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century There are few art forms as visceral and emotional as opera -- and few that are as daunting for newcomers. A Mad Love offers a spirited and indispensable tour of opera's eclectic...- $36.00
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Vendor: Hal Leonard Corp
Solos for the Cello Player: With Piano Accompaniment
(String Solo). 17 pieces appropriate for recital or contest use. Contents: Allegro Maestoso (Handel) * Allegro Spiritoso (Senaille) * Andante (Beethoven) * Andante (Gluck) * Aria (Lotti) * Bourree I (Bach)* Country Dance * La Cinquantine (The Golden Wedding) * Larghetto (Handel) * Lento...- $17.99
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Vendor: Philip L. Miller
The Ring of Words: An Anthology of Song Texts
An anthology unlike any other, The Ring of Words assembles lyrics of the most famous art songs of Europe with literal line-by-line English translations printed on the facing pages. The editor-translator, a renowned music scholar and critic, has contributed an introductory essay on the...- $32.50
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Vendor: Isaac Albeniz
Piano Album: Schirmer Library of Classics Volume 1985 Piano Solo
(Piano Collection). Isaac Albeniz is one of Spain's most important composers and pianists, the first of the famous three of the 19th century (including Manuel de Falla and Enrique Granados). Prior to this collection, most print music available was from UME. It contains 13...- $16.99
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Vendor: Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Essential Collection: Beethoven Gold [With CD (Audio)]
(Piano Solo Songbook). Now including a CD with professional recordings of all the pieces, this sensational collection features pieces composed and arranged for solo piano by Beethoven. Contents: Adagio Cantabile (Sonata in C minor "Pathetique," Op. 13) * Adagio Sostenuto (Sonata in C-sharp minor...- $19.99
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Vendor: Hal Leonard Corp
Solos for the Viola Player
(String Solo). Contents: Adagio (Schubert) * Allegretto (C.P.E. Bach) * Andante (Mozart) * Boston Fancy (Hornpipe) * German Dance (Dittersdorf) * I'm Just A-Goin' over Jordan * March (Beethoven) * Menuetto (Handel) * O Mensch Bewein Dein Sunde Gross * Romance * Shenandoah *...- $19.99
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Vendor: Bela Bartok
Bartok for Flute: The Boosey & Hawkes Bartok Edition
(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). The Boosey & Hawkes Bartok Edition showcases brand new stylish arrangements of highlights from the leading twentieth century composer for developing musicians to learn and enjoy. Bartok for Flute features selected highlights from Bartok's most popular pedagogical repertoire including...- $18.99
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Vendor: K. Robert Schwartz
Minimalists
This accessible yet informative book, the first in its area aimed at a general readership, offers a unique overview of the controversial musical style of Minimalism - a name originally attributed to the movement as a derogatory term, in the same way as Impressionism...- $14.95
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Vendor: E. Harrison Gordon
Black Classical Musicians of the 20th Century, Volume 1
Black Classical Musicians of the Twentieth Century pays homage to the overwhelming number of black musicians who have graced the stages of world-renowned opera houses and other musical landmarks. Not only are we educated about their many contributions to classical music; we are also...- $10.00
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Vendor: Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein: Complete Anniversaries for Piano
(BH Piano). All of Bernstein's "anniversaries" in one complete package for the first time, includes: Four Anniversaries, Five Anniversaries, Seven Anniversaries, and Thirteen Anniversaries. Contents: FOUR ANNIVERSARIES: For Felicia Montealegre * For Johnny Mehegan * For David Diamond * For Helen Coates * FIVE...- $16.99
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Vendor: Daniel K. L. Chua
The Galitzin Quartets of Beethoven: Opp. 127, 132, 130
This study is an analysis of the first three of Beethoven's late quartets, Opp. 127, 132, and 130, commissioned by Prince Nikolai Galitzin. The five late quartets, usually considered as a group, were written in the same period as the Missa solemnis and the...- $120.00
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Vendor: Yaokun Yang
An Analytical Study on Performance Practices
In this collection of academic essays, award-winning pianist and music professor Yaokun Yang shares her carefully compiled analyses of classical music and aesthetics during several different periods, focusing particularly on the aspect of piano performance practice. Yang, who devoted six years to her research,...- $13.99
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Vendor: Thomas S. Grey
Richard Wagner and His World
Richard Wagner (1813-1883) aimed to be more than just a composer. He set out to redefine opera as a "total work of art" combining the highest aspirations of drama, poetry, the symphony, the visual arts, even religion and philosophy. Equally celebrated and vilified in...- $37.00
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Vendor: Wolfgang Marx
Music and Death: Funeral Music, Memory and Re-Evaluating Life
Music gives specific meanings to our lives, but also to how we experience death; it forms a central part of death rituals, consoles survivors, and celebrates the deceased. Music & Death investigates different musical engagements with death. Its eleven essays examine a broad range...- $115.00
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Vendor: Jon W. Finson
Robert Schumann: The Book of Songs
Arguably no other nineteenth-century German composer was as literate or as finely attuned to setting verse as Robert Schumann. Jon W. Finson challenges long-standing assumptions about Schumann's Lieder, engaging traditionally held interpretations. He argues against the belief that the "Year of Song" simply reflects...- $78.00
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Vendor: Allen Shawn
Arnold Schoenberg's Journey
