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  • Music and Sentiment

    by Charles Rosen ...

    S$ 16.99 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 12.20 SGD

  • Absolutely on Music

    Conversations

    by Haruki Murakami, Seiji Ozawa ...
    Translated by Jay Rubin ...
    A deeply personal, intimate conversation about music and writing between the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author and the former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.In Absolutely on Music, internationally Haruki Murakami sits down with his friend Seiji Ozawa, the revered former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, for a series of conversations on their shared passion: music ... Read more

    S$ 10.24 SGD

  • Mozart

    The Reign of Love

    by Jan Swafford ...
    From the acclaimed composer and biographer Jan Swafford comes the definitive biography of one of the most lauded musical geniuses in history, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.At the earliest ages it was apparent that Wolfgang Mozart’s singular imagination was at work in every direction. He hated to be bored and hated to be idle, and through his life he responded to these threats with a repertoire of ... Read more

    S$ 19.50 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 22.88 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 49.21 SGD

  • CELLO NOTES

    Music and the Urgency of Time

    by Mavis Himes, Daniel Crack ...
    When Mavis Himes, a psychoanalyst with an established practice of over forty years, began to contemplate retirement, she decided to learn to play the cello.From meeting her teacher in an overcrowded café, through the demanding task of cello practice with its persistent strains and stresses on the body, Himes found a growing appreciation of music's power on her own well-being. An unfortunate ... Read more

    S$ 8.24 SGD

  • The Joy of Playing, the Joy of Thinking

    Conversations about Art and Performance

    by Charles Rosen, Catherine Temerson ...
    Translated by Catherine Zerner ...
    Brilliant, practical, and humorous conversations with one of the twentieth-century’s greatest musicologists on art, culture, and the physical pain of playing a difficult passage until one attains its rewards.Throughout his life, Charles Rosen combined formidable intelligence with immense skill as a concert pianist. He began studying at Juilliard at age seven and went on to inspire a generation of ... Read more

    S$ 21.79 SGD

  • Every Good Boy Does Fine

    A Love Story, in Music Lessons

    by Jeremy Denk ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A beautifully written, witty memoir that is also an immersive exploration of classical music—its power, its meanings, and what it can teach us about ourselves—from the MacArthur “Genius” Grant–winning pianistLONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • “Jeremy Denk has written a love letter to the music, and especially to the music teachers, in his life.”—Conrad Tao, ... Read more

    S$ 16.23 SGD

  • Daria Klimentova - The Agony and the Ecstasy

    by Daria Klimentova ...
    Daria Klimentová's sizzling chemistry with Russian dancer Vadim Muntagirov, who is nearly 20 years her junior, has reignited the prima ballerina's career - and marks a metamorphosis after her Black Swan-style torments depicted in BBC Four's Agony and Ecstasy, the gripping documentary series aired last year. There has been a metamorphosis since the 'old ballerina' allowed herself to be browbeaten ... Read more

    S$ 8.49 SGD

  • Speaking of Pianists

    by Abram Chasins ...
    The pianist, composer, music director of WOXR, contributor to the Saturday Review collects his reminiscences- and reactions stimulated by piano playing and piano music. So that his clavichord is well-tempered not only by his knowledge and feeling for its music, but also by his own association with many performers. He re-establishes Josef Hofmann as a great pianist and a greatly loved teacher; ... Read more

    S$ 5.17 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Cello Suites

    J. S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece

    by Eric Siblin ...
    An award-winning journey through Johann Sebastian Bach's six cello suites and the brilliant musician who revealed their lasting genius.One fateful evening, journalist and pop-music critic Eric Siblin attended a recital of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites—an experience that set him on an epic quest to uncover the mysterious history of the entrancing compositions and their miraculous reemergence ... Read more

    S$ 17.87 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Romantic Generation

    by Charles Rosen ...
    Series Book 46 - The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures
    “A magnum opus.”—George Steiner, New Yorker“Grippingly, even excitingly, readable.”—Edward Said, London Review of BooksWhat Charles Rosen’s National Book Award–winning The Classical Style did for the music of the Classical period, this volume brilliantly does for the Romantic Era. An exhilarating exploration of the musical language, forms, and styles of the Romantic period, it captures the spirit ... Read more

    S$ 38.36 SGD

  • A Short History of Opera

    by Donald Grout, Hermine Weigel Williams ...
    When first published in 1947, A Short History of Opera immediately achieved international status as a classic in the field. Now, more than five decades later, this thoroughly revised and expanded fourth edition informs and entertains opera lovers just as its predecessors have.The fourth edition incorporates new scholarship that traces the most important developments in the evolution of musical ... Read more

