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The Acoustical Foundations of Musicby John BackusISBN 0393090965 (0-393-09096-5)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Arnold Schoenberg's Journeyby Allen ShawnISBN 0374105901 (0-374-10590-1)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Art of the Piano: Its Performers, Literature and Recordingsby David DubalISBN 0671492381 (0-671-49238-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Aspects of Wagnerby Bryan MageeISBN 0586037748 (0-586-03774-8)
Hardcover, Panther
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aspects of Wagner'Book summary:Many music lovers find Wagner's operas inexpressibly beautiful and richly satisfying, while others find them revolting, dangerous, self-indulgent, and immoral. The man who W.H. Auden once called "perhaps the greatest genius that ever lived" has inspired both greater adulation and greater loathing than any other composer.
Presenting a penetrating analysis of Wagner's work, Magee here concentrates on how his sensational and deeply erotic music uniquely expresses the repressed and highly charged contents of the psyche. He examines not only Wagner's music and detailed stage directions but also the prose works in which he formulated his ideas, and sheds new light on his anti-semitism and the way in which the Nazis twisted his theories to suit their own purposes. Outlining the astonishing range and depth of Wagner's influence on our culture, Magee reveals how he continues to profoundly shock and inspire musicians, poets, novelists, painters, philosophers, and politicians today. [via]More editions of Aspects of Wagner:
Babes in Toyland: The Making and Selling of a Rock and Roll Bandby Neal KarlenISBN 0380726025 (0-380-72602-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Bachby Eva and Sydney GrewISBN 0460021133 (0-460-02113-3)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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Bachby Malcolm BoydISBN 0394752775 (0-394-75277-5)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Berlioz the Bearby Jan BrettISBN 0399222480 (0-399-22248-0)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams - The Early Years, 1903 - 1940by Gary GiddinsISBN 0316886459 (0-316-88645-9)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Born to Runby Dave MarshISBN 044010694X (0-440-10694-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Storyby Dave MarshISBN 0385154437 (0-385-15443-7)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplinby Myra FriedmanISBN 0517586509 (0-517-58650-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplin'Book summary:Electrifying, highly acclaimed, and intensely personal, this new and updated version of Myra Friedman's classic biography of Janis Joplin teems with dramatic insights into Joplin's genius and into the chaotic times that catapulted her to fame as the legendary queen of rock. It is a stunning panorama of the turbulent decade when Joplin's was the rallying voice of a generation that lost itself in her music and found itself in her words.
From her small hometown of Port Arthur, Texas, to San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury, from the intimate coffeehouses to the supercharged concert halls, from the glitter of worldwide fame to her tragic end in a Hollywood hotel, here is all the fire and anguish of an immortal, immensely talented, and troubled performer who devoured everything the rock scene had to offer in a fatal attempt to make peace with herself and her era. Yet, in an eloquent introduction recently written by the author, Joplin emerges from her "ugly duckling" childhood as a woman truly ahead of her time, an outrageous rebel, a defiant outcast and artist of incomparable authenticity who, almost in spite of herself, became to so many a symbol of triumph over adversity.
This edition also contains an afterword detailing the whereabouts of a large and colorful cast of characters who were part of Joplin's life, as well as "We Remember Janis," a new chapter of poignant and affectionate anecdotes told by friends. [via]More editions of Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplin:
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Chasin' the Trane: The Music and Mystique of John Coltraneby J.C. ThomasISBN 0385096046 (0-385-09604-6)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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Chopin's Lettersby Frederic ChopinISBN 0486255646 (0-486-25564-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Cobainby Rolling Stone (San Francisco, Calif.), Fred WoodwardISBN 0316880159 (0-316-88015-9)
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The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porterby Cole Porter, Robert Kimball, John UpdikeISBN 0394532147 (0-394-53214-7)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Complete Operas of Verdiby Charles OsborneISBN 0330237748 (0-330-23774-8)
Hardcover, Pan Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Operas of Verdi'Book summary:This one-volume study of all Verdi's operas provides a musical portrait of the composer as well as a guide to the music. The author looks at each opera from four different points of view: Verdi's life at the time it was written; the story, which is linked to the major musical features; information about the libretto, the librettist and Verdi's relations with his publishers; and a musical analysis, with musical examples. The treatment of each opera is preceded by a list of characters and details of first performance. Charles Osborne's other books include "The Complete Operas of Mozart" and "The Compete Operas of Puccini". [via]
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Death of a Rebelby Marc EliotISBN 0385136102 (0-385-13610-2)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Death of Rhythm and Bluesby Nelson GeorgeISBN 0452266971 (0-452-26697-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Dictionary of Composers and Their Musicby Eric GilderISBN 0517092956 (0-517-09295-6)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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The Dictionary of Composers and Their Musicby Gilder and PortISBN 0345280415 (0-345-28041-5)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music: Every Listener's Companion Arranged Chronologically and Alphabeticallyby Eric Gilder, June G. PortISBN 0448223643 (0-448-22364-3)
Hardcover, Paddington Press
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Die Walkure: In Full Scoreby Richard WagnerISBN 0486235661 (0-486-23566-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Findingsby Leonard BernsteinISBN 0671429191 (0-671-42919-1)
Hardcover, Smithmark Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Findings'Book summary:This brilliant and revealing self-portrait collects Bernstein's private notes, letters, essays, and musical writings to convey, as never before, the incredible energy, talent, and genius of a man who has confirmed the maturity and originality of American music. Over 100 photos. [via]
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Findings/Fifty Years of Meditations on Musicby Leonard BernsteinISBN 038542437X (0-385-42437-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Five Centuries of Keyboard Music: An Historical Survey of Music for Harpsichord and Pianoby John GillespieISBN 048622855X (0-486-22855-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Folk Song U S Aby Alan Lomax, John LomaxISBN 0452253071 (0-452-25307-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Symphoniesby Peter I. TchaikovskyISBN 048623861X (0-486-23861-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Glenn Gould: A Life and Variationsby Otto FriedrichISBN 0394562992 (0-394-56299-2)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Hear Me Talkin' to Ya: The Story of Jazz As Told by the Men Who Made Itby Nat Hentoff, Nat ShapiroISBN 0486217264 (0-486-21726-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Hilary and Jackieby Hilary Du Pre, Piers Du PreISBN 0345432711 (0-345-43271-1)
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I Me Mineby George HarrisonISBN 0671427873 (0-671-42787-3)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Me Mine'Book summary:In conversation with lifelong friend and confidant, Derek Taylor, (George's first-person text is interlarded with Derek's fascinating observations and explanations) George describes his upbringing, his first forays with the band, the hard life on the road before they began to make money, the extraordinary phenomenon of Beatlemania and what it was like to be trapped in the middle of it, his spiritual reawakening in India, his love of fast cars and his passion for gardening. There are 50 archival photographs from his own albums and the lyrics to over 80 of his songs, many in his own hand, accompanied by his uniquely intimate and humorous commentary. Originally published as a limited edition priced at 250 in 1980 and brimming with the wit, warmth and grace that characterised his lyrics and his life, I, ME, MINE is a treasured portrait of George Harrison and his music. [via]
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Image, Music, Textby Roland BarthesISBN 0374521360 (0-374-52136-0)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Image, Music, Text'Book summary:Roland Barthes, the French critic and semiotician, was one of the most important critics and essayists of this century. His work continues to influence contemporary literary theory and cultural studies. Image-Music-Text collects Barthes's best writings on photography and the cinema, as well as fascinating articles on the relationship between images and sound. Two of Barthes's most important essays, "Introduction to the Structural Analysis of Narrative" and "The Death of the Author" are also included in this fine anthology, an excellent introduction to his thought. [via]
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An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn'tby William Wilson, Judy JonesISBN 0345468902 (0-345-46890-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn't'Book summary:When it was originally published in 1987, An Incomplete Education became a surprise bestseller. Now this instant classic has been completely updated, outfitted with a whole new arsenal of indispensable knowledge on global affairs, popular culture, economic trends, scientific principles, and modern arts. Here's your chance to brush up on all those subjects you slept through in school, reacquaint yourself with all the facts you once knew (then promptly forgot), catch up on major developments in the world today, and become the Renaissance man or woman you always knew you could be!
