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Inherit the Truth 1939-1945

The Documented Experiences of a Survivor of Auschwitz and Belsen

by Anita Lasker-Wallfisch ...

This is the story of the destruction of a talented Jewish family, and of the survival against all the odds of two young sisters. It is one of the most moving stories to emerge from the Second World War. Anita and her elder sister Renate defied death at the hands of the Gestapo and the SS over a period of two and a half years when they were sucked into the whirlpool of Nazi mass extermination, ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

This is the story of the destruction of a talented Jewish family, and of the survival against all the odds of two young sisters. It is one of the most moving stories to emerge from the Second World War. Anita and her elder sister Renate defied death at the hands of the Gestapo and the SS over a period of two and a half years when they were sucked into the whirlpool of Nazi mass extermination,
... Read more
CELLO NOTES

Music and the Urgency of Time

by Mavis Himes, Daniel Crack ...

When Mavis Himes, a psychoanalyst with an established practice of over forty years, began to contemplate retirement, she decided to learn to play the cello.From meeting her teacher in an overcrowded café, through the demanding task of cello practice with its persistent strains and stresses on the body, Himes found a growing appreciation of music's power on her own well-being. An unfortunate ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

When Mavis Himes, a psychoanalyst with an established practice of over forty years, began to contemplate retirement, she decided to learn to play the cello.From meeting her teacher in an overcrowded café, through the demanding task of cello practice with its persistent strains and stresses on the body, Himes found a growing appreciation of music's power on her own well-being. An unfortunate
... Read more
Chamber Music

An Essential History

by Mark A. Radice ...

Intended for the music student, the professional musician, and the music lover, Chamber Music: An Essential History covers repertoire from the Renaissance to the present, crossing genres to include string quartets, piano trios, clarinet quintets, and other groupings. Mark A. Radice gives a thorough overview and history of this long-established and beloved genre, typically performed by groups of a ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

Intended for the music student, the professional musician, and the music lover, Chamber Music: An Essential History covers repertoire from the Renaissance to the present, crossing genres to include string quartets, piano trios, clarinet quintets, and other groupings. Mark A. Radice gives a thorough overview and history of this long-established and beloved genre, typically performed by groups of a
... Read more
La créativité à l'oeuvre chez Bach

Entretien avec Gilles Cantagrel, musicologue

by Anne-Laure Saives, Annie Camus, Gilles Cantagrel ...

Si la créativité n’est pas (qu’une) technique, mais plutôt un rapport au monde, une forme d’être, que peuvent nous apprendre sur ce sujet de grands créateurs comme Jean-Sébastien Bach, compositeur prolifique – plus d’un millier d’œu vres répertoriées – dont la musique fait vibrer encore, plus de 300 ans après sa création, les murs des salles de concert et le cœur des auditeurs? C’est à cet examen ... Read more

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Si la créativité n’est pas (qu’une) technique, mais plutôt un rapport au monde, une forme d’être, que peuvent nous apprendre sur ce sujet de grands créateurs comme Jean-Sébastien Bach, compositeur prolifique – plus d’un millier d’œu vres répertoriées – dont la musique fait vibrer encore, plus de 300 ans après sa création, les murs des salles de concert et le cœur des auditeurs? C’est à cet examen
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A Notebook for Viola Players

by Ivo-Jan van der Werff ...

In A Notebook for Viola Players, Ivo-Jan van der Werff offers a guide to playing the viola with the greatest freedom, dexterity, and ease. It includes right and left hand exercises to build a sound technique, sections on how to practice them, how to hold the viola and bow, how to think about good posture, how to create a good sound, how to play with the least amount of tension, how to deal with ... Read more

$37.19 CAD

In A Notebook for Viola Players, Ivo-Jan van der Werff offers a guide to playing the viola with the greatest freedom, dexterity, and ease. It includes right and left hand exercises to build a sound technique, sections on how to practice them, how to hold the viola and bow, how to think about good posture, how to create a good sound, how to play with the least amount of tension, how to deal with
... Read more
Chamber Music (Illustrated Edition)

by James Joyce ...

