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  • The Thomas Moore Songbook

    by Una Hunt, Carysfort Press Ltd. ...
    Series series Carysfort Press Ltd.
    The Irish songwriter, Thomas Moore (1779-1852) enjoyed enormous popularity during and after his lifetime and his celebrity was summed up by his friend, Lord Byron, who declared him: «The poet of all circles and the idol of his own». Yet, despite his seminal role in the development of Irish national song, few modern editions have been made available and none focus on the earliest piano arrangements ... Read more

    $58.29 CAD

  • Sources and Style in Moore’s Irish Melodies

    by Una Hunt ...
    Once regarded as Ireland’s national bard, Thomas Moore's lasting reputation rests on the ten immensely popular collections of drawing-room songs known as the Irish Melodies, published between 1808 and 1834. Moore drew on anthologies of ancient music, breathing new life into the airs and bringing them before a global audience for the very first time. Recognizing the unique beauty of the airs as ... Read more

    $96.18 CAD

  • France and Ireland

    Notes and Narratives

    Edited by Una Hunt, Mary Pierse ...
    Series Book 66 - Reimagining Ireland
    The rich association between Ireland and France is embodied in music, art and creative writing from both countries and this collection provides a tantalising selection of these interweaving influences. The book presents a vivid picture of interactions between composers, performers, poets and novelists on each side of the Celtic Sea. Surprises abound, with music unexpectedly linking Ireland and ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

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    by Ellen T. Harris ...
    Purcell's Dido and Aeneas stands as the greatest operatic achievement of seventeenth-century England, and yet, despite its global renown, it remains cloaked in mystery. The date and place of its first performance cannot be fixed with precision, and the absolute accuracy of the surviving scores, which date from almost 100 years after the work was written, cannot be assumed. In this thirtieth ... Read more

    $54.39 CAD

  • The Pathetick Musician

    Moving an Audience in the Age of Eloquence

    by Bruce Haynes, Geoffrey Burgess ...
    What is rhetorical music? In The Pathetick Musician, Bruce Haynes and Geoffrey Burgess illustrate the vital place of rhetoric and eloquent expression in the creation and performance of Baroque music. Through engaging explorations of the cantatas of J.S. Bach, the authors explode the conventional notion of historical authenticity in music, proposing adventurous new directions to reinvigorate the ... Read more

    $65.59 CAD

  • The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume I

    Collected and Uncollected Poems

    by T. S. Eliot ...
    Here, for the first time, is a fully scrutinized text of Eliot's poems, carefully restoring accidental omissions and removing textual errors that have crept in over the full century in which Eliot has been so frequently printed and reprinted. The edition also presents many poems from Eliot's youth which were published only decades later, as well as others that saw only private circulation in his ... Read more

    $28.79 CAD

  • Essential Britten

    A Pocket Guide for the Britten Centenary

    by John Bridcut ...
    John Bridcut, author of the acclaimed 'Britten's Children', has included significant fresh material which will make the book indispensable for Britten aficionados as well as for those who are discovering the composer's music for the first time. This guide is all about finding a way into Britten's music.An outline of planned chapters:- The Top Ten Britten pieces- Critics' First Impressions- Britten ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Letters from a Life Vol 2: 1939-45

    Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten

    by 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. At the same time, the relationship between Britten and Pears deepened into a partnership that was to endure for almost forty years.Their absence from England during the first years of the war led to sharp public comment and ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

  • Letters from a Life Volume 3 (1946-1951)

    The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten

    by Benjamin Britten ...
    The third volume of the annotated selected letters of composer Benjamin Britten covers the years 1946-51, during which he wrote many of his best-known works, founded and developed the English Opera Group and the Aldeburgh Festival, and toured widely in Europe and the United States as a pianist and conductor.Correspondents include librettists Ronald Duncan ( The Rape of Lucretia), Eric Crozier ( ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

  • The Guitar in Tudor England

    A Social and Musical History

    by Christopher Page ...
    Series series Musical Performance and Reception
    Few now remember that the guitar was popular in England during the age of Queen Elizabeth and Shakespeare, and yet it was played everywhere from the royal court to the common tavern. This groundbreaking book, the first entirely devoted to the renaissance guitar in England, deploys new literary and archival material, together with depictions in contemporary art, to explore the social and musical ... Read more

    $43.19 CAD

  • Playing the Cello, 1780-1930

    by George Kennaway ...
    This innovative study of nineteenth-century cellists and cello playing shows how simple concepts of posture, technique and expression changed over time, while acknowledging that many different practices co-existed. By placing an awareness of this diversity at the centre of an historical narrative, George Kennaway has produced a unique cultural history of performance practices. In addition to ... Read more

    $107.17 CAD

  • The Classical Guitar Collection

    (Guitar Score)

    by Julian Bream ...
    The full eBook version of The Classical Guitar Collection in fixed-layout format. The Classical Guitar Collection contains 48 classical guitar solos from classical greats such as Mozart, Grieg, Purcell and J.S. Bach. This collection features many of Julian Bream's classic arrangements of well-known guitar masterpieces for Intermediate to Advanced level guitar students. Contents: - Valtz Op.7 No.6) ... Read more

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