How do you tell the Balkans from the Caucasus? What's the difference between fission and fusion? Whigs and Tories? Shiites and Sunnis? Deduction and induction? Why aren't all Shakespearean comedies necessarily thigh-slappers? What are transcendental numbers and what are they good for? What really happened in Plato's cave? Is postmodernism dead or just having a bad hair day? And for extra credit, when should you use the adjective continual and when should you use continuous?
An Incomplete Education answers these and thousands of other questions with incomparable wit, style, and clarity. American Studies, Art History, Economics, Film, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Science, and World History: Here's the bottom line on each of these major disciplines, distilled to its essence and served up with consummate flair.
In this revised edition you'll find a vitally expanded treatment of international issues, reflecting the seismic geopolitical upheavals of the past decade, from economic free-fall in South America to Central Africa's world war, and from violent radicalization in the Muslim world to the crucial trade agreements that are defining globalization for the twenty-first century. [via]More editions of An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn't:
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Introduction to Contemporary Musicby Joseph MacHlisISBN 0393090264 (0-393-09026-4)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Introduction to Schenkerian Analysisby Allen Forte, Steven E. GolbertISBN 0393951928 (0-393-95192-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Introduction to Schenkerian Analysis'Book summary:This book is intended to serve as a basic textbook on Schenkerian analysis, the analytical approach developed over a period of many years by the Austrian music theorist Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935).
The book begins with a thorough coverage of a number of elementary matters. This may be regarded either as a review or as a reorientation in preparation for the systematic presentation that follows.
Beginning in Part Two ideas that are more specifically Schenkerian are developed and applied to the analysis of short compositions. Since the book is also intended to cover all of the basic standard form it has seemed logical to use this feature in organizing the material. Thus, Part Two ends with longer forms and Part Three covers the main large forms (sonata, rondo, and so on). The various types of Schenkerian prolongations are introduced gradually and discussed and illustrated thoroughly in the text.
Each chapter ends with a set of exercises keyed to the topics that have been presented, and the student is given precise instructions for completing the exercises as well as occasional hints about pitfalls and special problems that they contain.
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It Came from Memphisby Robert GordonISBN 0571198813 (0-571-19881-3)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'It Came from Memphis'Book summary:Perhaps no other city in America has provided more grist for the music sociology mill than Memphis, Tennessee. While Memphis has been the muse for some truly classic books (Peter Guralnick's Sweet Soul Music, to name just one), the rhetoric surrounding "The Birthplace of Rock & Roll"--also "The Home of the Blues"--can be as daunting as a walk down the ravenously gentrified blues theme park that is Beale Street.
Enter Robert Gordon, a Memphis native and keen chronicler of the city's secret history. Gordon's It Came from Memphis all but ignores the Bluff City's oft-cited musical hierarchy--B.B. King, Elvis, Al Green et al.--in favor of its great unheralded eccentrics. You might not be familiar with the Insect Trust or Mudboy and the Neutrons, but Gordon argues--with empathy and wit--that you should be.
