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Joy of Music (04 Edition) by Bernstein Publisher Comments Updated with a DVD, this beloved and best-selling classic was the world-famous maestro's first collection of conversations on the meaning and wonder of music. For all music appreciation fans everywhere who wish to experience music more fully and deeply... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Arvo Part (Oxford Studies of Composers) by Paul Hillier Publisher Comments Estonian composer Arvo P�rt is a unique voice in today's music. Using a tonal idiom based on a mixture of scales and triads, P�rt created a style called "tintinnabuli." In this first full-length study, Paul Hillier draws on his own considerable... (read more) Your price: $68.50 New - Trade Paper
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Late Idyll: The Second Symphony of Johannes Brahms by Reinhold Brinkmann Publisher Comments Though central to our concert and recording repertory, and crucial to the history of the symphony, the four symphonies of Johannes Brahms have proved surprisingly resistant to critical analysis. In this brief, elegant book, a premier musicologist... (read more) Your price: $48.50 New - Trade Paper
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Changing Lives: Gustavo Dudamel, El Sistema, and the Transformative Power of Music by Tunstall Tricia Publisher Comments When Gustavo Dudamel, at the age of twenty-eight, ascended the podium at the Hollywood Bowl for his inaugural concert as conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, he immediately captivated the hearts of his audience, just as he had the minds of music... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Hardcover
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The Life and Times of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Masters of Music) by John Bankston Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Library Bound
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The Cambridge Companion to Chopin by Jim Samson Publisher Comments This Companion is designed to provide the enquiring music lover with helpful insights into a musical style that recognizes no contradictions between the accessible and the sophisticated, between the popular and the significant.... (read more) Your price: $49.95 New - Trade Paper
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Careless Whispers: The Life and Career of George Michael by Robert Steele Publisher Comments Here is a riveting account of the highs and lows of the life and career of one of pop music's top solo artists. Covers the formation of Wham! in the early 80s with friend Andrew Ridgley, their success with hits including "Young Guns (Go For It... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Hardcover
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A Deeper Blue: The Life and Music of Townes Van Zandt (North Texas Lives of Musician) by Robert Earl Hardy Publisher Comments This is the first serious biography of a man widely considered one of Texas’—and America’s—greatest songwriters. Like Jimmie Rodgers, Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, and Hank Williams, Townes Van Zandt was the embodiment of... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Coltrane on Coltrane: The John Coltrane Interviews by Chris Devito Publisher Comments Named one of the best jazz books of 2010 by Jazz Timess reader poll John Coltrane created a new sound, a music that had nothing to do with anyone except himself. The path he chose was difficult and risky. Nevertheless, he persisted, and his recordings... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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Bob Dylan Revisited by Bob Dylan Publisher Comments For the last forty years Bob Dylan has never ceased to be one of the most creative and inspired musicians in the world. Mesmerized by the power of his lyrics and intrigued by the possibilities of translating his powerful, enigmatic personality into art... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Reflections: The Piano Music of Maurice Ravel by Paul Roberts Publisher Comments The piano music of Maurice Ravel is among the most thrilling, the most colorful, and, for pianists, the most challenging of the repertoire. This book is about how performers and listeners can discover it and relate to it - how it sounds and feels under... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Hardcover
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Arrau on Music and Performance (Great Pianists: In Their Own Words) by Joseph Horowitz Publisher Comments Acclaimed by New York Magazine as "a fascinating and valuable book," this subtle portrait depicts one of the world's great concert artists. In addition to conversations with Claudio Arrau, it features discussions with four of his... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Franz Liszt: The Weimar Years, 1848-1861 by Alan Walker Publisher Comments This book is an in depth look at Liszt and anything connected with Liszt during the years from 1848 to 1861.... (read more) Your price: $36.75 New - Trade Paper
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Schubert's Dramatic Lieder by Marjorie Wing Hirsch Publisher Comments This book explores the way in which Schubert revolutionised the Lied, transforming folk song into art song through the mixture of dramatic and lyrical vocal genres. By introducing dramatic poetry and musical traits within solo song settings, he turned... (read more) Your price: $40.25 New - Trade Paper
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Bach and the Riddle of the Number Alphabet by Ruth Tatlow Publisher Comments In 1947 the theologian and musicologist Friedrich Smend published a study which claimed that J. S. Bach regularly employed the natural-order number alphabet (A=1 to Z=24) in his works. Smend provided historical evidence and music examples to support his... (read more) Your price: $45.75 New - Trade Paper
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The Early Years: The Lyrics of Tom Waits (1971-1982) by Tom Waits Publisher Comments Known for his growling vocals and for the distinct poetry of his lyrics, Tom Waits has amassed over the course of three decades a devoted cult following. The Early Years collects the lyrics—formative and classic—from the first ten albums of... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Berlioz Studies (Cambridge Composer Studies) by Peter Bloom Publisher Comments This book contains nine essays by leading Berlioz scholars on various aspects of the great nineteenth-century musician's life and work. Among the pieces studied closely are Romeo et Juliette, La Damnation de Faust and Les Nuits d' été. An essay... (read more) Your price: $74.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Music of E.J. Moeran by Geoffrey Self Publisher Comments E.J. Moeran (1894-1950) is one of the outstanding British composers of his generation, his music championed by Sir Adrian Boult, Vernon Handley, Norman Del Mar and others. His work covers a considerable variety of forms, from the widely acclaimed... (read more) Your price: $45.00 New - Hardcover
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The Way I Am with DVD by Eminem Publisher Comments View our feature on Eminem’s The Way I Am. For the first time, one of music’s most popular—and headline-making—rap artists shares his private reflections, drawings, handwritten lyrics, and never-before-seen photographs. Fiercely... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover
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Webern Studies (Cambridge Composer Studies) by Kathryn Bailey Publisher Comments This book looks at the music of Webern from several new perspectives. The most recent Webern scholarship has emphasized Webern's lyricism, and this is a theme running through Webern Studies. Other techniques not generally associated with Webern are also... (read more) Your price: $52.50 New - Trade Paper
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