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  • Beethoven - His Spiritual Development by Sullivan, J. W. N.
    J. W. N. Sullivan

    Beethoven - His Spiritual Development

    Exploring the subject of Beethoven's spirituality, which the author believes he expressed through his greatest musical compositions. A fascinating study of Beethoven's work not to be missed by fans of classical music.Author: J. W. N. SullivanISBN-10: 1443728284ISBN-13: 9781443728287Publisher: Read & Co. BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/04/2008Pages:...
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  • Earl Scruggs: Banjo Icon by Castelnero, Gordon
    Gordon Castelnero

    Earl Scruggs: Banjo Icon

    As Earl Scruggs picked his banjo with machine gun precision at his 1945 debut at the Ryman Auditorium, he set in motion a successful career and enduring legacy that would eclipse anything the humble farm boy from North Carolina could have imagined. Scruggs's revolutionary...
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  • Phil Spector: Sound of the Sixties by MacLeod, Sean
    Sean MacLeod

    Phil Spector: Sound of the Sixties

    Phil Spector is a musician, songwriter and producer whose musical ability and visionary foresight as a producer charted the future of popular music and culture of the late 20th century. He revolutionized recording processes and re-shaped the business and marketing approach of the music...
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  • Nationalist and Populist Composers: Voices of the American People by Schwartz, Steve
    Steve Schwartz

    Nationalist and Populist Composers: Voices of the American People

    Populism and nationalism in classical music held a significant place between the world wars with composers such as George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, and Leonard Bernstein creating a soundtrack to the lives of everyday Americans. While biographies of these individual composers exist, no single book...
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  • Experiencing Peter Gabriel: A Listener's Companion by Bowman, Durrell
    Durrell Bowman

    Experiencing Peter Gabriel: A Listener's Companion

    In Experiencing Peter Gabriel, author Durrell Bowman delves into the sounds and stories of the innovative, versatile, English pop icon. As not only a singer-songwriter and musician, but also a music technologist, world-music champion, and humanitarian, Gabriel has consistently maintained an unabashed individualism and...
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  • The World and U2: One Band's Remaking of Global Activism by McPherson, Alan
    Alan McPherson

    The World and U2: One Band's Remaking of Global Activism

    The Irish rock band U2, and especially its frontman Bono, are among the most effective activists ever. U2 has convinced wealthy governments to forgive tens of billions of dollars in loans while spreading its activist messages to billions of people, helping save millions of...
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  • The Grail Guitar: The Search for Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze Telecaster by Adams, Chris
    Chris Adams

    The Grail Guitar: The Search for Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze Telecaster

    In The Grail Guitar: The Search for Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze Telecaster, Chris Adams takes readers on a fascinating mystery tour to determine whether a Fender Telecaster bought secondhand in a London music store in 1973 was the one used by Jimi Hendrix to...
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  • The Alexander Scriabin Companion: History, Performance, and Lore by Young, John Bell
    John Bell Young

    The Alexander Scriabin Companion: History, Performance, and Lore

    This unique collaboration between a musicologist and two pianists - all experts in Russian music - takes a fresh look at the supercharged music and polarizing reception of the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. From his Chopin-inspired miniatures to his genre-bending symphonies and avant-garde late...
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  • The Words and Music of Taylor Swift by Perone, James
    James Perone

    The Words and Music of Taylor Swift

    This scholarly analysis of the music of Taylor Swift identifies how and why she is one of the early 21st century's most recognizable and most popular stars. By the age of 13, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift had already inked a development deal with a major...
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  • Beethoven - His Spiritual Development by Sullivan, J. W. N.
    J. W. N. Sullivan

    Beethoven - His Spiritual Development

    Exploring the subject of Beethoven's spirituality, which the author believes he expressed through his greatest musical compositions. A fascinating study of Beethoven's work not to be missed by fans of classical music.Author: J. W. N. SullivanISBN-10: 140675420XISBN-13: 9781406754209Publisher: Read & Co. BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/11/2007Pages:...
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  • The Book of Exodus: The Making and Meaning of Bob Marley and the Wailers' Album of the Century by Goldman, Vivien
    Vivien Goldman

