Classical

Benjamin Britten was one of the outstanding British composers of the 20th century. He shot to international fame with his operas, performed by his own English Opera Group, and a series of extraordinary instrumental works. His music won a central place in...

The Piano Player: British Classics presents 20 iconic pieces of British classical music, specially arranged for intermediate piano solo. The collection includes the theme from Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar and Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by...

30 nineteenth-century partsongs for unaccompanied SATB including classics of the genre and lesser-known gems. The book includes a full introduction and critical notes by the editor.Book InformationISBN 9780193436503Author Paul HillierPage Count...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781705130988Author Alma DeutscherPage Count 80Imprint G Schirmer, IncorporatedPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

The music of the medieval, Renaissance, and baroque periods have been repeatedly discarded and rediscovered ever since they were new. An interest in music of the past has been characteristic of a part of the musical world since the early 19th century...

An essential exploration of Nordic composers and musicians, and the distinctive culture that continues to shape them Once considered a musical backwater, the Nordic region is now a musical powerhouse. Conductors from Denmark and Finland dominate the...

From music written in praise of Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and English saints to the selection of Gospel readings by the Dominicans, this book introduces readers to the richness of medieval liturgical culture from across Britain and Ireland. Each of its...

'They are not for you but for a later age!' Ludwig van Beethoven, on the Opus 59 quartetsBeethoven's sixteen string quartets are some of the most extraordinary and challenging pieces of music ever written. They have inspired artists of all kinds - not...

This five-volume graded series of organ music by J. S. Bach (2 volumes for manuals only; 3 volumes for manuals and pedals) provides a wonderful selection of pieces for all players. The whole is an authoritative and fully practical introduction to this...

Schumann: The Faces and the Masks is a groundbreaking account of a major composer whose life and works have been the subject of intense controversy ever since his attempted suicide and early death in an insane asylum. Schumann was a key figure in the...

Providing a fresh approach to the social history of the Victorian era, this book examines the history and development of the tonic sol-fa sight-singing system, and its impact on British society. Instead of focusing on the popular classical music canon,...

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,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781998351046Author Mavis HimesFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Kinetics Design - Kdbooks.CAPublisher Kinetics Design - Kdbooks.CAWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780793552214Author Jacob DontPage Count 48Imprint G Schirmer, IncorporatedPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

for vocal soloists or SATB choir and orchestra or reduced orchestra Serenade to Music is sublime - one of the most stunningly beautiful musical creations of the 20th century. This choral meditation on the nature of music and its power to enrapture is a...

Published in its first edition in 1983, Boyd's treatment of this canonical composer is essential reading for students, scholars, and everyone interested in Baroque music. In this third edition, biographical chapters alternate with commentary on the...

In this book - the only full-length study of the composer - the author provides a richly documented account of Bruch's career as music director and composer. Max Bruch (1838-1920), the German composer best known for his Violin Concerto in G minor, was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780793551309Author Florence PricePage Count 40Imprint G Schirmer, IncorporatedPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480328488Author Robert L. LarsenPage Count 325Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 1043gDimensions(mm) 267mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780793560875Author Wolfgang Amadeus MozartPage Count 64Imprint G Schirmer, IncorporatedPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Pierre Boulez is arguably the most influential composer of the second half of the twentieth century. Here, Jonathan Goldman provides a fresh appraisal of the composer's music, demonstrating how understanding the evolution of Boulez's ideas on musical...

Despite having been composed in the years 1938-43 when Europe was ravaged by war, this work radiates peace and serenity. It marks the peak of the lyrical modalism of works such as the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (1910), Flos Campi (1925), and...

Can ballet ever be reconciled with feminist ideals? 'Beautiful, difficult, and compelling.' VANITY FAIR 'Don't think, dear,' said Balanchine. 'Just do.' For centuries, being a ballerina has been synonymous with being beautiful, thin, obedient...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480390768Author Frederic ChopinFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams)...

In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential comes an insider's look into the cloistered world of classical music. Now a major Amazon.com TV series starring Gabriel Garcia Bernal.From her debut recital at Carnegie Hall to performing with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783795705169Author Gudrun HeyensPage Count 80Imprint Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KGPublisher Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KG

'A dazzling celebration and recalibration of Mozart's genius, written with an energy to match its subject' Ian Bostridge Mozart is one of the most familiar and beloved icons of our culture, but how much do we really understand of his music, and what...

This beautifully illustrated reference is a guide to the history of music, instruments of the orchestra and the most influential classical composers. All sections of the orchestra are covered: strings, woodwind and brass, percussion, keyboards and the...

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...

While acknowledging that Pierre Boulez is not a philosopher, and that he is wary of the potential misuse of philosophy with regard to music, this study investigates a series of philosophically charged terms and concepts which he uses in discussion of his...

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

In 1983, French-Canadian composer Claude Vivier was murdered in Paris at the age of thirty-four. Based on unrestricted access to Vivier's personal archives, this book is the first to tell his story. Claude Vivier's haunting and expressive music has...

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

Analyzing the final three decades of Haydn's career, this book uses the composer as a prism through which to examine urgent questions across the humanities. With this ambitious book, musicologist Nicholas Mathew uses the remarkable career of Joseph...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785585401Author Ludovico EinaudiPage Count 88Imprint Music Sales LtdPublisher Hal Leonard Europe Limited

‘[…] 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,...