Complete String Quartets

Complete String Quartets
Author: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2013-09-26
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486317129

This single volume study score contains all 23 of Mozart's string quartets: the little-known early quartets in an Italianate manner; the six quartets dedicated to Haydn; the D Major Quartet; and more.

The Four and the One

The Four and the One
Author: David Rounds
Publisher:
Total Pages: 222
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Spotlighting the four women of the Lafayette Quartet, a leading Canadian ensemble, Rounds offers both a comprehensive history of the beloved instrumental form and an inside view of the complex world of professional quartet players, revealing the exultation and heatache that are the performing artists' daily fare. A treat for every music lover, whether player, listener or composer.

The Secret Magic of Music

The Secret Magic of Music
Author: Ida Lichter
Publisher: SelectBooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2016-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1590793234

Great music has the power to transform. Understanding and appreciating classical music can enlighten, uplift, and educate not only the intellect but the soul. In The Secret Magic of Music, classical music devotee and psychiatrist Ida Lichter uncovers a more accessible side of music. By providing the performers’ insights, Lichter provides a special look into how great music can bring happiness and spiritual meaning to its listeners.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Author: Piero Melograni
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0226519562

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William Alwyn

William Alwyn
Author: John C. Dressler
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 113666002X

William Alwyn: A Research and Information Guide is a catalogue, discography and annotated bibliography of the nearly 500 works of this twentieth-century British composer. It will be invaluable to twentieth-century British composer researchers and aficionados, music history courses, and film music courses.

Program Music

Program Music
Author: Jonathan Kregor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2015-01-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107032520

This accessible introduction is the first English-language book in a generation to cover program music as idea and repertoire.

Shostakovich's Preludes and Fugues

Shostakovich's Preludes and Fugues
Author: Mark Mazullo
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0300149433

"An outstanding piece of work---illuminating, attractively written, and stimulating. It is a book that will be welcomed by scholars of Russian music, readers interested in the cultural life of the Soviet Union, and interested listeners to a remarkable body of repertory." Michael Steinberg --Book Jacket.