But music is only part of the story here. Whether it's Memphis's wrestling legend Sputnik Monroe, or the city's esoteric patron saint, artist-professor John McIntire, Gordon's shrewd eye sees the mojo in them all. In a way, Gordon's book is even more vital than the classic volumes on Memphis music that predate it. Where Guralnick interprets a musical tradition that is already firmly embedded in the American psyche, Gordon gives voice to a clandestine tradition that otherwise might go forgotten. --Matt Hanks [via]
J. S. Bachby Albert SchweitzerISBN 0486216322 (0-486-21632-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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LA Traviata in Full Scoreby Giuseppe VerdiISBN 0486263215 (0-486-26321-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'LA Traviata in Full Score'Book summary:Alfred Music Publishing is the world s largest educational music publisher. Alfred produces educational, reference, pop, and performance materials for teachers, students, professionals, and hobbyists spanning every musical instrument, style, and difficulty level. Full score edition of one of Verdi's most popular operas. Reproduced from the authoritative G. Ricordi, Milan edition, this new edition will give opera lovers a rare opportunity to study intimately Verdi's genious for operatic composition in the early years of its flowering. [via]
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Lillian Roxon's Rock Encyclopediaby Ed Naha, Lillian RoxonISBN 0448145723 (0-448-14572-3)
Hardcover, Grosset & Grosset & Dunlap
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Lillian Roxon's Rock Encyclopediaby Lillian Roxon, NahaISBN 0448145715 (0-448-14571-5)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap
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Listening to Musicby Craig M. WrightISBN 0534517331 (0-534-51733-1)
Softcover, Thomson Learning
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Lone Star Swing: On the Trail of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboysby Duncan McLean, Ducan McCleanISBN 0393317560 (0-393-31756-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Louis Armstrong : An Extravagant Lifeby Laurence BergreenISBN 0553067680 (0-553-06768-0)
Hardcover, Broadway Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Louis Armstrong : An Extravagant Life'Book summary:The author of a terrific Irving Berlin biography (As Thousands Cheer), Laurence Bergreen produces a similarly astute character analysis of the renowned trumpet player, too often viewed as a musical genius but an Uncle Tom in race relations. On the contrary, Bergreen shows, Louis Armstrong (1901-71) was that rarest of human beings, someone who could respond to injustice with a determination to overcome that never included bitterness. Slightly stronger on milieu than music, Bergreen conveys such zest for the material and such obvious fondness for Armstrong that his book is a delight to read. [via]
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Ludwig Von Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatasby Ludwig Von BeethovenISBN 0486231356 (0-486-23135-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Mahlerby Michael KennedyISBN 0460031414 (0-460-03141-4)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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Medieval Musicby Richard H. HoppinISBN 0393090906 (0-393-09090-6)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Music for the Piano: A Handbook of Concert and Teaching Material from 1580 to 1952by James FriskinISBN 0486229181 (0-486-22918-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Music in Western Civilizationby Paul Henry LangISBN 0393040747 (0-393-04074-7)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The scope of the book is vast, beginning with the music of ancient Greece and ending with that of the first two decades of the twentieth century. But music is not viewed in isolation. Rather, the author presents music as one of the many arts that, taken in conjunction, form the essence of the artistic spirit of an era. [via]More editions of Music in Western Civilization:
Musical Companionby J. R. Pearce, W. R. Anderson, A. L. BacharachISBN 0575022639 (0-575-02263-9)
Hardcover, Gollancz
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Musical Thoughts and Afterthoughtsby Alfred BrendelISBN 0374522782 (0-374-52278-2)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The New Grove Schubertby Maurice J. E. BrownISBN 0393300870 (0-393-30087-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The New Grove Schubertby Eric Sams, Maurice J. E. BrownISBN 039331586X (0-393-31586-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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New Milton Cross' Complete Stories of the Great Operasby Milton Cross, Gillian CrossISBN 0385043244 (0-385-04324-4)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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A Night at the Opera: An Irreverent Guide to the Plots, the Singers, the Composers, the Recordingsby Denis FormanISBN 0375751769 (0-375-75176-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Night at the Opera: An Irreverent Guide to the Plots, the Singers, the Composers, the Recordings'Book summary:As a nuts-and-bolts operagoer's guide, Denis Forman's book is richly incisive. It's equally satisfying as a tart, effervescent take on the solemn world of opera.
