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Star and the Maestro: How a Musical Bird Made Melodies with Mozart
This narrative nonfiction picture book about Mozart and the singing starling who stole his heart is based on the true story of the famous composer and his bird. Written by...
Chopin's Piano: A Journey through Romanticism
A dazzling exploration of Romantic music unlike any other, from one of the most exciting writers about classical music Chopin's Piano begins in November 1838, when George Sand, her children...
Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times that Made
The extraordinary true story of intertwined lives that lies behind Handel's Messiah, the most performed piece of classical music ever written 'A delicious history of music, power, love, genius, royalty...
Arts of the Hellenized East: Precious Metalwork and Gems of the
The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, houses one of the world's most spectacular collections of ancient silver vessels and other objects made of precious metals. Dating from the centuries following Alexander the...
On Playing the Flute
Long recognized as one of the primary sources of information about eighteenth-century performance practice, this re-issue includes a new introduction by Professor Reilly. In spite of its title, it is...