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A Romance on Three Legs: Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano by Katie Hafner Publisher Comments When Gould was paired with the right composer...he could make you wonder if he was altogether human. And reading Hafner on Gould is sometimes as much fun as listening to him play. And that's saying a lot.--Newsweek Hugely talented and famously eccentric,... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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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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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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Andrea Bocelli: A Celebration by Antonia Felix Publisher Comments Like a force of nature, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli has soared to stardom and the top of the music charts with a voice that thrills the soul. Tuscany's most exciting and beloved export since Luciano Pavarotti is a phenomenon with an astonishing 30... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $2.83 Used - Hardcover
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The New Grove Mozart (Grove) by Cliff Eisen Publisher Comments A child prodigy who performed throughout Europe in his early years, Mozart excelled in every medium of his time, including chamber music for strings, the piano and concerto and opera. Along with his contemporaries Haydn and Beethoven, he is one of the... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $5.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Tchaikovsky: Letters to His Family by Piotr Tchaikovsky Synopsis The great Russian composer Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a compulsive letter writer. The 681 pieces contained in this volume offer unique and intimate insights into the composer's life, ranging from two months before his 21st birthday in 1861... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $14.95 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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Kaija Saariaho (Women Composers) by Pirkko Moisala Publisher Comments This book is the first comprehensive study of the music and career of contemporary composer Kaija Saariaho. Born in Finland in 1952, Saariaho received her early musical training at the Sibelius Academy, where her close circle included composer and... (read more) List Price $50.25 Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover
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George Gershwin: An Intimate Portrait (Music in American Life) by Walter Rimler Publisher Comments George Gershwin lived with purpose and gusto, but with melancholy as well, for he was unable to make a place for himself--no family of his own and no real home in music. He and his siblings received little love from their mother and no direction from... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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Beethoven ((2ND)98 Edition) by Maynard Solomon Publisher Comments Hailed as a masterpiece for its original interpretations of Beethoven's life and music, this edition takes into account the latest information and literature. Includes a 30-page bibliographical essay, numerous illustrations, and a full-color pictorial... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Music Quickens Time by Daniel Barenboim Publisher Comments From Israel's most celebrated musician and outspoken critic, an examination of the power of music to transform society. In this eloquent new book, Daniel Barenboim draws on his profound and uniquely influential engagement with music to argue for its... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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The Wagner Compendium: A Guide to Wagner's Life and Music by Barry Millington Publisher Comments Wagner is almost as famous for the controversy he inspires as for his music. His work and his attitudes have elicited both devotion and revulsion; his polemical writings and struggle to create the complete work of art -- the Gesamtkunstwerk -- have... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Chopin: The Man and His Music by James Huneker Publisher Comments This classic in music biography and criticism reflects the intimate, thorough knowledge of Chopin's music that Huneker acquired while studying to be a concert pianist and his unusually keen insight into the character of the composer. Part 1 deals with... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Romance on Three Legs: Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano by Katie Hafner Publisher Comments A grand tale of obsession about the brilliant Glenn Gould and the unique, temperamental instrument he came to love beyond all others, by a top New York Times writer. Glenn Gould was one of the most complex, brilliant artists of the twentieth century, a... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Hardcover
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Wild Harmonies: A Life of Music and Wolves by Helene Grimaud Publisher Comments A celebrated French pianist's poignant story of her journey from her early days as a student in Paris to her life as the founder of a wolf conservation center in upstate New York. A gifted pianist from a young age, Hlne Grimaud made her first recording... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Cinderella and Company: Backstage at the Opera with Cecilia Bartoli by Manuela Hoelterhoff Publisher Comments A wickedly funny look at opera today--the feuds and deals, maestros and managers, divine voices and outsized egos--and a portrait of the opera world's newest superstar at a formative point in her life and career.<BR> In Cinderella & Company... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cecilia Bartoli: The Passion of Song by Kim Chernin Publisher Comments The celebrated author of The Hungry Self and In My Mother's House presents the eagerly awaited, frank, and insightful first biography of 29-year-old Grammy Award-winning opera superstar Cecilia Bartoli, the preeminent woman in opera today.... (read more) Your price: $3.23 Used - Hardcover
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Zubin Mehta: The Score of My Life by Zubin Mehta Publisher Comments Zubin Metha has created a body of work with the world's greatest orchestras, including the Vienna, Berlin, Los Angeles, and New York Philharmonics. In the course of his career he has gained the highest approbation in the international community: an... (read more) Your price: $27.99 New - Hardcover
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Gershwin, His Life and Music: His Life and Music by Charles Schwartz Publisher Comments The name George Gershwin is a magical one. It conjures up the Twenties, Broadway glitter, beauty and extravagance. Begin humming a Gershwin tune anywhere from Boston to Bangkok and someone will finish it for you: Rhapsody in Blue, Summertime, Lady Be... (read more) Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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