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Le Recueil De Quelques Pieces Nouvelles Et Galantes (1663) de Tallemant, Paul est un livre de litt�����rature fran�����aise qui rassemble plusieurs nouvelles et r�����cits galants. L'auteur y d�����crit avec finesse et subtilit����� les m�����urs de la...

Memoirs of Rossini is a book written by Stendhal in 1824 that tells the story of the legendary Italian composer Gioachino Rossini. The book is a collection of anecdotes and personal accounts of Rossini's life, as recounted by Stendhal, who was a close...

Il libro ""Supplementi alla Cronica V2 (1749)"" di Pietro Zagata ����� una raccolta di documenti storici che integrano la Cronica di Giovanni Villani, un'opera fondamentale della letteratura italiana del Trecento. Questo secondo volume contiene una serie...

Concert Room and Orchestra Anecdotes V3: Of Music and Musicians, Ancient and Modern is a book written by Thomas Busby and originally published in 1825. This book is the third volume in a series of anecdotal accounts of music and musicians throughout...

Das Buch ""Beethovens Unsterbliche Geliebte"" von Marie Tenger, erschienen im Jahr 1890, besch�����ftigt sich mit der Liebesbeziehung des ber�����hmten Komponisten Ludwig van Beethoven zu seiner mysteri������sen und namenlosen ""Unsterblichen Geliebten""...

Das Buch ""Albansgulden: Oder Kurze Geschichte Des Ritterstiftes Zum Heil. Alban Bey Mainz (1790)"" von Johann Georg Reuter beschreibt die Geschichte des Ritterstifts Zum Heiligen Alban in Mainz. Das Stift wurde im 8. Jahrhundert gegr�����ndet und...

"I was a dreamer, and so was Thom. Our dreams were set in motion right there in that bar."Before debut album Pablo Honey arrived on the scene, there was Paul McCarthy - Radiohead's promoter, booker and close friend of Thom Yorke. But just as the band...

Delivered from Evil is a true story based on one kid's journey to finding success in the music industry. From growing up with posters of rock stars on his wall to becoming a rock star himself, this former Pop Evil guitarist takes you on an adventure that...

In this follow-up to Maybe I Can Rise Above, Saffire-Rose Fletcher continues her journey of self-exploration, growth, and spiritual reconciliation.Battling through tumultuous relationships, the ongoing struggle to build her music career, debilitating and...

For The Stranglers, 1977 was a vital year. Not quite punk, certainly not pop and often at odds with live audiences and the music press alike, their approach was such that nothing could stop them. With hits like 'Peaches', 'No More Heroes' and 'Something...

Time marches on: by 2022 it will have been fifty years since the release of the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main St. and the epic, infamous American tour the band undertook to promote that album. 2022 also marks the 60th anniversary year of the formation of...

Plenty of teenagers dream about becoming a rock star but how many 10yr olds dream about becoming a world-beating string quartet, and then go ahead and do it? Following on from Paul Cassidy's popular prequel, "Get Beethoven!", Got Beethoven is a...

Leverage the power of FL Studio 20 to create and compose production-quality songs and develop professional music production skillsKey Features:Leverage the power of FL Studio to create your own production-level musicDevelop widely applicable music...

The past can predict the future, but without true acknowledgement of its impact, it can also repeat itself.Syl Johnson shares his tumultuous journey of reclaiming his ancestors' land and fighting for his own music rights. His story offers a lively...

This book is a history of banjo-playing Jerry Gray and his leadership of Canada's first folk-song group, The Travellers, beginning in 1953 and lasting over 60 years performing concerts across Canada and around the world in such locations as Toronto,...

Originally for piano, Chabrier's Habanera was arranged for orchestra by the composer for a concert he conducted in Angers on November 4, 1888. The piano version was also the first to be published (Enoch Frères et Costallat, 1885). The orchestral version,...

Composed in 1853-54 as a kind of 'musical vacation' from the operas he was busy with, Gouod's first symphony was given its official premiere in Paris at a concert of the Société des jeunes artistes on March 4, 1855 under the direction of Georges...

Holst composed the Moorside Suite for the BBC and the National Brass Band Festival Committee for the final of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain at Crystal Palace in 1928. He was excited to be able to listen to all 15...

Composed while working on The Planets, Holst wrote this suite for the Japanese dance Michio Ito in 1916. Ito supplied the Japanese melodies for all numbers save the "Marionette Dance" and possibly performed in the premiere at London's Coliseum Theatre...

Paganini's second concerto is separated by 11 years from his first, and differs quite a bit in content, with concentration more on intrinsic musical aspects than in showcasing the composer's famous virtuosity as violin virtuoso. Although the composer...

This early symphony is thought to have been composed in 1770 during Mozart's first visit to Milan. The date of the first performance remains unknown but a Milan venue during the period of the visit is certainly possible. Composed in the Italian overture...

