Music reviews & criticism books

Dive into the heart of traditional music with Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco's ""Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs...  Read More >>

""Music and Some Highly Musical People"" by James M. Trotter offers a vital contribution to music history, providing...  Read More >>

Delve into the vibrant world of 19th-century music through the personal correspondence of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy....  Read More >>

Explore the rich tapestry of Russian operatic history in Rosa Newmarch's ""The Russian Opera."" This meticulously...  Read More >>

Introduce young listeners to the captivating world of opera with Mary Schell Hoke Bacon's ""Operas Every Child Should...  Read More >>

Written for Wagner's second wife, Cosima, and his patron, King Ludwig II, My Life runs from the composer's birth...  Read More >>

Dive into the world of classical piano with Edward Baxter Perry's ""Descriptive Analyses of Piano Works."" This...  Read More >>

Alfred M. Williams's ""Studies in Folk-Song and Popular Poetry"" explores the rich tapestry of oral tradition through...  Read More >>

Explore the rich history and enduring power of cantatas in George P. Upton's ""The Standard Cantatas: Their Stories,...  Read More >>

Experience the lyrical beauty and enduring power of Elizabethan England with ""Lyrics from the Song-Books of the...  Read More >>

Publisher: American Book Co. Publication date: 1905 Subjects: Readers Musicians Biography  Read More >>

Delve into the rich history of Italian opera with William James Henderson's ""Some Forerunners of Italian Opera,""...  Read More >>

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

[...] A Critic's Opera and His Ideals A Roster of American Singers Grisi and Mario Annie Louise Cary Ole Bull as...  Read More >>

ST. CECILIA PALESTRINA LULLI STRADIVARIUS TARTINI BACH HANDEL GLUCK MOZART LINLEY HAYDN WEBER BEETHOVEN SCHUBERT...  Read More >>

Includes Biblical Operas, Bible Stories in Opera and Oratorio, Rubenstein, Samson and Dalila, and many more....  Read More >>

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

A just estimate of a composer's work is not to be arrived at without a study of his works and of the conditions...  Read More >>

Explore the life and legacy of one of classical music's most influential figures in ""Haydn"" by J. Cuthbert Hadden....  Read More >>

Explore the epic narratives behind the music of Richard Wagner in H. A. Guerber's ""Stories of the Wagner Opera.""...  Read More >>

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