Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Abate Metastasio 3 Volume Paperback Set

Charles Burney, Pietro Metastasio

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• This three-volume biography, first published in 1796, recounts the colourful life of the popular Italian poet and librettist Pietro Trapassi (1698-178... Lees meer

History of English Music

Henry Davey

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• The British musicologist Henry Davey (1853-1929) was a noted scholar of the manuscript sources of Tudor music. He published the first edition of Histo... Lees meer

Richard Wagner

Francis Hueffer

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• Francis Hueffer (1845-89) was born and studied music in Germany, but moved to London in 1869 to pursue a career as a critic and writer on music. He ed... Lees meer

Gluck and the Opera

Ernest Newman

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• Early in his long career, the self-taught English music critic Ernest Newman (1868-1959) wrote this influential account of Gluck's life and musical ac... Lees meer

Life and Letters of Sir Charles Hallé

Charles Hallé

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• Sir Charles Hallé (1819-95) was a German pianist and conductor. At the age of 17 he moved to Paris, where he spent twelve years studying and performin... Lees meer

Summary of the History and Development of Medieval and Modern European Music

Charles Hubert Hastings Parry

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• In 1893, the English composer and director of the Royal College of Music C. Hubert H. Parry published Summary of the Development of Medieval and Moder... Lees meer

A General History of Music

Charles Burney

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• Charles Burney (1726-1814), was the foremost music historian of his day. The General History, his most famous work, was published in four volumes betw... Lees meer

Life of Mozart: Volume 2

Otto Jahn

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• In terms of musical composition, all but the first five of his thirty-five years were astoundingly productive for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91). A... Lees meer

Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, of the King's Theatre, and Theatre Royal Drury Lane 2 Volume Set

Michael Kelly

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• Michael Kelly (1762-1826) was an Irish singer and composer who studied music in a Naples conservatory before touring Europe and performing for royalty... Lees meer

Alfred Day's Treatise on Harmony

Alfred Day

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• Alfred Day (1810-49) first published this controversial work in 1845 to substantial negative criticism. He was encouraged in his enterprise by the com... Lees meer

General Musical Instruction

Adolf Bernhard Marx

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• Adolf Bernhard Marx (1795-1866) was an influential music theorist, critic, composer and pedagogue. He believed that music should be part of everyone's... Lees meer

Richard Wagner

William James Henderson

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• The American music critic and lecturer William James Henderson (1855-1937) wrote for The New York Times and The New York Sun, provided the libretto fo... Lees meer

Life of John Hullah

John Hullah

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• The composer and music teacher John Pyke Hullah (1812-84) enjoyed considerable success with The Village Coquettes, his 1836 opera with a libretto by C... Lees meer

On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music

Hermann L F Helmholtz

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• Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-94) was a leading scientist who made important contributions to physiology, psychology, physics, philosophy and early neur... Lees meer

The Troubadours

Francis Hueffer

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• Born in Germany, where he studied music and philology, Francis Hueffer (1845-89) moved to London in 1869 to pursue a career as a critic and writer on ... Lees meer

Gluck Und Die Oper - 2 Volume Set

Adolf Bernhard Marx

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• Adolf Bernhard Marx (1795-1866), the music critic and composer, spent much of his career as professor of music in Berlin and was a friend and mentor o... Lees meer

Leaves from the Journals of Sir George Smart

George Smart

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• Sir George Smart (1776-1867), conductor, composer, singing teacher and organist, was a central figure in nineteenth-century British musical life. He i... Lees meer

History of the Modern Music of Western Europe

Raphael Georg Kiesewetter

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• A high-ranking official in the Imperial War Office in Vienna, Raphael Georg Kiesewetter (1773-1850) is better known for his musicological activities. ... Lees meer

The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven: Volume 3

Alexander Wheelock Thayer, Hermann Deiters, Hugo Riemann

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• This authoritative biography of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a landmark in its meticulous research and use of source material. For the America... Lees meer

The Life of Haydn, in a Series of Letters Written at Vienna

Stendhal

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• Marie-Henri Beyle (1783-1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal, is remembered today for such novels as Le Rouge et le Noir. In his lifetime, he ... Lees meer

An Account of the Musical Celebrations on St Cecilia's Day in the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

William Henry Husk

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• Cecilia, a martyr of the early Christian church, has traditionally been honoured as the patron saint of music. Precisely how that association arose re... Lees meer

Music

Hannah Smith

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• Hannah Smith (1849-1939) was a composer for children and an educator. In 1903 she published the popular Founders of Music, a series of biographical sk... Lees meer

Family Letters of Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner

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• William Ashton Ellis (1852-1919) abandoned his medical career in order to devote himself to his Wagner studies. Best known for his translations of Wag... Lees meer

British Musical Biography

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• Co-authored by James D. Brown (also known for A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians) and Stephen S. Stratton, British Musical Biography is an alphabe... Lees meer