In 2019, Los Angeles-based composer, producer, and conductor Lucas Cantor Santiago was asked by the Chinese technology c......more
Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016) has been called Finland’s most notable musical export after Sibelius. His prolific out......more
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Substantially revised and expanded edition that sheds new light on Stanford’s career as composer, conductor and teacher,......more
J.S. Bach adapted several works by Vivaldi-this particular transcription was originally for solo violin and string orche......more
Bruno Maderna was one of the most influential composers in the twentieth century. He was the eldest of the group of Ital......more
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The INTERNATIONAL WHO’S WHO IN CLASSICAL MUSIC 2024 provides an invaluable and practical source of biographical informat......more
A revealing insight into Rachmaninoff’s intense and often melodramatic life The musical child of Russia’s golden age, Se......more
This book is the first study of John Zorn’s ’file card’ works, with special focus made on the pieces Godard (1985), Spil......more
Exploring the emotional and cultural influences on Pierre Boulez’s early works as well as the role surrealism and French......more
"From the 1920s to the 1940s, Leo Sowerby created popular secular works while his sacred compositions led admirers to ca......more
Who writes the books we read about music that excites us, and why? Is ’classical music’ all about class? Related questio......more
Leonard Slatkin delves into eight of the most beloved orchestral pieces of the twentieth century and tackles problems co......more
Leonard Slatkin delves into eight of the most beloved orchestral pieces of the twentieth century and tackles problems co......more
Like the original, this highly playable arrangement of Bedrich Smetana’s masterwork The Moldau starts simply and builds ......more
Embark on a musical journey like no other as you immerse yourself in this hauntingly beautiful arrangement of Bach’s Pre......more
A grand opening or closing piece for your next concert, Gravitas is a powerful work celebrating strength, beauty, and th......more
A grand opening or closing piece for your next concert, Gravitas is a powerful work celebrating strength, beauty, and th......more
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This haunting arrangement of the ghostly English folk song My Lady’s Coach weaves together elements of suspense, tension......more
Inspired by falcons soaring high above the ground, Where Falcons Fly embarks on an adventurous journey through wind, sto......more
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Andante" from Symphony No. 5 by Felix Mendelssohn and arranged by William LaRue Jones is the Symphony’s third movement. ......more
Andante" from Symphony No. 5 by Felix Mendelssohn and arranged by William LaRue Jones is the Symphony’s third movement. ......more
Music Composition book for Banjoists. This 9.25" x 12" composition book contains 100 pages, 12 Banjo TABs, and 7 staves ......more
Surrounded by the widespread misery of the Depression, left-leaning classical music composers sought a musical language ......more
This volume focuses on the circumstances of women’s music-making in the diverse environment of Habsburg Central Europe, ......more
Offers a unique investigation of the composition of the entire corpus of Beethoven’s symphonies, reconstructing their cr......more
Brings to life the day-to-day details of staging the premiere of one of the most iconic works of Western classical music......more
This book is a music-theoretical and critical-theoretical study of late tonal music, and, in particular, of the music of......more
"Music education today requires an approach rooted in care and kindness that coexists alongside the dismantling of syste......more
"Music education today requires an approach rooted in care and kindness that coexists alongside the dismantling of syste......more
Recording Orchestra and Other Classical Music Ensembles explores techniques and methodologies specific to recording clas......more
Thomas Adès’s Violin Concerto Concentric Paths, written in 2005, is one of the most important additions to the violin co......more
Experience the paranormal in this spine-tingling work by Timothy Loest that includes spooky sound effects, unexplained n......more
Experience the paranormal in this spine-tingling work by Timothy Loest that includes spooky sound effects, unexplained n......more
Nigel Kennedy is one of the world’s foremost violinists. His achievements have been met with great acclaim, not least hi......more
This volume brings together contributions from a wide range of international academics and practitioners. It traces inno......more
This volume brings together contributions from a wide range of international academics and practitioners. It traces inno......more
By the early 20th century the machine aesthetic was a well-established and dominant interest that fundamentally transfor......more
Featuring multidisciplinary research by an international team of leading scholars, this volume addresses the contested a......more
This book offers an account of the sacred music written by Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) in Rome, a city where the co......more
Since the transformative 1960s, concert masses have incorporated a range of political and religious views that mirror th......more
This collection of essays delves into the historiographical traditions that have dominated how the stories of European p......more
This book introduces a new perspective on Claudio Monteverdi’s Orfeo (1607), a work widely regarded as the ’first great ......more
Since 2006, leading opera companies have beamed their shows to thousands of cinema screens all over the world - live. ’O......more
The Piano Player: Uplifting Classics presents 20 of the most famous pieces of classical music, ideal to lift the spirits......more