The author--a British television executive and former deputy chairman of the Royal Opera House--covers most of the likely offerings of your local repertory company, with a few questionable omissions (Peter Grimes) and inclusions (The Threepenny Opera). For each he provides a synopsis, musical highlights, critical remarks, and historical information (the premiere of Il Trovatore: "stupendous"; that of Norma: "a flop"). Another section offers comments on everything from the craze for authenticity to the practice of booing.
Forman's opinions sometimes run athwart of convention. Falstaff "has no sex appeal and no heart, and opera demands both these qualities"; Tristan und Isolde is the creation of "the Wagner that liked to spend time stroking velvet." His tone, especially in the synopses, is often evocative of Anna Russell's opera parodies: "It really is too bad of you Tristan to die on me like this. She passes out."
The prose can be cute, but that fits Forman's approach of puncturing the inflated atmosphere of opera while glorying in it. Though he is most entertaining when he's daring to shout in church, his enthusiasms are as illuminating as his barbs. "Traviata is the first grown-up opera about contemporary life," he says, adroitly locating that work in operatic history. In Don Giovanni, "Mozart brought terror to the opera stage for the first time." It's the book's greatest pleasure that Forman's passion is matched by his knowledge. --David Olivenbaum [via]
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Norton Manual of Music Notationby George HeussenstammISBN 0393955265 (0-393-95526-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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On Late Style: Music And Literature Against the Grainby Edward W. SaidISBN 0375726330 (0-375-72633-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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One Hundred and One Masterpieces of Music and Their Composersby Martin BookspanISBN 0385057210 (0-385-05721-0)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Piano Music: 1888 1905by Claude DebussyISBN 0486227715 (0-486-22771-5)
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The Piano Tunerby Daniel MasonISBN 0375414657 (0-375-41465-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Piano Tuner'Book summary:Daniel Mason's debut novel, The Piano Tuner, is the mesmerizing story of Edgar Drake, commissioned by the British War Office in 1886 to travel to hostile Burma to repair a rare Erard grand piano vital to the Crown's strategic interests. Eccentric Surgeon-Major Anthony Carroll has brokered peace with local warlords primarily through music, a free medical clinic, and the "powers" of common scientific instruments, much to the dismay of warmongering officers suspect of such unorthodox methods. Drake is an introspective, well-mannered soul who, once there, falls in love with Burma and stays long past the piano-fixing to aid Carroll's political agenda. Drake's arduous journey to reach the outpost, however, takes far too long (nearly half the book) and the plotting is rather heavy-handed at times (one night, Drake learns of a mysterious "Man with One Story" who rarely speaks, and the very next morning the Man tells all to Drake). The story is ambitious, the language florid and sure to please, but the dialogue and melodrama are sometimes tedious. While out on the town with Carroll's love interest, Khin Myo (who enchants Drake), Mason offers the townspersons' view of Drake:
It is only natural that a guest be treated with hospitality, the quiet man who has come to mend the singing elephant is shy, and walks with the posture of one who is unsure of the world, we too would keep him company to make him feel welcome, but we do not speak English.... They say he is one of the kind of men who has dreams, but tells no one.
