Classical

Ian Bostridge is one of the outstanding singers of our time. Yet his early career was that of a professional historian, and A Singer's Notebook takes a look at the multifaceted world of classical music through the eyes of someone whose career as a singer...

Bringing together much-loved masterpieces with exciting new works, this accessible and inspiring guide is a celebration of classical music. With pieces ranging from Vaughan Williams's 'The Lark Ascending' and Beethoven's 'Pastoral' Symphony to the scores...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423411482Author Arthur LaurentsPage Count 22Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480352438Author Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationPage Count 24Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

for solo cello Conceived as a set, these eight songs are drawn from several Chinese regions (Shaanbei, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Hunan, and Shanxi) and represent the three main genres of mountain song, work song, and the more structured...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156056502Author Carl SandburgFormat PaperbackPage Count 495Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton Mifflin

Classical music can be a dangerous pastime... What with love affairs, their conductor dropping dead, a stolen cello and no money, Stockwell Park Orchestra is having a fraught season. After Mrs Ford-Hughes is squashed and injured by a dying guest...

‘[…] this superb account of how that glorious institution came into being will give you deep and abiding pleasure […]’ Stephen Fry When harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood and record producer Peter Wadland founded the Academy of Ancient Music in 1973,...

The Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time. This text illuminates, through a representative sampling of masterworks, those themes,...

The Sixteen have become a household name. They are the Voices of Classic FM, and stars of the BBC Four series Sacred Music, presented by Simon Russell Beale. Every year since the millennium, they have undertaken a Choral Pilgrimage, bringing a programme...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781458462664Author Claude DebussyPage Count 56Imprint G Schirmer, IncorporatedPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Harmony at the Piano adapts the traditional study of keyboard harmony to the practical needs of modern piano students, using innovative exercises to help students practice their repertoire more deliberately, consciously, and creatively.The author...

Alfred Brendel, one of the greatest pianists of our time, is renowned for his masterly interpretations of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt, and has been credited with rescuing from oblivion the piano music of Schubert's last years. Far from...

Nostalgia for the Future is the first collection in English of the writings and interviews of Luigi Nono (1924-1990). One of the most prominent figures in the development of new music after World War II, he is renowned for both his compositions and his...

Discover the magic of classical guitar with this fun and easy guide The perfect starting point to learning classical guitar, Classical Guitar For Dummies, walks you through the steps, techniques, and styles you'll need to finger-pick your way around...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783795767761Author Felix Mendelssohn BartholdyPage Count 118Imprint Ernst Eulenburg & CoPublisher Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KG

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495077722Author Bela BartokPage Count 88Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Every year, Johann Sebastian Bach's major vocal works are performed to mark liturgical milestones in the Christian calendar. Written by a renowned Bach scholar, this concise and accessible book provides an introduction to the music and cultural contexts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495058202Author Dmitri KabalevskyPage Count 26Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495056314Author Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationPage Count 88Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

A fun and easy way to learn to play the piano or keyboard, with helpful instruction on classic and favorite songs. Written by the author of the best-selling Build It! series in collaboration with an experienced piano teacher, the Play It! books teach how...

This practical guide for flautists provides a survey of the instrument - its development, its technique, its repertoire and its literature - between 1700 and 1900. Each issue is set in a musical context and technical and stylistic matters such as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486449579Author Rollin SmithPage Count 128Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.

The authoritative Beethoven biography, endorsed by and produced in close collaboration with the Beethoven-Haus Bonn, is timed for the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth. With unprecedented access to the archives at the Beethoven House in Bonn,...

This brilliant portrayal weaves Beethoven's musical and biographical stories into their historical and artistic contexts. Lewis Lockwood sketches the turbulent personal, historical, political, and cultural frameworks in which Beethoven worked and...

Composer and broadcaster Jack Pepper introduces the world of classical music - and its colourful characters - as you've never seen it before... LET'S ROCK!Informal, raucous and sometimes scandalous, the heroes of classical music are often far from the...

A fascinating history of the piano explored through 100 pieces chosen by one of the UK's most renowned concert pianists "Tomes . . . casts her net widely, taking in chamber music and concertos, knotty avant-garde masterworks and (most welcome) jazz...

This absorbing and award-winning biography tells the story of the tragedies and triumphs of Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896), a musician of remarkable achievements. At once artist, composer, editor, teacher, wife, and mother of eight children, she was an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062856203Author Clemency Burton-HillFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910841587Author Short MichaelFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Circaidy Gregory PressPublisher Earlyworks PressWeight(grams) 800gDimensions(mm) 246mm...

The first volume in Alan Walker's magisterial biography of Franz Liszt. "You can't help but keep turning the pages, wondering how it will all turn out: and Walker's accumulated readings of Liszt's music have to be taken seriously indeed."-D. Kern...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780793552955Author Peter Ilich TchaikovskyPage Count 44Imprint G Schirmer, IncorporatedPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Theodor W. Adorno goes beyond conventional thematic analysis to gain a more complete understanding of Mahler's music through his character, his social and philosophical background, and his moment in musical history. Adorno examines the composer's works...

A comprehensive and immersive survey of thirty-five Beethoven piano sonatas "Beethoven piano sonatas accompany every pianist, amateur or professional for his or her entire life and constitute one of the most miraculous constants of the human...

Opens up significant paths for conversation about how musical concepts, practices and products were shaped by interrelationships between culture and commerce. Art and money, culture and commerce, have long been seen as uncomfortable bedfellows...

With style wit and expertise Leonard Bernstein shares his love and appreciation for music in all its varied forms in EThe Infinite Variety of MusicE illuminating the deep pleasure and sometimes subtle beauty it offers. He begins with an imaginary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486265438Author Arthur LoesserPage Count 654Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.

'Wonderful ... we need music in our lives now more than ever' HERBIE HANCOCK 'Joan Koenig is on a wonderful mission to enrich children's lives through music' DR GUY DEUTSCHER A...

This charming collection of tales from Haworth musician Colin Casson takes the reader from Westminster Abbey to Northern Ireland, Europe, Australia - and the Hollywood of the 1950s. Illustrated with more than 60 photographs and filled with amusing...

Leonard Bernstein (1918-90), creator of the Broadway masterpiece, West Side Story, was the best loved and most successful conductor of his generation. He inspired fellow American musicians, being the first native American to direct a major American...