Classical category: 3244 books

Chapters cover, Orland di Lassus, Percell, Stradella, Palestrina, Bach, Haydn, Gluck, Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Mendelssohn, and Chopin.

What Makes Music So Powerful and Healing? Why Does Everyone Love Music? Is Music the Universal Language? You will discover: How great music, carefully selected, changes your mood, energizes you, calms you, improves your mental focus, lifts you up spiritually, and helps you to become healthier. Fascinating...

Choral Conducting: Philosophy and Practice, Second Edition is an updated resource for conductors and singers alike, a college-level text for students of choral conducting that considers conducting and singing from a holistic perspective. This singer-friendly and voice-healthy approach examines the...

Noël Akchoté's Gesualdo Madrigals For 5 Guitars (Complete Scores & Tabs) Noël Akchoté Downloads & Books (002)   Complete Scores as Played on the Album (BC 26, Blue Chopsticks, Drag City) Adaptated and Anotated by Noël Akchoté 25 Pieces x 5 Guitar Parts,...

Short biography. Edition of 1913. According to Wikipedia: "Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813, Leipzig, Germany 13 February 1883, Venice, Italy) was a German composer, conductor, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or "music dramas", as they were later called)....

This is the first of two volumes of brass music by Richard von Fuchs.

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Josef Hofmann (1876–1957) was a master of piano technique and an artist who had few equals at the keyboard. A student of Anton Rubinstein and a leading exponent of the works of Chopin, Liszt, and Schumann, he always balanced his virtuoso playing with a firm adherence to the piece as written. It...

Often regarded as the father of piano technique, Clementi was the first composer to achieve the fully matured piano sonata of the late Classic period. This edition includes all 12 of the splendid miniature sonatas — so-called sonatinas — that comprise Clementi's Opp. 36, 37, and 38. Musicians...

Mathilde Marchesi (1821–1913) was probably the most renowned singing teacher of the late nineteenth century. Herself the pupil of the great Manuel Garcia the Second and the associate of the unsurpassable divas of the middle nineteenth century, she also linked the traditional bel canto teaching method...

Mozart's 1787 masterpiece, Don Giovanni is considered by many to be his greatest opera. It is among the most often performed operas the world over, essential to the repertoire of every singer. This complete vocal score is ideal for rehearsals, study and concert performances. It is the lowest-priced vocal score edition now available. Features the Italian text.

Vivaldi's Four Seasons is one of the most famous pieces of music ever written. This book shows you how to play the main theme on the guitar. What? A book with only one tune in it? Yes, that's right. But by the time you have worked through this book, you will really know that tune. This book...

"La Bohème is perhaps Puccini's most nearly perfect opera." — Hughes, Famous Puccini Operas. It has long been one of the world's most beloved musical works — an instantly enchanting blend of charm, warmth, gaiety, and pathos, brought to vibrant life by Puccini's sparkling, lighthearted...

According to Wikipedia: "Henry Purcell 10 September 1659 (?)[2] 21 November 1695, was an English Baroque composer. Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements but devised a peculiarly English style of Baroque music."