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New Publications,
New Music Book Publications - 4th March 2024 4th March 2024Essays on opera by the late Edward Said, books on the creation and performance of Beethoven's symphonies, a guide to eight symphonic masterworks of the twentieth century by conductor Leonard Slatkin, twelve studies concerning the analysis and psychology of musical performance, and a paperback edition of Leah Broad's award-winning biography of four women composers.
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New Publications,
New Music Book Publications - 5th February 2024 5th February 2024The history of two operas by Janáček, a limited-edition celebration of British jazz on record from 1960 to 1975, a biography of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, paperback editions of books by Julia Hollander and Norman Lebrecht, a discussion of women and music in the age of Jane Austen, an analysis of two works by JS Bach, and a study of the voice of Paul Robeson.
Presto Book of the Month
Women and the Piano: A History in 50 Lives
Susan Tomes; Yale University Press; Hardback
Susan Tomes traces fifty women across the piano’s history. From Maria Szymanowska to Nina Simone, and including interviews with women performing today, this is a much-needed corrective to our understanding of the piano, and a timely testament to women’s musical lives.