20th century & contemporary classical music books

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Selling Britten: Music and the Market Place

Selling Britten: Music and the Market Place

Author: Paul Kildea (, Conductor; Music Editor for the Britten Estate Limited; Head of Music, Aldeburgh Productions; Artistic Director designate, Wigmore Hall)
ISBN: 9780198167150
Format: Hardback
$339.95

This book explores the effect of institutions on the music of one of the foremost British composers of the twentieth...  Read More >>

Music for Piano and Voice

Music for Piano and Voice

Author: Jose Padilla
ISBN: 9780711996564
Format: Book
$23.16

(Music Sales America). A unique collection of music for piano and voice by the celebrated Spanish composer Jose...  Read More >>

Mahler and His World

Mahler and His World

Author: Karen Painter
ISBN: 9780691092447
Format: Paperback
$62.99

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Music for Piano and Voice

Music for Piano and Voice

Author: Xavier Montsalvatge
ISBN: 9780711996151
Format: Book
$20.57

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Music on the Frontline: Nicolas Nabokov's Struggle Against Communism and Middlebrow Culture

Music on the Frontline: Nicolas Nabokov's Struggle Against...

Author: Ian Wellens
ISBN: 9780754606352
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This is a study of Nicolas Nabokov and his festivals. It considers the various factors instrumental in the development...  Read More >>

Disney Solos for Kids: 10 Great Songs

Disney Solos for Kids: 10 Great Songs

Author: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
ISBN: 9780634048005
Format: Book
$52.77

10 classic Disney chosen as being especially appropriate solos for children. This collection of piano/vocal music...  Read More >>

George Crumb: A Bio-Bibliography

George Crumb: A Bio-Bibliography

Author: David Cohen
ISBN: 9780313318870
Format: Hardback
$96.00

George Crumb is a composer at the forefront of post-World War II American music, and never before has one volume...  Read More >>

Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986: The Last Impressionist

Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986: The Last Impressionist

Author: Ronald Ebrecht ,  James Frazier
ISBN: 9780810843516
Format: Hardback
$128.95

Ebrecht has brought together in this centenary tribute a fine...  Read More >>

Stravinsky and Balanchine: A Journey of Invention

Stravinsky and Balanchine: A Journey of Invention

Author: Charles M Joseph
ISBN: 9780300087123
Format: Hardback
$137.28

A study of the musical collaboration of Igor Stravinsky and George Balanchine, who created the music and movement...  Read More >>

Edgard Varese

Edgard Varese

Author: Alan Clayson
ISBN: 9781860743986
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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The Virgin Encyclopedia of 50s Music

The Virgin Encyclopedia of 50s Music

Author: Colin Larkin
ISBN: 9781852279370
Format: Hardback
$76.43

All the facts and informed opinion that you need on the artists who made the history of this decade are contained...  Read More >>

Music of Louis Andriessen

Music of Louis Andriessen

Author: Maja Trochimczyk
ISBN: 9780815337898
Format: Hardback
$305.00

""The Music of Louis Andriessen"" is a collection of interviews and essays about this avant-garde composer. Topics...  Read More >>

Introduction to a Philosophy of Music

Introduction to a Philosophy of Music

Author: Kivy
ISBN: 9780198250487
Format: Paperback
$74.95

Philosophy of music has flourished in the last thirty years, with advances made in the understanding of the nature...  Read More >>

Dazzler: The Life And Times Of Moss Hart

Dazzler: The Life And Times Of Moss Hart

Author: Steven Bach
ISBN: 9780306811357
Format: Paperback
$52.80

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Roger Quilter: His Life and Music

Roger Quilter: His Life and Music

Author: Valerie Langfield
ISBN: 9780851158716
Format: Hardback
$211.20

Draws upon unpublished sources and interviews with those who knew him to give a full picture of Roger Quilter's...  Read More >>

The Best Years of British Film Music, 1936-1958

The Best Years of British Film Music, 1936-1958

Author: Jan G. Swynnoe
ISBN: 9780851158624
Format: Hardback
$237.60

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The New Grove Stravinsky

The New Grove Stravinsky

Author: Stephen Walsh ,  Stanley Sadie
ISBN: 9780333804094
Format: Paperback
$44.00

The eagerly awaited publication of the second edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians will be...  Read More >>

Gambits: Six Chess Pieces

Gambits: Six Chess Pieces

Author: Robert Xavier Rodriguez
ISBN: 9780634030147
Format: Book
$30.92

(Brass Solo). Commissioned by Charles and Sarah Riehm as a gift to their son Andrew Riehm, Robert Rodriguez composed...  Read More >>

From Buchenwald to Carnegie Hall

From Buchenwald to Carnegie Hall

Author: Marian Filar ,  Charles Patterson
ISBN: 9781578064199
Format: Hardback
$92.40

Before the Nazis sent members of the Filar family to Treblinka, these were the last words Marian Filar's mother...  Read More >>

William Walton -The Romantic Loner

William Walton -The Romantic Loner

Author: Humphrey Burton ,  Maureen Murray
ISBN: 9780198162353
Format: Hardback
$77.50

This illustrated life of William Walton, coincides with the 2002 centenary of the British composer. Humphrey Burton...  Read More >>

Portrait of Percy Grainger

Portrait of Percy Grainger

Author: Malcolm Gillies ,  David Pear
ISBN: 9781580460873
Format: Hardback
$171.60

A treatment of the key influences on the life of this important Australian composer, consisting of oral histories...  Read More >>

Leonard Bernstein: A Guide to Research

Leonard Bernstein: A Guide to Research

Author: Paul Laird
ISBN: 9780815335177
Format: Hardback
$316.80

Guide to research with an annotated bibliography, a biographical sketch, an extensive chapter on Bernstein's musical...  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

Great Russian Musicians: From Rubinstein to Richter is a collection of essays, many of which have been published...  Read More >>

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