James Joyce (1882 1941) was an Irish novelist and poet who is widely considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century. Joyce is best known for Ulysses (1922), a landmark novel which perfected his stream of consciousness technique and combined nearly every literary device available in a modern re-telling of The Odyssey. Other major works ... Read more

$1.36 CAD

James Joyce (1882 1941) was an Irish novelist and poet who is widely considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century. Joyce is best known for Ulysses (1922), a landmark novel which perfected his stream of consciousness technique and combined nearly every literary device available in a modern re-telling of The Odyssey. Other major works
... Read more
Bulgarian Harmony

In Village, Wedding, and Choral Music of the Last Century

by Kalin S. Kirilov ...

Series series SOAS Studies in Music
An in-depth study of the Bulgarian harmonic system is long overdue. More than two decades since the Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares choir was awarded a Grammy (1990), there is no scholarly study of the captivating sounds of Bulgarian vertical sonorities. Kalin Kirilov traces the gradual formation of a unique harmonic system that developed in three styles of Bulgarian music: village music from the ... Read more

$89.99 CAD

An in-depth study of the Bulgarian harmonic system is long overdue. More than two decades since the Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares choir was awarded a Grammy (1990), there is no scholarly study of the captivating sounds of Bulgarian vertical sonorities. Kalin Kirilov traces the gradual formation of a unique harmonic system that developed in three styles of Bulgarian music: village music from the
... Read more
Kalimba Songbook - 40 Classical Music Themes

Play by numbers + MP3 Sound downloads

by Reynhard Boegl ...

Series Book 18 - Kalimba Songbooks
Songbook with 40 Classical Music Themes for the Kalimba with 10 or 17 tines.The melodies were simply prepared with the symbols that can be found on the most common instruments.The MP3 sounds (melody and ensemble and ensemble alone - "playlong") are available online in a player with adjustable playback speed.No knowledge of music notes is required - suitable for beginners - play... ... Read more

$11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Songbook with 40 Classical Music Themes for the Kalimba with 10 or 17 tines.The melodies were simply prepared with the symbols that can be found on the most common instruments.The MP3 sounds (melody and ensemble and ensemble alone - "playlong") are available online in a player with adjustable playback speed.No knowledge of music notes is required - suitable for beginners - play...
... Read more
Life of Chopin

by Franz Liszt ...

This classic text represents the definitive account of the life of the great Polish pianist/composer, Frederic Chopin. The story is told by his friend and colleague, the legendary Hungarian pianist, Franz Liszt-the ideal man to relate the brief, but brilliant life of Chopin.Liszt's proximity to the subject and insightful accounts make this biography resonate as few can. ... Read more

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This classic text represents the definitive account of the life of the great Polish pianist/composer, Frederic Chopin. The story is told by his friend and colleague, the legendary Hungarian pianist, Franz Liszt-the ideal man to relate the brief, but brilliant life of Chopin.Liszt's proximity to the subject and insightful accounts make this biography resonate as few can.
... Read more
Beethoven's Early Chamber Music: A Listening Guide

by Terence O'Grady ...

Beethoven's early chamber music is, for many listeners, largely an unexplored treasure trove of fresh, often highly creative, sometimes surprising music. This listening guide will help the interested listener experience this music more fully, by providing detailed examples of what to expect and what to listen for among Beethoven's chamber works up to and including the famous string quartets of Op. ... Read more

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Beethoven's early chamber music is, for many listeners, largely an unexplored treasure trove of fresh, often highly creative, sometimes surprising music. This listening guide will help the interested listener experience this music more fully, by providing detailed examples of what to expect and what to listen for among Beethoven's chamber works up to and including the famous string quartets of Op.
... Read more
The Baroque Violin & Viola, vol. II

A Fifty-Lesson Course

by Walter S. Reiter ...

