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The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier by Thaddeus Carhart Publisher Comments This intimate and idiosyncratic history of the piano and a view into the secret heart of Paris life is written by an American expatriate, who details his attempts to gain entry into a piano shop where locals gathered to discuss music, love, and life.... (read more) List Price $14.00 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 Publisher Comments One evening, not long after ending a stint as the pop music critic at the Montreal Gazette, Eric Siblin attended a recital of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites. There, something unlikely happened: he fell deeply in love with the music. So began an... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life by John Adams Synopsis A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A San Francisco Chronicle Notable Bay Area Book of the Year A book unlike anything ever written by a composer--part memoir, part description and explication of the creative process--Hallelujah Junction is an... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Silence by John Cage Publisher Comments 'Silence starts with the finest dedications of modern times - 'To Whom It May Concern' - and past that you embark on one of the most entertaining and rewarding intellectual voyages that contemporary literature affords.'... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Fanny Hensel: The Other Mendelssohn by R. Larry Todd Synopsis Granddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Fanny Hensel (1805-1847) was an extraordinary musician who left well over four hundred compositions, most of which fell into oblivion until their... (read more) Your price: $53.50 New - Hardcover
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Library of Piano Classics by Not Available (na) Publisher Comments A compendium of the world's most loved music. True to the spirit of the great composers, this volume fills the needs of students and teachers. Over 100 works, including Schubert's Moment Musicale, Chopin's Minute Waltz, and Beethoven's Rondo a Cappriccio.... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Spiral
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The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music 2010: The Key Classical Recordings on CD, DVD and Sacd by Ivan March Publisher Comments Indispensible, illuminating, and comprehensive. --The Times (London) This has remained the best and most successful guide to classical music for more than forty years. Fully revised by its team of eminent authors and written with wit and passion, The... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Librettist of Venice: The Remarkable Life of Lorenzo Da Ponte Mozart's Poet, Casanova's Friend, and Italian Opera's Impresario in America by Rodney Bolt Publisher Comments The operatic life of the librettist for Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Figaro. In 1805, Lorenzo Da Ponte was the proprietor of a small grocery store in New York. But since his birth into an Italian Jewish family in 1749, he had already been a priest, a... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $11.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Classical Music 101: The Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Classical Music by Fred Plotkin Publisher Comments Writing in the clear and highly entertaining prose that made "Opera 101" the standard text in its field, Plotkin--music expert, teacher, lecturer, and famous author--presents classical music in a way that respects both the reader and the art form.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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In Search of Wagner by Theodor W Adorno Publisher Comments A major new edition of a twentieth century classic with an introduction by one of today's leading philosophers and theorists, Slavoj Zizek.... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Classical Music by Phil G. Goulding Publisher Comments MAKE A SOUND INVESTMENT IN CLASSICAL MUSIC Who are the ten most important classical composers? Who in the world was Palestrina? Why did Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" cause a riot? Which five of each important composer's works should you buy... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music by Theodore Libbey Publisher Comments A complete education in classical music, written with verve and wit. No music lover can pick up this one-volume compendium without becoming a more knowledgeable, discerning listener. and#8226; The sonata form revealed, and why it's been deeply satisfying... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $11.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music by Amiri Baraka Synopsis "As a commentator on American music, and African American music in particular, Baraka occupies a unique niche. His intelligence, critical sense, passion, strong political stances, involvement with musicians and in the musical world, as well as in his... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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Minimalists by K. Robert Schwartz Publisher Comments Minimalism is arguably the most popular style of concert music that the late twentieth century has produced, appealing to the widest possible audience -- fans of rock, jazz and classical music. It is an ecstatic and vibrant movement, combining classical,... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper
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Music of the Great Composers: a Listener's Guide To the Best of Classical Music by Patrick Kavanaugh Publisher Comments A unique guide to enhance and enrich your enjoyment of classical music, this book is for music lovers who want to better understand the works of the masters.... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Orchestration (82 Edition) by Cecil Forsyth Publisher Comments Probably best general book on the subject. Thorough discussion of 57 instruments, technical aspects of writing for each, much else.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2010 (Classical Good CD, DVD, & Download Guide) by James Jolly Synopsis The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2010 is the essential guide for music-lovers collecting their music on CD, DVD or as a download. Drawing on the magazine's 85-year experience of reviewing classical music on record, The Guide reviews 3500 recordings... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Trade Paper
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Franz Liszt: The Final Years, 1861-1886 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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Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks in Full Score by George Frideric Handel Publisher Comments Available for the first time in one inexpensive, reliable volume, here are the full scores of two of the most popular Baroque orchestral works performed today, reprinted from the definitive edition preserving Handel's final arrangements for students... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper
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Prokofiev - Music for Children, Op. 65: Edited by Matthew Edwards Recorded by Jeffrey Biegel Schirmer Performance Editions by Sergei (cop) Prokofiev Synopsis Favorites of piano teachers, these short pieces show lyricism and harmonic surprise for which Prokofiev's larger works are known. Intermediate to Late Intermediate Level.... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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