Debussy - A Painter in Sound by Stephen Walsh
$38.00 AUD
Category: Classical
Claude Debussy was that rare creature, a composer who reinvented the language of music without alienating the majority of music lovers. He is the modernist everyone loves. How did he manage this? Was it through the association of his music with visual images, or was it simply that, by throwing out the r ...Show more
Chopin's Piano: In Search of the Instrument That Transformed Music (PB) by Paul Kildea
$23.00 AUD
Category: Classical | Series: Journey Through Romanticism
'Beguiling ... Limpidly written, effortlessly learned' William Boyd, TLS, Books of the Year In November 1838 Frédéric Chopin, George Sand and her two children sailed to Majorca to escape the Parisian winter. They settled in an abandoned monastery at Valldemossa in the mountains above Palma, where Chopin ...Show more
The Beloved Vision: Music in the Romantic Age by Stephen Walsh
$63.00 AUD
Category: Classical
Everyone loves romantic music: the sweet melody of a Schubert song, the heroine dying for love in an Italian opera, the swooning orchestration of a Tchaikovsky symphony. But as Stephen Walsh - author of the highly praised Debussy: A Painter in Sound - points out in this intensely absorbing study, there ...Show more
Year of Wonder - Classical Music for Every Day by Clemency Burton-Hill
$35.00 AUD
Category: Classical
'Year of Wonder is an absolute treat - the most enlightening way to be guided through the year.' Eddie RedmayneClassical music for everyone - an inspirational piece of music for every day of the year, celebrating composers from the medieval era to the present day, written by award-winning violinist and ...Show more
The Japanese Myths: A Guide to Gods, Heroes and Spirits by Joshua Frydman
$30.00 AUD
Category: Classical
The perfect introduction to the world of Japanese myth and legend. This is a smart and succinct guide to the rich tradition of Japanese mythology, from the earliest recorded legends of Izanagi and Izanami, their divine offspring and the creation of Japan, to medieval tales of vengeful ghosts, through to ...Show more
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