    S$ 74.33 SGD

  • The Bach Cello Suites

    A Companion

    by Steven Isserlis ...
    A unique Companion to J S Bach's iconic Cello Suites from internationally-renowned cellist Steven Isserlis.'Isserlis is the master of the material, yet always able to make it accessible . . . It is an absolute treat to be led to this sublime music by such an ethusiastic expert.'MICHAEL PALIN'The book I've always wanted: an accessible, eloquent guide to the world's greatest - and maybe most elusive ... Read more

    S$ 13.51 SGD

  • Mozart

    A Life

    by Peter Gay ...
    A biography of the greatest musical mind in Western historyMozart's unshakable hold on the public's consciousness can only be strengthened by historian and biographer Peter Gay's concise and deft look at the genius's life. Mozart traces the development of the man whose life was a whirlwind of achievement, and the composer who pushed every instrument to its limit and every genre of classical music ... Read more

    S$ 7.29 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 21.46 SGD

  • The Enchanted World of Viennese Waltzes for Easiest Piano Booklet Q

    by SilverTonalities, Emile Waldteufel, Johann Strauss Junior ...
    The Enchanted World of Viennese Waltzes for Easiest Piano Booklet QSimplified Viennese Melodies for Beginner and Novice Pianists with Colored Notation to enable Quick and Accurate Reading by SilverTonalities!Take a trip back in time to the Romantic World of the “Viennese Waltz” where beautiful ladies and dashing gentlemen danced the night away in the glittering ballrooms of 19th Century ... Read more

    S$ 7.08 SGD

  • New-found Voices

    Women in Nineteenth-century English Music

    by Derek Hyde ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1998, this volume by Derek Hyde remedies the lack of information concerning the contribution made by women to musical life in Britain during the nineteenth century in this carefully researched survey. The book reveals the significant role played by women in the production and performance of certain genres of music, such as piano music, songs and ballads, and touches on the ... Read more

    S$ 67.38 SGD

  • Historical Performance and New Music

    Aesthetics and Practices

    Edited by Rebecca Cypess, Estelí Gomez, Rachael Lansang ...
    Series series Studies in Contemporary Music and Culture
    The worlds of new music and historically informed performance might seem quite distant from one another. Yet, upon closer consideration, clear points of convergence emerge. Not only do many contemporary performers move easily between these two worlds, but they often do so using a shared ethos of flexibility, improvisation, curiosity, and collaboration—collaboration with composers past and present, ... Read more

    S$ 85.26 SGD

  • Flamenco Guitar Solos

    by Luigi Marraccini ...
    This book and audio are made for all aficionados of flamenco guitar and for guitarists of any other style who enjoy variety in their musical sources. They present ten pieces composed and recorded in the traditional forms of flamenco music, written in notation and tablature. The author explains the form and characteristics of each piece in introductory notes, helping the player understand the ... Read more

    S$ 20.62 SGD

  • La Tecnica Pianistica di Chopin

    Esercizi di virtuosismo tratti da passaggi specifici dei Preludi op. 28 e dagli Studi op. 10 e op. 25

    by Henry Levey, (a cura di) Roberto Gaetano Lerario ...
    Series Book 1 - Musicophilia
    Il testo che qui si presenta è di fatto una ristampa di un fascicolo di esercizi tecnici per pianoforte compilato da Henry Levey e basati su passaggi specifici ritrovati nei Preludi op. 28 e negli Studi op. 10 e op. 25 di Fr. Chopin. La sua prima pubblicazione (1908) fu inserita nella Schimer’s Scholastic Series come volume 9. Esercizi dedicati ad uno studio serio e proficuo di preparazione alle ... Read more

    S$ 10.48 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • MUSIK-KONZEPTE 206: Luigi Nono

    Zur Frage der Wende

    Edited by Ulrich Tadday ...
    Series Book 206 - MUSIK-KONZEPTE
    Der Kompositionsstil von Luigi Nono (1924–1990) veränderte sich ab Mitte der 1970er Jahre. Weniger die politische Botschaft als vielmehr die klangliche Erkundung, um mit Paulo de Assis zu sprechen, schien von nun an im Interesse des Komponisten zu liegen. Doch wird diese Veränderung, die Nonos Spätwerk kennzeichnet, mit der Bezeichnung "Wende", die sich eingebürgert hat, tatsächlich auf den ... Read more

    S$ 42.98 SGD

  • Erik Satie

    Der skeptische Klassiker

    by Oliver Vogel ...
    Series series J.B. Metzler Humanities (German Language)
    Erik Satie (1866-1925) gilt allgemein als eine Ikone der Moderne. Nach mehreren Jahrzehnten erscheint nun erstmals wieder eine deutschsprachige Gesamtdarstellung seines Lebens und Schaffens. Der auf dem Montmartre sozialisierte Musikpionier war ein Fragender. In skeptischer Absicht schärfte er seinen Humor, um auch seine Zeitgenossen nach sokratischer Manier zu prüfen. Unbefangen stellte er sich ... Read more

    S$ 68.77 SGD