Top 100 New Releases - Classical History, Style & Culture

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Songlist Close Francois-Joseph Fetis: Nicolo Paganini - With An Analysis Of His Compositions And A Sketch Of The History Of The Violin ~ Biography £8.95  Add To Basket Availability  In Stock. Usually ships in 24 hours Media Book Publisher Dover Publications Written by an immensely important musicologist, this rare 1860 monograph analyzes Nicolo Paganini's compositions and provides a fascinating history of the Violin. More

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Songlist Close Barry Cooper: Beethoven - An Extraordinary Life ~ Biography £10.50  Add To Basket Availability  Special Order. Usually ships in 7 working days Media Book Publisher ABRSM Publishing In this, the fifth biography in the ABRSM Extraordinary Lives series, Beethoven expert Professor Barry Cooper provides a fascinating and compact summary of the key moments in Beethoven’s life. More

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Songlist Close Humphrey Searle: The Music Of Liszt ~ Biography £16.95  Add To Basket Availability  In Stock. Usually ships in 24 hours Media Book Publisher Dover Publications Virtuoso pianist Franz Liszt was a key figure in the evolution of modern music. The Music Of Liszt, by well-known British composer and musicologist Humphrey Searle, constitutes the most authoritative English-language study of Liszt's works. More

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Songlist Close Abraham Veinus: The Concerto - From Its Origins To The Modern Era ~ Reference £14.95  Add To Basket Availability  In Stock. Usually ships in 24 hours Media Book Publisher Dover Publications Examining the social, economic, and personal factors that influenced the concerto's growth, author Abraham Veinus also summarizes the contributions of theorists, composers, and musicians and defines the genre's terms and the changing nature. More

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Songlist Close Adam Carse: The History Of Orchestration ~ Reference £10.95  Add To Basket Availability  In Stock. Usually ships in 24 hours Media Book Publisher Dover Publications This well-known study by an eminent musicologist constitutes one of the best mid-level explorations of the nature and function of the orchestra. More

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Songlist Close Frits Noske/Rita Benton: French Song From Berlioz To Duparc ~ Reference £12.95  Add To Basket Availability  In Stock. Usually ships in 24 hours Media Book Publisher Dover Publications A distinguished musicologist explores nineteenth-century French art songs in this fascinating study of the melodies of Berlioz, Liszt, Bizet, Saint-Saëns, Franck, Fauré, and others. More

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Songlist Close George Grove: Beethoven And His Nine Symphonies ~ Reference £14.95  Add To Basket Availability  In Stock. Usually ships in 24 hours Media Book Publisher Dover Publications This classic of music analysis by a noted musicologist offers revealing insights into Beethoven's personality and music. George Grove, the founding editor of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, interweaves fascinating background information on the composer's historical era with quotations, letters, and anecdotes. More

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Songlist Close Lotte Lehmann: More Than Singing - The Interpretation Of Songs ~ Reference £12.95  Add To Basket Availability  In Stock. Usually ships in 24 hours Media Book Publisher Dover Publications As the title suggests, More Than Singing concerns not only music and proper vocal techniques but also life and the transcendent power of art. More

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Songlist Close Bent Lorentzen: Musikdramaturgi ~ Not Specified £21.95  Add To Basket Availability  In Stock. Usually ships in 24 hours Media Book Publisher Edition Wilhelm Hansen AS Bent Lorentzen viser med denne bog, hvad god musikdramaturgi er. Alle operainteresserede kan få større indsigt i operaens virkemidler – som teater. More

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Songlist Close Jon Ceander Mitchell: Ralph Vaughan Williams' Wind Works ~ Reference £19.95  Add To Basket Availability  Special Order. Usually ships in 21 working days Media Book Publisher Meredith Music This exciting work, by one of today's most highly regarded music scholars, brings new light to the more than two dozen works by Ralph Vaughan Williams for military band, brass band and wind ensemble. More

