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Marc Blitzstein - A Bio-Bibliography

by Leonard Lehrman

89,44€ + 10% CARD

 Marc Blitzstein was one of the 20th century's most important American composers, lyricists, and critics, often credited with having invented opera in the American vernacular. This book catalogs his writings and writings about him, with listings, analysis, performance history, and the summaries of his 128 original musical works and more.
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William Grant Still - A Bio-Bibliography

by Carolyn Quin, Judith A. Still e Michael J. Dabrishus

77,51€ + 10% CARD

 Presenting the life and professional career of "The Dean of Afro-American Composers", this book deals with the writings by and about William Still, the compositions of manuscript sources, the performances of Still's works and the reviews of those performances.
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George Crumb - A Bio-Bibliography

by David Cohen

65,59€ + 10% CARD

 George Crumb is a composer at the forefront of post-World War II American music, and never before has one volume combined a portrait of his life with a catalogue of his extensive work.
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Gian Carlo Menotti - A Bio-Bibliography

by Donald L. Hixon

77,51€ + 10% CARD

 Gian Carlo Menotti is a composer known chiefly for his popular operas, including Amahl and the Night Visitors, The Medium, and The Consul.
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Paul Creston - A Bio-Bibliography

by Monica J. Slomski

65,59€ + 10% CARD

 Although born Giuseppe Guttovergi to a poor, immigrant Italian family, it was as Paul Creston that Giuseppe rose to prominence, becoming one of the most widely performed American composers.
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Frank Bridge - A Bio-Bibliography

by Karen Little

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 Bridge's works, enjoying renewed interest since the late 1960s, are the subject of careful research in this volume, which lists his works and their performances. Contemporary performances of Bridge's work receive particular attention by the inclusion of excerpts from current reviews which signal a fresh look at this critically appreciated artist.
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William Schuman - A Bio-Bibliography

by K. Gary Adams

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 William Howard Schuman, as a composer and writer of music theory and music education, was a recipient of numerous prestigious awards like the Pultizer Prize. This reference provides a biography and catalogue and guide to William Schuman's writings and compositions.
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Jean Langlais - A Bio-Bibliography

by Kathleen Thomerson

40,55€ + 10% CARD

 This is the first book on the French composer Jean Langlais to be published in English and also the first to provide complete information on all of his published works plus 86 unplubished compositions, and eleven orchestral works.
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Alfred Reed - A Bio-Bibliography

by Douglas M. Jordan

77,51€ + 10% CARD

 This reference guide to the life and work of the prolific American wind band composer, Alfred Reed, includes a brief biography followed by detailed bibliography and discography sections.
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Elvis Costello - A Bio-Bibliography

by James E. Perone

65,59€ + 10% CARD

 The influential rock musician Elvis Costello is recognized for the impressive breadth and scope of his music.
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Malcolm Arnold - A Bio-Bibliography

by Stewart R. Craggs

65,59€ + 10% CARD

 Malcolm Arnold's music encompassed a variety of forms from opera and ballet through orchestral and chamber music to film scores.
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Enrique Granados - A Bio-Bibliography

by Carol A. Hess

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 He had composed a remarkable body of work and was also at the height of his career as a concert pianist at his untimely death while a passenger on a torpedoed British ship. The biographical study, the first in English, draws on primary sources in English, Spanish, French, Catalan, and other languages.
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Sergei Rachmaninoff - A Bio-Bibliography

by Robert E. Cunningham Jr.

77,51€ + 10% CARD

 Many of his compositions are for piano, yet he also composed orchestral and symphony works, three operas, choral and liturgical works, some chamber works, and numerous songs.
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Ernst Von Dohnanyi - A Bio-Bibliography

by James A. Grymes

65,59€ + 10% CARD

 As a result of both his political reputation--destroyed by false charges of Nazism after World War II--and his rejection of avant-garde techniques, the recordings and compositions of Ernst von DohnÃ¡nyi went largely ignored for most of the 20th century.
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Benjamin Britten - A Bio-Bibliography

by Stewart R. Craggs

77,51€ + 10% CARD

 Certain to be of use to any scholar of British music or 20th century composition, this reference work is an invaluable addition to the literature on this important artist. Following a brief biography of the subject, author Stewart Craggs provides a complete list of works and performances, arranged by genre;
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Kenneth Leighton - A Bio-Bibliography

by Carolyn J. Smith

89,44€ + 10% CARD

 Anyone interested in 20th-century music as well as British and Scottish Cathedral music will find a wealth of works listed with a description of each. Kenneth Leighton, best known for his organ and sacred choral music, was a composer of great depth and talent who wrote a significant body of works.
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Henry F. Gilbert - A Bio-Bibliography

by Sherrill Martin

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 Often called the Mark Twain of American Music, Gilbert was one of American music's nonconformists. An annotated Bibliography of writings by Gilbert summarizes his philosophy of American music, and illuminates his own compositional style.
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Emma Lou Diemer - A Bio-Bibliography

by Ellen G. Grolman

77,51€ + 10% CARD

 Emma Lou Diemer--a composer who successfully combines a classicist's interest in form with a fresh, contemporary, harmonic vocabulary--has produced a diverse, sophisticated, and largely unheralded opus, including 350 works composed for orchestra, symphonic band, chamber ensemble, keyboard, chorus, voices, and solo and electronic instruments.
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Ernst Von Dohnanyi - A Bio-Bibliography

by James A. Grymes

74,35€ + 10% CARD

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 As a result of both his political reputation--destroyed by false charges of Nazism after World War II--and his rejection of avant-garde techniques, the recordings and compositions of Ernst von DohnÃ¡nyi went largely ignored for most of the 20th century.
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Jean Langlais - A Bio-Bibliography

by Kathleen Thomerson

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 This is the first book on the French composer Jean Langlais to be published in English and also the first to provide complete information on all of his published works plus 86 unplubished compositions, and eleven orchestral works.
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Cecile Chaminade - A Bio-Bibliography

by Marcia J. Citron

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 This first scholarly book on Cecile Chaminade, a popular composer, pianist, and one of the few women to attain critical acclaim as a composer in the early twentieth century, contains an extensive biography drawn from a significant collection of primary sources.
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Alfred Reed - A Bio-Bibliography

by Douglas M. Jordan

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 This reference guide to the life and work of the prolific American wind band composer, Alfred Reed, includes a brief biography followed by detailed bibliography and discography sections.
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Ernst Krenek - A Bio-Bibliography

by Garrett H. Bowles

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 A bibliography of Krenek's writings covers both manuscripts and published writings, while a bibliography of writings about the composer traces his career. This clear, comprehensive reference guide in four major sections details Ernst Krenek's prolific work as both composer and author.
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Enrique Granados - A Bio-Bibliography

by Carol A. Hess

74,35€ + 10% CARD

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 He had composed a remarkable body of work and was also at the height of his career as a concert pianist at his untimely death while a passenger on a torpedoed British ship. The biographical study, the first in English, draws on primary sources in English, Spanish, French, Catalan, and other languages.
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