Inside Conducting
Christopher Seaman

Exactly what does a conductor do in front of an orchestra?  Internationally renowned conductor Christopher Seaman offers lively and informative answers in this wise yet humorous book.

A Musical Eye
The Visual World of Britten and Pears
Edited by Judith LeGrove

This heavily illustrated publication considers the importance of art and design in the lives of composer Benjamin Britten and tenor Peter Pears.

John Kirkpatrick, American Music, and the Printed Page
Drew Massey

How one extraordinary pianist, scholar, and editor prepared for publication important scores by Ives, Copland, and Ruggles, and reshaped the history of American musical modernism.

Building the Operatic Museum
Eighteenth-Century Opera in Fin-de-Siecle Paris
William Gibbons

The pathbreaking revival in Paris ca. 1900 of long-neglected operas by Mozart, Gluck, and Rameau -- and what this meant to French audiences, critics, and composers.

Paganini
The 'Demonic' Virtuoso
Mai Kawabata

Separating fact from fiction, this book explores how the legendary violinist challenged the very notion of what it meant to be a musician.

Elgar's Earnings
John Drysdale

Although Elgar achieved fame, status and recognition in his lifetime, his earnings did not match the standard of living to which he aspired.

Life After Death (paperback)
The Viola de Gamba in Britain from Purcell to Dolmetsch
Peter Holman

New research throws light on the history of the viol after Purcell, including its revival in the late eighteenth century through Charles Frederick Abel.

First and Lasting Impressions
Julius Rudel Looks Back on a Life in Music
Julius Rudel
Rebecca Paller

The long-awaited memoir of Julius Rudel, the legendary opera conductor and arts administrator, gives insight into his ground-breaking repertory choices and his collaborations with Beverly Sills, Plácido Domingo, and others.

The Aesthetic Life of Cyril Scott
Sarah Collins

The first comprehensive account of the life and influences of Cyril Scott.

Dance in Handel's London Operas
Sarah McCleave

Examines the pivotal role of dance in the Italian operas of Handel, perhaps the greatest opera composer between Monteverdi and Mozart.

Rethinking Hanslick
Music, Formalism, and Expression
Edited by Nicole Grimes
Edited by Siobhán Donovan
Edited by Wolfgang Marx

An innovative and incisive reassessment of a seminal figure in nineteenth-century musical life, through a fresh consideration of his aesthetic, critical, and autobiographical writings.

The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
A Social and Cultural History
David C.H. Wright

The first extended account of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.

Martinu's Letters Home
Five Decades of Correspondence with Family and Friends
Bohuslav Martinu
Edited by Isa Popelka

These letters document Martinu's life in his own words, from his student days in Prague and Paris to his triumphs in American exile.

Dear Dorothy
Letters from Nicolas Slonimsky to Dorothy Adlow
Nicolas Slonimsky
Edited by Electra Slonimsky Yourke

The fascinating letters of conductor-author Nicolas Slonimsky (1894-1995) to his wife, sharing his adventures as he traveled around the world to conduct new American music.

Pierre Cochereau
Organist of Notre-Dame
Anthony Hamilton

Noted organist and scholar Anthony Hammond tells the full story, for the first time, of one of the great organists of the twentieth century.

West End Broadway/A Tanner’s Worth of Tune
Adrian Wright

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