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Experiencing Debussy book cover Experiencing Debussy book cover
Experiencing Debussy Experiencing Debussy (A Listener's Companion)
Teresa Davidian - Rowman & Littlefield Publishing

In this book, Teresa Davidian welcomes readers into the infectious appeal of Debussy's major works to consider how they can still attract and move audiences. In such works as the hauntingly beautiful Clair

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Performing Renaissance Music book cover Performing Renaissance Music book cover
Performing Renaissance Music Performing Renaissance Music
Dennis Shrock - GIA Publications

This remarkable book draws from primary sources to document and explain authentic performance practices of Renaissance-era music - in many cases eye opening, and rarely employed today. Insightful chapters

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$39.95
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$16.95
Stanley Drucker Clarinet Master book cover Stanley Drucker Clarinet Master book cover
Stanley Drucker Clarinet Master Stanley Drucker Clarinet Master
Mitchell Estrin - Carl Fischer LLC

A complete biography of Stanley Drucker's musical career written by Mitchell Estrin. Recognized by the Guinness World Records for the longest career as a clarinetist, Drucker retired from the New York

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Kalmen Opperman: A Legacy of Excellence book cover Kalmen Opperman: A Legacy of Excellence book cover
Kalmen Opperman: A Legacy of Excellence Kalmen Opperman: A Legacy of Excellence
Denise A. Gainey - Carl Fischer LLC

This book combines interviews with Opperman's former students with personal essays and reflections from those closest to the master teacher and performer. Gainey explores Opperman's life, pedagogy, and

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Leading Tones book cover Leading Tones book cover
Leading Tones Leading Tones (Reflections on Music, Musicians, and the Music Industry)
Leonard Slatkin - Amadeus Press, Inc.

Leading Tones is a glimpse into several aspects of the musical world by Leonard Slatkin, music director and conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. There are portions devoted to the Slatkin's

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$27.99
Mathilde Wesendonck: Isolde's Dream book cover Mathilde Wesendonck: Isolde's Dream book cover
Mathilde Wesendonck: Isolde's Dream Mathilde Wesendonck: Isolde's Dream
Judith Cabaud - Amadeus Press, Inc.

Truly great compositions spring, like Athena from Zeus' skull, at the juncture of genius and passion. In Mathilde Wesendonck: Isolde's Dream, author Judith Cabaud calls on a host of heretofore undiscovered

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$29.99
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Believe Your Ears Believe Your Ears (Life of a Lyric Composer)
Kirke Mechem - Rowman & Littlefield Publishing

Believe Your Ears is the memoir of composer Kirke Mechem, whose unorthodox path to music provides a fascinating narrative. Along the way, readers will meet Dimitri Shostakovich, Wallace Stegner, Billie Jean

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The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster book cover The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster book cover
The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster
Joanne O'Connell - Rowman & Littlefield Publishing

An intimate biography of a complex, controversial, and now neglected composer, The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster is an important story about the father of American music. This invaluable portrait of the

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Rimsky-Korsakov : Letters to His Family and Friends book cover Rimsky-Korsakov : Letters to His Family and Friends book cover
Rimsky-Korsakov : Letters to His Family and Friends Rimsky-Korsakov : Letters to His Family and Friends
Tatiana Rimsky-Korsakov - Hal Leonard Corporation

Rimsky-Korsakov: Letters to His Family and Friends is a rare, revealing look at the composer, written by his granddaughter Tatiana. Featuring a wealth of correspondence and photographs from his family's

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Marching Along: The Autobiography of John Philip Sousa book cover Marching Along: The Autobiography of John Philip Sousa book cover
Marching Along: The Autobiography of John Philip Sousa Marching Along: The Autobiography of John Philip Sousa (Recollections of Men, Women, and Music)
John Philip Sousa - GIA Publications

In print with the original text for the first time in decades, here is the intriguing autobiography Sousa wrote in the final years of his life. Contained within are amusing and insightful reflections of the

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Leonard Bernstein and the Young People's Concerts book cover Leonard Bernstein and the Young People's Concerts book cover
Leonard Bernstein and the Young People's Concerts Leonard Bernstein and the Young People's Concerts
Alicia Kopfstein-Penk - Rowman & Littlefield Publishing

Leonard Bernstein touched millions of lives as composer, conductor, teacher and activist. He frequently visited homes around the world through the medium of television, particularly through the 53

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Chopin's Prophet Chopin's Prophet (The Life of Pianist Vladimir de Pachmann)
Edward Blickstein & Gregor Benko - Scarecrow Press, Inc.

