20th century & contemporary classical music books

2362 books were found.

Twentieth-Century Chamber Music

Twentieth-Century Chamber Music

Author: James McCalla (Bowdoin College, USA)
ISBN: 9781138171992
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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A Road All Paved with Stars: Paperback

A Road All Paved with Stars: Paperback

Author: Ralph Vaughan Williams ,  Adrian Williams
ISBN: 9780193409859
Format: Book
$40.11

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Leonard Bernstein: An American Musician

Leonard Bernstein: An American Musician

Author: Allen Shawn
ISBN: 9780300219852
Format: Paperback
$24.95

A fresh appreciation of the great musical figure that gives him his due as composer as well as conductor  Read More >>

Music of Azerbaijan: From Mugham to Opera

Music of Azerbaijan: From Mugham to Opera

Author: Aida Huseynova
ISBN: 9780253019455
Format: Paperback
$105.60

Drawing on previously unstudied archives, letters, and documents as well as her experience as an Azerbaijani musician...  Read More >>

Music of Azerbaijan: From Mugham to Opera

Music of Azerbaijan: From Mugham to Opera

Author: Aida Huseynova
ISBN: 9780253019370
Format: Hardback
$211.20

Drawing on previously unstudied archives, letters, and documents as well as her experience as an Azerbaijani musician...  Read More >>

Peter Dickinson: Words and Music

Peter Dickinson: Words and Music

Author: Peter Dickinson
ISBN: 9781783271061
Format: Hardback
$158.40

Articles, tributes and reminiscences of composer, pianist and author Peter Dickinson are here brought together for...  Read More >>

Words Without Music: A Memoir

Words Without Music: A Memoir

Author: Philip Glass
ISBN: 9781631491436
Format: Paperback
$47.39

New York Times Bestseller ""Reads the way Mr. Glass's compositions sound at their best: propulsive, with a surreptitious...  Read More >>

Words Without Music

Words Without Music

Author: Philip Glass
ISBN: 9780571323746
Format: Paperback
$34.99

The long-awaited memoir by 'the most prolific and popular of all contemporary composers' (New York Times)  Read More >>

Music of Louis Andriessen

Music of Louis Andriessen

Author: Maja Trochimczyk
ISBN: 9781138980075
Format: Paperback
$105.00

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The Cambridge Companion to the Singer-Songwriter

The Cambridge Companion to the Singer-Songwriter

Author: Katherine Williams (University of Plymouth) ,  Justin A. Williams (University of Bristol)
ISBN: 9781107680913
Format: Paperback
$72.45

This Companion explores the historical and theoretical contexts of the singer-songwriter tradition, and includes...  Read More >>

The Symphonic Works of Leoš Janáček: From Folk Concepts to Original Style

The Symphonic Works of Leoš Janáček: From Folk Concepts...

Author: John K. Novak
ISBN: 9783631670712
Format: Paperback
$157.06

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Harry T. Burleigh: From the Spiritual to the Harlem Renaissance

Harry T. Burleigh: From the Spiritual to the Harlem...

Author: Jean E Snyder
ISBN: 9780252039942
Format: Hardback
$75.99

Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949) played a leading role in American music and culture in the twentieth century. Celebrated...  Read More >>

Erik Satie: A Parisian Composer and his World

Erik Satie: A Parisian Composer and his World

Author: Caroline Potter ,  Michael Middeke
ISBN: 9781783270835
Format: Hardback
$90.56

Sunday Times Classical Music Book of the Year Satie's music and ideas are inextricably linked with the City of...  Read More >>

A History of the Harpsichord

A History of the Harpsichord

Author: Edward L. Kottick
ISBN: 9780253023476
Format: Hardback
$198.00

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Bob Dylan: Freewheeling His Life and Music

Bob Dylan: Freewheeling His Life and Music

Author: Various
ISBN: 9780993017087
Format: Mixed media product
$33.99

This Illustrated Limited Edition hardback book together with four DVDs provides an insight into the unique journey...  Read More >>

Schoenberg

Schoenberg

Author: Malcolm MacDonald
ISBN: 9780190469566
Format: Paperback
$69.95

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Composing for the State: Music in Twentieth-Century Dictatorships

Composing for the State: Music in Twentieth-Century...

Author: Esteban Buch ,  Igor Contreras Zubillaga
ISBN: 9781472437495
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book presents ten studies focusing on music inspired and promoted by regimes such as Nazi Germany, Fascist...  Read More >>

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a Musical Life

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a Musical Life

Author: Jeffrey Green
ISBN: 9781138661554
Format: Paperback
$105.00

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Messiaen's Language of Mystical Love

Messiaen's Language of Mystical Love

Author: Siglind Bruhn
ISBN: 9781138980983
Format: Paperback
$103.00

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

Encrypted Messages in Alban Berg's Music

Encrypted Messages in Alban Berg's Music

Author: Siglind Bruhn
ISBN: 9781138968769
Format: Paperback
$103.00

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Schoenberg and Hollywood Modernism

Schoenberg and Hollywood Modernism

Author: Kenneth H. Marcus (University of la Verne, California)
ISBN: 9781107064997
Format: Hardback
$282.04

Schoenberg is often viewed as an isolated composer who was ill-at-ease in exile. Kenneth H. Marcus shows that, contrary...  Read More >>

Composing for the State: Music in Twentieth-Century Dictatorships

Composing for the State: Music in Twentieth-Century...

Author: Dr. Manuel Deniz Silva ,  Mr. Igor Contreras Zubillaga
ISBN: 9781472437501
Format: Electronic book text
$201.83

Under the dictatorships of the twentieth century, music never ceased to sound. Even when they did not impose aesthetic...  Read More >>

Composing for the State: Music in Twentieth-Century Dictatorships

Composing for the State: Music in Twentieth-Century...

Author: Dr. Manuel Deniz Silva ,  Mr. Igor Contreras Zubillaga
ISBN: 9781472437518
Format: Electronic book text
$201.83

Under the dictatorships of the twentieth century, music never ceased to sound. Even when they did not impose aesthetic...  Read More >>

Music, Art and Diplomacy: East-West Cultural Interactions and the Cold War

Music, Art and Diplomacy: East-West Cultural Interactions...

Author: Suutari Pekka ,  Simo Mikkonen
ISBN: 9781472468093
Format: Electronic book text
$155.25

Music, Art and Diplomacy shows how a vibrant field of cultural exchange between East and West was taking place during...  Read More >>

Music, Art and Diplomacy: East-West Cultural Interactions and the Cold War

Music, Art and Diplomacy: East-West Cultural Interactions...

Author: Suutari Pekka ,  Simo Mikkonen
ISBN: 9781472468109
Format: Electronic book text
$155.25

Music, Art and Diplomacy shows how a vibrant field of cultural exchange between East and West was taking place during...  Read More >>

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