Musica

Man & His Music. Romanticism & the 20th Century (from 1800). (The Story of Musical Experience in the West series).

MELLERS, WILFRID. · 1957 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: Rockliff, 1957. 1st edition. "This volume shows how the conflict between individual passion and the principle of order implied by musical convention led eventually to a disintegration within traditional forms." Pp.x/236, black & white frontispiece + 8 further illustrat...

Man & His Music. The Sonata Principle. (From 1750). (The Story of Musical Experience in the West series).

MELLERS, WILFRID. · 1957 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: Rockliff, 1957. 1st edition. "The theme of this volume is the birth and development of sonata form. This new and revolutionary form, created in the second half of the eighteenth century, was a regenerating force in the music of that period. But the principle of sonata,...

Essays on Music. An Anthology from "The Listener".

APRAHAMIAN, FELIX. (EDITOR). · 1967 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: Cassell, 1967. A selection of 55 articles from the BBC magazine "The Listener". Most of them deal with specific compositions that were subsequently broadcast, a few mark anniversaries, while some are transcripts of broadcast talks." Pp.xii/260. Brown cloth, dustwrapper...

Vincent D'Indy. 1851-1931. Champion of Classicism.

DEMUTH, NORMAN. · 1951 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Rockcliff, 1951. 1st edition. Tribute to Vincent D'Indy published on the centenary of his birth, presenting the man, the teacher and the composer. Pp.viii/117, black 7 white photo portrait frontispiece, light spotting to endpapers. Brown cloth, spine sunned and some bl...

Frederick Delius.

BEECHAM, SIR THOMAS. · 1959 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

London: Hutchinson, 1959. 1st edition. "Written in fulfilment of a personal pledge to Jelka Delius[the wife of Delius], and..makes clear the facts of the composer's life, disentangling them from the ambiguity and legend that his previous biographers - and even Delius himself, ...

A Delius Companion. A 70th Birthday Tribute to Eric Fenby.

REDWOOD, CHRISTOPHER. (EDITOR). · 1976 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: John Calder, 1976. 0714535265. 1st edition."Brings together wiritings about the man and his music by distinguished musicians and friends, which give a many faceted picture of their subject..Frederick Delius." Pp.270, 18 black & white illustrations. Brown cloth, dustwra...

The Western Wind. Mass for Unaccompanied Chor. (Transcribed and edited by Philip Brett).

TAVERNER, JOHN. · 1962 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Stainer & Bell Ltd, 1962. Libretto and score. 25.5cms x 18cms. Pp.40. Paperback. VG.

Sensibility and English Song. Critical Studies of the Early 20th Century. Volumes 1 & 2.

BANFIELD, STEPHEN. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. 1st edition. Detailed study of an unusually fruitful interrelationship between English Music and English Poetry. Pp.xvi/619. Blue cloth, only Volume 2 has a dustwrapper which is in very good condition. VG/VG.

A Companion to the Symphony.

LAYTON, ROBERT. (EDITOR). · 1993 · Chilton Books

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London: Simon & Schuster, 1993. 0671710141. 1st edition."Every major symphonist, from Haydn to the present, is covered in detail; and though the writing is vigorous and penetrating, the analyses never presuppose any specialist technical knowledge. There are around 120 musical ...

The Oxford History of English Music. Volume I: From the Beginnings to c.1715.

CALDWELL, JOHN. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991. 0198161298. 1st edition. "This first volume begins with the settlement of the North German peoples and the cultivation of church music following the mission of St Augustine in 597. Relations between France and England form the background to the a...

Mozart: Piano Concertos No.20 in D minor, K.466, and No.21 in C major, K.467.

GRAYSON, DAVID. · 1998 · Chilton Books

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. 0521484758. Cambridge Music Handbooks series. "This guide to Mozart's two most popular piano concertos - No.20 in D minor, K.466, and No.21 in C major, K.467 (the so-called 'Elvira Madigan') - presents the historical background of t...

Fenby on Delius. Collected Writings on Delius to mark Eric Fenby's 90th Birthday.

LLOYD, STEPHEN. (EDITOR). · 1996 · Chilton Books

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London: Thames Publishing, 1996. 0905210271. "This book celebrates Eric Fenby's 90th birthday, in April 1996, and brings together all his occasional journalism - articles, broadcasts and sleeve-notes - about the music of Delius, the subject which has been so central to his lif...

Jazz: An Introduction to its Musical Basis.

DANKWORTH, AVRIL. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Oxford University Press, 1972. 0193165015. Reprint. "Simply written, it tells about the chords, the rhythms, the melodies: how they have come about and how jazzmen use them. Required reading for anyone musical who is interested in the fascinating phenomenon of jazz." P...

Nicolas Medtner. His Life and Music.

MARTYN, BARRIE. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1995. 0859679594. 1st edition. "Nicolas Medtner (1880-1951) has always been a neglected figure in the history of Russian music, and yet his friend Rachmaninoff considered him the greatest of contemporary composers..The author has drawn on Medtner's own...

For the Love of Music. Invitations to Listening.

STEINBERG, MICHAEL AND ROTHE, LARRY. · 2006 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. 0195162161. 1st edition. "Articulate and impassioned, sophisticated by never esoteric, Steinberg and Rothe offer invigorating reflections on music that will delight both the beginning and the seasoned listener." Pp.xiv/251. Red cloth spin...

George Dyson: Man and Music.

PALMER, CHRISTOPHER. · 1996 · Chilton Books

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London: Thames Publishing, 1996. 0905210441. 1st edition. "Sir George Dyson (1883-1964) was a widely admired educationist and administrator in the world of music, and a somewhat under-rated composer..The release of a substantial number of recordings of his major works - includ...

Conducting Berlioz.

DEL MAR, NORMAN. · 1997 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997. 0198165528. 1st edition. Pp.x/230, a few small marks to closed fore-edges not affecting pages inside. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. VG.

A Special Flame. The Music of Elgar and Vaughan Williams.

NORRIS, JOHN AND NEILL, ANDREW. · 2004 · Chilton Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

Rickmansworth: Elgar Editions, 2004. 0953708292. 1st edition. Based on the proceedings of an International Symposium jointly organised by The Elgar and RVW Societies held at The British Library, Euston Road, London, Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 March 2003. Ppvi/186. Red cloth, gilt...

Thomas Beecham. An Obsession with Music. (Plus CD).

LUCAS, JOHN. · 2008 · Chilton Books

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Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2008. 9781843834021. 1st edition. "Drawing upon extensive research, Lucas presents new material on his early years, his complicated private life, his father's catastrophic attempt to buy a large part of Covent Garden..and the orchestras and opera...

Borrowings in English Church Music 1550-1950.

BLEZZARD, JUDITH. · 1990 · Chilton Books

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London: Stainer & Bell, 1990. 0852497849. 1st edition. "From madrigal to music-hall, from plainsong to popular styles: these and many other kinds of music have lent both styles and material to sacred music with English texts.." Pp.224. Green cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.