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 | Day, Timothy - A CENTURY OF RECORDED MUSIC : Listening to Musical History(Yale University Press
, 2000) pp.x, 306 Pages HARDCOVER EDITION. The first thorough exploration of the impact of technology upon the art of music. Day is Curator of Western art music at the British Library, London. Very Fine or cloth brds in Very Fine d/w. Bright and unmarked copy. Price: $28.60 |
| Vayne, Kara with Andrew Palmer - A VOICE REBORN : KARA VAYNE(Arcadia Books, London
, 1999) pp. ix, 190 Pages `One of the great voices of the century. Her CDs have outsold the Three Tenors and Callas.` - Sunday Times Magazine. Illustrated. Music Biography Opera Softcover. Fine. Price: $ 9.90 |
| Friedlander, Lee - AMERICAN MUSICIANS : Photographs by Lee Friedlander(DAP
, 1998) pp.295 Pages Preface by Joel Dorn, Interviews with Steve Lacy and Ruth Brown. Splendid colour and b/w photographs by house photographer for Atlantic Records throughout. A very handsome book featuring major jazz, gospel, bluegrass, c&w, blues and r&b performers. Large format, 24.5x26cms. (View image) Very Fine cloth brds, (hardcover) 1 cnr lightly bumped; d/w Fine except sl edgewear to rear cnr Price: $33.00 |
| Henze, Hans Werner - BOHEMIAN FIFTHS: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY : HANS WERNER HENZE(Faber & Faber, London
, 1998) pp.ix, 512 Pages Translated from the German by Stewart Spencer. Henze is one of the world`s leading composers. Operas include: Boulevard Solitude, Konig Hirsch, Der Prinz von Homburg, Elegy for Young Lovers ... Ballets: Ondine, Orpheus, Le fils de l`air ..(UK edition, precedes US Princeton US edition) Hardcover. Fine cloth brds in sl shelfworn d/w Price: $16.50 |
| Borovsky, Victor - CHALIAPIN : A Critical Biography(Alfred Knopf, New York
, 1988) xv, 630 Pages Massive, profusely illustrated biog of Fedor Chaliapin (1873-1938), opera`s greatest performer of basso roles. Fine cloth brds in Fine d/w Price: $22.00 |
| Matheopoulos, Helena - DIVA : THE NEW GENERATION. The Sopranos and Mezzos of the Decade Discuss Their Roles(Little Brown, London
, 1998) pp.xxvii, 372 Pages Illustrated. Sopranos : Barbara Bonney Jane Eaglen Renee Fleming Barbara Frittoli Angela Gheorghiu Galina Gorchakova Maria Gulegina Elena Kelessidi Catherine Malfitano Karita Mattila Deborah Polaski Ruth Ann Swenson Carol Vaness Veronica Villaroel Mezzos: Cecilia Bartoli Olga Borodina Susan Graham Denuce Graves Vesselina Kasarova Jennifer Larmore Dolora Zajick Hardcover. Fine cloth brds in sl edgeworn d/w Price: $19.80 |
| Nieminen, Risto and Renaud Machart - GEORGE BENJAMIN(Faber & Faber
, 1997) pp. 90 Pages George Benjamin is one of the most remarkable figures to have emerged in British music since the war. A composer of passion and genuine innovation, he is also a highly accomplished pianist and conductor. Score illustrations. Softcover. Fine Price: $ 9.90 |
| Forman, Denis - GOOD WAGNER OPERA GUIDE, THE(Weidenfeld & Nicholson
, 2000) pp.244 Pages Author of `The Good Opera Guide`. The greatest operatic composer of all - Richard Wagner who almost single-handedly changed opera from being an evening`s entertainment to intense, sensuous, highly emotional musical drama. 14.5x22.5cms (View image) Very Fine (unused) hardcover ed. Cloth brds in protected pict d/w Price: $26.40 |
| Walker, Ernest - HISTORY OF MUSIC IN ENGLAND, A(Oxford University Press