    The Book of Exodus: The Making and Meaning of Bob Marley and the Wailers' Album of the Century

    A searing portrait of Bob Marley and the making of Exodus, Time's best album of the twentieth century--and an acutely perceptive appreciation of his musical and spiritual legacy "Finely reported, vividly written, and politically astute, Vivien Goldman travels with Bob Marley on the intimate...
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  • Judy Garland's Judy at Carnegie Hall by Betancourt, Manuel
    Manuel Betancourt

    Judy Garland's Judy at Carnegie Hall

    On the night of Sunday, April 23, 1961 Judy Garland made history. That's no hyperbole. Surrounded by a throng of ecstatic fans (3,165 to be exact), the legendary performer delivered a concert in Carnegie Hall the live recording of which became, upon release, an...
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  • Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges's the Corner Club by Grasse, Jonathon
    Jonathon Grasse

    Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges's the Corner Club

    In 1972, a group of creative Brazilian musicians and poets informally led by singer-songwriter Milton Nascimento recorded a landmark double-LP titled Clube da Esquina (Corner Club). The album saw highly original songs by Milton, already an award-winning international star, sharing vinyl with those of...
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  • Gilberto Gil's Refazenda by Hertzman, Marc A.
    Marc A. Hertzman

    Gilberto Gil's Refazenda

    Refazenda connects a remarkable album by one of the 20th and 21st centuries' great musicians to a dazzling, often unexpected, array of people and places spread across the globe from Brazil to England to Chile to Japan. Critics and fans often project (or impose)...
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  • Dona Ivone Lara's Sorriso Negro by Burns, Mila
    Mila Burns

    Dona Ivone Lara's Sorriso Negro

    More than simply a paragon of Brazilian samba, Dona (Lady) Ivone Lara's 1981 Sorriso Negro (translated to Black Smile) is an album deeply embedded in the political and social tensions of its time. Released less than two years after the Brazilian military dictatorship approved...
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  • Camp Lo's Uptown Saturday Night by Rivers, Patrick
    Patrick Rivers

    Camp Lo's Uptown Saturday Night

    Geechi Suede and Sonny Cheeba are Camp Lo. These two emcees from the Bronx, NY entered the American hip hop scene with an insider slang that bewildered listeners as they radiated the look of a bygone era of black culture. In 1996, they collaborated...
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  • Quincy Jones: His Life in Music by Henry, Clarence Bernard
    Clarence Bernard Henry

    Quincy Jones: His Life in Music

    Quincy Jones (b. 1933) is one of the most prolific composers, arrangers, bandleaders, producers, and humanitarians in American music history and the recording and film industries. Among pop music fans he is perhaps most famous for producing Michael Jackson's album, Thriller. Clarence Bernard Henry...
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  • To Hell and Back: My Life in Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers, in the Words of the Last Man Standing by Lure, Walter
    Walter Lure

    To Hell and Back: My Life in Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers, in the Words of the Last Man Standing

    Alongside Richard Hell, Walter Lure is the last surviving member of seminal punk band Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, and the only one who was there for the full stretch. From New York to London and back again, Lure's autobiography unflinchingly explores both the...
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  • Bowie: The Biography by Leigh, Wendy
    Wendy Leigh

    Bowie: The Biography

    Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, the Thin White Duke. Gender Bender. Rebel. Songwriter. Fashion Icon. Rock God. One of the most influential creative artists of his generation, David Bowie morphed from one glittering incarnation to the next over the course of five decades--an enduring superstar...
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  • Classical Guitar Quartet: Three Days of Autumn by Marc
    Marc

    Classical Guitar Quartet: Three Days of Autumn

    Classical Guitar Quartet: Three Days Of Autumn.Author: MarcISBN-10: 1475174667ISBN-13: 9781475174663Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/29/2014Pages: 30Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.21lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.06d
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  • Classical Guitar Quartet: Cuarteto de Guitarras Amarillo by Marco, Javier
    Javier Marco

