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Mendelssohn Remembered: Roger Nichols
If Mendelssohn had known he would die before he was forty, he could scarcely have filled his life with more activity and achievement. His startling precocity is equalled perhaps only ... More
Finding the Key: Alexander Goehr
Finding the Key deals with the fundamental issues that face the composer today. In the remarkable 'Letter to Boulez' that opens this collection of essays, Alexander Goehr assesses his own ... More
Debussy Remembered: Roger Nichols
One of an absorbing series of anthologies of personal recollections and reminiscences of great composers, Roger Nichols's book gathers together the testimonies of some sixty people - relatives, friends and ... More
Letters from a Life Vol 2: 1939-45: Benjamin Britten
In May 1939 Britten and Pears disembarked at Montreal at the start of their American visit, which was to be a period of intense musical activity and new personal relationships. ... More
Letters from a Life Vol 1: 1923-39: Benjamin Britten
Volume One of these remarkable letters and diaries opens with a letter from Britten aged nine to his formidable mother, Edith. Music is already at the centre of his life, ... More
Elgar's Third Symphony: Anthony Payne
Elgar's Third Symphony has long been one of the great unknowns of twentieth-century music. Commissioned in 1932 by the BBC, it appeared fragmentary and disorganized when Elgar died in 1934. ... More
Fundamentals of Musical Composition: Arnold Schoenberg
Fundamentals of Musical Composition represents the culmination of more than forty years in Schoenberg's life devoted to the teaching of musical principles to students and composers in Europe and America. ... More
Jonathan Harvey: Arnold Whittall
The second in a series of handbooks on composers of today, aiming to introduce their work to a wide audience and to describe their creative development. Each volume includes a ... More
Mark Anthony Turnage: Andrew Clements
This is one of a series of handbooks on composers of today, aiming to introduce their work to a wide audience and to describe their creative development. Each volume includes ... More
Harrison Birtwistle: Jonathan Cross
Love it or loathe it, few would disagree that the music of Harrison Birtwistle stands amongst the most assured, original and challenging music ever to have been produced by a ... More
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