, 1945 2nd ed reprint) 386 Pages VG+ cloth brds (slightly edgeworn), no d/w Price: $19.80 |
| Wilson, Elizabeth - JACQUELINE DU PRE(Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London
, 1998) pp. xiii, 466 Pages Brilliant cellist struck by multiple sclerosis. Biography Music. Illustrated. Hardcover. Fine cloth brds in Fine d/w Price: $19.80 |
| Holmes, Lowell D. & J W Thomson - JAZZ GREATS : Getting Better with Age(Holmes & Meier
, 1986) 150 Pages Includes Milt `the Judge` Hinton, Andy Kirk, Mary Lou Williams, Eddie Barefield, Marshal Royal, Eddie Miller etc. VG cloth brds, erased mark on fpd o/w clean; d/w substant. edge worn and torn at top Price: $12.10 |
| Haydon, Geoffrey - JOHN TAVENER: GLIMPSES OF PARADISE(Victor Gollancz, London
, 1995) pp.306 Pages Best known for `The Protecting Veil`, his haunting rhapsody for cello and string orchestra, John Tavener is Britain`s most popular contemporary composer. Illustrated. Hardcover. Fine cloth brds in sl rubbed d/w Price: $19.80 |
| Whittall, Arnold - JONATHAN HARVEY(Faber & Faber
, 1999) pp.90 Pages Harvey`s opera `Inquest of Love` was premiered by the English National Opera in 1993. Softcover. Fine Price: $ 9.90 |
| Lang, Klaus (Translated by Stewart Spencer) - KARAJAN DOSSIER, THE(Faber & Faber
, 1992) pp. vxiii, 233 Pages One of the most brilliant and controversial conductors of the 20th century, died in 1989. This is an intimate scrap-book portrait of the man and an account of the internal workings of the world`s most successful orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic. Illustrated. Hardcover. Fine cloth brds in sl edgeworn d/w Price: $15.40 |
| Braun, Michael - LOVE ME DO ! :The Beatles` Progress(Penguin
, 1964) 140 Pages Early Beatles memorabilia. 32 pages of b/w photographs of the earliest days of the Fab Four. (View image) Paperback. Some browning of edges and pages; reviewer`s pencil notes; tight firm attractive copy. Price: $11.00 |
| Nichols, Roger - MENDELSSOHN REMEMBERED(Faber & Faber
, 1997) pp.xxi, 258 Pages Illustrated. Hardcover. Fine cloth brds in sl edgeworn d/w Price: $13.20 |
| Palmer, Tony - MENUHIN : A Family Portrait(Faber & Faber
, 1991) pp. xi, 207 Pages Sympathetic account, but pulls apart much of the Menuhin Myth. Hardcover. Fine cloth brds in edgeworn d/w Price: $ 9.90 |
| Karolyi, Otto - MODERN AMERICAN MUSIC : From Charles Ives to the Minimalists(Cygnus Arts London / Fairleigh Dickinson UniPress
, 1996) 143 Pages Indispensable introduction to 20th c American music, the major movements and personalities, popular and cultural influences. Refs: Milton Babbitt, Elliott Carter, George Crumb, La Monte Young, Terry Riley et al + South America: Villa-Lobos, Carlos Chavez, Mauricio Kagel Very Fine (hardcover) cloth brds in d/w Price: $15.40 |
| Pullen, Robert & Stephen Taylor - MONTSERRAT CABALLE : CASTA DIVA(Gollancz, London
, 1994, 1st edition) pp.464 Pages SIGNED BY MONTSERRAT CABALLE (`Con afecto ..`). Operatic soprano, possibly the last in the line of authentic `prima donna` sopranos. Hardcover. Fine cloth brds in sl rubbed d/w Price: $27.50 |
| Schiff, David - MUSIC OF ELLIOTT CARTER, THE(Faber & Faber, London
, 1998 (New edition, revised from 1983 1st ed)) pp. xii, 372 Pages `The most important American composer of this century...` Musical score, orchestra plan illustrations. Appendices, discography. Hardcover. Fine cloth brds in Fine d/w Price: $19.80 |
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