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Alma Ros?'s tragic story, from her birth and youth in the exalted musical circles of Vienna (her father was leader of the Vienna Philharmonic, her uncle was Gustav Mahler) to her death at Auschwitz,...

What's it like to grow up on a small farm in Illinois only to find yourself, some 20 years later, performing on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House? And then to travel the world, singing in...

AMERICAN MUSE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM SCHUMANAuthor: Joseph W. PolisiPublisher: AmadeusPublication Date: Nov 01, 2008Number of Pages: 630 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10:...

Antonio Vivaldi's rediscovery after World War II quickly led him from obscurity to his present renown as one of the most popular 18th-century composers. Heller's biography presents the important...

Arturo Toscanini: The NBC Years details Toscanini's magnificent and heroic 17 years (1937-1954) conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra. The archival broadcast recordings documented and reassessed in...

Astor Piazzolla, brilliant, iconoclastic tango musician and composer, has become a national hero in Argentina and a cult figure for classical and jazz lovers worldwide, but only after a lifetime of...

Available for the first time in English, this biography, published in Prague only a few months after the composer's death, provides a contemporary view of the man and musician. Eminent Beethoven...

The second title in the Amadeus Press Parallel Lives series, this volume examines the lives and work of two giants of 20th century music. Both composers influenced countless others, and their works...

Maria Callas returned to the stage in 1971 to teach master classes at Juilliard. This intriguing forum later inspired Terrence McNally's acclaimed play Master Class. Outspoken and uncompromising in...

This book explains - in vivid picturesque detail - why we still listen with admiration to the work of these men, and how their personalities and the era in which they lived affected their music. The...

Nick Strimple's all-encompassing survey ranges from 19th-century masters, such as Elgar, to contemporary composers, such as Tan Dun and Paul McCartney. Repertory of every style and level of...

CONVERSATIONS WITH BOULEZ THOUGHTS ON CONDUCTINGAuthor: Jean VermeilPublisher: AmadeusPublication Date: Mar 01, 2003Number of Pages: 254 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10:...

The predominant lieder singer of his generation, Fischer-Dieskau also had a distinguished career on the operatic stage. This biography provides a comprehensive and frank account of his extraordinary...

DVORAK ROMANTIC MUSIC'S MOST VERSATILE GENIUS.Author: David HurwitzPublisher: AmadeusPublication Date: Nov 01, 2005Number of Pages: 202 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1574671073ISBN-13:...

(Amadeus). Violinist and educator Efrem Zimbalist (1890-1985) led a legendary life in music in an age of violin legends. Of the dazzling stars to emerge from the Russian School at the beginning of...

ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF: FROM FLOWER MAIDEN TO MARSCHALLINAuthor: Kirsten LiesePublisher: AmadeusPublication Date: Jan 01, 2009Number of Pages: 170 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10:...

Drawing on the personal recollections of the Caruso brothers, archival material preserved by the family, and extensive research, this book is a rare tribute to to the man and his vocal legacy. This...

EVENINGS AT THE OPERA: INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS IN HISTORY ANALYSIS AND APPRECIATIONAuthor: Jeffrey LangfordPublisher: AmadeusPublication Date: Mar 01, 2011Number of Pages: 378 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

Paris at the turn of the 20th century was obsessed with the interrelations of the arts. It was a time when artists and writers spoke of poetry as music, sounds as colors, and paintings as symphonies...

With more than three hundred recordings to his name and multiple GRAMMY nominations, Jos? Serebrier is one of the busiest and most successful conductors around. Admired across the globe, he has...

THE AMADEUS BOOK OF THE VIOLIN CONSTRUCTION HISTORY AND MUSICAuthor: Walter KolnederPublisher: AmadeusPublication Date: Mar 01, 2003Number of Pages: 600 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

"These autobiographical stories sparkle with vignettes of people, places and pets, but their deeper subject is that of the woman pianist in a male-dominated world. The subject is not new, but Ms...

In The Composer-Pianists: Hamelin and The Eight, Robert Rimm writes about eight legendary, enigmatic, and interrelated composer-pianists of the instrument's golden age and goes on to consider their...

THE EXTRAORDINARY OPERATIC ADVENTURES OF BLANCHE ARRALAuthor: Blanche ArralPublisher: AmadeusPublication Date: Mar 01, 2003Number of Pages: 352 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10:...

This classic work is perhaps Bernstein's finest collection of conversations on the meaning and wonder of music. This book is a must for all music fans who wish to experience music more fully and...

The late composer and musicologist Habib Hassan Touma compiled a number of authoritative books on Arab music in his lifetime. Originally published in Germany in 1989, _The Music of the Arabs_ from...