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Martin Geck. A rich portrait of the personal, political & social circumstances which shaped some of the greatest music every written. 178pp, colour photos P/B (rrp 8.99) more information

20 Crucial Works. Conrad Wilson. Discusses these masterpieces with insight & verve & explains why they are fundamental to the understanding of the composer. 120pp P/B (rrp $10) ... more information

Michael Brocken. Fifty years from when Burt Bacharach's first compositions were published, the very first biography of one of popular music's most respected writers is finally avai... more information

20 Crucial Works. Conrad Wilson. Discusses these masterpieces with insight & verve & explains why they are fundamental to the understanding of the composer. 120pp P/B (rrp $10) ... more information

Steward R Craggs. Detailed reference book containing much previously unpublished material. Includes a chronology of his life & work, catalogue of works, bibliographical descriptio... more information

20 Crucial Works. Conrad Wilson. Discusses these masterpieces with insight & verve & explains why they are fundamental to the understanding of the composer. 120pp P/B (rrp $10) ... more information

Pocket study into the life & works of the composer widely regarded to be the most romantic of all time. 64pp colour & b/w photos small H/B (rrp £6.99) more information

Wendy Thompson. Great composers from the Medieval, Baroque & Classical eras (12th to mid 19th century) such as Hildegard of Bingen, William Byrd, Bach, Handel, Mozart & Beethove. ... more information

Wendy Thompson. Focuses on the greatest modern composers dating from the early 20th century to the present day. Incs biographies, background information, it is chronologically arr... more information

Wendy Thompson. Fascinating, beautifully present book focuses on the lives & works of the Romantic composers who were inspired by the poetry & drama of the great literary figures o... more information

Sheridan Morley. Ready-reference guide will tell you all you need to know about the Playboy of the West End world whose songs, plays & films endure as mementos to his brilliant ta... more information

Features entries on nearly 300 composers and 800 singers, as well as conductors, producers, set designers, librettists & others. Summaries the pot of 570 operas & incls. 170 b/w ph... more information

Kurt Honolka. Weaves the story of Dvorak's life into the rich tapestry of the political & social tensions of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. 162pp b/w & colour photos (rrp £9.9... more information

The Making Of A Singer. Unique self-portrait, the story of her own artistic development which traces her path to maturity & success as an artist, from her youth as the child of tw... more information

Herve Lacombe. Well-rounded & original study, richly informed. Divided into three main catagories - composition & production; words, music & drama; interaction of society, genre, ... more information

Geoffrey Payzant. Studies Gould as a musical thinker, literary artist and glorious misfit. Groundbreaking work of one of the most innovative and prophetic musical thinkers of the ... more information

Margaret Campbell. Comprehensive & authoritative history of the lives & work of the cello's great performers & teachers from the emergence of the solo instrument in the 17th centu... more information

Ann Fiery. Stories of the world's best know operas accompanied by wonderful colour illustrations by Peter Malone. Plots and counterplots are told with zest and simplicity in this l... more information

Margaret Campbell. Carefully researched & definitive book recreates the magic of the greatest violinists in history. Offers a vivid portrait of the skills & traditions in a splen... more information

Peter Hobday. Widowed at thea age of 38 Rebecca Schroeter met Haydn and they soon began a bitter-sweet affair. Hobday skilfully uses Rebecca's love letters to reconstruct their rel... more information