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1	Ballet Basics more books like this by Sandra N Hammond add to wishlist Written for the adult beginner, "Ballet Basics" is a well-illustrated introduction to the fundamentals of ballet technique. The text also provides an overview of the history of ballet and introduces students to the world of ballet. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.72! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet more books like this by Gail Grant add to wishlist From adagio to voyage, over 800 steps, movements, poses, and concepts are fully defined. A pronunciation guide and cross-references to alternate names for similar steps and positions also included. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Classical Music for Dummies more books like this by David Pogue, Glenn Dicterow, Scott Speck add to wishlist The more you know about classical music, the more you love it. Now, thanks to Classical Music For Dummies, you can achieve a whole new level of insight into both the composers and the compositions that have made classical music one of the great accomplishments of humankind. Classical Music For Dummies doesn't assume that you have a degree in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	24 Italian Songs and Arias - Medium High Voice (Book/CD): Medium High Voice - Book/CD more books like this by Gregory A Schirmer, Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation (Creator) add to wishlist For well over a century, the G. Schirmer edition of 24 Italian Songs and Arias of the 17th and 18th Centuries has introduced millions of beginning singers to serious Italian vocal literature. Offered in two accessible keys suitable for all singers, it is likely to be the first publication a voice teacher will ask a first-time student to purchase. ... see all copies from $5.97! new only from $8.44! \| SVS
5	The Pointe Book: Shoes, Training & Technique more books like this by Janice Barringer, Sarah Schlesinger add to wishlist Expanded and updated throughout, this guide provides a thorough examination of pointe shoes and pointe technique. Dancers quickly benefit from the most current research that offers the most recent information on hundreds of contemporary designs, materials, products, and suppliers. It illuminates the shoemaking process and gives advice about how to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.75! \| first editions
6	Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment more books like this by James R Gaines add to wishlist In one corner, a godless young warrior, Voltaire's heralded 'philosopher-king', the It Boy of the Enlightenment. In the other, a devout if bad-tempered old composer of 'outdated' music, a scorned genius in his last years. The sparks from their brief conflict illuminate a turbulent age. Behind the pomp and flash, Prussia's Frederick the Great was a ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $10.33! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Lexicon of Musical Invective: Critical Assaults on Composers Since Beethoven's Time more books like this by Nicolas Slonimsky add to wishlist A collection of nasty barbs about composers (including Wagner and Brahms) and their works, culled mostly from contemporaneous newspapers and magazines, that makes for hilarious reading. To find a particular barb the reader must consult the "invecticon" at the back of the book. see all copies from $3.24! new only from $9.55! \| SVS
8	Messiah: Vocal Score Paperpack more books like this by George Frideric Handel (Composer), Watkins Shaw (Editor) add to wishlist The world-famous Novello choral edition of Handel's beautiful masterpiece. Arranged for SATB with piano part. Edited with piano reduction by Watkins Shaw. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $5.12! \| SVS
9	Symphony: A Listener's Guide more books like this by Michael Steinberg add to wishlist From the agile beauty of Mozart's 'Jupiter' and the fierce power of Beethoven's Fifth to the celebration of heroism in Shostakovich's 'Leningrad,' the symphony has long held a prime place in the Western musical pantheon. Now, in The Symphony, renowned teacher and critic Michael Steinberg offers music lovers a monumental guide to this most ... see all copies from $8.26! new only from $25.03! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Well-Tempered Clavier: Books I and II, Complete more books like this by Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer) add to wishlist All 48 preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys. Authoritative Bach-Gesellschaft edition. Explanation of ornaments in English, tempo indications, music corrections. see all copies from $3.87! new only from $7.02! \| SVS
11 view cover	The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music more books like this by Ivan March, Edward Greenfield, Robert Layton add to wishlist This completely revised edition of the Penguin Guide reviews the major classical recordings issued and reissued over the past five decades, many of which dominate the catalogue because of their sheer excellence, irrespective of recording dates. More comprehensive than ever before and now updated annually, it indicates key recordings on CD, DVD and ... see all copies from $3.30! new only from $3.30! \| SVS
12 view cover	Elementary Training for Musicians more books like this by Paul Hindemith (Composer) add to wishlist Originally published in the 1940s, Paul Hindemith's remakable textbooks are still the outstanding works of their kind. In contrast to many musical textbooks written by academic musicians, these were produced by a man who could play every instrument of the orchestra, could compose a satisfying piece for almost every kind of ensemble, and who was ... see all copies from $8.99! new only from $17.47! \| first editions