Gustav Holst's 'Choral Fantasy on Old Carols' was composed in 1910, just two years before the similar work, Fantasia on Christmas Carols, by his good friend Ralph Vaughan Williams made its debut. It seems to have been composed for a Christmas concert...

Originally planned for a celebration of his wedding to Constanze Weber, Mozart performed the several completed sections on October 26, 1783 in Salzburg - filling in with movements from earlier liturgical works. Later, the composer re-used several...

Holst's popular suite was named for the St. Paul's Girls' School of Hammersmith, London - where he was the music director from 1904 until his death thirty years later. Composed in 1912 as a token of gratitude for the installation of a sound-proof...

Coppélia, Delibes' first complete ballet score, was given its premiere in Paris at the Théâtre Impérial de l'Opéra on May 25, 1870 - less than two months before the onset of the Franco-Prussian War which not only disrupted performances of the ballet...

Considered by many to by Holst's most beautiful choral work, Ode to Death was composed as a tribute to friends who died in World War I. Using the poetry of Walt Whitman, who he considered a mystic new world prophet, Holst set the last section of "When...

Haydn's early concerto for horn dates from 1762 - the second year of Haydn's long tenure as Kappellmeister of the Esterhazy court. Musicologists debate the intended occasion and soloist. Many have suggested it was composed for Thaddaus Steinmüller,...

Mark Twain was known for loathing all travel, except on foot. Inspired by this, Ian Finkel developed a hatred for all forms of travel...Period...No exceptions. In this book, Ian displays his dislike and frustration for many places in the world (amongst...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...

It was arguably, the greatest and most popular musical organization during the late 19th and early 20th century in America, the “golden age” of professional touring bands. This was SOUSA’S BAND, formed by the illustrious composer and...

""Ovids Verbannung"" ist ein Buch von Moriz Heitler aus dem Jahr 1898. Es handelt von der Verbannung des r������mischen Dichters Ovid im Jahr 8 n. Chr. und untersucht die Gr�����nde f�����r seine Verbannung sowie die Auswirkungen auf sein Leben und Werk...

Otto Ludwigs Kampf gegen Schiller: Eine dramaturgische Kritik (1900) ist ein Buch von Otto Ludwig, das sich mit dem Kampf zwischen den beiden deutschen Schriftstellern Otto Ludwig und Friedrich Schiller auseinandersetzt. Das Buch bietet eine detaillierte...

Mexican Writers is a book written by Estelle Lutrell and published in 1920. The book provides a comprehensive overview of Mexican literature and its most prominent writers up until the early 20th century. Lutrell explores the rich cultural and literary...

Goethes Musicalisches Leben (1883) von Ferdinand Hiller ist eine umfassende Darstellung des musikalischen Lebens von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Hiller, ein bekannter deutscher Komponist und Dirigent des 19. Jahrhunderts, beschreibt Goethes Beziehung zur...

Wagner Sketches: 1849, A Vindication (1892) is a book written by William Ashton Ellis. The book contains a collection of sketches and writings by the famous composer Richard Wagner, which were originally created in 1849. In addition to the sketches, the...

The book ""Theodor Leschetizky"" by Annette Hullah was published in 1906 and is a biography of the famous Austrian pianist and composer Theodor Leschetizky. The book provides a complete overview of Leschetizky's life, from his early years in Poland to...

Master Musicians: A Book For Players, Singers And Listeners is a book written by James Cuthbert Hadden and published in 1911. The book is a comprehensive guide to classical music, aimed at both musicians and non-musicians alike. It covers the lives and...

Margot's Progress is a novel written by Douglas Goldring and first published in 1920. The book tells the story of Margot, a young woman who is struggling to find her place in the world. Margot is intelligent and ambitious, but she is also insecure and...

Face Your Giant is about bullying and how it can be dealt with appropriately. The story is told of how a new student, Gabby, is being bullied every day at school. When Gabby's new friend finds the courage to stand up to a much larger bully, Gabby then...

Borodin started composing his first excursion into the symphonic form in 1862, while studying with Mily Balakirev. He worked on it sporadically for the next five years, making revisions in the wake of an informal orchestral reading in 1867. The official...

This new vocal score is a digitally enhanced reprint of the one fist issued by C.F. Peters, Leipzig in the late 19th century. Gustav Rösler's classic piano reduction is based upon the Bach Gesellschaft edition which appeared several years earlier...

Unabridged digitally enhanced large-format reissue of the vocal score prepared by musicologist Karl Straube and published by C.F. Peters, Leipzig in the early 20th century. Bach composed the initial version in E-flat major in 1723 for the Christmas...

We had just arrived in Denpasar for a ten-day Balinese holiday. I was with a young and beautiful girlfriend. We walked through the airport terminal and joined the queue for customs. No-one knew that I had smuggled a substantial amount of heroin and...

An eloquently vibrant account of life in the first half of the twentieth century, and a true love story.Henry Freeman grew up in the seedy tenements of New York City in the 1910s and '20s. His father, a trumpeter who had played for John Philip Sousa,...