Music
Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America from the Great War through the Cold War
Hardback
A Juilliard-trained musician and professor of history explores the fascinating entanglement of classical music with American foreign relations.
Nadia Boulanger: A Life in Music
Paperback
A detailed, authoritative portrait of a commanding figure in twentieth-century music.
Toscanini: Musician of Conscience
Hardback
On the 150th anniversary of his birth comes this monumental biography of conductor Arturo Toscanini, whose dramatic life was unparalleled among twentieth-century musicians.
Toscanini: Musician of Conscience
Paperback
On the 150th anniversary of his birth comes this monumental biography of conductor Arturo Toscanini, whose dramatic life was unparalleled among twentieth-century musicians.
Ten Masterpieces of Music
Hardback
Some pieces of music survive; most fall into oblivion. What gives the ten masterpieces selected for this book their extraordinary vitality?