13 view cover	Wild Harmonies: A Life of Music and Wolves more books like this by Helene Grimaud, Ellen Hinsey (Translator) add to wishlist A celebrated French pianist shares the poignant story of her journey from her early years as a student in Paris to her life as the founder of a wolf conservation center in upstate New York. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.16! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Marriage of Figaro more books like this by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer) add to wishlist Mozart's beloved comic romp, reprinted from a late (C. F. Peters, 1941) edition, which preserves Mozart's autograph manuscript and early translations of the libretto and includes passages that are often cut in other editions. see all copies from $2.46! new only from $9.93! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Twentieth-Century Music: A History of Musical Style in Modern Europe and America more books like this by Robert P Morgan, Norton add to wishlist "Twentieth Century Music" is the third volume to appear in this series. Morgan divides his text into three chronological sections. Beginning with such giants as Mahler, Richard Strauss and Debussy, he discusses national movements, as represented by Charles Ives and Ralph Vaughan Williams; philosophical movements as various as the Schoenberg/Berg ... see all copies from $32.50! new only from $41.57! \| first editions
16 view cover	371 Harmonized Chorales and 69 Chorale Melodies W/Figured Bass: Piano Solo more books like this by Sebastian Bach Johann, Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer) add to wishlist The great Baroque master composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) wrote music for every combination of instruments and voices. His simplest and purest work are four-part chorale compositions and settings, so perfectly constructed that they evoke meditative spirituality. "Figured bass" was a Baroque system of notating harmony. In addition 371 ... see all copies from $6.51! new only from $6.51! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 more books like this by Ludwig Van Beethoven (Composer) add to wishlist Re-engraved, corrected editions by Artur Schnabel, with Schnabel's notes and comments in five languages. Volume One contains Sonatas One through Seventeen and Volume Two contains Sonatas Eighteen through Thirty-Two. see all copies from $5.77! new only from $9.15! \| SVS
18 view cover	The First Book of Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Solos more books like this by Joan Frey Boytim (Compiled by) add to wishlist This is among the most widely used teaching repertoire for singers in the U.S. Over 30 songs in each book, including American and British art songs, folk song arrangements, sacred songs and a sampling of beginning songs in German, Italian, Spanish and French. There is a completely different song selection for each voice type. see all copies from $7.32! new only from $7.32! \| SVS
19 view cover	The Maestro Myth: Great Conductors in Pursuit of Power more books like this by Norman Lebrecht add to wishlist This book debunks today's largely uncritical view of the conductor's role, taking to task the over-paid, over-praised and self-inflated men and women who have mounted the conductor's podium since the turn of the century. Few top conductors escape unscathed: Lebrecht is tireless in his exposure of Machiavellian shennanigans, professional rivalry, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $53.45! \| first editions
20 view cover	Anthology of Twentieth-Century Music more books like this by Robert P Morgan add to wishlist Designed to accompany and supplement the author's survey, "Twentieth-Century Music: A History of Musical Style in Modern Europe and America", this selection of 29 works or groups of works by 24 composers covers a time span from 1903 to 1983. Since the music is characterized principally by its diversity - by the different schools and movements ... see all copies from $17.22! new only from $48.27! \| SVS
21 view cover	Later Symphonies more books like this by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer) add to wishlist Seven final symphonies (Nos. 35-41) include Mozart's greatest orchestral work -- the last 3 symphonies. Breitkopf & Hartel edition. see all copies from $5.25! new only from $9.69!
22 view cover	Complete Symphonies more books like this by Johannes Brahms (Composer), Hans Gal (Editor) add to wishlist Full orchestral scores. No. 1 in C. Minor, Op. 68; No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73; No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90; and No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98. see all copies from $9.00! new only from $11.27! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven more books like this by Charles Rosen add to wishlist A new edition of the National Book Award-winning study of the three most popular composers of the Vienna School. Rosen, a professor of music at the University of Chicago, concentrates on the musical relations between the three composers, each of whom took prevailing influences and conventions and reworked them into highly individualized and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.65! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Music in the Classic Period more books like this by Reinhard G Pauly add to wishlist For one-semester/quarter undergraduate and graduate courses in Music History in the department of Music. This comprehensive yet concise survey of music--part of the highly acclaimed Prentice Hall History of Music Series--traces the evolution of musical style through the Classic period--the late 18th and early 19th century--with an emphasis on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $76.21! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music more books like this by T Libbey add to wishlist A jam-packed, II-year undertaking of 928 pages, 1,500 entries, and over 1,000 recommended recordings, "The NPR Listener's Encyclopaedia" is an everything-you-need-to-know bible for the classical music lover. Written with infectious enthusiasm by Ted Libbey, author of "The NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection", this is an encyclopaedia ... see all copies from $5.22! new only from $10.70! \| first editions \| SVS

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	Basic Principles of Classical Ballet by Agrippina Vaganova, Anatole Chujoy (Translator), V Christyakova (Designer) see all from $1.99! new only from $4.35!
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