    Classical Guitar Quartet: Cuarteto de Guitarras Amarillo

    Classical Guitar Quartet "Cuarteto de Guitarras Amarillo".Author: Javier MarcoISBN-10: 1475158548ISBN-13: 9781475158540Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/30/2014Pages: 72Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.15d
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  • Classical Guitar Quartet: Cuarteto de Guitarras Azul by Marc
    Marc

    Classical Guitar Quartet: Cuarteto de Guitarras Azul

    Classical Guitar Quartet "Cuarteto de Guitarras Azul."Author: MarcISBN-10: 1475154569ISBN-13: 9781475154566Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/30/2014Pages: 46Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.10d
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  • Classical Guitar Trios: Two Easy Works by Marc
    Marc

    Classical Guitar Trios: Two Easy Works

    This book features two easy classical guitar trios: La Vida Breve and TrAuthor: MarcISBN-10: 1475150253ISBN-13: 9781475150254Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/25/2014Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.10d
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  • Tony Sheridan: The one The Beatles called 'The Teacher'. by Crawley, Colin
    Colin Crawley

    Tony Sheridan: The one The Beatles called 'The Teacher'.

    This is the story about the early beginnings of rock 'n' roll in England and the arrival of The Beatles in Hamburg where they first met Tony Sheridan. They began working with him, backing Tony on their first hit record - 'My Bonnie' which...
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  • When Death Is NOT Theoretical: The Readiness of the Music Group ?Queen? for Living with Freddie Mercury's Dying by Powell, Robert Charles
    Robert Charles Powell

    When Death Is NOT Theoretical: The Readiness of the Music Group ?Queen? for Living with Freddie Mercury's Dying

    "Baby boomers" dealing with death - especially death "definitely on the calendar" - feel free to choose from an array of "hymns" beyond "Amazing Grace," and have been tending to look especially to one music group - "Queen" - as a source of funeral...
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  • Turn Up the Radio!: Rock, Pop, and Roll in Los Angeles 1956a-1972 by Kubernik, Harvey
    Harvey Kubernik

    Turn Up the Radio!: Rock, Pop, and Roll in Los Angeles 1956a-1972

    Combining oral and illustrated history with a connective narrative, Turn Up the Radio captures the zeitgeist of the Los Angeles rock and pop music world between the years of 1956 and 1972. Featuring hundreds of rare and previously unpublished photographs and images of memorabilia,...
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  • Madonna & Me: Women Writers on the Queen of Pop by Barcella, Laura
    Laura Barcella

    Madonna & Me: Women Writers on the Queen of Pop

    For nearly 30 years, Madonna has been at the center of the media spotlight. She has sold more than 200 million records worldwide, launched her own record label, headlined an Oscar-award-winning film, authored bestselling books for both adults and children, inspired global street-fashion trends,...
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  • Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington by Teachout, Terry
    Terry Teachout

    Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington

    A major new biography of Duke Ellington from the acclaimed author of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was the greatest jazz composer of the twentieth century--and an impenetrably enigmatic personality whom no one, not even his closest friends, claimed...
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  • Surprised by Beauty: A Listener's Guide to the Recovery of Modern Music by Reilly, Robert
    Robert Reilly

    Surprised by Beauty: A Listener's Guide to the Recovery of Modern Music

    The best music of the 20th century developed our capacity for feeling, deepened our compassion, and furthered our quest for and understanding of what Aristotle called 'the perfect end of life' . -- from the Foreword by NPR music critic Ted LibbeyThe single greatest...
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  • Heinrich Neuhaus: A Life Beyond Music by Razumovskaya, Maria
    Maria Razumovskaya

    Heinrich Neuhaus: A Life Beyond Music

    The first critical study of the life and distinctive artistic vision of Heinrich Neuhaus, a legendary pianist-pedagogue widely considered one of the leading shapers of the renowned Russian piano tradition. Heinrich Neuhaus (1888-1964) was one of the most charismatic and sought after pianist-pedagogues of...
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  • Dieterich Buxtehude: Organist in Lübeck [With Music CD] by Kerala Snyder, Kerala
    Kerala Kerala Snyder