In the early seventeenth century, enthusiasm for the violin swept across Europe--this was an instrument capable of bewitching virtuosity, with the power to express emotions in a way only before achieved with the human voice. With this new guide to the Baroque violin, and its close cousin, the Baroque viola, distinguished performer and pedagogue Walter Reiter puts this power into the hands of today ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

In the early seventeenth century, enthusiasm for the violin swept across Europe--this was an instrument capable of bewitching virtuosity, with the power to express emotions in a way only before achieved with the human voice. With this new guide to the Baroque violin, and its close cousin, the Baroque viola, distinguished performer and pedagogue Walter Reiter puts this power into the hands of today
... Read more
Le Tombeau de Couperin by Maurice Ravel for Solo Piano (1917) M.68

by Maurice Ravel ...

This wonderful work by Maurice Ravel contains a score for the solo piano. It is a fine example of the composer's work and a fantastic addition to any classical musician's repertoire. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original ... Read more

$8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This wonderful work by Maurice Ravel contains a score for the solo piano. It is a fine example of the composer's work and a fantastic addition to any classical musician's repertoire. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original
... Read more
Becoming an Orchestral Musician

A Guide for Aspiring Professionals

by Richard Davis ...

Becoming an Orchestral Musician takes you on a journey into the musical profession. It is the first comprehensive guide for professional musicians on how to succeed in joining an orchestra or ensemble, and how to survive as an orchestral musician. Such crucial topics as how to obtain the right tuition, music college versus university, auditioning, nerves, the secrets of ensemble playing and ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

Becoming an Orchestral Musician takes you on a journey into the musical profession. It is the first comprehensive guide for professional musicians on how to succeed in joining an orchestra or ensemble, and how to survive as an orchestral musician. Such crucial topics as how to obtain the right tuition, music college versus university, auditioning, nerves, the secrets of ensemble playing and
... Read more
India's Kathak Dance in Historical Perspective

by Margaret E. Walker ...

Series series SOAS Studies in Music
Kathak, the classical dance of North India, combines virtuosic footwork and dazzling spins with subtle pantomime and soft gestures. As a global practice and one of India's cultural markers, kathak dance is often presented as heir to an ancient Hindu devotional tradition in which men called Kathakas danced and told stories in temples. The dance's repertoire and movement vocabulary, however, tell a ... Read more

$101.99 CAD

Kathak, the classical dance of North India, combines virtuosic footwork and dazzling spins with subtle pantomime and soft gestures. As a global practice and one of India's cultural markers, kathak dance is often presented as heir to an ancient Hindu devotional tradition in which men called Kathakas danced and told stories in temples. The dance's repertoire and movement vocabulary, however, tell a
... Read more
Kalimba Easy Arrangements - Classical Music Themes - 1

Play by Symbols + MP3-Sound Downloads

by Reynhard Boegl ...

Series Book 14 - Kalimba Songbooks
Songbook with 10 Classical Music Themes, easy arranged (melody with ornaments) for the Kalimba with 17 tines.No knowledge of music notes is required - play by numbers / symbols!The MP3 sounds are available online in a player with adjustable playback speed (web address in the book).The sounds and other links are accessible with the iOS and Android app and your interne... ... Read more

$10.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Songbook with 10 Classical Music Themes, easy arranged (melody with ornaments) for the Kalimba with 17 tines.No knowledge of music notes is required - play by numbers / symbols!The MP3 sounds are available online in a player with adjustable playback speed (web address in the book).The sounds and other links are accessible with the iOS and Android app and your interne...
... Read more
The Art of Collaboration

Chamber Music Rehearsal Techniques and Team Building

by Annie Fullard, Dorianne Cotter-Lockard ...

