20th century & contemporary classical music books

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The Oxford History of Western Music: Music in the Early Twentieth Century

The Oxford History of Western Music: Music in the Early...
Author: Richard Taruskin (Professor of musicology, Professor of musicology, University of California, Berkeley, USA) ISBN: 9780195384840 Format: Paperback	$97.95
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Sonata for Violin and Piano

Sonata for Violin and Piano
Author: William Walton , Hugh Macdonald ISBN: 9780193366190 Format: Book	$71.16
Walton's Violin Sonata was commissioned by Yehudi Menuhin after a chance encounter in Lucerne, Switzerland in September... Read More >>

Two Pieces for Solo Cello

Two Pieces for Solo Cello
Author: William Walton , Hugh Macdonald ISBN: 9780193366206 Format: Undefined	$31.02
The Passacaglia for Violoncello Solo, one of Walton's last works, was commissioned by Mstislav Rostropovich and... Read More >>

Two Pieces for Violin and Piano

Two Pieces for Violin and Piano
Author: William Walton , Hugh Macdonald ISBN: 9780193366169 Format: Undefined	$25.75
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The Ballet Collaborations of Richard Strauss

The Ballet Collaborations of Richard Strauss
Author: Dr Wayne Heisler, Jr, PhD (Customer) ISBN: 9781580463218 Format: Hardback	$224.40
A richly interdisciplinary study of Strauss's contributions to ballet, his collaboration with prominent dance artists... Read More >>

Third Symphony of Charles Ives

Third Symphony of Charles Ives
Author: Mark Zobel , Michael J. Budds ISBN: 9781576471425 Format: Paperback	$95.04
Reviews the complicated narrative of the composer Charles Ives' """"Third Symphony""""'s composition. This title... Read More >>

The Music of Chou Wen-chung

The Music of Chou Wen-chung
Author: EricC. Lai ISBN: 9780754665007 Format: Hardback	$336.00
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Symphony No.5 in D Major - Study Score

Symphony No.5 in D Major - Study Score
Author: Ralph Vaughan Williams , Peter Horton ISBN: 9780193368248 Format: Book	$62.04
A new edition in study score format of Vaughan Williams's much-loved Symphony No. 5, correcting errors and misprints... Read More >>

George Gershwin: An Intimate Portrait

George Gershwin: An Intimate Portrait
Author: Walter Rimler ISBN: 9780252034442 Format: Hardback	$64.99
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Music's Modern Muse: A Life of Winnaretta Singer, Princesse de Polignac

Music's Modern Muse: A Life of Winnaretta Singer, Princesse...
Author: Sylvia Kahan (Customer) ISBN: 9781580463331 Format: Paperback	$92.27
A biography of Winnaretta Singer-Polignac, heiress to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune, who befriended and subsidized... Read More >>

Alban Berg

Alban Berg
Author: Bryan R. Simms (University of Southern California, USA) ISBN: 9780415994620 Format: Hardback	$396.00
An annotated bibliography that concerns both the nature of primary sources related to the composer, Alban Berg and... Read More >>

Erik Chisholm, Scottish Modernist (1904-1965): Chasing a Restless Muse

Erik Chisholm, Scottish Modernist (1904-1965): Chasing...
Author: John Purser ISBN: 9781843834601 Format: Hardback	$103.50
A study of the life and works of Erik Chisholm, one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century Scottish... Read More >>

Frederick Delius: A Research and Information Guide

Frederick Delius: A Research and Information Guide
Author: Mary Huismann (University of Minnesota, USA) ISBN: 9780415993647 Format: Hardback	$336.00
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Paul Hindemith: A Research and Information Guide

Paul Hindemith: A Research and Information Guide
Author: Stephen Luttmann ISBN: 9780415994163 Format: Hardback	$336.00
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A Windfall of Musicians: Hitler's Emigres and Exiles in Southern California

A Windfall of Musicians: Hitler's Emigres and Exiles...
Author: Dorothy Lamb Crawford ISBN: 9780300127348 Format: Hardback	$92.40
Examines the brilliant gathering of composers, conductors, and other musicians who fled Nazi Germany and arrived... Read More >>

Schoenberg's Chamber Music, Schoenberg's World

Schoenberg's Chamber Music, Schoenberg's World
Author: James K. Wright , James K. Wright ISBN: 9781576471302 Format: Paperback	$142.56
With his setting of Stefan George's portentous poetic text """"Ich fuhle Luft von anderem Planeten"""" (""""I feel... Read More >>

Five Lines, Four Spaces: The World of My Music

Five Lines, Four Spaces: The World of My Music
Author: George Rochberg , Gene Rochberg ISBN: 9780252034251 Format: Hardback	$95.99
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Webern_21

Webern_21
Author: Julian Johnson , Manuel Sosa ISBN: 9783205771654 Format: Hardback	$160.40
Die Vielfalt der aktuellen Perspektiven auf das Werk Anton Weberns und seine nachhaltige Wirkung aufzuzeigen, ist... Read More >>

Kaija Saariaho

Kaija Saariaho
Author: Pirkko Moisala ISBN: 9780252032776 Format: Hardback	$95.99
Introducing a bold contemporary composer whose work embraces both technology and traditional structures Read More >>

The Modernist Legacy: Essays on New Music

The Modernist Legacy: Essays on New Music
Author: Björn Heile ISBN: 9780754662600 Format: Hardback	$336.00
A collection of essays that offers a historical reappraisal of what musical modernism was. It assembles approaches... Read More >>

The Great American Symphony: Music, the Depression, and War

The Great American Symphony: Music, the Depression,...
Author: Nicholas Tawa ISBN: 9780253353054 Format: Hardback	$65.87
Introduces the symphonists and their major works from the romanticism of Samuel Barber and the 'All-American' Roy... Read More >>

Lonesome Words: The Vocal Poetics of the Old English Lament and the African-American Blues Song

Lonesome Words: The Vocal Poetics of the Old English...
Author: M. McGeachy ISBN: 9781403962911 Format: Hardback	$104.00
The tenth-century Old English lament and twentieth-century blues song each speak the language of a distinct poetic... Read More >>

Such Freedom, If Only Musical: Unofficial Soviet Music During the Thaw

Such Freedom, If Only Musical: Unofficial Soviet Music...
Author: Peter J Schmelz (Assistant Professor of Music, Assistant Professor of Music, Washington University in St. Louis) ISBN: 9780195341935 Format: Hardback	$179.95
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The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century...
Author: Alex Ross ISBN: 9781841154763 Format: Paperback	$34.99
Alex Ross’s sweeping history of twentieth-century classical music, winner of the Guardian First Book Award, is a... Read More >>

The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century...
Author: Alex Ross ISBN: 9780007326754 Format: Paperback	$38.79
Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2008 A sweeping musical history that goes from the salons of... Read More >>

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