In this book, the first biography ever of this remarkable figure, Blickstein and Benko explore the private and public lives of this master pianist, surveying his achievements within the context of

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Beethoven: An Extraordinary Life book cover Beethoven: An Extraordinary Life book cover
Beethoven: An Extraordinary Life Beethoven: An Extraordinary Life
Barry Cooper - Associated Board Of Royal School Of Music

In this, the fifth biography in the Extraordinary Lives series, Beethoven expert Professor Barry Cooper provides a fascinating and compact summary of the key moments in Beethoven's life. In

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My First Beethoven Album My First Beethoven Album
My First Beethoven Album My First Beethoven Album
- Alfred Music Publishing

Beethoven was a musical giant. He wasn't taller or fatter than everyone else, but his music is big and his name is important. Beethoven is like the Olympic champion of classical music. Some of the music he... view details
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My First Piano Album My First Piano Album
My First Piano Album My First Piano Album
- Alfred Music Publishing

Listen to the piano turn into a bumblebee, a donkey, trolls, a bird, a horse and a butterfly! Sometimes it isn't anything except a piano, but the music coming out of it is exciting and beautiful. Can you spot... view details
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My First Mozart Album My First Mozart Album
My First Mozart Album My First Mozart Album
- Alfred Music Publishing

If you listen carefully to this CD, you will get to know one of the best composers in the world. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived 250 years ago but he carries on being famous - so he must have been special. He... view details
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My First Lullaby Album My First Lullaby Album
My First Lullaby Album My First Lullaby Album
- Alfred Music Publishing

For centuries, babies and children all over the world have been rocked to sleep with a song to calm them. Whether parents sing or play, or press play, they know that music so often soothes with success.... view details
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My First Classical Music Album My First Classical Music Album
My First Classical Music Album My First Classical Music Album
- Alfred Music Publishing

Da-da-da-DAAAH, Da-da-da-DAAAH': the start of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is really famous. See if you recognize it! It's just one of many popular pieces here. There are some animals, too - an elephant and a

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Nicolo Paganini Nicolo Paganini (With an Analysis of His Compositions and a Sketch of the History of the Violin)
Francois-Joseph Fetis & Stewart Pollens - Dover Publications Inc.

Written by an immensely important musicologist, this rare 1860 monograph analyzes Nicolo Paganini's compositions and provides a fascinating history of the violin.  Author François-Joseph Fetis was Paganini's... view details
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Georges Bizet: A Biography Georges Bizet: A Biography
Christoph Schwandt - Scarecrow Press, Inc.

In almost all available English-language biographies, serious errors abound, often informed by romantic misconceptions surrounding the life of this remarkable musician.  First published in 1991, Christoph... view details
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Of Castles and Kings Concert Band sheet music cover Of Castles and Kings Concert Band sheet music cover
Of Castles and Kings Of Castles and Kings
Rob Romeyn - C L Barnhouse Company
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Bold and regal, this concert opener for first-year ensembles will highlight any program. A heroic fanfare introduces a memorable, flowing melody reminiscent of medieval times. Solidly and sensibly scored so... view details
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EEasy
$46.00
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$14.95
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Voyage to the Edge of the World Concert Band sheet music cover Voyage to the Edge of the World Concert Band sheet music cover
Voyage to the Edge of the World Voyage to the Edge of the World
Larry Neeck - C L Barnhouse Company
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The voyages of explorers Columbus, Magellan, Cabot, and Verrazano are portrayed in this evocative work for concert bands. Their bold visions of a new world are reflected in the intense introduction, followed... view details
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$78.00
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Additional Oversized Score Oversize Spiral Bound
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Leonard Bernstein's On the Waterfront book cover Leonard Bernstein's On the Waterfront book cover
Leonard Bernstein's On the Waterfront Leonard Bernstein's On the Waterfront (A Film Score Guide)
Anthony Bushard - Scarecrow Press, Inc.

In this resource, the author examines this landmark work, a score that continues to influence composers of film and classical music alike. The book begins with a biographical survey of Bernstein's

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Hugo Wolf Hugo Wolf
Ernest Newman - Dover Publications Inc.

Reprint of the 1907 Methuen & Co. edition.  This volume recounts the tragic story of the erratic genius' life and surveys some of his work, including 60 pages on Wolf's songs and 35 pages on his operas.... view details
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