20th century & contemporary classical music books

2375 books were found.

Henry Cowell: A Man Made of Music

Henry Cowell: A Man Made of Music
Author: Joel Sachs (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, The Juilliard School, New York, NY) ISBN: 9780195108958 Format: Hardback	$118.95
Henry Cowell: A Man Made of Music is the first complete biography of one of the most innovative figures in twentieth-century... Read More >>

Shostakovich: Socialism, Stalin & Symphonies

Shostakovich: Socialism, Stalin & Symphonies
Author: Simon Behrman ISBN: 9781905192663 Format: Paperback	$25.85
The life and career of Dimitri Shostakovich, more than any other classical composer of the 20th century, has provided... Read More >>

Bucolic Suite

Bucolic Suite
Author: Ralph Vaughan Williams , Julian Rushton ISBN: 9780193379558 Format: Book	$69.22
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The Farthest Place

The Farthest Place
Author: Bernd Herzogenrath ISBN: 9781555537630 Format: Paperback	$105.47
The first critical anthology of an important and singular contemporary composer Read More >>

Sweet Talk: Soprano, Violoncello, Contrabass, and Piano

Sweet Talk: Soprano, Violoncello, Contrabass, and Piano...
Author: Richard Danielpour ISBN: 9781423408697 Format: Paperback	$105.60
(Vocal Collection). Four songs on texts by Toni Morrison. The lyrics are an attempt to evoke both the meaning of... Read More >>

The Farthest Place

The Farthest Place
Author: Bernd Herzogenrath ISBN: 9781555537623 Format: Hardback	$224.40
The first critical anthology of an important and singular contemporary composer Read More >>

Samuel Barber: A Thematic Catalogue of the Complete Works

Samuel Barber: A Thematic Catalogue of the Complete...
Author: Barbara B. Heyman ISBN: 9780199744640 Format: Hardback	$261.36
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Encounters with Conlon Nancarrow

Encounters with Conlon Nancarrow
Author: Jurgen Hocker ISBN: 9780739172858 Format: Hardback	$146.95
Encounters with Conlon Nancarrow, by Jürgen Hocker, is the first extensive biography of the American-Mexican composer... Read More >>

Percy Dearmer: A Parson's Pilgrimage

Percy Dearmer: A Parson's Pilgrimage
Author: Donald Gray ISBN: 9781853113352 Format: Paperback	$63.36
One of the most colourful and influential Anglican figures of the last century, Percy Dearmer is best remembered... Read More >>

Avant Garde: An American Odyssey from Gertrude Stein to Pierre Boulez

Avant Garde: An American Odyssey from Gertrude Stein...
Author: Robin Maconie ISBN: 9780810883123 Format: Hardback	$134.95
Gertrude Stein and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead were unlikely friends who spent most of their mature lives... Read More >>

Lutyens, Maconchy, Williams and Twentieth-Century British Music: A Blest Trio of Sirens

Lutyens, Maconchy, Williams and Twentieth-Century British...
Author: Rhiannon Mathias ISBN: 9780754650195 Format: Hardback	$305.00
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The Life and Music of Eric Coates

The Life and Music of Eric Coates
Author: Michael Payne ISBN: 9781409434085 Format: Hardback	$315.00
Eric Coates is perhaps the most familiar name associated with British light music. Coates won a scholarship to the... Read More >>

Telling Stories

Telling Stories
Author: Tim Burgess ISBN: 9780670921294 Format: Hardback	$64.69
Reveals the joys, the agonies, and the stories of what it's like to be in a rock band, as told by front man and... Read More >>

The Music of Jōji Yuasa

The Music of Jōji Yuasa
Author: Luciana Galliano , Peter Burt ISBN: 9781443837637 Format: Hardback	$179.39
Over the last fifty years, the music of Joji Yuasa has attained the zenith of international musical standards. A... Read More >>

Critical Musicological Reflections: Essays in Honour of Derek B. Scott

Critical Musicological Reflections: Essays in Honour...
Author: Stan Hawkins ISBN: 9781409425601 Format: Hardback	$315.00
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Ravel the Decadent: Memory, Sublimation, and Desire

Ravel the Decadent: Memory, Sublimation, and Desire...
Author: Michael J. Puri (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, PA) ISBN: 9780199735372 Format: Hardback	$62.95
Ravel the Decadent offers a bold new perspective on the music of Maurice Ravel by locating its aesthetic origins... Read More >>

The Irving Berlin Reader

The Irving Berlin Reader
Author: Benjamin Sears (Professional Singer, Professional Singer) ISBN: 9780195383744 Format: Hardback	$164.95
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Berg: Violin Concerto

Berg: Violin Concerto
Author: Anthony Pople (University of Nottingham) ISBN: 9780511611674 Format: Undefined	$620.40
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Debussy Redux: The Impact of His Music on Popular Culture

Debussy Redux: The Impact of His Music on Popular Culture...
Author: Matthew G. Brown ISBN: 9780253357168 Format: Hardback	$92.27
Discusses Debussy's music in the context of pop culture Read More >>

Music and Twentieth-Century Tonality: Harmonic Progression Based on Modality and the Interval Cycles

Music and Twentieth-Century Tonality: Harmonic Progression...
Author: Paolo Susanni (Yasar University, Turkey) , Elliott Antokoletz (University of Texas, Austin, USA) ISBN: 9780415808880 Format: Hardback	$315.00
This book explores the web of pitch relations that generates the musical language of non-serialized twelve-tone... Read More >>

Olivier Messiaen: Journalism 1935–1939

Olivier Messiaen: Journalism 1935–1939
Author: Stephen Broad ISBN: 9780754608769 Format: Hardback	$315.00
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Still Songs: Music In and Around the Poetry of Paul Celan

Still Songs: Music In and Around the Poetry of Paul...
Author: Axel Englund ISBN: 9781409422624 Format: Hardback	$315.00
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Music for Silenced Voices: Shostakovich and His Fifteen Quartets

Music for Silenced Voices: Shostakovich and His Fifteen...
Author: Wendy Lesser ISBN: 9780300181593 Format: Paperback	$32.95
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Music for Silenced Voices: Shostakovich and His Fifteen Quartets

Music for Silenced Voices: Shostakovich and His Fifteen...
Author: Wendy Lesser ISBN: 9780300169331 Format: Hardback	$73.92
Deals with the fifteen quartets of the composer Dmitri Shostakovich. Weaving together interviews with the composer's... Read More >>

Claiming Diaspora: Music, Transnationalism, and Cultural Politics in Asian/Chinese America

Claiming Diaspora: Music, Transnationalism, and Cultural...
Author: Su Zheng (Associate Professor of Music and East Asian Studies, Associate Professor of Music and East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University) ISBN: 9780199873593 Format: Paperback	$81.95
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