Western "classical" music books

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This book is the first and only book that approaches the dramaturgy of contemporary opera from the unique perspectives...  Read More >>

Opera stars, then & now.  Read More >>

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Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) was a composer with an individual, expressive style. She was also an excellent violinist,...  Read More >>

Between the world wars, Chicago Race women nurtured a local yet widely resonant Black classical music community...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook to Spanish Film Music provides a significant contribution to the research and history of...  Read More >>

50 delightful guitar solos that are easy to play yet sound full and complete. Features the music of only the best...  Read More >>

Between the world wars, Chicago Race women nurtured a local yet widely resonant Black classical music community...  Read More >>

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Edward MacDowell’s European Piano Music is a critical study of the piano music that MacDowell composed during his...  Read More >>

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Der Freischütz is a German Romantic opera that tells the story of Max, a marksman who makes a pact with dark forces...  Read More >>

Lohengrin is a Romantic opera by Richard Wagner that tells the mystical tale of the knight Lohengrin, who comes...  Read More >>

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (1813-1901) was an Italian Romantic opera composer, best known for Rigoletto,...  Read More >>

Aida is one of Verdi's most renowned operas, set in ancient Egypt and revolving around the forbidden love between...  Read More >>

Andrea Chénier is a verismo opera by Umberto Giordano, set against the backdrop of the French Revolution. The story...  Read More >>

Norma is a bel canto opera by Vincenzo Bellini that tells the tragic story of the Druid priestess Norma, who is...  Read More >>

The extraordinary true story of intertwined lives that lies behind Handel's Messiah, the most performed piece of...  Read More >>

This book provides a socio-cultural analysis of khayal bandishes composed by Ne’mat Khan ‘Sadarang’ and Feroze Khan...  Read More >>

Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813-1883) was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist,...  Read More >>

La Traviata is one of Verdi's most famous operas, centering on the doomed love between the courtesan Violetta Valéry...  Read More >>

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The book foregrounds the important lineage of incredible women working across performance, live art and cabaret...  Read More >>