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 Favourites,  Christmas Gift Ideas - Books on Classical Composers

29th November 2021

A selection of Christmas gift suggestions, focusing on biographies and other books published this year about composers and specific pieces of music.

 Announcement,  Buy lots and make a difference

25th November 2021

For four days we will be donating 5% of all the revenue we receive to three charities whose aims are closely aligned with our own: the Chineke! Foundation, National Youth Choirs of Great Britain and Gabrieli Consort & Players.

Presto Book of the Month

 Symphonies for the Soul: Classical music to cure any ailment

 Symphonies for the Soul: Classical music to cure any ailment

Oliver Condy; Cassell; Hardback

Oliver Condy takes the role of musical physician, prescribing remedies for all manner of ailments in the form of classical music. With more than 100 recommendations, this book is filled with fascinating stories behind the pieces and composers selected, and how they can nourish the spirit in times of need.

New Biography publications

  • Bruce Springsteen: The Stories Behind the Songs

     New,  Bruce Springsteen: The Stories Behind the Songs

    Hardback
    Book: $44.00
  • The Requiem of Tomas Luis de Victoria (1603)

    The Requiem of Tomas Luis de Victoria (1603)

    Paperback
    Book: $33.75
  • Thinking In and About Music: Analytical Reflections on Milton Babbitt's Music and Thought

     New,  Thinking In and About Music: Analytical Reflections on Milton...

    Hardback
    Book: $93.50
  • The Complete Songs of Hugo Wolf: Life, Letters, Lieder

     New,  The Complete Songs of Hugo Wolf: Life, Letters, Lieder

    Hardback
    Book: $44.00
  • The Big Parade: Meredith Willson's Musicals from The Music Man to 1491

     New,  The Big Parade: Meredith Willson's Musicals from The Music Man...

    Hardback MT
    Book: $29.25
  • Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville

     New,  Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville

    Paperback
    Book: $19.00

    • New Music History publications

  • A New Heaven: Harry Christophers and The Sixteen Choral conversations with Sara Mohr-Pietsch

     New,  A New Heaven: Harry Christophers and The Sixteen Choral conversations...

    Paperback
    Book: $14.50
  • Music in Arabia: Perspectives on Heritage, Mobility, and Nation

     New,  Music in Arabia: Perspectives on Heritage, Mobility, and Nation

    Paperback
    Book: $41.00
  • Mozart: The Reign of Love

     New,  Mozart: The Reign of Love

    Paperback
    Book: $29.25
  • The Big Parade: Meredith Willson's Musicals from The Music Man to 1491

     New,  The Big Parade: Meredith Willson's Musicals from The Music Man...

    Hardback MT
    Book: $29.25
  • Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres

     New,  Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres

    Hardback
    Book: $29.25
  • Bruce Springsteen: The Stories Behind the Songs

     New,  Bruce Springsteen: The Stories Behind the Songs

    Hardback
    Book: $44.00

    • New Reference publications

  • Rebel Music in the Triumphant Empire: Punk Rock in the 1990s United States

     New,  Rebel Music in the Triumphant Empire: Punk Rock in the 1990s...

    Paperback
    Book: $33.75
  • Becoming Clara Schumann: Performance Strategies and Aesthetics in the Culture of the Musical Canon

     New,  Becoming Clara Schumann: Performance Strategies and Aesthetics...

    Paperback
    Book: $22.00
  • A Sound Mind: How I Fell in Love with Classical Music (and Decided to Rewrite its Entire History)

     New,  A Sound Mind: How I Fell in Love with Classical Music (and Decided...

    Paperback
    Book: $19.00
  • Charles Ives's Concord: Essays after a Sonata

     New,  Charles Ives's Concord: Essays after a Sonata

    Paperback
    Book: $33.75
  • Liszt in Context

     New,  Liszt in Context

    Hardback
    Book: $124.25
  • The Bach Cello Suites: A Companion

     New,  The Bach Cello Suites: A Companion

    Hardback
    Book: $19.00

    • New Education publications

  • The Nutcracker: Wind and Play!

     New,  The Nutcracker: Wind and Play!

    Hardback
    Book: $29.25
  • The Happy Music Play Book

     New,  The Happy Music Play Book

    Hardback
    Book: $23.50
  • Playing at the Border: A Story of Yo-Yo Ma

     New,  Playing at the Border: A Story of Yo-Yo Ma

    Hardback
    Book: $19.00
  • Harris, Paul: Unconditional Teaching

     New,  Harris, Paul: Unconditional Teaching

    Book: $14.50
  • Listen to the Music by Mozart

     New,  Listen to the Music by Mozart

    Board Book
    Book: $13.25
  • The Animal Orchestra Plays Beethoven

     New,  The Animal Orchestra Plays Beethoven

    Board Book
    Book: $19.00