20th century & contemporary classical music books

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En Ballades

En Ballades
Author: Georges Moustaki , Cristina Rubalcava ISBN: 9782868081049 Format: Hardback	$77.95
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Everbest Ever: Correspondence with Bay Area Friends

Everbest Ever: Correspondence with Bay Area Friends...
Author: Virgil Thomson , Charles Shere ISBN: 9780914913382 Format: Hardback	$103.09
Spanning two decades, from 1968 to 1989, the letters-written as jeux d'espirit and presented in the same spirit-touch... Read More >>

Carl Ruggles: A Bio-Bibliography

Carl Ruggles: A Bio-Bibliography
Author: Jonathan D. Green ISBN: 9780313294563 Format: Hardback	$120.00
Since there is currently a renewed interest in his work, this bio-bibliography is timely and needed, and of interest... Read More >>

Modern Music and After: Directions Since 1945

Modern Music and After: Directions Since 1945
Author: Paul Griffiths ISBN: 9780198165118 Format: Paperback	$131.97
A study of music since the Second World War. The disruptions of the war, and the ensuing peace, were reflected in... Read More >>

The American Popular Ballad of the Golden Era, 1924-1950: A Study in Musical Design

The American Popular Ballad of the Golden Era, 1924-1950:...
Author: Allen Forte ISBN: 9780691043999 Format: Hardback	$250.80
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Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss
Author: Michael Kennedy ISBN: 9780198165811 Format: Paperback	$39.95
A second, revised edition of the account of Richard Strauss's life and music. In his survey of the music, rejecting... Read More >>

Guillaume de Machaut: A Guide to Research

Guillaume de Machaut: A Guide to Research
Author: Lawrence Earp ISBN: 9780824023232 Format: Hardback	$431.00
Provides an overview of the current state of research on Machaut (ca. 1300-1377), a major figure in 14th century... Read More >>

Soundings: Music in the Twentieth Century

Soundings: Music in the Twentieth Century
Author: Glenn Watkins (University of Michigan) ISBN: 9780028732909 Format: Paperback	$438.11
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Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss
Author: Michael Kennedy ISBN: 9780198164814 Format: Hardback	$110.00
A second, revised edition of the account of Richard Strauss's life and music. In his survey of the music, rejecting... Read More >>

Peter Maxwell Davies: A Bio-Bibliography

Peter Maxwell Davies: A Bio-Bibliography
Author: Carolyn J. Smith ISBN: 9780313268311 Format: Hardback	$114.00
A guide to the music of Britain's most prominent living composer, this volume contains the most complete listing... Read More >>

The Music of Francis Poulenc (1899-1963): A Catalogue

The Music of Francis Poulenc (1899-1963): A Catalogue...
Author: Carl B. Schmidt (Chairperson of the Department of Music, Towson State University, Baltimore, Maryland, Chairperson of the Department of Music, Towson State University, Baltimore, Maryland) ISBN: 9780198163367 Format: Hardback	$339.95
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Notable Twentieth-Century Pianists: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook

Notable Twentieth-Century Pianists: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook...
Author: John Gillespie , Anna Gillespie ISBN: 9780313296956 Format: Hardback	$435.60
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The Nielsen Companion

The Nielsen Companion
Author: Mina F. Miller ISBN: 9781574670042 Format: Hardback	$131.87
Carl Nielsen has long been recognized as one of the masters of the 20th-century symphony, but it has only been in... Read More >>

Notable Twentieth-Century Pianists [2 volumes]: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook

Notable Twentieth-Century Pianists [2 volumes]: A Bio-Critical...
Author: John E. Gillespie , Anna Gillespie ISBN: 9780313256608 Format: Hardback	$177.95
Pianists—their lives, performances, and recordings—are detailed in this two-volume set. This readable work, containing... Read More >>

William Mathias: A Bio-Bibliography

William Mathias: A Bio-Bibliography
Author: Stewart R. Craggs ISBN: 9780313278655 Format: Hardback	$96.00
This book will be of interest to musicologists, students, and 20th century music buffs alike. Mathias was a prolific... Read More >>

Francis Poulenc

Francis Poulenc
Author: Mellers ISBN: 9780198163381 Format: Paperback	$106.95
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Priest of Music: The Life of Dimitri Mitropoulos

Priest of Music: The Life of Dimitri Mitropoulos
Author: William R. Trotter ISBN: 9780931340819 Format: Hardback	$79.07
A biography of the conductor Mitropoulos. He was an advocate of difficult modern music and an early champion of... Read More >>

Bartók and His World

Bartók and His World
Author: Peter Laki ISBN: 9780691006338 Format: Paperback	$79.99
Bela Bartok, who died in New York, is one of the most frequently performed twentieth-century composers. He is also... Read More >>

""Here's Someone I'd Like You to Meet""

""Here's Someone I'd Like You to Meet""
Author: Sheila Dhar ISBN: 9780195636277 Format: Hardback	$77.50
In this fascinating memoir, Sheila Dhar gives an insider's view of the world of Indian musicians and the now all... Read More >>

Beating Time: A Musician's Memoir

Beating Time: A Musician's Memoir
Author: Harry Ellis Dickson ISBN: 9781555532291 Format: Hardback	$60.81
In this charming memoir, Harry Ellis Dickson, one of Boston's most beloved and energetic musicians, recollects his... Read More >>

Nicolas Medtner: His Life and Music

Nicolas Medtner: His Life and Music
Author: Barrie Martyn ISBN: 9780859679596 Format: Hardback	$305.00
Nicholas Medtner (1880-1951) has always been a neglected figure in the history of Russian music, and yet his friend... Read More >>

On Mahler and Britten: Essays in Honour of Donald Mitchell on his Seventieth Birthday

On Mahler and Britten: Essays in Honour of Donald Mitchell...
Author: Philip Reed , Phillip Reed ISBN: 9780851156149 Format: Paperback	$92.27
Critical essays and studies on these two figures in 20th-century music. Read More >>

The Music of Ben Johnston

The Music of Ben Johnston
Author: Heidi Von Gunden , John Cage ISBN: 9780810819078 Format: Hardback	$163.68
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William Thomas McKinley: A Bio-Bibliography

William Thomas McKinley: A Bio-Bibliography
Author: Jeffrey Sposato ISBN: 9780313289231 Format: Hardback	$120.00
The first full-length volume on the life work of one of the most well-known and prolific masters of our time, William... Read More >>

Frederick Shepherd Converse (1871-1940): His Life and Music

Frederick Shepherd Converse (1871-1940): His Life and...
Author: Robert Garofalo ISBN: 9780810828438 Format: Hardback	$137.94
Born into Boston wealth, Harvard educated, and German trained (composition), Converse was considered by many to... Read More >>

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