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The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier by Thaddeus Carhart Publisher Comments Thad Carhart never realized there was a gap in his life until he happened upon Desforges Pianos, a demure little shopfront in his Paris neighborhood that seemed to want to hide rather than advertise its wares. Like Alice in Wonderland, he found his... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Cello Suites: J. S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece by Eric Siblin Review “This is one of the most extraordinary, clever, beautiful, and impeccably researched books I have read in years. A fascinating story deftly told—and, for me at least, ideally read with Bachs thirty-six movements playing softly in the background;... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lexicon of Musical Invective: Critical Assaults on Composers Since Beethoven's Time by Nicolas Slonimsky Publisher Comments A snakeful of critical venom aimed at the composers and the classics of nineteenth- and twentieth-century music. Who wrote advanced cat music? What commonplace theme is very much like Yankee Doodle? Which composer is a scoundrel and a giftless bastard... (read more) Your price: $20.95 New - Trade Paper
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Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 (98 Edition) by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Publisher Comments Rich in the impressive tone, melodic mastery, and majestic intensity that characterize Tchaikovsky's mature works, this splendid symphony from the supreme melodic genius of 19th-century Russian music has remained one of most popular works in the... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price: $5.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician by Christoph Wolff Publisher Comments Although we have heard the music of J. S. Bach in countless performances and recordings, the composer himself still comes across only as an enigmatic figure in a single familiar portrait. As we mark the 250th anniversary of Bach's death, author Christoph... (read more) Your price: $23.95 New - Trade Paper
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Twenty Short Pieces for Piano (Sports Et Divertissements) (Dover Music for Piano) by Erik Satie Publisher Comments This is a facsimile of an extremely rare, limited collection of the French master's brilliant thumbnail sketches — both musical and verbal — of various outdoor sports and amusements. Satie wrote these pieces and hand... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $8.95 New - Trade Paper 
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How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony: And Why You Should Care by Ross W Duffin Publisher Comments What if Bach and Mozart heard richer, more dramatic chords than we hear in music today? What sonorities and moods have we lost in playing music in "equal temperament"--the equal division of the octave into twelve notes that has become our standard tuning... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Symphonies Nos. 4 and 7 in Full Score by Anton Bruckner Publisher Comments Authoritative Bruckner Society editions of Austrian composer's two most famous symphonies: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat ("Romantic") and the Symphony No. 7 in E. Edition most faithful to Bruckner’s original intentions. Lists of Instruments... (read more) Your price: $22.95 New - Trade Paper
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Goldberg Variations: Bwv 988 by Johann Sebastian Bach Publisher Comments According to legend, this monument of keyboard literature was written for one of Bach's students, who played it to soothe and entertain his insomniac master. Starting the theme with a stately Aria, the "Goldbergs" travel through 30 variations... (read more) Your price: $7.95 New - 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 $17.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Beethoven's Hair: An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey and a Scientific Mystery Solved by Russell Martin Publisher Comments Ludwig van Beethoven lay dying in 1827, a young musician named Ferdinand Hiller came to pay his respects to the great composer. In those days, it was customary to snip a lock of hair as a keepsake, and this Hiller did a day after Beethoven's death. By... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Complete Classical Music Guide Publisher Comments Packed with photographs, composer biographies, analyses of major works, and essential information on every musical genre, style, form, instrument, and ensemble, DK's Complete Classical Music Guide is a portable encyclopedic guide to more than one... (read more) Available April 2012 Your price: $25.00 New - Hardcover
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Richard Wagner and His World (Bard Music Festival) by Thomas S. (edt) Grey Publisher Comments Richard Wagner (1813-1883) aimed to be more than just a composer. He set out to redefine opera as a "total work of art" combining the highest aspirations of drama, poetry, the symphony, the visual arts, even religion and philosophy. Equally celebrated... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824 by Harvey Sachs Publisher Comments The premier of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Vienna on May 7, 1824, was the most significant artistic event of the year—and the work remains one of the most precedent-shattering and influential compositions in the history of music. Described... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Bach, Beethoven and the Boys - Tenth Anniversary Edition!: Music History as It Ought to Be Taught by David Barber Publisher Comments In our factory, we make lipstick; in our advertising, we sell hope. David Barber is a journalist, author, composer and performer who lives and works in Toronto. - Charles Revson, founder of Revlon Cosmetics Dave Donald works as an art director for a... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The NPR Guide To Building a Classical CD Collection by Theodore Libbey Publisher Comments Berlioz. Vaughan Williams. Schubert and Schumann. Mozart after the Jupiter Symphony, Bach beyond the Brandenburg Concertos, opera after The Magic Flute. In his informed and indispensible guide with over 157,000 copies in print, National Public Radio's... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Nutcracker: Complete Ballet for Solo Piano by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Publisher Comments This solo piano edition of Tchaikovsky's ballet offers pianists a chance to enjoy such favorites as "The Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy" and "The Waltz of the Flowers." This arrangement by Sergey Taneyev and the composer himself renders the complete... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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In Search of Wagner by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno Publisher Comments Written in exile from Germany, this potent study of Europe’s most controversial composer explodes the frontiers of musical and cultural analysis. Measuring key elements of Wagner’s oeuvre with patent musical dexterity, Adorno sheds light on a... (read more) Your price: $17.25 New - Trade Paper
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Why Mahler?: How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed Our World by Norman Lebrecht Publisher Comments Why Mahler? Why does his music affect us in the way it does? Norman Lebrecht, one of the world’s most widely read cultural commentators, has been wrestling obsessively with Mahler for half his life. Following Mahler’s every footstep... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Compleat Mozart: A Guide to the Musical Works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by Neal Zaslaw Publisher Comments In assembling and editing this collection of essays, it was Mozart specialist Neal Zaslaw's wish to share with a broad audience some of the enjoyment and sense of discovery he has experienced in studying, teaching, writing about, and performing Mozart's... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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