    Dieterich Buxtehude: Organist in L?eck [With Music CD]

    An enlightening, revised edition of the definitive biography on celebrated organist and composer, Dieterich Buxtehude. This book is a new edition of the most comprehensive life-and-works study of the great Baroque-era organist and composer Dieterich Buxtehude (ca. 1637-1707), released to celebrate the tercentenary of...
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  • Rosa Ponselle: A Centenary Biography by Drake, James a.
    James a. Drake

    Rosa Ponselle: A Centenary Biography

    Published in celebration of the 100th anniversary of her birth, this book presents a candid portrait of Ponselle, "the Caruso in petticoats " contrasting the singer's own words, from interviews with the author and others, with the recollections of friends, family members, and colleagues.Author:...
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  • Cigar Box Banjo: Notes on Music and Life [With CD (Audio)] by Quarrington, Paul
    Paul Quarrington

    Cigar Box Banjo: Notes on Music and Life [With CD (Audio)]

    In Paul Quarrington's favorite childhood recording, a boy fashions a banjo from a cigar box, pluckily sets off for a contest in the next town, and wins with a song that weaves in the sounds he hears along the way: a bluebird trilling, truck...
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  • Symphony No. 4 Op. 98: The Virtuoso Piano Transcription Series V. 23 by Brahms, Johannes
    Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 4 Op. 98: The Virtuoso Piano Transcription Series V. 23

    Author: Johannes BrahmsISBN-10: 1540051846ISBN-13: 9781540051844Publisher: SchottLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2019Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.90w x 0.40d
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  • Dean Dixon: Negro at Home, Maestro Abroad by Jones, Rufus
    Rufus Jr. Jones

    Dean Dixon: Negro at Home, Maestro Abroad

    In Dean Dixon: Negro at Home, Maestro Abroad, conductor and scholar Rufus Jones Jr. brings to light a literal treasure trove of unpublished primary sources to tell the compelling story of this great American conductor. A testament to Dixon's resolve, this first-ever full-length biography...
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  • Believe Your Ears: Life of a Lyric Composer by Mechem, Kirke
    Kirke Mechem

    Believe Your Ears: Life of a Lyric Composer

    Believe Your Ears is the memoir of composer Kirke Mechem, whose unorthodox path to music provides a fascinating narrative. He wrote songs and played music by ear as a newspaper reporter, a touring tennis player, and a Stanford creative-writing major before studying composition and...
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  • Verdi: The Man Revealed by Suchet, John
    John Suchet

    Verdi: The Man Revealed

    Giuseppe Verdi remains Italy's greatest operatic composer and a man of apparent contradictions--vividly brought to life through a nuanced examination of his life and monumental music. Giuseppe Verdi remains the greatest operatic composer that Italy, the home of opera, has ever produced. Yet throughout...
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  • Dylan on Dylan: Interviews and Encounters by Burger, Jeff
    Jeff Burger

    Dylan on Dylan: Interviews and Encounters

    Dylan can be as evasive and abstruse as he is witty. But in the right moments, he offers candid, revealing commentary about his groundbreaking music and creative process. Dylan on Dylan is an authoritative, chronologically arranged anthology of interviews, speeches, and press conferences, as...
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  • Schumann: Album for the Young, Op. 68: Piano Solo (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics) by Schumann, Robert
    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Album for the Young, Op. 68: Piano Solo (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics)

    From the tortured soul of Robert Schumann came the music that practically launched the Romantic Era. A firm believer in music's ability to capture and express feelings, thoughts, and emotions, Schumann poured his heart into every note he composed.The very definition of a Romantic,...
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  • The Changing Image of Beethoven: A Study in Mythmaking by Comini, Alessandra
    Alessandra Comini

