Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Memoirs of Hector Berlioz Memoirs of Hector Berlioz Hector Berlioz "The Memoirs of Hector Berlioz has long been considered to be among the best of musical autobiographies. Like his massive compositions, Berlioz (1803-1869) was colorful, eloquent, larger than life. H… OL1097979W
Widor Widor John Richard Near Widor: A Life beyond the Toccata brings to light the life and work of one of France's most distinguished musicians in the most complete biography in any language of Charles-Marie Widor. He is conside… OL15538902W
Entrancing Muse Entrancing Muse Carl B. Schmidt "It is traditional wisdom that a composer's popularity wanes for at least ten years after his death. Not so with Poulenc, whose music gained almost universal acceptance immediately after his death at… OL3156494W
Jean Langlais Jean Langlais Kathleen Thomerson This is the first book on the French composer Jean Langlais to be published in English and also the first to provide complete information on all of his published works plus 86 unplubished composition… OL4986518W
Berlioz Berlioz David Cairns This first volume of David Cairns's biography of Berlioz, first published a decade ago (when it won the Royal Philharmonic Society's Music Awards, the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year and The British … OL5852949W