Dover Publications

J. Cree Fischer. A simple and accurate method for amateurs. Explains all the basic processes practically and with model clarity. Learn how upright, grand and square actions work and how to deal with s...

As the 'social anchor' in middle-class homes of the 19th century, the piano was simultaneously an elegant piece of drawing-room furniture, a sign of bourgeois prosperity and a means of introducing the...

Jaques-Martin Hotteterre. A treatise of central importance in the historical development of the flute, with discussions on ornaments and embelishments of the period.

This comprehensive view of the Violin and Viola by a professional violinist, teacher and author details the historical development and changing structure of these two instruments. The text covers the...

This classic guide offers an accessible initiation into the mysteries of violin-making. Charming in its style and cultivated in its research, it covers every detail of the process, from wood selection...

How long should I practice? Which pieces should I study? How can I develop a singing tone? All violinists ponder these questions, striving to make the most of their practice and performances. This enl...

One of the most respected and referenced books of its kind, this authoritative volume surveys violins and other bowed instruments, ranging from ancient Greco-Roman styles to those of modern Europe. It...

Along with the instruments of Stradivari and del Gesù, the violins of Giovanni Battista Guadagnini have long been favoured by professional musicians for their responsiveness, tonal quality, and projec...

The 92 songs in this handsomely illustrated songbook colourfully document America's pioneering spirit. In song after song, the triumphs and miseries, thrills and adventures of homesteaders, lumberjack...

Born in Ireland and musically trained in Germany, Victor Herbert (1859-1924) was America's first great composer for the musical theatre. The creator of more than 40 operettas, Herbert produced a serie...

Wonderful compilation of advice and instruction from operatic immortals: Nellie Melba on voice training and preservation, Alma Gluck on building a vocal repertoire, Geraldine Farrar on the will to suc...

Selected Songs For Voice And Piano is a superb collection of 25 exquisite melodies spotlighting the work of Ernest Chausson (1855 - 1899). All reproduced from authoritative sources, these songs take t...

A critical and popular success from its 1786 debut, Mozart's musical comedy elevated the opera buffa to new heights. Le nozze di Figaro ('The Marriage of Figaro'), ossia la folle giornata ('or The Day...

Lilli Lehmann. One of the most influential books on the art of singing ever written. Its author is one of the first great international superstars of opera. With over 50 diagrams, examples and illustr...

Pasquale Bonas umfassender Leitfaden zur rhythmischen Artikulation gilt als unentbehrliches Hilfsmittel für Studenten des Königlichen Konservatoriums in Mailand und anderer Musikschulen und ist für Sä...

A great collection of biography and musical commentary with hundreds of pieces analyzed. Contains good reference material of Bach's contemporaries. 450 musical examples between the three volumes.

In the poem 'Music,' Ralph Waldo Emerson reminds us that music can be found in all things good and bad; this choral setting is an artful expression of that idea. Rich chords bring warmth, harmonic and...

He lived in the shadow of death, painfully aware of the tuberculosis that would kill him prematurely. But Frédéric Chopin attained immortality with his piano works, which endure as pinnacles of the in...

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...

The concepts of theorist Heinrich Schenker offer a unique method of structural analysis that differentiates between harmonic and contrapuntal functions of chords, emphasizing the relative significance...

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...