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The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) represents the highpoint of the recording career of the Beatles. This is the first detailed study to be made of this or any other such …
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique)
Tchaikovsky's final symphony has fascinated generations of music lovers, amateur and specialist alike, since its first performance just over a century ago. Timothy L. Jackson …
Liszt: Sonata in B Minor
Liszt’s B minor Sonata is now regarded as his finest work for piano, and one of the pinnacles of Romantic piano music. This handbook opens with a survey of Liszt’s early attempts …
Holst: The Planets
This book is the first comprehensive guide to Holst’s popular orchestral suite The Planets. It considers the music in detail and places the work in its historical context, …
Musorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
An informative and wide ranging guide which places Musorgsky's original piano work in the context of Russian cultural life.
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 and 21
This guide to Mozart’s two most popular piano concertos - No. 20 in D minor, K. 466, and No. 21 in C major, K. 467 - the so-called ‘Elvira Madigan’ - presents the historical …
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Sibelius’s Fifth is one of the great late-Romantic symphonies. In this searching account, based on a wealth of new information, James Hepokoski takes a fresh look at the work and …
Britten: War Requiem
Widely regarded as one of the greatest choral works of the twentieth century, Britten's War Requiem was first performed at the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral in 1962. …
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Mahler’s Third Symphony was conceived as a musical picture of the natural world. This handbook describes the composition of Mahler’s grandiose piece of philosophical programme …
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 50
The Op. 50 string quartets contain some of the purest writing Haydn ever accomplished. In this first full account of these six quartets Dean Sutcliffe evaluates the Op. 50 in …
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin
This guide to Schubert’s much-loved song cycle explores both the music and the poetry from a variety of perspectives. It includes biography and cultural history, literary …
Beethoven: The 'Moonlight' and other Sonatas, Op. 27 and Op. 31
Even in Beethoven’s day the ‘Moonlight’ Sonata was a popular favourite. This book provides an accessible introduction to the Sonatas Opp. 27 and 31 (including The ‘Moonlight’ and …