    The Changing Image of Beethoven: A Study in Mythmaking

    No composer in the history of music has undergone so many makeovers in the portrayal of his facial features or the interpretation of his cultural legacy as Ludwig van Beethoven. The myth began during his lifetime when few verbal or visual portrayals of the...
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  • I've Got Something to Say by Jones, Danko
    Danko Jones

    I've Got Something to Say

    Says Danko Jones, "After playing rock music for the last twenty-one years, I've found time to put away the guitar and write down some of my thoughts on music and my experiences of life in a touring band. This book is a collection of...
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  • Exploring Xenakis: Performance, Practice, Philosophy by Nakipbekova, Alfia
    Alfia Nakipbekova

    Exploring Xenakis: Performance, Practice, Philosophy

    Considered to be one of the most revolutionary composers of the twentieth century, Iannis Xenakis pushed the boundaries of classical music. As a largely self-taught composer, Xenakis drew from his technical training in engineering and architecture to produce music that had the ability to...
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  • Bob Marley FAQ: All That's Left to Know about the King of Reggae by Hagerman, Brent
    Brent Hagerman

    Bob Marley FAQ: All That's Left to Know about the King of Reggae

    Who is your favorite Bob Marley? Athletic soccer jock? Herb aficionado? One Love superhero? Subversive revolutionary? Sexy ladies' man? Political activist? Dreadlocked bohemian? Peace broker? Rastafarian natural mystic? Third World theologian? Streetwise ghetto rude boy? International pop star? Folksy troubadour? Reggae guitarist? Loving family...
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  • Ringo: With a Little Help by Michael Seth Starr
    Michael Seth Starr

    Ringo: With a Little Help

    Ringo: With a Little Help is the first in-depth biography of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, who kept the beat for an entire generation and who remains a rock icon over fifty years since the Beatles took the world by storm. With a Little Help...
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  • Jimi Hendrix FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Voodoo Child by Jucha, Gary J.
    Gary J. Jucha

    Jimi Hendrix FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Voodoo Child

    JIMI HENDRIX FAQ: ALL THAT'S LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT THE VOODOO CHILDAuthor: Gary J. JuchaISBN-10: 1617130958ISBN-13: 9781617130953Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2013Pages: 382Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.37lbsSize: 9.34h x 5.86w x 0.90d
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  • Kiss FAQ: All That's Left to Know about the Hottest Band in the Land by Sherman, Dale
    Dale Sherman

    Kiss FAQ: All That's Left to Know about the Hottest Band in the Land

    Since 1973, KISS has recorded over 20 studio albums; been recognized as an innovator in rock presentations; witnessed a firestorm of rumors and controversies; remained a thorn in critics' sides; and continues to surprise its massive fan-following, the KISS Army, with various career twists...
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  • Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music by Mazor, Barry
    Barry Mazor

    Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music

    2015 Belmont Book Award Winner This is the first biography of Ralph Peer, the revolutionary A&R man and music publisher who pioneered the recording, marketing, and publishing of blues, jazz, country, gospel, and Latin music, and this book book tracks his role in such...
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  • Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne, CFF 126: Study score by Franck, Cesar
    Cesar Franck

    Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne, CFF 126: Study score

    Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne (What one hears on the mountain) is a symphonic poem inspired by Victor Hugo's poem of the same name. Composed in 1846, three years before Liszt's tone poem on the same subject, the score remained unknown until 1922....
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  • Serenade in E-flat major, Op.7: Study score by Strauss, Richard
    Richard Strauss

    Serenade in E-flat major, Op.7: Study score

    Written when he was only 17 years old, Richard Strauss' Serenade in E-flat major for winds has been a staple in the wind repertoire since it was premiered by the wind ensemble of the Dresden Court Orchestra on November 27, 1882 under the direction...
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  • Marche Slave, Op.31: Study score by Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich
    Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Marche Slave, Op.31: Study score

    The Slavonic March, more commonly known as March Slave is an orchestral tone poem based on Serbo-Russian themes written by Tchaikovsky for a benefit concert given on November 18, 1876 for assisting victims of the conflict between Serbia and Turkey. It soon has become...
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