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First time in paperback: A "strong, compelling, and compassionate book" (Boston Globe) about the acclaimed and ill-fated cellist who died at the age of forty-two.

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Following the pattern established with his pioneering works String Music of Black Composers and Woodwind Music of Black Composers, Aaron Horne now presents a comparable work for the piano and related instruments (such as accordion, harpsichord, and organ).

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A discography and bibliography of music written for the modern harpsichord, this volume features more than 800 mass-marketed recordings of some 600 compositions written after the revival of the harpsichord (ca.

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The harp is both the oldest and the newest of instruments. The biographies make clear how these performers shaped the contrasts in style and technique of harp playing that have developed over the past 150 years, as cultural, social, and psychological forces influenced individual performance.

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This reference work catalogs music for organ and harpsichord written by more than 700 women composers from 40 countries. Compiler Adel Heinrich has expanded the organ and harpsichord repertoire to include choir and instruments accompanying organ and harpsichord.

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A comprehensive collection of information on recordings (LPs, CDs or Cassettes) in which percussion instruments are featured as solo instruments or as part of chamber ensembles, with the best of the literature and performers worldwide.

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Here is a book that will be enjoyed by all pianists not only for the stimulating advice it provides, but also for the style with which it is written.

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A beginner guitar book that makes learning fun for kids, with easy instructions & clear illustrations for children ages 5 to 9.

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"Fifty years after hearing Sidney Bechet (1897--1959) in 1923, Duke Ellington recalled, "I have never forgotten the power and imagination with which he played." The first great jazz soloist, Bechet was"

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Following the pattern established with his pioneering work, Woodwind Music of Black Composers, Aaron Horne now presents a comparable work for the string music of Black composers.

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Concise but thorough profiles of symphony orchestras outside the US make this and its companion volume (Symphony Orchestras of the United States) indispensable for music libraries and many general public libraries as well.

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Provides data for all recordings of non-classical piano made for issue on disc and cylinder records prior to 1935. This discography includes piano solos, duets, trios and quartets, as well as selected titles where a soloist is featured within a recording by a dance band or orchestra.

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Documents the recording history of the banjo on cylinders and 78-rpm disks from 1889 to the beginning of the LP era in the mid-1950s, offering a comprehensive compilation of all such recordings on which the banjo plays a solo role or dominant part. The discography is organized by performer.

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"With more than 500 pictures, and extensive entries on more than 350 orchestras, this complete coverage of black and white bands--from the almost-forgotten Basie, Ellington, Miller, Shaw, and Dorsey--wil"

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The volume concludes with a bibliography of literature on the subject and music editions and with indexes of names, titles, and subjects.

The specialized focus of this account supplements the more general histories of early American music.

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This study is an analysis of the first three of Beethoven's late quartets, Opp. 127, 132, and 130, commissioned by Prince Nikolai Galitzin. The five late quartets, usually considered as a group, were written in the same period as the Missa solemnis and the Ninth Symphony, and are among the composer's most profound musical statements. Daniel K. L. C

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"This comprehensive survey of jazz piano, beginning with a brief history of the instrument within the jazz tradition and concluding with interviews that present twenty-seven pianists in their own words"

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For three decades, Anthony Braxton has been alternately celebrated, dismissed and attacked for his musical innovations and attempts at reconciling historically divergent and often conflicting worldviews and principles. This is a biography of the man and his music.