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  • The Art of Breathing As The Basis of Tone-Production

    by Leo Kofler ...
    Guide to breathing for singers and public speakers, referencing the theory of breathing, expiration during singing, control of the breath, tone-production, resonance-chambers, and more;"My book differs from the great majority of other works upon voice-culture in still another respect. The majority have been writ ten when their authors were yet in the teens of their professional career. In perusing ... Read more

    €2.57 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sonata for a Scoundrel

    by Anthea Lawson ...
    Series Book 1 - Music of the Heart Historical Romance
    Secrets and passion will bring them to their knees... ~ RITA Finalist, Best Historical Romance ~Clara Becker is a supremely gifted composer--a talent of little to use to a woman in 1830s Europe. Her compositions only have worth when they are published under her brother's name, yet this deception barely enables them to scrape out a living in the poorest quarter of London.Darien Reynard, the most ... Read more

    €4.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Not Another Love Song

    by Julie Soto ...
    An instant USA Today bestseller! 'I'll never look at a cello quite the same way…' Jodi Picoult #1 New York Times bestseller 'Sexual tension so palpable, it'll snag you by the chin and call you a good girl' Ashley Posten, The Dead RomanticsGwen Jackson is a musical prodigy – but she fought hard for everything she now has.Xander Thorne comes from musical royalty. He’s a genius – but it all f... ... Read more

    €4.43

  • Seven Deadly Sins

    by Corey Taylor ...
    'I was 22 years old, a hard-on with a pulse: wretched, vice-ridden, too much to burn and not enough minutes in a hour to do so'The action begins in West Des Moines, Iowa, where Corey Taylor, frontman of heavy metal bands Slipknot and Stone Sour, systematically set about committing each of the Seven Deadly Sins. He has picked fights with douche bags openly brandishing guns. He has set himself on ... Read more

    €7.99

  • Beethoven

    Anguish and Triumph

    by Jan Swafford ...
    Sunday Times Classical Music Book of the Year'Magisterial, warm, and engaging . . . A triumph of scholarship and musical affinity . . . Jan Swafford is to be saluted.' IndependentJan Swafford's biographies of composers Charles Ives and Johannes Brahms have established him as a revered music historian, capable of bringing his subjects vibrantly to life. His magnificent new biography of Ludwig van ... Read more

    €15.99

  • Classical Music

    The 50 Greatest Composers and Their 1,000 Greatest Works

    by Phil G. Goulding ...
    MAKE A SOUND INVESTMENT IN CLASSICAL MUSICWho are the ten most important classical composers? Who in the world was Palestrina? Why did Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" cause a riot? Which five of each important composer's works should you buy? What is a concerto and how does it differ from a sonata?Maybe you don't know the answers to these questions; author Phil Goulding certainly didn't. When ... Read more

    €11.49

  • Absolutely on Music

    Conversations with Seiji Ozawa

    by Haruki Murakami, Seiji Ozawa ...
    Translated by Jay Rubin ...
    An intimate conversation about music and creativity, between the internationally bestselling writer Haruki Murakami and world-class conductor, Seiji Ozawa.Haruki Murakami's passion for music runs deep. Before turning his hand to writing, he ran a jazz club in Tokyo, and the aesthetic and emotional power of music permeates every one of his much-loved books. Now, in Absolutely on Music, Murakami ... Read more

    €8.99

  • Fryderyk Chopin

    A Life and Times

    by Dr. Alan Walker ...
    **A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. The Sunday Times (UK) Classical Music Book of 2018 and one of The Economist’s Best Books of 2018.**“A magisterial portrait.” —**Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, The New York Times Book ReviewA landmark biography of the Polish composer by a leading authority on Chopin and his timeBased on ten years of research and a vast cache of primary sources ... ... Read more

    €15.59

  • Music Comes Out of Silence

    A Memoir

    by Andras Schiff ...
    Andras Schiff is one of the most important pianists of our time. This stimulating account of his life and work, told in two parts, takes readers on an intimate journey from Schiff's childhood in Hungary through to the present day.In conversationw with Martin Meyer, Schiff discusses a diverse range of topics from his experiences with anti-Semitism and communist rule to his musical training with ... Read more

    €3.99

  • MARIA CALLAS

    BIOGRAPHY OF MARIA CALLAS

    by Samuel A.Patrick ...
    Samuel A.Patrick returns with a concise and engaging biography of the iconic star ✨: MARIA CALLASMaria Callas continues to fascinate us decades after her death.That's not only because she was arguably the greatest opera diva of the 20th century, but also because both her life and her death were shrouded in a Machiavellian web of scandal, mystery, and deceit.Now, Samuel A. Patrick, known for his ... Read more

    €3.36 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mstislav Rostropovich: Cellist, Teacher, Legend

    by Elizabeth Wilson ...
    Published to coincide with Rostropovich's 80th birthday celebrationsMstislav Rostropovich, internationally recognised as one of the world's finest cellists and musicians, has always maintained that teaching is an important responsibility for great artists. Before his emigration in 1974 from Russia to the West, Rostropovich taught several generations of the brightest Russian talents - as Professor ... Read more

    €17.59

  • Every Valley

    The Story of Handel’s Messiah

    by Charles King ...
    Every Valley is a glittering narrative history of intertwined lives that tells the story behind one of the greatest pieces of music ever written, Handel's Messiah.‘A delicious history of music, power, love, genius, royalty and adventure. Unforgettable.’ SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORELondon - Dublin, 1741-42.An actress mired in scandal plans her escape from an abusive husband.A penniless sea captain sets ... Read more

    €7.99

  • Time to Say Hello

    My Autobiography

    by Katherine Jenkins ...
    The UK's biggest-selling classical artist reveals how her angelic voice has shot her to superstardom...Katherine Jenkins is an international singing superstar who has redefined a music genre: she has brought classical music to the masses and inspired young and old with her incredible voice, her glamorous looks and, above all, her love for music, her country and her fans.Born in Neath, South Wales, ... Read more

    €3.99

  • Why Mahler?