Drake's complexity is thin; perhaps the beauty of Burma takes over any real need for introspection. Despite these quibbles, The Piano Tuner is a memorable achievement. --Michael Ferch [via]More editions of The Piano Tuner:
Rat Pack Confidential: Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter, Joey, & the Last Great Showbiz Partyby Shawn LevyISBN 0385495765 (0-385-49576-5)
Softcover, Doubleday
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A Riot of Our Own: Night and Day With the Clashby Garry Barker, Ray Lowry, Green JohnnyISBN 0571199577 (0-571-19957-7)
Softcover, Faber & Faber
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Riot of Our Own: Night and Day With the Clash'Book summary:Chronicles of the 1970s punk era aren't scarce by any means, but Johnny Green's narrative escapes the multiple traps of dried-out historical reportage, sociological analysis, and glory taking. Instead, he offers a certain worm's-eye vantage point on the advance of the Clash's career. A Belfast college grad when he met the band in 1977, Green accompanied them on endless tours, and he describes various episodes with a mix of detailed dialogue and picaresque humor. The Clash don't get the lavish hagiographic treatment one might expect from a fan. They come off, rather, as funny characters--intensely charged and, of course, young, sometimes-stumbling artists with insurmountable energy for performances. Green describes clearing the spit off band members' instruments in the same way that he recalls losing the demo tapes of London Calling. And then it all winds to an uneventful close, as so many things do (remember T.S. Eliot's maxim, "This is the way the world ends, the world ends, the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper"?). There's not even a whimper here, though, just Green announcing to the band--at their career peak, on the London Calling tour in the U.S.--that he wanted to see more of North America. Such a low-key ambition to end such a high-key narrative! Nonetheless, this is an essential document in the annals of punk. --Andrew Bartlett [via]
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Rock Encyclopedia.by Lillian RoxonISBN 0448002558 (0-448-00255-8)
Softcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Romantic Music: A History of Musical Style in Nineteenth-Century Europeby Leon PlantingaISBN 0393951960 (0-393-95196-0)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Romantic Music: A History of Musical Style in Nineteenth-Century Europe'Book summary:In this volume of the Norton Introduction to Music History series, Leon Plantinga explores the origins of Romanticism, leading the reader through the maze of genres and genuses that proliferated during the turbulent nineteenth century.
Beginning with Beethoven's middle years, the author weaves a narrative in which major composers such as Schubert, Rossini, Liszt, Chopin, Berlioz, Schumann, Wagner, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, and Musorgsky are discussed in historical context. Professor Plantinga also places into clear focus slightly lesser figures such as Mendelssohn, Smetana, Dvorak, and others. In a final section that embraces Brahms, Mahler, Bruckner, Strauss, and Wolf, Plantinga rounds out this fascinating survey of the diverging movements and styles that constitute the Romantic century's legacy to the musical arts. [via]More editions of Romantic Music: A History of Musical Style in Nineteenth-Century Europe:
Schubert's Songs : A Biographical Studyby Dietrich Fischer-DieskauISBN 0394480481 (0-394-48048-1)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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A Severed Waspby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0374261318 (0-374-26131-8)
Softcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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The Song of the Larkby Willa CatherISBN 0375706453 (0-375-70645-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Song of the Lark'Book summary:Perhaps Willa Cather's most autobiographical work, The Song of the Lark charts the story of a young woman's awakening as an artist against the backdrop of the western landscape. Thea Kronborg, an aspiring singer, struggles to escape from the confines her small Colorado town to the world of possibility in the Metropolitan Opera House. In classic Cather style, The Song of the Lark is the beautiful, unforgettable story of American determination and its inextricable connection to the land.[via]
"The time will come when she'll be ranked above Hemingway." -- Leon EdelMore editions of The Song of the Lark:
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Spider Kissby Harlan EllisonISBN 0441777953 (0-441-77795-3)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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Stravinsky: A Creative Spring Russia and France, 1882-1934by Stephen WalshISBN 0520227492 (0-520-22749-2)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Structure of Singing: System and Art in Vocal Techniqueby Richard MillerISBN 0534255353 (0-534-25535-3)
Softcover, Schirmer Books
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Study of Fugueby Alfred MannISBN 0486254399 (0-486-25439-9)
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Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica"by Ludwig Van BeethovenISBN 0486297969 (0-486-29796-9)
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The Time of Our Singing: A Novelby Richard PowersISBN 0374277826 (0-374-27782-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Time of Our Singing: A Novel'Book summary:In some respects, Richard Powers's The Time of Our Singing is just a big, absorbing drama about an American family, with the typical ingredients of an immigrant parent and some social obstacles--in this case, a biracial marriage in the Civil Rights era--to be overcome by the talented children. But Powers's lyrical gifts lift this material far above its familiar subject matter. His descriptions of music alone will transport the reader. The Strom family were raised with this common language: "Our parents' Crazed Quotations game played on the notion that every moment's tune had all history's music box for its counterpoint. On any evening in Hamilton Heights, we could jump from organum to atonality without any hint of all the centuries that had died fiery deaths between them." The central figure of this novel is the dazzling Jonah, who makes a life from singing, and who may be the only person around him who regards his racial heritage as irrelevant to his ambitions. Powers's is such a fertile writer, however, that he can't stay with any single story, but plunges into pages and pages of family and social histories. The result is a rambling, resonant, fearless novel that pulls the reader along in its wake. --Regina Marler [via]
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The Trumpet of the Swanby E. B. WhiteISBN 0590406191 (0-590-40619-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Trumpet of the Swan'Book summary:Although he lacks a voice in the traditional "Ko-hoh!" sense, trumpeter swan Louis learns to speak to the world with a trumpet stolen from a music store by his father. With the support of an unusual boy named Sam, who helps Louis learn how to read and write, the swan has some rather unswanlike adventures and ultimately wins the love--and the freedom--of a beautiful swan named Serena.