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Songlist Close Robert Schumann: Schumann on Music - A Selection From The Writings ~ Reference £10.95  Add To Basket Availability  On Order. Usually ships in 2-4 weeks Media Book Publisher Dover Publications In addition to his genius as a composer, Schumann was a gifted critic who wrote perceptive essays, articles, and reviews for his influential musical journal, Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik. More

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Songlist Close Amy Fay: Music-Study In Germany - The Classic Memoir Of The Romantic Era ~ Biography £12.95  Add To Basket Availability  In Stock. Usually ships in 24 hours Media Book Publisher Dover Publications Dating from 1869 to 1875, this famous series of engaging letters by a young American pianist uniquely describes study with Liszt, Tausig, and other luminaries. More

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Songlist Close Ludwig Van Beethoven: Romances In F And G For Violin And Orchestra Op.50, 40 (Critical Report) ~ Reference £12.50  Add To Basket Availability  Special Order. Usually ships in 14 working days Media Book Publisher Bärenreiter Bärenreiter's new Urtext edition of opp. 50 and 40 offers the score to op. 50 twice; the first score reflects the state of Beethoven’s autograph with editorial markings clearly indicated, the second score has been edited based on other works by Beethoven from that period. More

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Songlist Close Antonín Dvorák: Concerto For Violoncello And Orchestra In B Minor Op.104 (Critical Commentary) ~ Reference £25.00  Add To Basket Availability  Special Order. Usually ships in 14 working days Media Book Publisher Bärenreiter The editor Jonathan Del Mar has painstakingly examined all the surviving sources in order to produce an authoritative edition which restores Dvorák's final and definitive version of the solo cello part. More

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Songlist Close Malcolm Arnold in Words ~ Biography £14.95  Add To Basket Availability  On Order. Usually ships in 2-4 weeks Media Book Publisher Queen's Temple Publications This collection of Malcolm Arnold's writings and interviews presents a fascinating insight into his complex mind. More

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Songlist Close James Friskin/Irwin Freundlich: Music For The Piano ~ Reference £13.95  Add To Basket Availability  In Stock. Usually ships in 24 hours Media Book Publisher Dover Publications This musicology classic and survey reviews the piano repertoire from 1580 to 1952 and the works of more than 500 composers. More

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Songlist Close James Levine: 40 Years At The Met ~ Biography £24.95  Add To Basket Availability  Special Order. Usually ships in 21 working days Media Book Publisher Amadeus Press This extraordinary collection of photographs and essays chronicles the unparalleled career of Maestro James Levine over four decades at the Metropolitan Opera. More

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Songlist Close Jeffrey Langford: Evenings At The Opera - An Exploration Of The Basic Repertoire ~ History £14.95  Add To Basket Availability  Special Order. Usually ships in 21 working days Media Book Publisher Amadeus Press Evenings at the Opera: An Exploration of the Basic Repertoire is a collection of essays based on Jeffery Langford's lectures at the Manhattan School of Music and inspired by his pre-performance talks at the Metropolitan Opera Guild. More

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Songlist Close Doug Adams: The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films - A Comprehensive Account of Howard Shore's Scores ~ Reference £49.95  Add To Basket Availability  Special Order. Usually ships in 7 working days Media Book Publisher Alfred Publishing Howard Shore’s Academy Award-winning score for The Lord of the Rings has been hailed some of the greatest film music ever written. Sweeping in scope, it is an interpretation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth as music—an operatic tapestry of cultures, histories, languages, and peoples. More

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Songlist Close Elaine Gould: Behind Bars - The Definitive Guide To Music Notation ~ Reference £65.00  Add To Basket Availability  In Stock. Usually ships in 24 hours Media Book Publisher Faber Music This seminal and all-encompassing guide encourages new standards of excellence and accuracy and, at a weighty 704 pages, it is supported by 1,500 music examples of published scores from Bach to Xenakis. More