Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750) books

The Hon. Roger North (1651?–1734) was a lawyer and a skilled amateur musician. Memoirs of Musick, the final part...  Read More >>

When a rock critic falls deeply in love with the music of JS Bach's Cello Suites he embarks on an epic quest to...  Read More >>

An anthology that presents scholarly literature devoted to Handel, and contains different kinds of studies of the...  Read More >>

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The articles in this volume are a representative selection of the best scholarly writing on Purcell's music. The...  Read More >>

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Features the essays that pertain to Italian opera, and concern opera production in France, England, Spain, and the...  Read More >>

Nearly 300 letters reveal Chopin as both man and artist and illuminate his fascinating world - Europe of the 1830s...  Read More >>

One autumn evening, not long after ending a stint as a pop music critic, Eric Siblin attended a recital of Johann...  Read More >>

Originally published: Toronto: House of Anasi Press, 2009.  Read More >>

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Combine the premier choral conductor of our time; his select chamber choir, the Cambridge Singers; the Royal Philharmonic...  Read More >>

Using the influential Venetian composer Adrian Willaert's (1490-1562) music, this book reconstructs his innovative...  Read More >>

Includes information about William Byrd's youthful musical training, and reveals how in his adult life his music...  Read More >>

This two volume set includes a facsimile and transcription of an important 17th century source of lute music.  Read More >>

Charles Burney (1726–1814), the music historian, is best remembered for his General History of Music and the accounts...  Read More >>

Charles Burney (1726–1814), the music historian, is best remembered for his General History of Music and the accounts...  Read More >>

In Timpani Tone and the Interpretation of Baroque and Classical Music, Steven L. Schweizer draws on 31 years of...  Read More >>

This 1845 biography of Mozart by the music journalist Edward Holmes was the first to be published in English. It...  Read More >>

In Timpani Tone and the Interpretation of Baroque and Classical Music, Steven L. Schweizer draws on 31 years of...  Read More >>

An examination of the work and music of the Royalist composer William Lawes.  Read More >>

Schoelcher, a French anti-slavery campaigner, went into political exile after the coup d'etat of Louis Napoleon....  Read More >>

Uncovering and interpreting many rare archival sources, this study reveals in vivid detail a fascinating mosaic...  Read More >>

Many of the most famous composers in classical music spent considerable periods in spa towns, whether taking in...  Read More >>

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