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Classical Music

The Lives of the Great Composers

Coleridge's Writings, Volume 1: On Politics and Society

Messiah: Gospel According to Handel's Oratorio

Solti on Solti: A Memoir

Music and British Culture, 1785-1914: Essays in Honour of Cyril Ehrlich

Jonathan Harvey

Tainted Glory in Handel's Messiah: The Unsettling History of the World's Most Beloved Choral Work

Beethoven for a Later Age: The Journey of a String Quartet

Priest of Music: The Life of Dimitri Mitropoulos

Hans Keller and Internment: The Development of an Emigre Musician

In Search of Wagner

Classical Music in America: A History of Its Rise and Fall

George Gershwin's Preludes for Piano

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems

Beethoven's Piano Sonatas: A Short Companion

Sonata in C Major

The Beethoven Compendium: A Guide to Beethoven's Life and Music

Enough: Scenes from Childhood

Letters from a Life Vol 1: 1923-39: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten

The Observer's Book of Music

Music of the Great Composers: A Listener's Guide to the Best of Classical Music

Drum Gahu: An Introduction to African Rhythm

GREAT VIOLINISTS

The Early Music Revival: A History
