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Symphony No. 6 in a MinorDating from the composer's prolific period of 1903-04 and following Mahler's marriage to Alma Schindler by just a year, the draft of this remarkable work -- subtitled "Tragic" -- is represented by numerous recordings. The symphony incorporates "portraits" of Alma in the first movement...
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The Pirates of Penzance in Full ScoreThe witty and rollicking tale of a young man apprenticed to a band of pirates too kindhearted for their own good, The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty remains one of Gilbert and Sullivan's most beloved and frequently revived works. This newly...
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The Planets: Op. 32Among the most popular and important modern British composers, Gustav Holst (1874-1934) was a true eccentric, given to odd enthusiasms and mystical musings. His spectacular symphonic work The Planets, first performed in 1918, established his international reputation and remains a staple of the orchestral...
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Poet and Peasant and Other Great Overtures in Full ScoreA prolific writer of theatrical music whose works ranged from incidental music for operettas to full operas, Franz von Suppé (1819-95) is perhaps best known as the composer of the overture from which this collection takes its name. According to Grove's Dictionary of Music...
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Symphonies Nos. 1-21 in Full ScoreThese 21 symphonies, composed by Mozart between 1764 and 1771 while he was still a boy, are astonishing displays of his precocious genius. Reproduced from the authoritative Breitkopf and H rtel Complete Works Edition, they abound in the qualities that characterize his finest works:...
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Clara Schumann Piano MusicOriginal compilation of the composer's most popular, most mature piano works, including Witches Dance, Op. 5, No. 1; Four Fleeting Pieces, Op. 15; Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 16; Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20; Romance, Op. 11, No. 2; and...
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Our Singing Country: Folk Songs and BalladsIn the 1930s and 40s, a father-and-son team of folklorists hit the highways, byways and rural routes of the United States, traveling in a battered pickup truck laden with primitive recording equipment. John A. Lomax and his son, Alan, covered thousands of miles, stopping...
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Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and Other Works for Orchestra in Full ScoreThe music of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 1958) continues to enjoy great popularity around the world. Indeed, the title piece of this collection is one of the most widely performed and recorded compositions in the modern era. Now the complete score of...
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Lute Songs of John Dowland: The Original First and Second Books Including Dowland's Original Lute TablatureConsidered the greatest lute virtuoso and composer of the English school in the early 17th century, John Dowland (1563-1626) composed over 80 pieces of solo lute music. His peerless skills as an instrumentalist were hailed by poet Richard Barnfield, who referred to Dowland as...
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Complete Violin SonatasBeethoven's ten violin sonatas, time-honored favorites of violinists, pianists, and their audiences, reflect the great composer's determination to make the interrelationship between the violin and the piano a more intimate one, and to create a more even and intricate balance between the two instruments...
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Messiah in Full ScoreAuthoritative full-score edition of the oratorio that is the best known, most beloved, most performed large-scale musical work in the English-speaking world. Edited by Alfred Mann.Author: George Frideric HandelPublisher: Dover PublicationsPublished: 08/01/1989Pages: 240Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.42lbsSize: 11.91h x 9.06w x 0.50dISBN: 9780486260679This title is...
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Chamber Works for Piano and StringsReprinted from the definitive edition published by the Anton n Dvoř k Society, this compilation presents five of the Czech composer's most acclaimed and performed chamber works: Piano Trio in F Minor, Op. 65; Dumky Trio, Op. 90; Piano Quartet in D Major, Op....
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Complete Suites for Unaccompanied Cello and Sonatas for Viola Da GambaThis superbly produced volume brings together a group of Bach's most performed compositions: nine works that masterfully reveal the deeply resonant glories of the cello and the viola da gamba. Reprinted here from the definitive Bach-Gesellschaft edition published by Breitkopf & H rtel of...
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A History of Musical StyleStyle -- the distinctive manner of presentation, construction, and execution in any art -- is a topic of primary importance in music history. This highly regarded text by noted musicologist Richard Crocker (University of California, Berkeley) takes a much-needed fresh look at the subject...
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String Quartets, Opp. 42, 50 and 54Over a 50-year period, Haydn composed more than 80 string quartets featuring a range and variety of structural invention exceeded only by Beethoven's works. In this volume, the composer's mastery of the form is strikingly evident, particularly in the six popular and much-recorded Prussian...
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Four-Hand Piano Music by Nineteenth-Century MastersThis volume contains a selection of delightful and enduring four-hand pieces very rarely anthologized and very difficult to find elsewhere. Chosen from the works of the great nineteenth-century masters, the compositions below will enhance your understanding and appreciation of an extremely enjoyable musical format.Beethoven:...
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Complete Sonatas for Pianoforte SoloThe piano sonatas of Franz Schubert are characterized by the supremely lyrical greatness that distinguishes all of this composer's work. The unfailing melody, the fresh modulations, and the emotional range -- from blissful contentment to pensive melancholy -- of these works place them firmly...
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Beethoven's LettersLudwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), the protagonist of freedom for music, disentangled music from the control of the ruling class. In publishing his music and writing for the rising classes, Beethoven claimed freedom and expressed the emotions of the new rulers, the artists. The Eroica,...
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Passionate Spirit: The Life of Alma MahlerA new biography of Alma Mahler (1879-1964), revealing a woman determined to wield power in a world that denied her agency History has long vilified Alma Mahler. Critics accused her of distracting Gustav Mahler from his work, and her passionate love affairs shocked her...
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And I Don't Want to Live This Life: A Mother's Story of Her Daughter's Murder"Honest and moving . . . Her painful tale is engrossing."--Washington Post Book World For most of us, it was just another horrible headline. But for Deborah Spungen, the mother of Nancy, who was stabbed to death at the Chelsea Hotel, it was both...
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