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Ian Bostridge is one of the outstanding singers of our time, celebrated for the quality of his voice but also for the exceptional intelligence he brings to bear on the interpretation of the repertoi……続きを見る

The Madrigal: A Research and Information Guide is the first comprehensive annotated bibliography of scholarship on virtually all aspects of madrigal composition, production, and consumption. It cont……続きを見る

Mahler’s life was a remarkably complex one, his success as a conductor continually overshadowed by his craving for recognition as a composer. Recognition which never came in his lifetime. In this bi……続きを見る

Featuring all 12 pages of sheet music for Frédéric Chopin’s remarkable solo piano piece ‘Heroic’. Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) was a prolific Polish pianist and composer. He excelled as one of the fi……続きを見る

This new edited compact guitar book will teach you playing classical guitar in the easiest and in the more efficient way, without too much effort. In this book I tell you step by step all my experie……続きを見る

One autumn evening, not long after ending a stint as a pop music critic, Eric Siblin attended a recital of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites - and fell deeply in love. So began a quest that would……続きを見る

A century after his death, Gustav Mahler is the most important composer of modern times. Displacing Beethoven as a box-office draw, his music offers more than the usual listening satisfactions. Many……続きを見る

Apollo's Angels is a major new history of classical ballet. It begins in the courts of Europe, where ballet was an aspect of aristocratic etiquette and a political event as much as it was an art. Th……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS PREFACE CHAPTER I. BIRTHーANCESTRYーEARLY YEARS CHAPTER II. VIENNAー1750-1760 CHAPTER III. EISENSTADTー1761-1766 CHAPTER IV. ESTERHAZー1766-……続きを見る

William Forsythe’s reinvigoration of classical ballet during his 20-year tenure at the Ballett Frankfurt saw him lauded as one of the greatest choreographers of the postwar era. His current work wit……続きを見る

If you are looking for a practical, step-by-step guide to developing the tone and techniques required of a singer who sings in the classical or romantic style this is just the book for you. How to G……続きを見る

Lauri Suurpää brings together two rigorous methodologies, Greimassian semiotics and Schenkerian analysis, to provide a unique perspective on the expressive power of Franz Schubert's song cycle. Focu……続きを見る

Lutosławski: Strawchain & Other Songs was written in 1951 for Polish Radio, Strawchain & Other songs presents a series of contrasting songs about nature and people. Strawchain itself is a set of var……続きを見る

DON'T SIT HERE was nominated by Bill Henderson for the Pushcart Editors' Book Award and it was short-listed for the PEN/Revson Fiction Foundation Fellowship Award. The opening chapter was published……続きを見る

Are you a fan of classical music? Can you name all the well-known composers, conductors and the compositions they are associated with? Or perhaps, you would like to learn more about them? If so, you……続きを見る

Verdi's enduring presence on the opera stages of the world and as a subject for study by scholars in various disciplines has placed him as a central figure within modern culture. His operas, includi……続きを見る

This detailed account of the Kapella (Russian Court Chapel Choir) examines the influence it exerted on the development of Russian sacred music. The educational importance of the institution has alwa……続きを見る

This book chronicles the major milestones in the artistic, physical, and administrative history of Lincoln Center’s last two-and-a-half decades. Filled with over sixty beautiful black-and-white phot……続きを見る

This special bundle contains seven books that detail Canada’s long and storied history in the performing arts. We learn about Canada’s early Hollywood celebrity movie stars; Canadians’ vast contribu……続きを見る

In Dramaturgical Leaves: Essays about Musical Works for the Stage and Queries about the Stage, Its Composers and Performers, the third volume in Janita R. Hall-Swadley’s The Collected Writings of Fr……続きを見る

Beethoven and Rossini have always been more than a pair of famous composers. Even during their lifetimes, they were well on the way to becoming 'Beethoven and Rossini' – a symbolic duo, who represen……続きを見る

Ombra is the term which applies to an operatic scene involving the appearance of an oracle or demon, witches, or ghosts. Such scenes can be traced back to the early days of opera and were commonplac……続きを見る

The Kaprálová Companion, edited by Karla Hartl and Erik Entwistle, is a collection of biographical and analytical essays on Czech composer Vítezslava Kaprálová [1915–1940]. Accompanied by an annotat……続きを見る

This is an account of the actions taken by the residents of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to create a local amateur society singing the music of J. S. Bach and to develop it into a choir of international ……続きを見る

First Published in 1996. This series presents the music of early American composers of sacred musicーpsalmody, as it was calledーin collected critical editions. The purpose of the series is to prese……続きを見る

Beethoven's middle-period quartets, Opp. 59, 74 and 95, are pieces that engage deeply with the aesthetic ideas of their time. In the first full contextual study of these works, Nancy November celebr……続きを見る

First Published in 1997. This series presents the music of early American composers of sacred musicーpsalmody, as it was calledーin collected critical editions. Each volume has been prepared by a sc……続きを見る

This book examines the relationship between narrative film and reality, as seen through the lens of on-screen classical concert performance. By investigating these scenes, wherein the performance of……続きを見る

A new and fascinating biography of the most outstanding composer in musical history, covering Bach's earliest efforst in Eisenach, his cultural inheritance, his series of posts as organist or musici……続きを見る

“A glimpse into the fragile psyche of a dancer.” ーThe Washington Post Jenifer Ringer, a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, was thrust into the headlines after her weight was commented ……続きを見る