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1	Simon Rattle: From Birmingham to Berlin more books like this by Nicholas Kenyon add to wishlist The most brilliant British conductor of his generation, Simon Rattle has brought thrilling music-making to audiences around the world. Still in his mid-forties, Rattle becomes Music Director of the Berlin Philharmonic in 2002. What is the secret of his success, which has propelled him from being a Liverpool schoolboy with a fierce enthusiasm for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
2	Simon Rattle: The Making of a Conductor more books like this by Nicholas Kenyon add to wishlist see all copies from $3.97! new only from $16.90! \| first editions
3	Opera Guide, the Viking: 4 more books like this by Amanda Holden (Editor), Stephen Walsh (Editor), Nicholas Kenyon (Editor) add to wishlist This comprehensive reference to opera is arranged in alphabetical order and listed in the original languages of the titles. Each entry provides an outline of the plot, discussion of the music, performance details, information on available English translations and a list of recommended recordings. see all copies from $10.74!
4	Elgar: An Anniversary Portrait more books like this by Nicholas Kenyon add to wishlist June 2007 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Edward Elgar. Here, to mark the occasion, is a collection of new essays by a distinguished group of contributors. They deal with Elgar the Man and Composer, as well as with issues connected to Elgar's lasting legacy and to the performance of his music. Elgar was a man of many contradictions ... see all copies from $9.98! new only from $14.02! \| SVS
5	The Pegasus Pocket Guide to Mozart more books like this by Nicholas Kenyon add to wishlist "It does all one could ask, and more, of a pocket guide."-The Times Literary Supplement "One of the newest and most recommendable Mozart books is the Pocket Guide to Mozart. Written in a beautifully lucid and enthusiastic style."-The Independent on Sunday To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, an easy-to-use guide to Mozart's life ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.25! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Music: Healing the Rift more books like this by Ivan Hewett, Nicholas Kenyon (Foreword by) add to wishlist The word music means many things, so given this abundance, can we speak of a single thing called music? This title argues that we can, and takes a close and critical look at classical music and its modern successors. see all copies from $3.20! new only from $4.98! \| first editions
7	Authenticity and Early Music more books like this by Nicholas Kenyon (Editor) add to wishlist No change has had a more profound influence on the development of music-making over the last two decades than the growth of the historical performance movement. The notion that we can - and indeed should - perform music in the manner its composers intended has led to a search for original methods and styles of performance. At first this was the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $43.67! \| SVS
8	Musical Lives more books like this by Nicholas Kenyon (Editor), Brian Harrison (Editor) add to wishlist Who were the singers, musicians, composers, instrumentalists, and conductors who made the music of the 20th century? What inspired Benjamin Britten to compose Peter Grimes? How did music save Malcolm Sargent when he lost his daughter to polio? What is the link between Vaughan Williams and Charles Darwin? What did Edward Elgar do for classical ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.01! \| first editions
9	Simon Rattle more books like this by Nicholas Kenyon add to wishlist This account of a year in the life of Simon Rattle, the most gifted young conductor of his generation, includes interviews with family, friends and colleagues (amongst others mentor John Carewe, composer Oliver Knussen) as well as with Rattle himself who speaks frankly about his aims for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, describes his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $71.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Music by Ivan Hewett, Nicholas Kenyon (Foreword by) add to wishlist The word 'music' in the early 21st century means many things. It means Mozart in the elevator, 50s pop songs on TV adverts, Finnish folk songs on Nokia 'phones. It means inflammatory Serbian nationalist song, ancient Coptic Church chant, Berlin electronica, Wynton Marsalis. It means Bach cantatas performed in Japan, Algerian rai in Madison Square ... see all copies from $10.15! new only from $28.99!
11	The "Bbc" Proms Pocket Guide to Great Choral Works (Bbc Proms Pocket Guides) by Editor-Nicholas Kenyon add to wishlist The fourth volume in this series looks at some of the great masterpieces in the repertory, from Allegri and Tallis to Handel and Bach, Elgar's 'The Dream of Gerontius' to Britten's 'War Requiem'. see all copies from $9.50! new only from $9.50!
