Sigismund von Neukomm war weit mehr als nur ein Schüler von Joseph Haydn – er war ein musikalischer Weltbürger, dessen Kompositionen von Europa bis Südamerika reichten und Kulturen miteinander verbanden.
This volume presents the probably most beautiful and most popular children's opera that has ever been written, in an easy arrangement for piano, with all excerpts being in the respective original key.
The Times Do Not Permit is the first extended overview of the life, times, and music of Michael Mosoeu Moerane (1904-1980), a composer brought up in rural South Africa in the early twentieth century.
When this volume was originally published in 1954 it was the first complete history of the Bach family from the 16th Century miller Veit to Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst (1759-1845), Johann Sebastian's grandson.
Edvard Grieg, der bedeutendste Komponist Norwegens, schuf eine einzigartige Verbindung zwischen den Klängen seiner Heimat und den Idealen der europäischen Romantik.
Niccolò Paganini – ein Name, der bis heute mit unvergleichlicher Virtuosität, mystischen Legenden und der Faszination des Übernatürlichen verbunden ist.
Originally published in 1970 this collection of essays by a renowned international musicologist is both imaginative in scope and authoritative in scholarship.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts Die Zauberflöte ist weit mehr als ein musikalisches Meisterwerk – es ist ein verschlüsseltes Werk voller symbolischer Prüfungen, die tief in der freimaurerischen Tradition verwurzelt sind.
In her book "Socrates," American author Cora Mason takes us on an exciting journey into the world of "Socrates," not as a philosopher devoid of his emotions and personal experiences, but as a human being of flesh and blood, who lived in a specific time and place, and interacted with his society with all its challenges.
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER A humorous collection of autobiographical essays from comedian and Emmy Awardwinning actor Jeff Hiller, who shares his journey from growing up ';profoundly gay' in 1980s Texas to his experiences as an inept social worker and how he clawed, scraped, and brawled to Hollywood's lower middle-tier.
Omniprésente dans la vie de Boris Vian, la musique lui a conféré une sensibilité qui est certainement pour une part à la source de son originalité en tant qu’écrivain.
Originally published in 1970 this collection of essays by a renowned international musicologist is both imaginative in scope and authoritative in scholarship.