This book is an invitation for all who aspire to the highest level of ensemble artistry and wish to work more productively and joyfully within a musical ensemble. The concepts and techniques included help artists find their own unique vocabulary and tools to refine their music making process and learn how as a team to direct their group endeavors. The book offers a systematic approach to ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

This book is an invitation for all who aspire to the highest level of ensemble artistry and wish to work more productively and joyfully within a musical ensemble. The concepts and techniques included help artists find their own unique vocabulary and tools to refine their music making process and learn how as a team to direct their group endeavors. The book offers a systematic approach to
... Read more
Kalimba Easy Arrangements - Classical Music Themes - 2

Play by Symbols + MP3-Sound Downloads

by Reynhard Boegl ...

Series Book 15 - Kalimba Songbooks
Songbook with 10 Classical Music Themes - book 2, easy arranged (melody with ornaments) for the Kalimba with 17 tines.No knowledge of music notes is required - play by numbers / symbols!The MP3 sounds are available online in a player with adjustable playback speed (web address in the book).The sounds and other links are accessible with the iOS and Android app and your interne... ... Read more

$10.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Songbook with 10 Classical Music Themes - book 2, easy arranged (melody with ornaments) for the Kalimba with 17 tines.No knowledge of music notes is required - play by numbers / symbols!The MP3 sounds are available online in a player with adjustable playback speed (web address in the book).The sounds and other links are accessible with the iOS and Android app and your interne...
... Read more
Korean Musical Drama: P'ansori and the Making of Tradition in Modernity

by Haekyung Um ...

Series series SOAS Studies in Music
P’ansori is the quintessential traditional Korean musical drama, in which epic tales are sung and narrated by a solo singer accompanied by a drummer. Drawing on her extensive research in Korea and its diasporas, Haekyung Um describes and analyses the creative processes of p’ansori, weaving into her discussion musical, social and cultural aspects that include the evolution of p’ansori performance, ... Read more

$107.99 CAD

P’ansori is the quintessential traditional Korean musical drama, in which epic tales are sung and narrated by a solo singer accompanied by a drummer. Drawing on her extensive research in Korea and its diasporas, Haekyung Um describes and analyses the creative processes of p’ansori, weaving into her discussion musical, social and cultural aspects that include the evolution of p’ansori performance,
... Read more
The Baroque Violin & Viola

A Fifty-Lesson Course Volume I

by Walter S. Reiter ...

In the early seventeenth century, enthusiasm for the violin swept across Europe--this was an instrument capable of bewitching virtuosity, with the power to express emotions in a way only before achieved with the human voice. With this new guide to the Baroque violin, and its close cousin, the Baroque viola, distinguished performer and pedagogue Walter Reiter puts this power into the hands of today ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

In the early seventeenth century, enthusiasm for the violin swept across Europe--this was an instrument capable of bewitching virtuosity, with the power to express emotions in a way only before achieved with the human voice. With this new guide to the Baroque violin, and its close cousin, the Baroque viola, distinguished performer and pedagogue Walter Reiter puts this power into the hands of today
... Read more
朱塞佩·威尔第、贾科莫·普契尼：室内乐声乐作品选集

by 周玲 ...

《朱塞佩·威尔第、贾科莫·普契尼室内乐声乐作品选集》教材分为两部分：第一部分是16首威尔第的室内乐声乐作品和两套浪漫曲，歌词均选用了伟大诗人的诗作，蕴含了很高的艺术价值，作品音域适中，旋律优美而流畅，富有英雄般的豪放气质，具有典型的威尔第风格和独特的艺术魅力；第二部分是11首普契尼的室内乐声乐作品，这些作品在国内编译出版尚属首次。周玲，西安音乐学院国家二级教授，旅意声乐教育家，硕士生导师，国家艺术基金评委，教育部学位与研究生教育评审专家。主要从事美声教学、意大利语语音教学以及意大利歌剧与表演研究。曾被意大利总统授予的“意大利共和国骑士勋章”，陕西省特殊人才支持计划教学名师领军人才。 ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

