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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

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 Detailed reference book containing much previously unpublished material.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

John Sugden. Traces his life from his school days through to his death in 1975. Covers his best known works Madam Noy, Rout, Morning Heroes as well as his extensive catalogue of w... more information

Daniel Felsenfeld. Includes Naxos CD. Examines the works of these brilliant composers in the light of their lives & times. He considers whether the dark themes in Britten's work we... more information

Edited by Stanley Stadie, Foreword by Vladimir Ashkenazy. Traces the development of Western music from medieval times through to the end of the twentieth century. Offers richly de... 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

Edited by Simon P. Keefe. Sets the concerto in its musical & non-musical contexts, examines the concertos that have made important contributions to music culture & looks at perfor... more information

Edited by E Crist & W Shirley. Covers his life from age eight to eighty seven, selected for readability, interest and for the light they cast on his thoughts & career. The letters... 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

Elizabeth Wilson. Approved by Du Pre's husband, & widely acclaimed to be the most accurate portrayal of the famed cellist, the author charts the life & career of Du Pre, up until h... 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 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

With Sacred Monsters & Young Singers. William Murray. Follows 12 young singers in Lyric Opera of Chicago's training programme, the prestigious Opera Centre for American Artists 2... 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

Robert Wyatt & John Andrew Johnson. A Kaleidoscopic collection of writings by & about Gershwin, incs more than 80 pieces of superb variety, colour & depth. Exerpts from his letters... more information

Robert Layton. Generously illustrated biography follows Grieg from his early years at the Leipzig Conservatoire through to his triumphs on the international concert circuit - cond... more information

Christopher Hogwood. Covers these best-known orchestral suites & gives an account of recordings, editions & a summary of performance questions. 155pp P/B more information

Frank, impassioned & alive with memorable images & characters, along with graphic accounts of the creative processes at work within the celebrated composer. 512pp b/w photos H/B (r... more information