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Tears of the Moon Tears of the Moon Nora Roberts A talented songwriter, Shawn Gallagher spends his days lost in reverie and wonder, oblivious to the wiles of women and the ways of the world. He claims that he's content with his life, but his music … OL111533W
Handel, Who Knew What He Liked Handel, Who Knew What He Liked M. T. Anderson,Kevin Hawkes In this biography, the man who would later compose some of the world's most beautiful music is shown to have once been a stubborn little boy with a mind of his own. OL112040W
Timoleon Vieta come home Timoleon Vieta come home Dan Rhodes Meet the mongrel. Timoleon Vieta. A deeply loyal, undemanding and loving companion . . . with the most beautiful eyes. He's living an idyllic existence in the Italian countryside with Cockroft, a com… OL16027033W
A Seaside Christmas A Seaside Christmas Sherryl Woods As the only child of a single mom, Jenny Collins wanted nothing more than to be part of a large, rambunctious family like the O'Briens. Ironically, though, when her mother married into that family, J… OL17356257W
Sight reading Sight reading Daphne Kalotay "When Hazel and Remy happen upon each other on a warm Boston spring day, their worlds immediately begin to spin. Remy, a gifted violinist, is married to composer Nicholas Elko, who was once the love … OL17826123W
Between each breath Between each breath Adam Thorpe Once England's most promising young composer' - now living comfortably in Hampstead with his wife Milly, an heiress - Jack Middleton is in mid-life decline, his career in free-fall. When he visits Es… OL17922567W
The strange case of the composer and his judge The strange case of the composer and his judge Patricia Duncker "New Year's Day, 2000. Hunters, in a forest in the Jura, stumble upon a half-circle of dead bodies lying in the snow. A nearby holiday chalet containing children's presents and decorations indicate a… OL18670925W
Conversations with Beethoven Conversations with Beethoven Sanford Friedman Just before his death, Sanford Friedman completed this, his final novel, something entirely different from anything he, or for that matter anyone, had written before - Conversations with Beethoven, a… OL19986115W
Ghost music Ghost music Graham Masterton The dead can't punish those who killed them, but they can enlist the aid of the living to seek revenge ... OL24203208W
The phantom of the Opera The phantom of the Opera William R. Sanford An accident with acid produces a murderous madman, who haunts the Paris Opera House causing bizarre deaths. OL30626W
Marrying Mozart Marrying Mozart Stephanie Cowell Amadeus meets Little Women in this irresistibly delightful historical novel by award- winning author Stephanie Cowell. The year is 1777 and the four Weber sisters, daughters of a musical family, shar… OL3296287W
Vivaldi's Virgins Vivaldi's Virgins Barbara Quick In this enthralling new novel, Barbara Quick re-creates eighteenth-century Venice at the height of its splendor and decadence. A story of longing and intrigue, half-told truths and toxic lies, Vivald… OL540337W
The King of Ragtime The King of Ragtime Larry Karp It's 1916, and time's running out for Scott Joplin. Before he dies, he wants to secure his place in history by writing a musical drama. When Irving Berlin flatly denies receiving the manuscript, Jopl… OL572802W
The phantom of the opera The phantom of the opera Kate McMullan,Kate McMullan A disfigured musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House falls in love with a beautiful soprano and, in his desperation to have his love returned, embarks on some terrifying means towards … OL57492W
Sudden noises from inanimate objects Sudden noises from inanimate objects Miller, Christopher "Simon Silber has a huge ego, a pushy father, a house full of pianos, a closet full of tuxedos - in short, all the trappings of musical genius except genius itself. He seeks inspiration by walking ar… OL6037976W
Longing Longing J.D. Landis Against a backcloth of early 19th century Europe in cultural and political turmoil, this vivid account of the love of the composer Robert Schumann for pianist Clara Wieck unfolds. Drawing on his prot… OL8300665W
Scherzo capriccioso Scherzo capriccioso Josef Škvorecký Chronicles Anton Dvorak's sojourn in America at the turn of the century, when he was persuaded by Jeannette Thurber to leave his native Bohemia and become director of her National Conservatory of Mus… OL866886W