    How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed the World

    by Norman Lebrecht ...
    A century after his death, Gustav Mahler is the most important composer of modern times. Displacing Beethoven as a box-office draw, his music offers more than the usual listening satisfactions. Many believe it has the power to heal emotional wounds and ease the pain of death. Others struggle with the intellectual fascination of its contradictory meanings. Long, loud and seldom easy, his symphonies ... Read more

    €10.19

  • Einaudi: In A Time Lapse

    by Ludovico Einaudi ...
    Recorded in a remote monastery in Verona, Ludovico Einaudi's In A Time Lapse explores the concept of capturing emotions and experiences in a single moment in time.This exclusive matching piano songbook presents all 14 tracks from the album, plus five bonus pieces, in beautifully crisp notation.Songlist:- Corale- Time Lapse- Life- Walk- Discovery at Night- Run Brothers- Orbits- Two Tre... ... Read more

    €10.19

  • Enough

    Scenes from Childhood

    by Stephen Hough ...
    'Stephen Hough's memoir had me gripped from the beginning [ .] riveting and revelatory. Most memoirs give me far more than I want to know - this is the rare sort that left me urgently demanding a second volume, a third, a fourth. I loved it.'Philip PullmanStephen Hough is indisputably one of the world's leading pianists, winning global acclaim and numerous awards.This memoir recounts his ... Read more

    €13.59

  • Philip Glass: The Comlete Piano Etudes

    by Philip Glass ...
    THE TWENTY ETUDES FOR PIANO were composed during the years from 1991 to 2012. Their final configuration into Book 1 and Book 2 was determined by the music itself in the course of its composition.Book 1 (Etudes 110) had a twin objective — to explore a variety of tempi, textures and piano techniques. At the same time it was meant to serve as a pedagogical tool by which I would improve my piano ... Read more

    €11.19

  • I'm Coming To Take You To Lunch

    A fantastic tale of boys, booze and how Wham! were sold to China

    by Simon Napier-Bell ...
    Pop manager extraordinaire Simon Napier-Bell had had enough. He'd had enough of pop groups. He'd had enough of the constant grief at home with his two ex-boyfriends bickering and bleeding him dry; and most of all he'd had enough of the music biz. But then he fell in love with a new passion - the Far East; and a dynamic new duo - George and Andrew - jointly called Wham! Soon, in an audacious ... Read more

    €7.99

  • Complete Bach Cello Suites

    Arranged for Plectrum-Style Guitar

    by Rob MacKillop ...
    Most instrumentalists would agree with the author’s introductory statement that the six Bach cello suites are “…one of the greatest collections of solo instrumental music ever written.”Many amateur classical guitarists have endeavored to play favorite movements of the suites, and a few professionals have recorded all six in their entirety. The author himself has played them on various plucked ... Read more

    €16.82

  • The Closest Thing to Crazy

    My Life of Musical Adventures

    by Mike Batt ...
    'Fabulously readable' STEPHEN FRY'Wildly entertaining' DAILY EXPRESS'Rollicking ... ebullient ... Christmas present problems are instantly solved' MAIL ON SUNDAYNominated for the 2025 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound ResearchDescribed variously as a 'polymath', a 'renaissance man' and 'one of the most colourful characters in the mu... ... Read more

    €6.29

  • Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass

    by Geddy Lee ...
    “A treasure trove for any fan of the four-stringed (and occasionally more) instrument.” — Billboard"It's not surprising that sooner or later I'd dive down the proverbial rabbit hole into the world of vintage bass guitars."—Geddy LeeFrom Rush frontman Geddy Lee's personal collection of vintage electric bass guitars, dating from the 1950s to the 1980s, comes the definitive volume on the subject ... Read more

    €46.01

  • The Cello Suites

    In Search of a Baroque Masterpiece

    by Eric Siblin ...
    One autumn evening, not long after ending a stint as a pop music critic, Eric Siblin attended a recital of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites - and fell deeply in love. So began a quest that would unravel three centuries of mystery, intrigue, history, politics, and passion. The Cello Suites weaves together three dramatic narratives: the first features Bach and the missing manuscript of the ... Read more

    €9.99

  • J.S. Bach: Duets for Two Cellos

    by Peggy Spencer, Sue Engle ...
    J. S. Bach's two-part keyboard pieces form a significant body of musical literature, but only occasionally have they been arranged for strings. This carefully transcribed collection of cello duets and its two companion volumes, Duets for Two Violins and Duets for Two Violas , bring many additions, taken from Bach's suites, preludes, and inventions, to the string player's repertoire. Intermediate ... Read more

    €12.62

  • A Walk on the Wild Side

    by Earl Wild ...
    This is a Memoir by the distinguished American Classical Concert Pianist Earl Wild. Mr. Wild passed in January 2010 at the age of 94. He spent 30 years working on this book with Michael Rolland Davis.When Earl Wild passed, Michael completed and released the book in 2011 in a hardbound version with 900 pages and multiple photos. In 2023 this Memoir was re-edited and released as an epub version as ... Read more

    €35.99