Classical Music & Music Reference from Glynn's Books

London: Faber & Faber, 1993. Pb, xi + 680pp, b/w photos. Good, creased spine, pinpricks to covers, contents clean. Award-winning biography of the 20th century English composer Benjamin Britten, whose works encompassed opera, choral music, orchestral and chamber music. " One of the best biographies of a musician that I have read ; accurate, humane, moving ..." ( Anthony Burgess).… Read more about this item

London: Thames & Hudson, 1989. Hb, 272pp, colour and b/w illustrations. VG with clean contents in VG dj. Readable account of the last decade of Mozart's life , his most successful period, accompanied by numerous illustrations.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

BCA, 1977. Book club edition. Hb, ix + 656pp. VG(-) with clean contents in a VG dj. Detailed study of Mozart's operas and oratorios, with chapters devoted to individual works, sections on the theory and practice of 18th century operatic music, and over 500 music examples.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

N.Y.: Routledge, 2009. Pb, xxvi + 558pp, colour illustrations, two audio CDs in back pocket. Good, light cover wear, clean contents. Targetted principally at music students, this survey of world music includes geographical intros., instruments, cultural traditions, numerous maps and photos, two audio CDS featuring musical examples with detailed discussion in the text, listening guides, biographical vignettes, questions to consider… Read more about this item

London: Constable, 2003. Hb, xii + 244pp, b/w illustrations. Good+ in a VG dj. Faint tanning to page edges, otherwise very good and clean. Biography of the Italian composer, Gioachino Rossini, one of the most popular composers of his time, set against the turbulent history of Europe and using new material and previously unpublished letters.. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good.

Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1991. Hb, 341pp. Good+ with clean contents, slight browning to endpapers, in a Good dj which has sunned spine and a closed corner chip. A study of Saint-Saens' concertante works ( including five for piano, three forviolin and two for cello) and the French solo concerto during his time. Also includes a brief biography. With numerous… Read more about this item

London: J.M. Dent, 1922. Hb, burgundy bloth, no dj, xi + 268pp, b/w illustrations. Fair. Covers have some marks, spine edgeworn, prize sticker on inside front cover, very light occasional foxing on earlier pages. Biography of the great composer, with two concluding chapters covering his works.. Hard Cover.

Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1979. HB, x + 237pp. Good+ in a Good+, price-clipped dj. A few faint speckles along edge of text block but otherwise very good and clean. Contents: Intro.; Love and marriage; Love and the upper classes; The common pursuit; The gentle shepherd; Parting, elopement, love's comedy; Work, sex and drink; The Broadside mode; The action lyric;… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1977. Hb, brown boards, no dj, xii + 155pp. VG(-), marginal corner wear, clean contents. Contents: Opera and expression; Mozart - the conflict in Don Giovanni; Mozart - Figaro, Cosi and The Magic Flute; Beethoven - the passion in Fidelio.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Isaac Pitman, 1939. Hb, green cloth covers, no dj, xii + 191pp (+31). Good with light wear, spine slightly wrinkled, contents clean. Contents: On listening to music; The beginnings of music; Listening to folk music; Horizontal listening; Listening to pattern music; Listening to romantic music; Listening to modern music; Listening to instrumental tone; Listening to opera and ballet music;… Read more about this item

London: MacDonald and Jane's, 1977. Hb, xvii + 393pp, b/w illustrations. VG clean copy in G+ dj which has slight edgewear. Autobiography of the legendary violinist, written when he was sixty. Born in 1916 in America of Russian jewish parents, he made his debut at the age of 7, performed three concertos with Bruno Walter in Berlin at the… Read more about this item

London: Robert Hale, 1986. Hb, xvii + 254pp, b/w plates. VG with clean contents in VG dj. Biography of the nineteenth century composer, Franz Schubert (1797-1828). The author "corrects the legend that Schubert was a penniless, myopic roly-poly. This sympathetic and musically astute biography pays tribute to Schubert's raw talent and shows him to have been a composer of outstanding… Read more about this item

London: Curwen 13th edition, undated. Brown cloth covers (no dj), 124 pgs. Fair - covers/spine worn and scuffed, endpapers tanned. School stamp on front endpaper.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.