Western "classical" music books

Singing hymns is like taking musical vitamins. It helps build strong choirs, quartets, family singers, classroom...  Read More >>

This collection of letters to and from the eminent harpsichordist, scholar, and early-music pioneer Ralph Kirkpatrick...  Read More >>

Sheet music for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 7 in C major, K. 309. Reprinted from the ""Breitkopf...  Read More >>

Title: Il pastor fido, HWV 8B & 8C Composer: George Frideric Handel Original Publisher: Deutsche Handelgesellschaft...  Read More >>

Title: Componimenti Musicali Composer: Gottleib Muffat Original Publisher: Deutsche Handelgesellschaft The...  Read More >>

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The question of whether music has meaning has been the subject of sustained debate ever since music became a subject...  Read More >>

Tonality and Transformation employs transformational music theory to illuminate diverse aspects of tonal hearing-from...  Read More >>

Anton Schindler (1795–1864), violinist and Beethoven's unpaid private secretary, published his biography of the...  Read More >>

Anton Schindler (1795–1864), violinist and Beethoven's unpaid private secretary, published his biography of the...  Read More >>

"ORCHESTRATIONS2 Flutes2 Oboes2 Bb Clarinets2 Bassoons4 Horns in F2 Bb Trumpets2 Tenor TrombonesBass TromboneTubaPercussion...  Read More >>

Title: Sonate da Camera, HWV 358, Op.1 (Nos.1-12), HWV 371-373, HWV 380-385, Op.2 (Nos.1-6), HWV 392-394, Op.5 (Nos.1-7)...  Read More >>

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Beethoven was a prolific letter writer, with thousands of examples surviving to this day. This illustrated collection...  Read More >>

This book explores rhythm and meter in the German Lied, including songs by Hensel, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and...  Read More >>

Beethoven was a prolific letter writer, with thousands of examples surviving to this day. This two-volume collection,...  Read More >>

Beethoven was a prolific letter writer, with thousands of examples surviving to this day. This two-volume collection,...  Read More >>

Beethoven was a prolific letter writer, with thousands of examples surviving to this day. This illustrated collection...  Read More >>

Louis XIV and his court at Versailles had a profound influence on music in France and throughout Europe. Taking...  Read More >>

The concept of musical topics describes the aural cross-references between styles and genres. The Oxford Handbook...  Read More >>

Defining Deutschtum engages the political-cultural milieu of Liberal Vienna through the discourse of three generations...  Read More >>

Exploring the complexities and significance of classical music today  Read More >>

This study seeks to explore universal issues relating to the production of opera, based on the very specific example...  Read More >>

This book takes its departure from an experiment presented by Vincenzo Galilei in the Florentine Camerata in about...  Read More >>

Vladimir Jankelevitchargues that composerFranz Liszt was a leading champion of musical modernity who knew how to...  Read More >>