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Synagogue Song
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012; US$ 45.00Throughout history, music has been a fixture of Jewish religious life. Musical references appear in biblical accounts of the Red Sea crossing and King Solomon's coronation, and music continues to play a central role in virtually every Jewish occasion. Through 100 brief chapters, this volume considers theoretical approaches to the study of Jewish... more...
Music of the Middle Ages: Volume 1
Cambridge University Press 1984; US$ 42.00A unique history of the vast repertory of monophonic music of the Middle Ages. more...
The Age of Mozart and Beethoven
Cambridge University Press 1984; US$ 34.00An examination of one of the crucial periods of musical history, viewed against the social and political background of the time. more...
Music in the Seventeenth Century
Cambridge University Press 1987; US$ 64.00Examines musical life in the seventeenth century, a period of profound change in the history of music. more...
The Classic FM Concise Hall of Fame
Elliott & Thompson 2011; US$ 12.73The Concise Classic FM Hall of Fame celebrates classical music?s unique ability to stir the emotions of a listener ? whether it?s the haunting melodies of Górecki?s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs or Purcell?s Dido and Aeneas; the passionately charged opening bars of Beethoven?s Symphony No. 5; dramatic operas such as Puccini?s La bohčme; the moving sounds... more...
Music at German Courts, 1715-1760
Boydell & Brewer 2011; US$ 90.00What emerges from the wealth of primary source material examined in this volume is an in-depth picture of music-making within the daily life of individual courts, featuring a cast of music directors, instrumentalists, and vocalists, together with numerous support staff drawn from across Europe. Music at German Courts serves to illustrate the extraordinary... more...
The Frank Sinatra Quiz Book
Andrews UK 2012; US$ 4.99Are you a fan of frank Sinatra? Have you seen every film he made? Do you know all there is to know about the man and his music? Then why not put your knowledge to the test with this tribute to the legendary entertainer?Frank Sinatra first appeared on the music scene in the 1940s and quickly went on to become one of the worlds best loved stars,... more...
Contemporary Composers On Contemporary Music
Da Capo Press 2009; US$ 21.00"This anthology of essays, interviews, and autobiographical pieces provides an invaluable overview of the evolution of contemporary music?from chromaticism, serialism, and indeterminacy to jazz, vernac" more...
Music and Performance Culture in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 124.95This is the first book to focus upon aspects of performance in the broader context of nineteenth-century British musical culture. An introduction explores Nicholas Temperley's vast contribution to musicology, highlighting his seminal importance in creating the field of nineteenth-century British music studies, and a bibliography provides an up-to-date... more...
The Middle Eastern Influence on Late Medieval Italian Music Origins of the 29987 Istampittas
The Edwin Mellen Press 2000; US$ 139.95This work focuses on eight of the dances, the istampittas, linked etymologically to the estampie, a French dance, whose origins are here examined with an eye toward Italian and French music and civilization, as well as the music and society of the Arabs. more...









