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Letters from a Life Vol 1: 1923-39
Faber and Faber 2011; US$ 21.86Volume One of these remarkable letters and diaries opens with a letter from Britten aged nine to his formidable mother, Edith. Music is already at the centre of his life, and it accompanies him through prep and public school and then to London to the Royal College of Music, where the phenomenally gifted but inexperienced young composer is plunged... more...
The Great Cellists
Faber and Faber 2011; US$ 14.57The Great Cellists is a comprehensive and authoritative history of the lives and work of the cello's great performers and teachers, from the emergence of the solo instrument in the seventeenth century to the present day. In its early history, the cello was a genuine 'bass' violin that came in three sizes and from the thirteenth century was played... more...
The Rough Guide to Classical Music
Rough Guides 2010; US$ 29.99This expanded and completely revised fifth edition is a unique ebook, spanning a thousand years of music from Gregorian chant via Bach and Beethoven to current leading lights such as Thomas Adès and Kaija Saariaho. There are concise biographical profiles of more than 200 composers and informative summaries of the major compositions in all genres,... more...
Starlust
Faber and Faber 2011; US$ 14.57'I go in my bedroom and lie on my bed and soon as I set eyes on Nick it's like magic...' (Alison, 14) Starlust is a stunning oral history of pop music fandom in all its glorious, unexpurgated ecstasies and deliriums. Through first-hand accounts collected from interviews, diaries, letters and confessions Fred Vermorel presents an unprecedented, multi-faceted... more...
Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music
Scarecrow Press 2011; US$ 79.99Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music focuses on modernist and postmodern classical music worldwide from 1890 to the present. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries, with more than 60 entries explaining the methods, styles,... more...
The Story Of Naxos
Little, Brown Book Group 2012; US$ 45.29The fascinating story of how a budget classical record label became the leading provider of classical music and the man behind its success. more...
The Story Of Naxos
Little, Brown Book Group 2012; Not AvailableThe fascinating story of how a budget classical record label became the leading provider of classical music and the man behind its success. more...
Music as Alchemy
Faber and Faber 2012; US$ 21.86How are conductors' silent gestures magicked into sound by a group of more than a hundred brilliant but belligerent musicians? The mute choreography of great conductors has fascinated and frustrated musicians and music-lovers for centuries, from Toscanini to Karajan, from Carlos Kleiber to Gustavo Dudamel. Orchestras can be inspired to the heights... more...
Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period
Scarecrow Press 2012; US$ 119.99The Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period covers the music of the Classical Period (1728-1800) with both forerunners and successors briefly described. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,000 cross-referenced entries on composers, genres, styles,... more...
Benjamin Britten
Random House 2013; US$ 33.37Benjamin Britten was the greatest English composer of the twentieth century and one of the outstanding musicians of his age. Born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, in 1913, Britten was the youngest child of a dentist father and amateur musician mother. After studying at the Royal College of Music, he became a vital part of London's creative and intellectual... more...









