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The orchestra has tuned, the lights in the hall have dimmed, and the conductor’s baton signals the downbeat for the beginning of the romance. Settle back – it’s telling you something… The history of……続きを見る

An exuberant, uniquely accessible, beautifully illustrated look inside the enigmatic art and craft of conducting, from a celebrated conductor whose international career has spanned half a century. J……続きを見る

Notes for Clarinetists: A Guide to the Repertoire offers important historical and analytical information about thirty-five of the best-known pieces written for the instrument. Numerous contextual an……続きを見る

This volume presents the complete score for Johann Sebastian Bach's “Flute Sonata in B Minor”. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) was a German musician and composer during the Baroque period. He ba……続きを見る

A deeply personal, intimate conversation about music and writing between the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author and the former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In Absolutely o……続きを見る

The first full-length study of the English composer's complex interaction with his physical environment, and its new relevance in the 21st century. More perhaps than any other composer, Edward Elgar……続きを見る

A substantial amount of early music for the guitar remains unknown to modern performers and audiences. In recent years, however, musicologists, scholars, and performers on period instruments have pr……続きを見る

Johana Harris was a musical prodigy who began her education in her native Canada, then moved to New York at the age of 12. The youngest student ever admitted to the Juilliard Graduate School of Musi……続きを見る

Shortly after Chopin's death in 1849, Franz Liszt wrote the first full-length biography of his fellow composer. As one of Chopin's friends, Liszt created a unique biography that allows the reader to……続きを見る

In an effort to create multiple cross-curricular connections in the classroom and increase student motivation, Indian Fields School has come up with a "novel" idea: an eBook entirely written and ill……続きを見る

Does your classical music radio station play some of the same famous pieces over and over again? This book is filled with hundreds of tips for repertoire that will immediately add variety to your st……続きを見る

La musica (dal sostantivo greco μουσική) è l'arte dell'organizzazione dei suoni nel corso del tempo e nello spazio. Si tratta di arte in quanto complesso di norme pratiche adatte a conseguire determ……続きを見る

During the years of instruction he received from master George Enescu, Serge Blanc collected and marked technical and interpretive indications for what Enescu called "The Himalayas of violinists" : ……続きを見る

Rudolf Nureyev had it all: beauty, genius, charm, passion, and sex appeal. No other dancer of our time has generated the same excitement, for both men and women, on or off the stage. With Nureyev: T……続きを見る

This vintage book contains a comprehensive treatise of Baroque music. It was written for the music student and music lover, with the aim of acquainting them with this great period of music history a……続きを見る

"A fascinating and genuinely accessible guide....Educating, enjoyable, and delightfully unscary."ーClassical Music What if Bach and Mozart heard richer, more dramatic chords than we hear in music to……続きを見る

In this compulsively readable, fascinating, and provocative guide to classical music, Norman Lebrecht, one of the world’s most widely read cultural commentators tells the story of the rise of the cl……続きを見る

Famous Composers and Their Works is a study on music and biographies of some of the world's greatest composers in history. Table of Contents: Volume I: Orlando di Lasso The Netherland Masters Giovan……続きを見る

Beethoven's early chamber music is, for many listeners, largely an unexplored treasure trove of fresh, often highly creative, sometimes surprising music. This listening guide will help the intereste……続きを見る

No nineteenth-century composer had more diverse ties to his contemporary world than Franz Liszt (1811-1886). At various points in his life he made his home in Vienna, Paris, Weimar, Rome, and Budape……続きを見る

One of the most important ballet choreographers of all time, Marius Petipa (1818 - 1910) created works that are now mainstays of the ballet repertoire. Every day, in cities around the world, perform……続きを見る

Throughout his career as composer, conductor, and pianist, Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) was an intensely private individual. When Bertensson and Leyda's 1956 biography appeared, it lifted the vei……続きを見る

Serving Genius tells the life story of Carlo Maria Giulini, one of the most renowned and beloved conductors of the twentieth century. Detailing Giulini's extraordinary professional career, Thomas D.……続きを見る

In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the flute was the most commonly played wind instrument by both amateurs and virtuosos. Thanks to the flute's popularity, countless instruments,……続きを見る

The full eBook version of Yiruma SOLO: Easy in fixed-layout format. Discover the enchanting world of Yiruma with the official easy piano sheet music from his best-selling recorded album, SOLO. Relea……続きを見る

An essential resource for scholars and performers, this study by a world-renowned specialist illuminates the piano music of four major French composers, in comparative and reciprocal context. Howat ……続きを見る

The strict traditions of piano teaching have remained entrenched for generations. The dominant influence of Muzio Clementi (1752-1832), the first composer-pedagogue of the instrument, brought about……続きを見る

Twelve-tone and serial music were dominant forms of composition following World War II and remained so at least through the mid-1970s. In 1961, Ann Phillips Basart published the pioneering bibliogra……続きを見る

To evaluate the familiar, even over-familiar, story of Handel's life could be seen as a quixotic endeavour. How can there be anything new to say? This book seeks to distinguish fact from fiction, no……続きを見る

A completely new edition of the definitive biography of Chopin, unavailable for many years, by one of the finest of contemporary European historians. Two centuries have passed since Chopin’s birth, ……続きを見る