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The Great American Symphony Orchestra: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at Its Artistry, Passion and Heartache by Anthony J. Cirone Publisher Comments This book is a must-read for anyone interested in acquiring a back-stage tour of symphony life, not included in the price of a box-office ticket GAIN a behind-the-scenes look at the orchestra as a family; its discipline, artistry, and devotion, the... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper 
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Beethoven's Quartets by Joseph De Marliave Publisher Comments Remarkably readable and accessible exposition presents a bar-by-bar, theme-by-theme analysis of all 16 quartets and the Grosse Fuge. Features clear analyses — including 321 musical examples — and a wealth of documentary material make this one... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Guide to Orchestral Music: The Handbook for Non-Musicians by Ethan Mordden Publisher Comments An accessible yet comprehensive guide for the radio listener, record collector, and occasional concertgoer describes more than seven hundred musical pieces and their composers, proceeding chronologically from Vivaldi to Hans Werner... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $22.20 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Witness of Music 80 Years of Pro Musica Detroit by Alexander Suczek Publisher Comments Non-Fiction. Alexander Suczek's THE WITNESS OF MUSIC is a history of Pro Musica of Detroit, a small concert society devoted to presenting the works of great composers and musicians for almost 80 years.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Guide To Chamber Music (2ND 01 Edition) by Melvin Berger Publisher Comments Authoritative, beautifully written guide presents 231 of the most frequently performed pieces of chamber music by 55 composers. For each, the author gives a brief biography, followed by discussions of the individual compositions — both their... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Indivisible by Four: A String Quartet in Pursuit of Harmony by Arnold Steinhardt Publisher Comments The Guarneri Quartet is fabled for its unique longevity and high-spirited virtuosity. Here is its story from the inside--a story filled with drama, humor, danger, compassion, and, of course, glorious music. A player who studies and performs the exalted... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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On the Performance of Beethoven's Symphonies and Other Essays by Felix Weingartner Publisher Comments Threeworks by conductor Felix Weingartner (1863-1942) feature the title essay, which discusses the performing difficulties and interpretation questions involved in Beethoven's 9 symphonies. Also includes "On Conducting" and "The Symphony Since Beethoven,"... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $13.27 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Bbc Proms Pocket Guide To Great Concertos by Nicholas Kenyon Synopsis The "BBC Proms Pocket Guides" provide all the background and information you need about some of the most popular works in the repertory. This volume surveys some of the best-loved concertos, from Vivaldi's "Four Seasons", through to the contemporary... (read more) Your price: $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Guide to Orchestral Music: The Handbook for Non-Musicians by Ethan Mordden Publisher Comments Relaxed and accessible in style, this authoritative guide is the first symphony handbook for non-musicians. The book begins with a general introduction to the symphony and short pieces on the orchestra and musical styles. Mordden goes on to describe... (read more) List Price $32.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Evenings with the orchestra :a Norton companion for concertgoers by D Kern Holoman Publisher Comments Going to concerts is becoming, for large numbers of Americans, an increasingly frequent pleasure. For those who encounter unfamiliar traditions and terms in the concert hall, here is information and advice which tells all listeners what they need to know... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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On the Performance of Beethoven's Symphonies: And Other Essays by Felix Weingartner Publisher Comments This volume contains English translations of three important literary works by Austrian conductor Felix Weingartner (1863-1942). The title essay is a detailed account of specific performing difficulties and questions of interpretation in each of the nine... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Chamber Music: A Listener's Guide by James Keller Publisher Comments Oxford's highly successful listener's guides--The Symphony, The Concerto, and Choral Masterworks--have been widely praised for their blend of captivating biography, crystal clear musical analysis, and delightful humor. Now James Keller follows these... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Hardcover
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Orchestra: The Lso: A Century of Triumph and Turbulence by Richard Morrison Publisher Comments Since its inception as "something akin to a musical republic" in 1904, the London Symphony Orchestra has established itself as one of the world's great orchestras. Richard Morrison's new chronicle--published to coincide with a major U.S. tour--reveals... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Beethoven Quartets by Joseph Kerman Publisher Comments Beethoven's quartets show a technical mastery, depth of thought, and intensity of musical inspiration unsurpassed by any other composer. This brilliant survey, by one of America's leading musical scholars, has already achieved classic status.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Mahler Symphonies by David Hurwitz Publisher Comments Designed to be a listener's guide to the symphonies and concert works, this book brings deeper meaning and insight about his music. Emphasis is on what the music sounds like, how it is organized, and what elements comprise Mahler's special language.... (read more) Your price: $22.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Cambridge Companion to the Concerto by Simon Keefe Publisher Comments No musical genre has had a more chequered critical history than the concerto but simultaneously retained as consistently prominent a place in the affections of the concert-going public. This volume, one of very few to deal with the genre in its entirety,... (read more) List Price $34.00 Your price: $7.75 Used - Trade Paper
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Berlioz: Romeo Et Juliette (Cambridge Music Handbooks) by Julian Rushton Publisher Comments This book summarises the complex genesis of Berlioz??'s Rom??o et Juliette before examining the music closely and always with a view to understanding its dramatic implications.... (read more) List Price $42.50 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Music for a City Music for the World: 100 Years with the San Francisco Symphony by Larry Rothe Publisher Comments In Music for a City, Music for the World, Larry Rothe shares how the San Francisco Bay Area s love of music, rooted in the Gold Rush, gave birth to a Grammy-winning and internationally acclaimed orchestra. Released in time for the San Francisco Symphony... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Neilsen: Symphony No. 5 by David Fanning Publisher Comments After the death of Mahler in 1911 the great Austro-German symphonic line was carried on mainly in England, America, Scandinavia and Russia. The Fifth Symphony of Carl Nielsen, Denmark's greatest composer, was composed in 1921-22 and is not only his... (read more) List Price $97.25 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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The New York Philharmonic: From Bernstein to Maazel by John Canarina Publisher Comments The New York Philharmonic, from Bernstein to Maazel continues the story of America's oldest orchestra as told in Howard Shanet's Philharmonic: A History of New York's Orchestra. That volume ended with the 1970-71 season, just before the arrival of Pierre... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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