For over 30 years, E.B. White's masterpiece has captured the fancy of countless readers. Now, with stunning new art by award-winning illustrator Fred Marcellino, the beloved story can be experienced anew. The sepia-colored drawings lend an old-fashioned charm to the story--it's almost as if, with their complementary dry wit and uniquely creative talents, White and Marcellino originally worked together. Marcellino received the Caldecott Honor for his illustrations in Charles Perrault's Puss in Boots. (Ages 8 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Turn, Turn, Turnby Richie UnterbergeISBN 0634045881 (0-634-04588-1)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Turn, Turn, Turn'Book summary:Setting the scene with America's traditional folk of the early '60s, this book describes the sea of change that began in 1964 when the social consciousness of folk met the energy of rock. It concentrates on 1964-66, when the best, most popular, and most controversial folk-rock was created. The book explores the dizzyingly fast cross-fertilization of such giants as The Beatles, The Byrds, and Dylan; the passionate conflicts between folk devotees and folk-rockers; the sudden frenzy of the media; and the unforgettable music that was born. Turn! Turn! Turn! also examines how folk-rock continued to influence late '60s psychedelic rock, country-rock and the British scene, as well as its gradual, partial transformation into the singer-songwriter movement. Based on first-hand interviews with such visionaries as Roger McGuinn, Judy Collins, Donovan, John Sebastian, Arlo Guthrie, Janis Ian and dozens of others. [via]
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Two and Three Part Inventions: Fifteen Inventions and Fifteen Symphoniesby Johann S. BachISBN 0486219828 (0-486-21982-8)
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Understanding Toscanini: A Social History of American Concert Lifeby Joseph HorowitzISBN 0520085426 (0-520-08542-6)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Understanding Toscanini : How He Became an American Culture-God and Helped Create a New Audience for Old Musicby Joseph HorowitzISBN 0394529189 (0-394-52918-9)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Victor Book of the Operaby Henry SimonISBN 0671200542 (0-671-20054-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Victor Book of the Opera'Book summary:The historical background and act-by-act summaries of 120 operatic masterworks - and complete listings of the best available recordings, an outline history of opera, and over 400 illustrations of the great composers, the great singers and the great scenes of Grand Opera in all its historic splendor. [via]
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The Viking Opera Guideby Amanda Holden, Nicholas Kenyon, Stephen WalshISBN 0670812927 (0-670-81292-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Viking Opera Guide'Book summary:Detailed, revelatory, and monumental, this remarkable guide is organized alphabetically by composer and embraces operatic forms ranging from monodies and masques through grand, tragic, and comic operas to operettas, modern music dramas, and a host of evergreen musicals. Photos. [via]
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Will Pop Eat Itself?by Jeremy J. BeadleISBN 057116241X (0-571-16241-X)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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