Juan Martin 
Andalucian Suite, No. 1 [PDF ebook] 

Music! It is the great pleasure of this city, the great occupation of the drawing-rooms, which have banished politics, and which have renounced literature, from ennui. Jules Janin, An American in Par …

"The Great German Composers" by George T. Ferris is a comprehensive masterpiece in classical music history books, offering insightful biographies of prominent German composers. Through meti …

Ludwig van Beethoven had a life beyond music. He considered it his duty to spend leisure-time improving his Bildung (sophistication). To this end he familiarised himself with tangible manifestations …

Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo is the first book to address the question: How did a centuries-old, Swiss mountain tradition make its way into American country music? Along the way, the reader discovers that yodeli …

Perhaps we saw the 1950»s movie with Kirk Douglas, or maybe we had the snot scared out of us on the Disney World ride as kids-regardless, 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea is indelibly etched into the c …

John Adams»s opera, Nixon in China, is one of the most frequently performed operas in the contemporary literature. Timothy A. Johnson illuminates the opera and enhances listeners» and scholars» ap …

First Published in 1995. This series comprises nearly 300 romances and melodies, most of which were composed during the 40 years that saw a blossoming of the romantic spirit in all the arts in France …

Popular Music Theory and Analysis: A Research and Information Guide uncovers the wealth of scholarly works dealing with the theory and analysis of popular music. This annotated bibliography is an exh …

In Britain during the late 1970s and early 1980s, a new phenomenon emerged, with female guitarists, bass-players, keyboard-players and drummers playing in bands. Before this time, women»s presence i …

Liverpool-born composer and pianist, John Mc Cabe, established himself as one of Britain»s most recorded contemporary composers as well as a celebrated performer and recording artist. This book cove …