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Although we have heard the music of J. S. Bach in countless performances and recordings, the composer himself still comes across only as an enigmatic figure in a single familiar...

Few people these days would question Mozart's rating as the most popular of all classical composers. Yet there exists no substantial, up-to-date English-language study of the man and his works....

This volume begins with a comparison between the Parthenon and the Pantheon, whose simplicity and dignity represented a new level of sophistication in architecture based on a system of vaults...

This volume presents an extraordinary collection of images and covers the whole range of Greek architecture, from a thorough analysis of Minoan Crete-which marked the beginning of the history of...

Grainy CCTV footage shows a man walking into a bank and putting a gun to a cashier's head. He tells her to count to twenty-five. When he doesn't get his...

Examines the story behind the music - of the small boy spurned by his fellows at school and pushed by his father to succeed where he had failed, of the...

'Fabulously readable' STEPHEN FRY 'Wildly entertaining' DAILY EXPRESS 'Rollicking ... ebullient ... Christmas present problems are instantly solved' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A rollercoaster ride through music... His world has a...

This series of biographies presents the great composers against the background of their times. Each draws on personal letters and recollections, engravings, paintings and, when they exist, photographs, to present...

The book titled The Encyclopedia of Classical Music by the author Robert Ainsley. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The quality of Greek painting and the intrinsic interest of the figure subjects chosen for depiction were never greater than in Athens in the fifty years following the invention of...

Athenian black figure vases bear the work of consummate artists, like Exekias, who depicted on them scenes of myth and everday life which deepen our knowledge and understanding of Greek...

Press the buttons to hear the magical music of Chopin in this beautifully illustrated book. Each time you press a button in this book, you'll hear the Animal Orchestra play...

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...

The book titled Life and Times of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by the author Wendy Thompson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Assyrian Sculpture by the author Julian Reade. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information.

The wall paintings and reliefs of ancient Egyptian tombs and temples record a continuity of customs and beliefs over nearly 3000 years. Even the artistic style of the scenes seems...

During its early history, Afghanistan was a crossroads of commerce from diverse cultures along its bustling trade routes, known as the "Silk Road", which stretched from China to Egypt. This...

Offering a survey of the growth and development of the concerto form, from its origins in the 17th century to the present day, this work aims to assist those who...

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...

The book titled Mozartiana by the author J. Solman. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The Discobolus, the Venus de Milo and the Parthenon frieze are sculptural masterpieces of worldwide renown. But our appreciation of them as "works of art", enshrined in museums, is far...

By the time he was forty, Lorenzo Da Ponte had been a poet, priest, lover and libertine, a friend of Casanova, collaborator then enemy of Salieri, and ultimately the librettist...

The book titled The Earlier Italian Schools by the author Martin Davies. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

David Castriota examines one of the most important monuments of early Roman Imperial art, the Ara Pacis Augustae, the sculptured marble altar built to celebrate the peace, prosperity, and stability...

This book is the first general history of Roman painting written specifically for English-language readers. Large numbers of wall-paintings have survived from the Roman world, and particularly from Rome itself...

How were the architectural ideas behind great Roman building projects carried out in practice? Roman Builders is the first, general interest book to address this question. Using the Baths of...

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...

A challenging and significant study of Dwight's importance in American music history. -- New England Quarterly

"Cool, fully engaged, brilliant and tough." --Rick Whitaker, "The Washington Post Book World" Theoretically, I am ready to go to anything--once. If it moves, I'm interested; if it moves to...

A multifaceted exploration of the interplay between civic and military life in ancient RomeThe ancient Romans famously distinguished between civic life in Rome and military matters outside the city-a division...

The achievements of the Roman world have profoundly affected European and world civilization. The original Legacy of Rome, edited by Cyril Bailey, was published in 1923 and has been widely...

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...

Pulitzer-prize winning biographer Edmund Morris interweaves the personal history of the world's most famous composer with an insightful exploration of the way Beethoven's life was reflected and embodied in his...

An authoritative and refreshing account of Beethoven's life and music Ludwig van Beethoven- to some, simply the greatest ever composer of Western classical music. Yet his life remains shrouded in...

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...

Though images of women were ubiquitous in the Roman world, these were seldom intended to be taken simply at face value. The importance of marriage, motherhood and political stability was...