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  • Claude Debussy

    by David J. Code ...
    Series Book 31 - RB-Critical Lives
    French composer Claude Debussy (1862–1918) created music that was revolutionary, with a distinctly modern sound that highlighted the intersection of art and life. Here, in this unique biography, David J. Code explores the important moments in the development of Debussy’s literary interests that shaped his music—and in the process brings to life Debussy’s sardonic personality.Claude Debussy ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Debussy Studies 2

    Edited by Barbara L. Kelly, David J. Code ...
    Series series Cambridge Composer Studies
    Over a century after his death, Debussy remains prominent in concert programmes and international scholarly research. This collection showcases the latest developments in the field. It reflects new preoccupations in aesthetics, using an array of archival sources to piece together Debussy's literary tastes and influences, and drawing on philosophy and contemporaneous ideas about perception and ... Read more

    $133.99 CAD

  • The Decline and Fall of Nokia

    by David J. Cord ...
    The first book about Nokia written after the Microsoft deal.Nokia s fall from the pinnacle of the mobile phone industry was unprecedented in both its rapidity and its extent. Now for the first time the true, comprehensive story is told of the decline and fall of Finland s greatest company.The Decline and Fall of Nokia details Jorma Ollila s retirement, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo s new role as CEO and ... Read more

    $13.67 CAD

  • To Raise Happy Kids, Put Your Marriage First

    by David Code ...
    A Win-Win Approach to Marriage and ParentingAll parents want their children to be happy. But many couples today go too far, letting everything revolve around their kids. This hurts the children and the marriage. The good news is you don't have to choose between your spouse and your kids. Drawing from the latest research in neuroscience and his study of families around the world, David Code ... Read more

    $40.85 CAD

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  • Chopin: Pianist and Teacher

    As Seen by his Pupils

    Edited by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger ...
    The first English paperback edition of the unique collection of documents which reveal Chopin as teacher and interpreter of his own music. From the accounts of his pupils, acquaintances and contemporaries, together with his own writing, we gain valuable insight into Chopin's pianistic and stylistic practice, his teaching methods and his aesthetic beliefs. The documents are divided into two ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Debussy

    A Painter in Sound

    by Stephen Walsh ...
    Debussy's life is of extraordinary interest because, like Wagner and Stravinsky, he crossed artistic boundaries, associating as much with poets and artists as with musicians. His father was active in the 1871 Paris Commune and the composer's childhood was thus unsettled, his musical preparation erratic, and his subsequent lifestyle somewhat bohemian by the bourgeois norms of the French musical ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Modern Music and After

    by Paul Griffiths ...
    Over three decades, Paul Griffiths's survey has remained the definitive study of music since the Second World War; this fully revised and updated edition re-establishes Modern Music and After as the preeminent introduction to the music of our time. The disruptions of the war, and the struggles of the ensuing peace, were reflected in the music of the time: in Pierre Boulez's radical reformation of ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • Erik Satie

    by Mary E. Davis ...
    Series Book 14 - Critical Lives
    A musical composer who dabbled in the Dada movement, a Bohemian ‘gymnopédiste’ of fin-de-siècle Montmartre, and a legendary dresser known as ‘The Velvet Gentleman’ for his sartorial choices, Erik Satie was nearly unprecedented in technique, style and philosophy among European composers in the early twentieth century. Yet his legacy has largely languished in the shadows of Stravinsky, Debussy and ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • The Messiaen Companion

    by Russell Hoban ...
    Re-issued to coincide with the centenary of Messiaen's birth, The Messiaen Companion was the first major study to appear after the composer's death in April 1992. It was the first book to offer both a complete survey of Messiaen's extraordinary achievements and a comprehensive guide to his music, also examining in detail the enduring inspiration which Messiaen derived from his religious faith and ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Debussy

    by Eric Frederick Jensen ...
    Series series Composers Across Cultures
    Nearly one hundred years after the death of its composer, the music of Claude Debussy has lost none of its breadth of appeal. With the rare ability to entice listeners on many levels, at its heart lies an engaging simplicity-one which defies traditional analysis and lends mystery to what ultimately is an extremely refined and highly personal approach to composition. Equally fascinating is Debussy ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

  • Frédéric Chopin: The Etudes

    History, Performance, Interpretation

    by Jan Marisse Huizing ...
    Series series Studienbuch Musik
    The Chopin Etudes are without doubt one of the highlights of piano literature - they are essential in achieving a masterful technique and full of musical ideas. The present e-book edition illustrates the etudes in a historical context, based on an excursus on Chopin's piano methodology and a thorough comparison of the musical texts: from the original manuscripts to the most recent urtext editions. ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Olivier Messiaen and the Music of Time

    by Paul Griffiths ...
    Olivier Messiaen was one of the outstanding creative artists of his time. The strength of his appeal, to listeners as well as to composers, is a measure of the individuality of his music, which draws on a vast range of sources: rhythms of twentieth-century Europe and thirteenth-century India, ripe romantic harmony and brittle birdsong, the sounds of Indonesian percussion and modern electronic ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD