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| 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die
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Matthew Rye, ed. Steven Isserlis, preface.
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| Publisher: Universe. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780789315830. Daedalus Item Code: 30492 |
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| From medieval madrigals to living composers like Steve Reich and Philip Glass, the finest classical music of all time is surveyed and discussed in this authoritative and entertaining guide. Sonatas, ... (Read More)
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| All Music Guide to Classical Music: The Definitive Guide to Classical Music
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Chris Woodstra, Gerald Brennan & Allen Schrott, eds.
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| Publisher: Backbeat. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780879308650. Daedalus Item Code: 30652 |
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| This encyclopedic guide to the world of classical music contains biographies of more than 1500 composers and performers, with vital statistics and album recommendations. Here you will find Beethoven, ... (Read More)
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| Coffee with Mozart
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Julian Rushton. John Tavener, foreword.
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| Publisher: Duncan Baird. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781844835133. Daedalus Item Code: 30877 |
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| Interviewer: "You say how difficult you found it to write fugues, yet you played them extempore, on the spur of the moment?" W.A. Mozart: "Yes, of course. Then, you get away with ... (Read More)
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| Dido and Aeneas: In Full Score
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Henry Purcell.
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| Publisher: Dover. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780486287461. Daedalus Item Code: 10017 |
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| One of the masterpieces of baroque opera, Dido and Aeneas was composed when Henry Purcell was in his early twenties. Little more than an hour in duration, the opera ranges across many moods, ... (Read More)
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| Fortissimo: Backstage at the Opera with Sacred Monsters and Young Singers
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William Murray.
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| Publisher: Crown. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781400053605. Daedalus Item Code: 72989 |
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| The last book written by longtime New Yorker staff writer William Murray (also the author of Janet, My Mother, and Me), this is his tribute to opera and also to his own road not taken. ... (Read More)
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| The Gesualdo Hex: Music, Myth, and Memory
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Glenn Watkins.
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| Publisher: Norton. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780393071023. Daedalus Item Code: 11071 |
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| In this vivid exploration Glenn Watkins compares the life of Renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo—a life suffused with intrigue, witchcraft, and scandal, bordering on the fantastical—with his ... (Read More)
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| The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2011
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James Jolly, ed.
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| Publisher: Gramophone. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780860249238. Daedalus Item Code: 30141 |
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| This long-standing resource draws on more than 80 years of classical music reviews from Britain's Gramophone magazine, steering the collector toward the best recordings and also, thanks to the ... (Read More)
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| Living Opera
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Joshua Jampol.
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| Publisher: Oxford. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780195381382. Daedalus Item Code: 30711 |
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| Named one of the Best Music Books of 2010 by London's Independent, this is a fascinating collection of 20 wide-ranging interviews with the preeminent opera professionals working on and behind ... (Read More)
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| Making Music: Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields
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Christian Tyler.
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| Publisher: Unicorn Press. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781906509040. Daedalus Item Code: 31793 |
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| In the history of modern music, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and its founding director Sir Neville Marriner have had arguably the longest and most productive relationship on record, going ... (Read More)
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| New Historical Anthology of Music by Women
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James R. Briscoe, ed.
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| Publisher: Indiana. Format: spiral.
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| ISBN: 9780253216830. Daedalus Item Code: 31949 |
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| This substantial, spiral-bound anthology features 55 compositions by 46 women composers from the ancient Greeks to the present. Each work is introduced by an essay, with translations of the lyrics as ... (Read More)
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