Western "classical" music books

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

Now a byword for beauty, Verdi's operas were far from universally acclaimed when they reached London in the second...  Read More >>

Johann Emanuel Schikaneder, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte. Libretto Komponiert von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart....  Read More >>

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

From Coethen to California explores instrumental Classical Music from the Renaissance up to the turn of the twenty-first...  Read More >>

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A dark and steamy comedy exploring the harmonies and dysfunctions of six sexually entangled musicians on an ill-fated...  Read More >>

Tells the story of the English classical music and opera composed and revived for the Festival, and explores how...  Read More >>

(Music Sales America). Ad Cor for Double Choir and Orchestra was composed by Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen in 2015....  Read More >>

(Windependence Master Level). There is a long tradition in jazz of instruments carrying on a conversation either...  Read More >>

Drawing extensively on Tchaikovsky's uncensored letters and diaries, this biography explores the composer's life...  Read More >>

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(Rubank Book/Audio Products). This compilation of 10 alto saxophone solos from the legendary Rubank educational...  Read More >>

Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs celebrates the reconciliation of all mankind, based upon well known Biblical...  Read More >>

The first history of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to describe and document its evolution from 1887 to the present...  Read More >>

Mark Hutchinson outlines a novel concept of coherence within Western art music from the 1980s to the turn of the...  Read More >>

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A full account of the making, during 1909-10, of Der Rosenkavalier, with emphasis on its derivation from a French...  Read More >>

Teo (Barry) Vincent IV is a technical writer and composer from California. He is diversity embodied. Musically there...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Der Freischutz: Romantic Opera in Three Acts In Prince 'ottokar's dominions it.was thecus'tom that...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Martha: An Opera in Four Acts About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of...  Read More >>

This book offers a fundamental reworking of the history of Greek music from the classical period to Roman times....  Read More >>

Over the last century tonality has adapted and persisted in remarkable ways. In Pieces of Tradition, Daniel Harrison...  Read More >>

A Sociable Moment is the first book to examine the rise of opera in Siena during the Baroque. It focuses both on...  Read More >>