Music Reference Books
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A History of Western Music: Donald Jay Grout. Anne says: 'The resource for the history of classical music. Essential for serious study for students and enthusiasts alike.' Every kind of music is covered; all vocal and instrumental forms, notation, performance, music-printing, development of instruments, and biographical information on composers. |
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A Dictionary of Musical Themes: Compiled by Harold Barlow and Sam Morgenstern. Anne says: 'I use this everyday, very useful.' 10,000 themes taken from symphonies, concertos, chamber music, sonatas and other concert music. Indexed by composer plus Notation index transcribed to the Key of C. If you can identify the first few notes of a mystery piece, you will then be able to identify both the composer and the related work. Out of print in US but available at Amazon UK |
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A Dictionary of Opera and Song Themes: Compiled by Harold Barlow and Sam Morgenstern. Anne says: 'Regularly open to help me identify a piece of music.' Companion book to the Dictionary of musical themes. 8,000 themes from the most important operas, operettas, oratorios, cantatas and so on. Out of print in US but available at Amazon UK |
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The Young Pianist : An Approach for Teachers and Students by Joan Last. Anne says: ' Essential book for the art of teaching.' This book is concerned primarily with the first few years of piano playing. It is intended to serve as a guide to those gaining their first experience of teaching, and also contains suggestions which may be helpful to teachers of longer standing. |
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The New Kobbe's Opera Book. This updated guide contains chronologically ordered descriptions of over 490 operas, with plot synopses, cast lists and performance histories. There are also accounts of all the leading opera composers. Out of print in US but available from Amazon in the UK |
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The Musician's Handbook: Trevor Ford. Anne says 'A useful goldmine of information for anyone considering music as a career.' Not available in US but available at Amazon UK |
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