20th century & contemporary classical music books

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Song and Circumstance: The Work of David Byrne from ""Talking Heads"" to the Present

Song and Circumstance: The Work of David Byrne from...
Author: PhD Sytze Steenstra ISBN: 9780826445599 Format: Hardback	$211.20
David Byrne's work functions almost completely through the mass media - in popular music, experimental theatre,... Read More >>

Growing up with Jazz: Twenty Four Musicians Talk About Their Lives and Careers

Growing up with Jazz: Twenty Four Musicians Talk About...
Author: W. Royal Stokes ISBN: 9780195380699 Format: Paperback	$80.95
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Water Music: Making Music in the Spas of Europe and North America

Water Music: Making Music in the Spas of Europe and...
Author: Ian Bradley ISBN: 9780195327342 Format: Hardback	$67.95
Many of the most famous composers in classical music spent considerable periods in spa towns, whether taking in... Read More >>

Messiaen the Theologian

Messiaen the Theologian
Author: Andrew Shenton ISBN: 9780754666400 Format: Hardback	$336.00
Oliver Messiaen is one of the most widely performed and recorded composers of the twentieth-century. For Messiaen,... Read More >>

Martinu and the Symphony

Martinu and the Symphony
Author: Michael Crump ISBN: 9780907689652 Format: Hardback	$237.60
The first systematic assessment of the symphonic style of the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu [1890-1959], tracing... Read More >>

Lois Marshall: A Biography

Lois Marshall: A Biography
Author: James Neufeld ISBN: 9781554884698 Format: Paperback	$76.53
Soprano Lois Marshall (1925-1997) became a household name across Canada during her 34-year career. This first-ever... Read More >>

Charles Ives: A Research and Information Guide

Charles Ives: A Research and Information Guide
Author: Gayle Sherwood Magee (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) ISBN: 9780415994552 Format: Hardback	$396.00
A research guide that provides information on over one thousand publications and websites concerning the American... Read More >>

Fritz Reiner, Maestro and Martinet

Fritz Reiner, Maestro and Martinet
Author: Kenneth Morgan ISBN: 9780252077302 Format: Paperback	$54.99
Personally enigmatic and often described as difficult to work with, Fritz Reiner was nevertheless renowned for the... Read More >>

Samuel Barber Remembered: A Centenary Tribute

Samuel Barber Remembered: A Centenary Tribute
Author: Peter Dickinson ISBN: 9781580463508 Format: Hardback	$131.87
Compulsively readable interviews with the great American composer and his friends and colleagues, including Aaron... Read More >>

Great Tenors of the Twentieth Century from Caruso to Pavarotti

Great Tenors of the Twentieth Century from Caruso to...
Author: Anne Krikler ISBN: 9781907211843 Format: Hardback	$92.40
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Shostakovich in Dialogue: Form, Imagery and Ideas in Quartets 1-7

Shostakovich in Dialogue: Form, Imagery and Ideas in...
Author: Judith Kuhn ISBN: 9780754664062 Format: Hardback	$336.00
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The Music of Luigi Dallapiccola

The Music of Luigi Dallapiccola
Author: Raymond Fearn ISBN: 9781580463478 Format: Paperback	$92.27
The first English work dealing in detail with the life and musical influences of the Italian composer Luigi Dallapiccola... Read More >>

Sibelius

Sibelius
Author: Andrew Barnett ISBN: 9780300163971 Format: Paperback	$78.95
Tells the story of the life and musical work of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). Drawing on Sibelius'... Read More >>

Themes and Conclusions

Themes and Conclusions
Author: Robert Craft , Igor Stravinsky ISBN: 9780571259564 Format: Paperback	$43.99
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Voice Lessons: French Melodie in the Belle Epoque

Voice Lessons: French Melodie in the Belle Epoque
Author: Katherine Bergeron (Professor, Professor, Brown University) ISBN: 9780195337051 Format: Hardback	$75.95
Language, education, politics, and music come together in Katherine Bergeron's Voice Lessons, a study of the French... Read More >>

Dmitri Shostakovich Catalogue: The First Hundred Years and Beyond

Dmitri Shostakovich Catalogue: The First Hundred Years...
Author: Derek C. Hulme , Irina Shostakovich ISBN: 9780810872646 Format: Hardback	$443.52
This is an updated and expanded edition of the catalogue of Dmitri Shostakovich's music, a comprehensive listing... Read More >>

Carl Nielsen Studies: Volume 4

Carl Nielsen Studies: Volume 4
Author: Niels Krabbe , Dr. Niels Krabbe ISBN: 9781409405221 Format: Paperback	$88.99
Carl Nielsen's status as one of the twentieth-century's foremost composers is well-established. This title provides... 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: 9780195134377 Format: Hardback	$170.95
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Dialogues

Dialogues
Author: Robert Craft ISBN: 9780571258932 Format: Paperback	$38.81
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The Resonance of a Small Voice: William Walton and the Violin Concerto in England between 1900 and 1940

The Resonance of a Small Voice: William Walton and the...
Author: Paolo Petrocelli ISBN: 9781443817219 Format: Hardback	$139.89
This book constitutes both a study and a historical musicological analysis of Sir William Walton's Violin Concerto,... Read More >>

Great Russian Musicians: From Rubinstein to Richter

Great Russian Musicians: From Rubinstein to Richter...
Author: Ernst Zaltsberg ISBN: 9780889627567 Format: Paperback	$39.60
This book contains essays on great Russian musicians. Each chapter contains important biographical and historical... Read More >>

Intimate Voices: The Twentieth-Century String Quartet: Volume 1: Debussy to Villa-Lobos

Intimate Voices: The Twentieth-Century String Quartet:...
Author: Evan Jones (Royalty Account) , David Clampitt ISBN: 9781580462297 Format: Hardback	$171.60
Leading authorities explore, in direct and accessible language, chamber-music masterpieces by twenty-one prominent... Read More >>

Intimate Voices: The Twentieth-Century String Quartet: Volume 2: Shostakovich to the Avant-Garde

Intimate Voices: The Twentieth-Century String Quartet:...
Author: Evan Jones (Royalty Account) , David Clampitt ISBN: 9781580463225 Format: Hardback	$171.60
Leading authorities explore, in direct and accessible language, chamber-music masterpieces by twenty-one prominent... Read More >>

Intimate Voices: The Twentieth-Century String Quartet: 2-volume SET

Intimate Voices: The Twentieth-Century String Quartet:...
Author: Evan Jones (Royalty Account) , David Clampitt (Contributor) ISBN: 9781580463409 Format: Mixed media product	$264.00
Leading authorities explore, in direct and accessible language, chamber-music masterpieces by twenty-one prominent... Read More >>

Sibelius: A Composer's Life and the Awakening of Finland

Sibelius: A Composer's Life and the Awakening of Finland...
Author: Glenda Dawn Goss ISBN: 9780226304779 Format: Hardback	$163.95
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