《朱塞佩·威尔第、贾科莫·普契尼室内乐声乐作品选集》教材分为两部分：第一部分是16首威尔第的室内乐声乐作品和两套浪漫曲，歌词均选用了伟大诗人的诗作，蕴含了很高的艺术价值，作品音域适中，旋律优美而流畅，富有英雄般的豪放气质，具有典型的威尔第风格和独特的艺术魅力；第二部分是11首普契尼的室内乐声乐作品，这些作品在国内编译出版尚属首次。周玲，西安音乐学院国家二级教授，旅意声乐教育家，硕士生导师，国家艺术基金评委，教育部学位与研究生教育评审专家。主要从事美声教学、意大利语语音教学以及意大利歌剧与表演研究。曾被意大利总统授予的“意大利共和国骑士勋章”，陕西省特殊人才支持计划教学名师领军人才。
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Fantasies from Opera for Violin and Piano

Carmen, Faust, The Magic Flute and Otello

by Henryk Wieniawski, Max Ernst, Pablo de Sarasate, Jeno Hubay ...

Series series Dover Chamber Music Scores
This single-volume compilation features four popular opera fantasies arranged for violin with piano accompaniment. Each of these frequently performed pieces was arranged by a world-class artist and offers the convenience of a separate violin part:Carmen Fantasy from the Opera by Georges Bizet,Op. 25, transcribed by Jenö HubayFantasia on Themes from Gounod's Faust,Op. 20, transcribed by Henri ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

This single-volume compilation features four popular opera fantasies arranged for violin with piano accompaniment. Each of these frequently performed pieces was arranged by a world-class artist and offers the convenience of a separate violin part:Carmen Fantasy from the Opera by Georges Bizet,Op. 25, transcribed by Jenö HubayFantasia on Themes from Gounod's Faust,Op. 20, transcribed by Henri
... Read more
Chamber Music

by James Joyce ...

One of Irelands most famous writers was James Joyce, a novelist and poet whos best known for his avant garde classic Ulysses, which was inspired by The Odyssey but written in a completely modern, stream of conscience way. Joyce was also acclaimed for his poetry, journalism, and novels like A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. ... Read more

$2.70 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

One of Irelands most famous writers was James Joyce, a novelist and poet whos best known for his avant garde classic Ulysses, which was inspired by The Odyssey but written in a completely modern, stream of conscience way. Joyce was also acclaimed for his poetry, journalism, and novels like A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
... Read more
The Ma'luf in Contemporary Libya

An Arab Andalusian Musical Tradition

by Philip Ciantar ...

Series series SOAS Studies in Music
The musical tradition of Ma'luf is believed to have come to North Africa with Muslim and Jewish refugees escaping the Christian reconquista of Spain between the tenth and seventeenth centuries. Although this Arab Andalusian music tradition has been studied in other parts of the region, until now, the Libyan version has not received Western scholarly attention. This book investigates the place of ... Read more

$107.17 CAD

The musical tradition of Ma'luf is believed to have come to North Africa with Muslim and Jewish refugees escaping the Christian reconquista of Spain between the tenth and seventeenth centuries. Although this Arab Andalusian music tradition has been studied in other parts of the region, until now, the Libyan version has not received Western scholarly attention. This book investigates the place of
... Read more
Joseph Holbrooke

Composer, Critic, and Musical Patriot

Edited by Paul Watt, Anne-Marie Forbes ...

This is the first scholarly work to document the musical life of Joseph Holbrooke, one of Britain’s most prolific and controversial composers during the first half of the twentieth century. Holbrooke was outspoken on many issues, including the maligned fortunes of British composers, which he believed were brought about by apathy and indifference on the part of critics and the public. Despite ... Read more

$126.99 CAD

This is the first scholarly work to document the musical life of Joseph Holbrooke, one of Britain’s most prolific and controversial composers during the first half of the twentieth century. Holbrooke was outspoken on many issues, including the maligned fortunes of British composers, which he believed were brought about by apathy and indifference on the part of critics and the public. Despite
... Read more

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