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The 'keys' provided by Herve Lacombe in this richly informed book open the door to understanding the essence of nineteenth-century French lyric theater. Lacombe illuminates the diverse elements that constitute opera by focusing his investigation around...

for tenor solo and SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied This reflective winter carol features a prominent melody line, taken in two verses by the tenor soloist, which is supported by a gentle accompanying figure in the other voices. The minor tonality...

One of the most significant developments in 19th-century Italian opera was the genesis of the Verdi baritone. The authors argue that the composer's baritone characters embody "a quintessential humanity, expressing needs and temptations, confusions and...

Ballet is a paradox: much loved but little studied. It is a beautiful fairy tale; detached from its origins and unrelated to the men and women who created it. Yet ballet has a history, little known and rarely presented. These great works have dark sides...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997489309Author Julian PeraltaFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Tanguero PublishingPublisher Tanguero PublishingWeight(grams) 608g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629512839Author Andrew RawlinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Independent PublisherPublisher Independent PublisherDimensions(mm) 341mm * 250mm *...

Building upon the developing picture of the importance of British music, musicians and institutions during the eighteenth century, this book investigates the themes of composition, performance (amateur and professional) and music-printing, within the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540021069Author Phillip KeverenPage Count 40Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

A leading British composer of the twentieth-century, Ralph Vaughan Williams was a lifelong exponent of choral music and singing. This two-part collection of new arrangements and editions features well-loved and lesser-known Vaughan Williams songs,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495056291Author Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationPage Count 88Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Explore the trailblazing history of The Who with photos, memorabilia, and stories of rock decadence like no other. Famed music journalist Mat Snow celebrates the Who's debut album, My Generation, with this unofficial illustrated history of the legendary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780634053078Author Giacomo PucciniPage Count 434Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

With her usual combination of erudition, innovation, and spirited prose, Susan McClary reexamines the concept of musical convention in this fast-moving and refreshingly accessible book. Exploring the ways that shared musical practices transmit social...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936135332Author Bob MielkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Golden Antelope PressPublisher Golden Antelope PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604866414Author David EnsmingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 368g

Gaston Leroux's classic tale of tragedy, grand opera, romance and horror has been masterfully adapted by Ken Hill, the author of Mummy's Tomb and The Curse of the Werewolf, into a musical play which preserves all of the excitement and passion of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312150679Author C HeylinFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 165mm...

Maurice Ravel's operas L'Heure espagnole (1907/1911) and L'Enfant et les sortileges (1919-25) are pivotal works in the composer's relatively small oeuvre. Emerging from periods shaped by very distinct musical concerns and historical circumstances, these...

Selected as one of the Best Music Books of 2010 by The Independent, here is a wonderful collection of 20 wide-ranging interviews with the preeminent opera singers, conductors, and directors working on and behind the stage today. Joshua Jampol invites...

Richard Rodgers was one of America's most prolific and best-loved composers. A world without "My Funny Valentine," "The Lady is a Tramp," "Blue Moon," and "Bewitched," to name just a few of the songs he wrote with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983062516Author Greg AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 38Imprint Awkward Fermata PressPublisher Awkward Fermata PressWeight(grams) 113g

"The intention of my work is to dislodge assumptions about the fixity of the three-dimensional body."-Deborah HayHer movements are uncharacteristic, her words subversive, her dances unlike anything done before-and this is the story of how it all works. A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999212752Author Various AuthorsFormat HardbackPage Count 142Imprint Wax Poetics BooksPublisher Wax Poetics BooksWeight(grams) 203g

In a highly influential essay, Rose Rosengard Subotnik critiques "structural listening" as an attempt to situate musical meaning solely within the unfolding of the musical structure itself. The authors of this volume, prominent young music historians and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983562832Author Stephen ManesFormat PaperbackPage Count 910Imprint Cadwallader and SternPublisher Cadwallader and SternWeight(grams) 1380g

Art Sleeves is a time capsule of visual art and music culture as shown through the most important record covers designed by visual artists and graphic designers in the past forty years. This tightly curated collection of covers chosen includes works with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780571211593Author Faber and FaberFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plPublisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957612006Author Ian CumpsteyFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Northern Displayers, Skadi PressPublisher Northern Displayers, Skadi Press

Intimate, anecdotal, and spell-binding, Singing Out offers a fascinating oral history of the North American folk music revivals and folk music. Culled from more than 150 interviews recorded from 1976 to 2006, this captivating story spans seven decades...

John Adams's opera, Nixon in China, is one of the most frequently performed operas in the contemporary literature. Timothy A. Johnson illuminates the opera and enhances listeners' and scholars' appreciation for this landmark work. This music-analytical...

Exploring many aspects of Felix Mendelssohn's multi-faceted career as musician and how it intersects with his work as composer, contributors discuss practical issues of music making such as performance space, instruments, tempo markings, dynamics,...

In this wide-ranging set of original essays, musicologist and organist Russell Stinson investigates Johann Sebastian Bach's compositions for the organ, opening up a wealth of perspectives on the stylistic orientation and historical context of these...

Whether they appeared on Broadway or the Strand, the shows appearing in 1924 epitomized the glamor of popular musical theatre. What made this particular year so distinctive – so special – was the way it brought together the old and the new, the venerated...

for solo violin, upper-voice choir (women's and/or advanced children's choir), with harp, and strings or organ Visions is a four-movement showpiece for solo violin in unique combination with upper-voice choir, harp, and strings (or organ). Inspired by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642930399Author Christopher McKittrickFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Post Hill PressPublisher Post Hill PressWeight(grams) 408g

Search the Internet for the 100 best songs or best albums. Dozens of lists will appear from aficionados to major music personalities. But what if you not only love listening to the blues or country music or jazz or rock, you love reading about it, too...

From Partition to Formation, Daddy Lessons to XO, Beyoncé Legends Alphabet is a melodic trip through the swaggering career of the world’s greatest R&B star. Bootyliciously illustrated and written with admiration, this A to Z anthology is a must-have for...

A unique capacity of measured polyphony is to give precisely fixed places not only to musical notes, but also to individual words in relation to them and each other. The Motet in the Late Middle Ages offers innovative approaches to the equal partnership...

Singers, teachers, coaches, and conductors will appreciate French Lyric Diction: A Singer's Guide for its thorough account of the language as it is sung in opera and melodie. Often-overlooked topics are explored, including phrasal and emphatic stress,...

The book is divided into three major sections, Part I deals with basic information about the nature of sound and of hearing-acoustics and psychoacoustics. In Part II, the equipment and methods of synthesis are discussed in terms of the three primary...