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Renowned nineteenth-century musicologist François-Joseph Fétis assembled this authoritative survey with the assistance of noted violin maker and dealer Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume. Focusing on the work of...

This classic of music criticism provides detailed studies of 23 of Mozart's piano concertos. In addition to establishing the lines along which the genre developed, the concertos also shed light upon t...

Felix Salzer. Explores tonal organisation in Western music using 500 examples from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Two volumes bound as one.

Cecil Forsyth describes 57 instruments, tracing their origins, development and status at the beginning of World War I. He discusses the evolution of each instrument and players' impressions of what th...

This volume consists of unaccompanied choral works composed or otherwise arranged by Johannes Brahms for mixed choruses as well as individual men's and women's choruses.

Even if you've never so much as touched a musical instrument before, this tried-and-true guide will have you strumming away in no time. Professor J. Kalani Peterson, an expert instructor, shares his s...

Arbie Orenstein. Ravels musikalische Leistungen sowie sein Leben und seine Zeit werden in dieser meisterhaften Biografie, die ursprünglich 1975 veröffentlicht wurde, brillant wiedergegeben.

Name an iconic Sixties rock moment and Ellen Sander was probably there. A beautifully written, sweeping yet intimate account of America's cultural awakening in that decade. Massively entertaining - Ro...

Praised by the New York Times as gently imbued with ragtime, but aspiring 'to genuine operatic richness, ' Scott Joplin's energetic opera tells of a confident young woman whose life, in many respects,...

An enduringly popular romantic spoof that has charmed countless listeners since its 1885 debut. The Mikado's appealing Japanese setting lends fresh novelty to Sullivan's winsome melodies and Gilbert's...

An unabridged republication of the work originally published by G. Schirmer, New York in 1900. Italian and English text provided.

Mozart's friendship with Anton Stadler, the clarinetist in Vienna's Royal-Imperial Court Orchestra, led to the composition of Mozart's Clarinet Quintet In A Major. The four-movement piece is arranged...

In addition to his genius as a composer, Schumann was a gifted critic who wrote perceptive essays, articles, and reviews for his influential musical journal, Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik. Written from 1...

Reproduced directly from the famous Breitkopf and Härtel series, this volume includes the famous 'Trout' quintet (1819), the Quartet in F Major (1816), and three delightful trios for pianoforte, violi...

Two of the most popular Baroque orchestral works in the repertoire appear here in one inexpensive, convenient volume. Full of charm and tremendous variety, Water Music features a colourful blend of co...

A monument in the history of Western music, The Well-Tempered Clavier represents not only the culmination of J. S. Bach's own maturation process but also the impetus for the emerging style and structu...

Originally published by the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music in the 1920s, this new edition of Bach 's The Well-Tempered Clavier offers illuminating perspectives on the work from a pair o...

The three volumes of The Masterwork in Music present complete English translations of major works by Austrian music theorist Heinrich Schenker, one of the twentieth century's leading figures in the fi...

The three volumes of The Masterwork In Music present complete English translations of major works by Austrian music theorist Heinrich Schenker, one of the twentieth century's leading figures in the fi...

Based on the play by Beaumarchais, The Barber Of Seville is one of the greatest of all comic operas, delighting audiences with its keenly sketched characters, melodic elegance, rhythmic exhilaration,...

Eight works, including the celebrated 'Piano Quintet Op. 44', four 'Quartets' (Op. 41 Nos. 1-3 Op. 47), three 'Trios' (Opp. 63, 80, 110). Breitkopf & Hortel edition.

The melodies, harmonies, moods, and rhythms of Norwegian folk songs and dances — even the sounds of old Norwegian folk instruments — inspired and filled the music of Edvard Grieg. These distinctive in...

Albert Schweitzer. Contains a virtual history of Protestant church music, narrowing the study to Germany, tracing to their roots the forms used by Bach and assesses the contributions of other composer...