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Pleasure and Meaning in the Classical Symphony
Indiana University Press 2007; US$ 33.95Classical music permeates contemporary life. Encountered in waiting rooms, movies, and hotel lobbies as much as in the concert hall, perennial orchestral favorites mingle with commercial jingles, video-game soundtracks, and the booming bass from a passing car to form the musical soundscape of our daily... more...
Music and Maestros
University of Minnesota Press 1952; US$ 72.00Music lovers all over the United States as well as in other countries have heard the music of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra under the direction of such noted conductors as Dimitri Mitropoulos and Eugene Ormandy. Now they can enjoy the story behind t more...
Way Beyond Compare
Crown Publishing Group 2008; US$ 26.95An answered prayer for Beatles fans and collectors, the first volume of a unique work that exhaustively chronicles all known and available Beatles recordings! Have you ever watched a Beatles film clip and wondered: ? Where was that filmed? ? Is any more of that footage available? Have you ever heard a Beatles interview and asked: ? When was that... more...
Communication in Eighteenth-Century Music
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 32.00Ten leading scholars of music explore the nature of musical communication in the eighteenth century. more...
Words and Music
Liverpool University Press 2005; US$ 75.00Word and music studies is a relatively young discipline that has nonetheless generated a substantial amount of work. Recent studies in the field have embraced music in literature (word music, formal parallels to music in literature, verbal music), music and literarature (vocal music) and literature in music (programme music). Other positions have been... more...
Charles Francois Gounod
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 158.00Charles François Gounod: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography concerning both the nature of primary sources related to the composer and the scope and significance of the secondary sources which deal with him and his compositions. more...
Music of the Twentieth Century
Amsterdam University Press 2005; US$ 35.00Ton de Leeuw's lifetime engagement with music, European and Oriental, gives this book its unique insight into what constitutes true modernity and innovation more...
De perfecte verleiding
Amsterdam University Press 2004; US$ 48.00In de zeventiende eeuw ging vrijwel iedere toneelvoorstelling gepaard met muziek. Er werd niet alleen gemusiceerd tussen de bedrijven, maar ook in het toneelstuk zelf. Muziek diende als achtergrond en versiering en was functioneel geïntegreerd in de handeling van het drama. Uit de rekeningen van de Amsterdamse Schouwburg blijkt dat men professionele... more...
Alan Bush
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2007; US$ 99.95This present Source Book documents the works of Alan Bush and the many arrangements of his music by other composers. A wealth of detail is provided, including printed scores, CD recordings, bibliographical material and manuscript scores and their locations, the majority of which have been deposited recently in the British Library by the Bush family.... more...
Choral Repertoire
Oxford University Press, USA 2009; US$ 69.99Preface. Acknowledgments. The Medieval Era. The Renaissance Era: France - Italy - Spain and the New World - Germany and Austria - England. The Baroque Era: Italy - France - Germany - England - Spain and the New World. The Classical Era: Austria and Germany - Italy and France - England - The United States. The Romantic Era: France - Italy - Austria... more...









