Dover Publications

Budding artists can easily create a variety of different musical instruments by joining circles, ovals, rectangles, cylinders, and other common shapes! > 30 pictures to draw: piano, guitar, flute, vio...

In this groundbreaking, all-encompassing work, an eminent musicologist explores the evolution of music. It ranges from the ecstatic singing and Shaman songs of early civilizations to the development o...

Specially arranged for Organ, this collection features such beloved hymns as A Mighty Fortress, America the Beautiful, Amazing Grace, Faith of Our Fathers, and Onward, Christian Soldiers. Compiled by...

Conductor, composer, and writer Bruno Walter (1876 - 1962) worked closely with Gustav Mahler as the composer's assistant and protégé. His revealing recollections of Mahler were written in 1936, markin...

This foundational text is written for students who want to go beyond the perceptual stage of music to learn how musical sound is created and perceived. It surveys a wide range of topics related to aco...

Create a Cubist work of art! Re-create Picasso's Three Musicians or make your own new masterpiece using elements of the original artwork. This sticker book provides the painting's background with the...

The Classical Revolution contains essays by a prominent contemporary composer that offer a thought-provoking exploration of a current trend in classical music. Author John Borstlap advocates a departu...

Colorists and music lovers can hop on the bandwagon with this fanciful coloring book. Each of the 31 illustrations highlights a musical instrument within a mesmerizing mandala-like design. From acoust...

A #1 New Release in Jazz Music on Amazon! 'Absolutely essential reading. ' — The Wire One of modern music's towering figures, composer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton has redefinedcrit...

A signal event in the history of the music. - Ted Gioia, author of The Delta BluesMusicologist and writer Samuel Charters (1929-2015) considered blues lyrics a profound cultural expression that could...

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...

This book contains more than 150 rare collector or black and white photographs, offering a front row fan's perspective on many legendary musical events in the life of Eric Clapton.

The trumpeter's bible for over 150 years, this complete pedagogical method contains hundreds of exercises, beginning with basics and progressing to advanced compositions, including the author's famous...

A celebrated instructor explains his philosophy of teaching and practice methods, including the appropriate combination of technique and interpretation. Ivan Galamian, a longtime Juilliard professor,...

A student of the world-renowned violinist Leopold Auer, Maia Bang acted as the maestro's teaching assistant and preserved his acclaimed methods of instruction in a series of manuals. The seven-volume...

Leopold Auer. A collection of principles and guidelines set down after a lifetime of playing and teaching.

Wie lange sollte ich üben? Welche Stücke sollte ich einstudieren? Wie kann ich einen singenden Ton entwickeln? Alle Geigerinnen und Geiger stellen sich diese Fragen und streben danach, das Beste aus i...

Complete Method for Clarinet by Carl Baermann is perfect for warm-ups and scale practice. These studies include all 12 major scales with relative melodic minor scales, all major and minor broken chord...

Expert advice from a distinguished performer, teacher and composer makes this lively study of clarinet playing essential reading for students and instructors as well as other music lovers. One of the...

Polish-born prodigy Theodor Leschetizky achieved an international career as a pianist and conductor, and became the most celebrated Piano instructor of his era. Marie Prentner, a prize student of the...

Walter Gieseking and Karl Leimer. A radical approach towards developing finger and expression technique, emphasising listening to one's self and proper understanding as the basis of technique for the...

Two of the greatest pianists of the last century - Anton Rubenstein and Teresa Carreno - left behind them works detailing the role of good pedaling in Piano performance, respectively - 'Guide to the u...

A classic text on Organ technique. Sir John's book, first published in 1877, quickly became the classic for beginners- so popular that publishers Schirmer, Ditson, and Presser each issued its own 'Ame...

Seventy of the best songs from this great Scottish tradition including 'Auld Lang Syne', 'Blue Bells Of Scotland' and many more.

Ernest Frederick Wagner's Foundation to Flute Playing is an exceptional instructional guide that caters to the needs of both novice and seasoned flutists. This comprehensive book offers technique dril...