The etymology of the word is qaram, from the Arabic word love and Somalis use it to describe the oldest modern musical c......more
Central to the repertoire of Western art music since the 1700s, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultim......more
Shadows lengthen, birds fall silent, and the moonlight reveals ghostly images of a ballroom from long ago. Haunted Night......more
Shadows lengthen, birds fall silent, and the moonlight reveals ghostly images of a ballroom from long ago. Haunted Night......more
Arguably the most important British post-minimalist composer, Gavin Bryars has worked in classical music, jazz, free imp......more
(Schirmer Performance Editions). Pedagogical in nature, Schirmer Performance Editions offer new research, insightful int......more
Byrd Studies in the Twenty-First Century demonstrates current approaches to Byrd studies in the twenty-first century and......more
A Survey for Solo Works for the Violoncello is a resource for cellists and non-cellists alike. Spanning the history of t......more
Discover a treasure trove of timeless piano pieces in one budget-friendly collection! Sixty masterpieces by renowned com......more
This book establishes the cultural background to the productions of Milton’s Comus that were staged in the 1740s by Bapt......more
An innovative study of the ways performance influenced Mozart’s compositional style. We know Mozart as one of history’s ......more
From Modes to Keys in Early Modern Music Theory addresses one of the broadest and most elusive open topics in music hist......more
A landmark in Sibelius scholarship, this is the first book that presents all of Sibelius’s solo art songs in their music......more
Christoph Neidhöfer is Associate Professor in the Department of Music Research at McGill University. Peter Schubert is P......more
The initial volume in a series of American Bach Society Guides, Bach’s Art of Fugue and Musical Offering is a comprehens......more
The initial volume in a series of American Bach Society Guides, Bach’s Art of Fugue and Musical Offering is a comprehens......more
Paula Maust is Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University....more
The biographical book titled ""Haydn"" was authored by J. Cuthbert Hadden. This edition of ""Haydn"" is characterized by......more
(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). These ten arrangements are a welcome addition to Rachmaninoff’s small but significant o......more
(Schirmer Performance Editions). Pedagogical in nature, Schirmer Performance Editions offer new research, insightful int......more
Offering a concise introduction to one of the most important and influential piano concertos in the history of Western m......more
Offering a concise introduction to one of the most important and influential piano concertos in the history of Western m......more
Harmony at the Piano adapts the traditional study of keyboard harmony to the practical needs of modern piano students, u......more
Harmony at the Piano adapts the traditional study of keyboard harmony to the practical needs of modern piano students, u......more
Here, for the first time, a singer has created a true, line by line, translation of all the song cycles of Schubert and ......more
This edited collection explores recent insights into the experience and role of virtuosity in different contexts, via co......more
A pioneering work which delves into and reveals the links between music, moral instruction and social reform. This book ......more
Lieder and the rise of song recital in the United States, 1850-1914 Though viewed as quintessentially German, lieder bec......more
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This book examines Ian McEwan’s ability to discern in his writing sentiments that easily resonate with musicians, explor......more
An excellent guide for budding pianists, Czerny’s Practical Method for Beginners has served as an instructional beacon f......more
A concise illustrated book featuring a small selection of black and white fashion photographs of the Classical singer an......more
A photographic essay, for serious students of operella and operetta, on the motion picture career of the Classical sopra......more
This book strikes at the heart of musical performance with a study of the relationship between music and rhetoric which ......more
Authorship is a pertinent issue for historical musicology and musicians more widely, and some controversies concerned wi......more
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. It is free to read at......more
A treasure trove of timeless holiday classics for the pianist in one budget-friendly volume! This collection of thirty-s......more
A pioneering biography of Sir Arthur Bliss, one of the most important British musicians of his age. His portfolio of wor......more
Described by his contemporaries as the greatest pianist of the era, Josef Hofmann performed on world stages for more tha......more
100 pieces of classical music to bring joy, tears, solace, laughter, inspiration, empathy & everything else in between "......more
This facsimile full score edition of Gustav Holst’s The Planets Opus 32 edited by Imogen Holst and Colin Matthews, is pr......more
Behind Bars: General Conventions presents the basic principles, ground rules, and conventions of notation in a definitiv......more
Transport yourself to the magical world of Harry Potter with this stunning collector’s edition piano anthology featuring......more
From one of our most innovative singers, a vibrant history of song stretching from Hildegard von Bingen and Benjamin Bri......more
The perils of equating notions of freedom with artistic vitality Eloquently extolled by President John F. Kennedy, the i......more
Everyday Musical Life among the Indigenous Bunun, Taiwan contributes to multidisciplinary research on music in everyday ......more
Neither Spem in alium, the widely acclaimed ’songe of fortie partes’ by Thomas Tallis, nor Alessandro Striggio’s forty-p......more
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