12	The "Bbc" Proms Pocket Guide to Great Orchestral Works (Bbc Proms Pocket Guides) by Editor-Nicholas Kenyon add to wishlist This pocket guide covers a wide range of popular orchestral music in many forms, including some of the most often-programmed concert works: Debussy's 'La Mer', Holst's 'The Planets', Ravel's 'Bolero' and a wealth of tone poems, symphonic studies, dances, variations and concertos. see all copies from $9.26! new only from $9.26!
13 view cover	The Bbc Proms Guide to Great Concertos by Nicholas Kenyon (Ed) add to wishlist The BBC Proms Guides provide all the background and information you need about some of the most exciting works in the repertory. This volume provides an accessible guide to the some of the most familiar and best-loved concertos in the repertory. From Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons', through Mozart's glorious piano concertos and the great virtuoso display ... see all copies from $7.15! new only from $21.14! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Bbc Proms Pocket Guide to Great Concertos (Bbc Proms Pocket Guides) by Nicholas Kenyon add to wishlist Classical music is more available to all than ever. On the radio, the Internet, on CDs, on television and at concerts - the great masterpieces of music can be heard in countless different performances. But where can you find out more about the music you hear? The "BBC Proms Pocket Guides" provide all the background and information you need about ... see all copies from $2.53! first editions
15	The BBC Symphony Orchestra : the first fifty years, 1930-1980 more books like this by Nicholas Kenyon add to wishlist see all copies from $23.56! first editions
16	The Penguin Opera Guide more books like this by Amanda Holden, Nicholas Kenyon, Stephen Walsh add to wishlist This reference work draws on "The Viking Opera Guide" (which covers over 1500 operas) to present the major composers and works of four centuries of opera's history, from Peri's "Dafne" ("the first opera") through Monteverdi, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi and Wagner, to the most acclaimed composers of today. An outline of the musical career of ... see all copies from $11.99! first editions
17	Authenticity and Early Music: A Symposium more books like this by Nicholas Kenyon (Editor) add to wishlist The notion that music can and should be performed in the manner its composers intended has led to a search for original methods and styles of performance. In recent years the explosion of popular interest in what has been called the "authenticity" movement has led to a sea-change in our listening habits. Performances on period instruments are now ... see all copies from $34.50!
18 view cover	The Bbc Proms Guide to Great Symphonies by Nicholas Kenyon (Ed) add to wishlist The BBC Proms Guides provide all the background and information you need about some of the most exciting works in the repertory. This volume provides an accessible and authoritative guide to some of the greatest symphonies. From Haydn and Mozart to the masters of the twentieth century, including the complete symphonies of Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler ... see all copies from $16.57! new only from $22.00! \| first editions
19 view cover	The Bbc Proms Pocket Guide to Great Symphonies (Bbc Proms Pocket Guides) by Nicholas Kenyon add to wishlist Classical music is more available to all than ever. On the radio, the Internet, on CDs, on television and at concerts - the great masterpieces of music can be heard in countless different performances. But where can you find out more about the music you hear? The "BBC Proms Pocket Guides" provide all the background and information you need about ... see all copies from $2.53!
20	Hemp for Victory: History and Qualities of the World's Most Useful Plant by Kenyon Gibson, Nicholas MacKintosh, Cindy MacKintosh add to wishlist see all copies from $73.18! first editions
21 view cover	The Proms: A New History by Jenny Doctor (Editor), David Wright (Editor), Nicholas Kenyon (Consultant editor) add to wishlist Here is the complete story of one of the most high-profile and enduring institutions in British cultural life: the Proms. This lavishly illustrated book describes the Proms history by focusing on how changes in society have influenced its development, at the same time as revealing how the Proms itself has been responsible for shaping the tastes ... see all copies from $25.47! new only from $25.47!
22	The English Chamber Orchestra : a pictorial review : twentieth anniversary, 1980-1981 more books like this by Anthony Woodhouse, Nicholas Kenyon, Nicolas Soames add to wishlist see all copies from $26.57!
23	Mozart : the young musician more books like this by Nicholas Kenyon, Peter Dennis add to wishlist see all copies from $3.81!

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