Performing Arts

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the early twentieth century, one visionary woman reshaped the landscape of classical music recording from the most unlikely of locations — a converted...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodBehind every immortal opera lies a forgotten genius — and Papageno: Emanuel Schikaneder, Man of the Theater in Mozart's Time finally restores one such...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFor opera lovers and musicologists alike, Who's Who in Mozart's Operas: From Alfonso to Zerlina is the definitive companion guide to the...

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Edition: 1st aus ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedBehind the polished grooves of every great recording lies a world of temperamental genius, boardroom politics, and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedOne of the most remarkable figures in the history of Western dance tells her own story in Come Dance With Me, a...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodDame Janet Baker once said of Sir Charles Mackerras that he is one of the very best — and Charles Mackerras: A Musicians' Musician...

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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerBehind every great singer stands a pianist whose artistry is felt but rarely seen — and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageJazz is not merely a genre — it is a living, breathing archive of American culture, and Leonard...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerRichard Wagner stands as one of the most towering and controversial figures in the history of Western music, and Who's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before the age of radio and recording studios, the vast Australian outback rang with the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFor over a century, The Oxford Companion to Music has stood as the definitive encyclopaedic guide to the world of music, chronicling everything from...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFrom the cabarets of Weimar Berlin to the bright lights of Broadway, The Days Grow Short: The Life...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingWhen the shadow of fascism fell across Europe in the 1930s, a generation of brilliant composers, conductors, and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingFor any pianist, piano owner, or aspiring technician who has ever wondered what lies beneath the lid of their instrument, The Piano Handbook...

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Edition: First Edition.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingShe was born Helen Porter Mitchell in a modest Melbourne suburb, yet she would conquer the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingAt the crossroads of ambition and artistry stands Sol Hurok, the legendary impresario whose unyielding passion for performance...

Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsAt the intersection of art and science lies the human voice — and no work has...