20th century & contemporary classical music books

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Aleksander Peçi: Albanian Music Before and After the Iron Curtain

Aleksander Peçi: Albanian Music Before and After the...

Author: Elida Dakoli
ISBN: 9781680530674
Format: Hardback
$283.00

Unveils a critical period of Albanian music history, creating a new form for discussing the topic of Communism and...  Read More >>

Designed for Hi-Fi Living: The Vinyl LP in Midcentury America

Designed for Hi-Fi Living: The Vinyl LP in Midcentury...

Author: Janet Borgerson ,  Jonathan Schroeder (Rochester Institute of Technology)
ISBN: 9780262536011
Format: Paperback
$39.99

How record albums and their covers delivered mood music, lifestyle advice, global sounds, and travel tips to midcentury...  Read More >>

Routledge Handbook to Luigi Nono and Musical Thought

Routledge Handbook to Luigi Nono and Musical Thought...

Author: Jonathan Impett
ISBN: 9781409455974
Format: Hardback
$483.00

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The Cyril Scott Companion: Unity in Diversity

The Cyril Scott Companion: Unity in Diversity

Author: Desmond Desmond Scott (Customer) ,  Lewis Foreman
ISBN: 9781783272860
Format: Hardback
$129.38

This Companion provides a comprehensive analysis and appraisal of all of Scott's available (published and unpublished)...  Read More >>

Collaborative and Distributed Processes in Contemporary Music-Making

Collaborative and Distributed Processes in Contemporary...

Author: Richard Glover ,  Lauren Redhead
ISBN: 9781527513983
Format: Hardback
$263.87

This volume represents the second proceedings of the Royal Musical Association's (RMA) Music and/as Process Study...  Read More >>

Carter

Carter

Author: David Schiff
ISBN: 9780190259150
Format: Hardback
$62.95

Elliott Carter (1908-2012) was the foremost composer of classical music in America during the second half of the...  Read More >>

Jazz Preludes Collection

Jazz Preludes Collection

Author: Christopher Norton
ISBN: 9781784544652
Format: Undefined
$63.33

Embark on a voyage of discovery with this stunning collection of 14 original Jazz Preludes from the creator of Microjazz,...  Read More >>

Opera in Postwar Venice: Cultural Politics and the Avant-Garde

Opera in Postwar Venice: Cultural Politics and the Avant-Garde...

Author: Harriet Boyd-Bennett (University of Nottingham)
ISBN: 9781107169272
Format: Hardback
$243.23

Boyd-Bennett investigates the relationship of music and politics in the aftermath of war and dictatorship. Bringing...  Read More >>

Thomas Ades: Full of Noises: Conversations with Tom Service

Thomas Ades: Full of Noises: Conversations with Tom...

Author: Thomas Ades ,  Tom Service (Music reviewer)
ISBN: 9780571278985
Format: Paperback
$27.99

An unprecedented glimpse into the creative mind and influences of one of the most intriguing and successful contemporary...  Read More >>

A Theory of Virtual Agency for Western Art Music

A Theory of Virtual Agency for Western Art Music

Author: Robert S. Hatten
ISBN: 9780253037985
Format: Paperback
$84.48

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Reeled In: Pre-existing Music in Narrative Film

Reeled In: Pre-existing Music in Narrative Film

Author: Jonathan Godsall
ISBN: 9781138290099
Format: Hardback
$305.00

How and why is pre-existing music used in films? What effects can its use have on films and audiences? And what...  Read More >>

A Theory of Virtual Agency for Western Art Music

A Theory of Virtual Agency for Western Art Music

Author: Robert S. Hatten
ISBN: 9780253037978
Format: Hardback
$224.40

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Music of the Soviet Era: 1917-1991

Music of the Soviet Era: 1917-1991

Author: Levon Hakobian
ISBN: 9781138362659
Format: Paperback
$98.99

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Valentin Berlinsky: A Quartet for Life

Valentin Berlinsky: A Quartet for Life

Author: Maria Matalaev ,  Steven Isserlis
ISBN: 9780995757400
Format: Paperback
$86.99

The Borodin Quartet was to the string quartet what Richter was to the piano, Oistrakh to the violin, Rostropovich...  Read More >>

A Hidden Landscape Once a Week: The Unruly Curiosity of the British Music Press from the '60s to the '80s… by those who made it happen

A Hidden Landscape Once a Week: The Unruly Curiosity...

Author: Mark Sinker
ISBN: 9781907222634
Format: Paperback
$57.95

An anthology of conversations and essays, memories and commentary from the heyday of British pop music writing....  Read More >>

Henri Dutilleux: Music - Mystery and Memory: Conversations with Claude Glayman

Henri Dutilleux: Music - Mystery and Memory: Conversations...

Author: Roger Nichols
ISBN: 9781138378223
Format: Paperback
$112.00

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Re-Locating the Sounds of the Western

Re-Locating the Sounds of the Western

Author: Kendra Preston Leonard ,  Mariana Whitmer
ISBN: 9781138571532
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Global Percussion Innovations: The Australian Perspective

Global Percussion Innovations: The Australian Perspective...

Author: Louise Devenish
ISBN: 9781138745612
Format: Hardback
$305.00

The rapid transition of percussion practices from the fringes of musical activity to the forefront over the past...  Read More >>

Gaspar Cassadó: Cellist, Composer and Transcriber

Gaspar Cassadó: Cellist, Composer and Transcriber

Author: Gabrielle Kaufman (Independent scholar, Barcelona, Spain)
ISBN: 9781138365605
Format: Paperback
$98.99

Barcelonian Gaspar Cassadó (1897-1966) was one of the greatest cello virtuosi of the twentieth century and a notable...  Read More >>

Easy Piano New Composer

Easy Piano New Composer

Author:
ISBN: 9788863886825
Format: Book
$41.37

Following the great success of Piano - The New Composers, this publication for easy piano includes sheet music from...  Read More >>

Pierre Boulez and the Piano: A Study in Style and Technique

Pierre Boulez and the Piano: A Study in Style and Technique...

Author: Peter O'Hagan
ISBN: 9781138610286
Format: Paperback
$98.99

Pierre Boulez's first piano pieces date from his youth, prior to his studies in Paris with Messiaen, and his subsequent...  Read More >>

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