From Klein's comments on early recordings that remain available today, the reader can get a glimpse of what legendary singers such as Patti and Lind sounded like more than a century ago. The essays of Herman Klein that appeared in The Gramophone from 1924 until 1934 are indispensable sources of information on the singers of the Golden Age.

Herman Klein and the Gramophone (Amadeus)

Moran, William R.

Biographies & Memoirs

Amadeus

Emanuel Schikaneder (1751-1812) is known today only as the librettist of Mozart's The Magic Flute, yet he was also the most important theater director of his time, an actor, singer, producer, and a prolific dramatist.

Papageno: Emanuel Schikaneder: Man of the Theater in Mozart's Time (Amadeus)

Honolka, Kurt

Humor & Entertainment

As composer, critic, and music director of the Paris Opera, Reynaldo Hahn embodied the refined taste of La Belle Époque. This book is a series of nine lectures Hahn delivered in 1913 and 1914, concerned primarily with style and taste rather than technique.

On Singers and Singing (Amadeus)

Arts & Photography

HAHN, Reynaldo

Music

This holistic approach to the keyboard, based on a sound understanding of the relationship between physical function and musical purpose, is an invaluable resource for pianists and teachers. Professor Fink explains his ideas and demonstrates his innovative developmental exercises that set the pianist free to express the most profound musical ideas. HARDCOVER.

Mastering Piano Technique: A Guide for Students, Teachers and Performers (Amadeus)

Fink, Seymour

The sociology of music is a young discipline, and this book addresses the seminal issues, explaining the role musical activity plays in our social and cultural life. It also contains practical aspects in how music is structured and tonal material is used.

Musical Life in a Changing Society: Aspects of Musical Sociology (Amadeus)

Blaukopf, Kurt

This lucid guide traces the concerto's evolution over the major periods of music: baroque, classical, romantic, and 20th century. The compositions of each important composer are discussed in detail, making this a useful companion to the form.

A History of the Concerto (Amadeus)

Roeder, Michael Thomas

Drawing on five years of research and well over 100 interviews with students, colleagues, and family members of flutist Marcel Moyse, author McCutchan distills a truthful, vital portrait of this charismatic, complex, and sometimes puzzling man.

Marcel Moyse: Voice of the Flute (Amadeus)

McCutchan, Ann

Arts & Literature

The New York Times music and drama critic recalls friends and associates over a 57-year career. HARDCOVER.

The Pleasure of Their Company: A Reminiscence (Amadeus)

Taubman, Howard

Impeccably researched and written with a novelist's narrative mastery, this biography of the great conductor is a modern tragedy. Mitropoulos was a passionate advocate of difficult modern music and an early champion of Mahler; his emotionally charged performances brought the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra into the first rank of American orchestras. Generous and self-effacing, he was an innocent in the game of musical politics, unprepared for the intrigues and treachery in store when he became music director of the New York Philharmonic, “the orchestra that took no prisoners.”

Priest of Music: The Life of Dimitri Mitropoulos (Amadeus)

Trotter, William R.

This book explores every facet pf Parisian musical life in the glorious first half of the 19th century. Among the composers who chose Paris as a second home were Rossini, Meyerbeer, Bellini, Donizetti, Liszt, and Chopin. HARDCOVER.

Opera in Paris 1800-1850: A Lively History (Amadeus)

Barbier, Patrick

See the best price to sell, buy or rent books by the Amadeus publisher. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Amadeus