Winner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award in Concert Music Books Proposing that Arnold Schoenberg has been more discussed than heard, more tolerated than loved, Allen Shawn puts aside ultimate judgments about Schoenberg's place in music history to explore the composer's fascinating world in...- $33.00
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Vendor: H. Voxman
From the Baroque: Duets for Clarinet
(Ensemble Collection). This new Rubank edition is the first new book from the incomparable Himie Voxman in decades It includes 38 duets for clarinet from the works of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Jean-Marie Leclair and Georg Phillip Telemann.Author: H. VoxmanISBN-10: 0634094173ISBN-13: 9780634094170Publisher: Rubank PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished:...- $12.99
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Vendor: Carl Czerny
Czerny - Selections from the Little Pianist, Opus 823: Technique Classics Series Hal Leonard Student Piano Library
(Educational Piano Library). The 29 etudes in this book are taken from Carl Czerny's The Little Pianist, Opus 823 . These engaging etudes are comparable to their famous "older brothers," the studies found in The Art of Finger Dexterity, but are written for students...- $8.99
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Vendor: Heinrich Schenker
The Art of Performance
Heinrich Schenker's The Art of Performance shows this great music theorist in a new light. While his theoretical writings helped transform music theory in the twentieth century, this book draws on his experience as a musician and teacher to propose a sharp reevaluation of...- $83.00
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Vendor: Edgard Varese
Density 21.5: For Solo Flute
(Woodwind Solo). Written in January 1936, at the request of Georges Barrere for the inauguration of his platinum flute. 21.5 is the density of platinum.Author: Edgard VareseISBN-10: 148030476XISBN-13: 9781480304765Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/1989Pages: 4Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 11.60h x 8.60w x 0.40d- $8.95
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Vendor: Laura Tunbridge
The Song Cycle
The song cycle was one of the most important musical genres of the nineteenth century. Famous examples by Schubert, Schumann and Mahler have received a great deal of attention. Yet many other cycles - by equally famous composers, from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries...- $95.00
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Vendor: Terence M. Russell
Beethoven - The Piano Sonatas - An Anthology of Selected Writings
The subjects of the monographs in this series are selected works of Beethoven relating to their creation origins and reception history.They incorporate contextual accounts of Beethoven and his contemporaries and estimations of his music as expressed by musicians and musicologist in the nineteenth century...- $24.99
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Vendor: David Yearsley
Bach and the Meanings of Counterpoint
This book offers new interpretations of many of Bach's late compositions which include complex musical techniques such as canon. These techniques held great significance for Bach and his contemporaries not only on account of the great skill they demanded but because of the meanings...- $120.00
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Vendor: Beate Perrey
The Cambridge Companion to Schumann
This Companion is an accessible introduction to Schumann: his time, his temperament, his style and his oeuvre. An international team of scholars explores the cultural context, musical and poetic fabric, sources of inspiration and interpretative reach of key works from the Schumann repertoire ranging...- $95.00
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Vendor: Richard Walters
The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 6: Tenor Book/Online Audio
(Vocal Collection). A collection of songs from the musical stage, categorized by voice type. The selections are presented in their authentic settings, excerpted from the original vocal scores. Contents: THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE: My Unfortunate Erection * ALADDIN: Proud of Your...- $42.99
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Vendor: Susan Youens
Schubert's Poets and the Making of Lieder
Schubert's choice of poets has traditionally come under fire for the preponderance of mediocre talent, and yet many of these writers were highly esteemed in their day. The author has chosen four such poets--Gabriele von Baumberg, Theodor K rner, Johann Mayrhofer, and Ernst Schulze--in...- $58.99
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Vendor: Cliff Eisen
The Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia
Mozart's enduring popularity, among music lovers as a composer and among music historians as a subject for continued study, lies at the heart of The Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia. This reference book functions both as a starting point for information on specific works, people, places...- $57.99
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Vendor: John Field
18 Nocturnes: Schirmer Library of Classics Volume 42 Piano Solo
(Piano Collection). Contents: Nocturne No. 1 In E-Flat Major, H. 24 * Nocturne No. 2 In C Minor, H. 25 * Nocturne No. 3 In A-Flat Major, H. 26 * Nocturne No. 4 In A Major, H. 36 * Nocturne No. 5 In B-Flat...- $15.99
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Vendor: Jan Smaczny
Dvor疚: Cello Concerto
Although Dvor k's cello concerto is enormously popular, no extended study of it has been undertaken hitherto. This book is a comprehensive study intended for concertgoers and students of this well-loved work. It considers aspects of historical background, form, virtuosity, performance and the concerto's...- $68.00
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Vendor: Deborah Mawer
The Cambridge Companion to Ravel
This Companion provides a comprehensive introduction to the life, music and compositional aesthetic of French composer Maurice Ravel (1875SH1937). Leading international scholars offer a powerful reassessment of this most private and elusive musician, examining his work in detail within its cultural context. Marking the...- $34.99
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