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Music for Silenced Voices: Shostakovich and His Fifteen Quartets by Wendy Lesser Review “…..It is hard not to be swept up in the stories behind the Shostakovich cycle and by the zeal of Wendy Lessers advocacy. The cumulative impact of Music for Silenced Voices is considerable.”—John Greening, Times Literary... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Trade Paper 
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Silence by John Cage Publisher Comments John Cage is the outstanding composer of avant-garde music today. The Saturday Review said of him: Cage possesses one of the rarest qualities of the true creator- that of an original mind- and whether that originality pleases, irritates, amuses or... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Year from Monday by John Cage Publisher Comments Includes lectures, essays, diaries and other writings, including "How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse)" and "Juilliard Lecture."... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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On Brahms & His Circle by Karl Geiringer Publisher Comments The present volume, edited by George S. Bozarth, brings together essays, articles, and program notes on Brahms written by Karl Geiringer between 1933 and his death. As such it constitutes a companion volume to Geiringer's classic life and works study of... (read more) List Price $70.00 Your price: $35.00 Used - Hardcover
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Composers of North America #13: Henry Holden Huss by Gary A Greene Publisher Comments Contains an annotated worklist, with suggestions of Huss pieces for further exploration by performers, a list of his writings on musical topics, and numerous illustrations.... (read more) List Price $79.75 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Practicing: A Musician's Return to Music by Glenn Kurtz Publisher Comments In a remarkable memoir written with insight and humor, Glenn Kurtz takes us from his first lessons at the age of eight to his acceptance at the elite New England Conservatory of Music. After graduation, he attempts a solo career in Vienna but soon... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Mendelssohn: A Life in Music by R Larry Todd Publisher Comments An extraordinary prodigy of Mozartean abilities, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy was a distinguished composer and conductor, a legendary pianist and organist, and an accomplished painter and classicist. Lionized in his lifetime, he is best remembered today... (read more) List Price $36.75 Your price: $14.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Cambridge Companion to Mozart (Cambridge Companions to Music) by Simon P Keefe Publisher Comments Bridging the gap between scholarly and popular images of Mozart, this volume provides comprehensive coverage of all of his important works; the reception of his music since his death; the contexts which inform his work and his significance as a performer.... (read more) List Price $42.50 Your price: $17.95 Used - Trade Paper
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1791 : Mozart's Last Year (99 Edition) by H.c. Robbins Landon Publisher Comments The last month of the year 1791 witnessed what H.C. Robbins Landon calls "the greatest tragedy in the history of music": the premature death of the thirty-five-year-old Mozart. Surrounded by enigma and intrigue, allegations of poisoning, and sexual... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Children of Willesden Lane: Beyond the Kindertransport: A Memoir of Music, Love, and Survival by Mona Golabek Publisher Comments Famed concert pianist Mona Golabek shares the inspirational true story of her mother's escape from pre-World War II Vienna to an orphanage in London--243 Willesden Lane.... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Reminiscences of an American Composer and Pianist by George Walker Synopsis The first black American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for music (for his composition Lilacs), George Walker recounts the most significant events in his life and distinguished career as a composer and a musician.... (read more) Your price: $42.00 New - Hardcover
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Mozart: A Life by Maynard Solomon Publisher Comments On the occasion of Mozart's two hundred and fiftieth birthday, read Maynard Solomon's Mozart: A Life, universally hailed as the Mozart biography of our time.... (read more) Your price: $14.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Charles Munch by D Kern Holoman Publisher Comments A mesmerizing figure in concert, Charles Munch was celebrated for his electrifying public performances. He was a pioneer in many arenas of classical music--establishing Berlioz in the canon, perfecting the orchestral work of Debussy and Ravel, and... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Harrison Birtwhistle Man Mind Music by Jonathan Cross Synopsis Love it or loathe it the music of Harold Birtwistle stands among the most original and challenging music to have been produced by a British composer. Written by a leading commentator on contemporary music, this book offers a critical account of... (read more) Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Saddest Music Ever Written: The Story of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings by Thomas Larson Publisher Comments "Whenever the American dream suffers a catastrophic setback, Barber’s Adagio plays on the radio.”—Alex Ross, author of The Rest is Noise In the first book ever to explore Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, music and literary... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Music for Silenced Voices: Shostakovich and His Fifteen Quartets by Wendy Lesser Publisher Comments Most previous books about Dmitri Shostakovich have focused on either his symphonies and operas, or his relationship to the regime under which he lived, or both, since these large-scale works were the ones that attracted the interest and sometimes the... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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Verdi: His Music, Life, and Times by George Whitn Martin Publisher Comments This book relates the life and experiences of composer Giuseppe Verdi, from his birth in 1813 to his death in 1901. Besides documenting Verdi's life and the music he created, it also goes further in discussing the times and culture in which he was living... (read more) List Price $40.50 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words by Friedrich Kerst Publisher Comments This critically acclaimed book offers revealing glimpses into the life and thoughts of the great composer. Collected from Beethoven's diaries and correspondence, these utterances and opinions reflect his views on music, art, God, education, his own... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music (Music in American Life) by John Caps Publisher Comments Through film composer Henry Mancini, mere background music in movies became part of pop culture--an expression of sophistication and wit with a modern sense of cool and a lasting lyricism that has not dated. The first comprehensive study of... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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Complete Lyrics of IRA Gershwin by Ira Gershwin Publisher Comments 50 photographs in text.... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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