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The Music of the Bible

John Stainer
Biblical music history / organology · 1879 · English
John Stainer. The Music of the Bible. London, Paris and New York: Cassell, Petter & Galpin / Novello, Ewer & Co., 1879.

Stainer investigates musical references in the Bible, ancient instruments, ritual functions and the relationship between textual evidence and nineteenth-century ideas about biblical musical practice. The work is now most valuable as a historical study of biblical music scholarship and organology; archaeological and Near Eastern research has advanced substantially…

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Opera: A Research and Information Guide

Guy A. Marco
Annotated bibliography / research guide · 2001 · English
Guy A. Marco. Opera: A Research and Information Guide. New York and London: Garland Publishing, 2001. ISBN 9780815335160.

Marco’s guide is a large annotated bibliography designed to orient serious research in opera rather than to narrate operatic history. The second edition surveys thousands of books, articles, reference works, catalogues and specialized studies, with coverage extending through the end of the twentieth century. It combines general research…

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Johannes Brahms: A Research and Information Guide

Heather Platt
Annotated bibliography / research guide · 2011 · English
Heather Platt. Johannes Brahms: A Research and Information Guide. Routledge, 2011.

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Bach

C. F. Abdy Williams
Biography / introductory study · English or original-language historical edition
C. F. Abdy Williams. Bach. Historical edition / bibliographic record.

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Beethoven

Romain Rolland
Biography / critical essay · English or original-language historical edition
Romain Rolland. Beethoven. Historical edition / bibliographic record.

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Beethoven: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words

Friedrich Kerst (compiler/editor)
Quotations / documentary portrait · English or original-language historical edition
Friedrich Kerst (compiler/editor). Beethoven: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words. Historical edition / bibliographic record.

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Beethoven’s Letters, 1790–1826, Volume 1

Ludwig van Beethoven
Correspondence / primary source · English or original-language historical edition
Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven’s Letters, 1790–1826, Volume 1. Historical edition / bibliographic record.

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Beethoven’s Letters, 1790–1826, Volume 2

Ludwig van Beethoven
Correspondence / primary source · English or original-language historical edition
Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven’s Letters, 1790–1826, Volume 2. Historical edition / bibliographic record.

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Beethoven’s Symphonies Critically Discussed

Alexander Teetgen
Critical study / symphonic analysis · English or original-language historical edition
Alexander Teetgen. Beethoven’s Symphonies Critically Discussed. Historical edition / bibliographic record.

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Brahms and Some of His Works

Pitts Sanborn
Critical essays / works study · English or original-language historical edition
Pitts Sanborn. Brahms and Some of His Works. Historical edition / bibliographic record.

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Correspondance inédite de Hector Berlioz, 1819–1868

Hector Berlioz
Correspondence / primary source · English or original-language historical edition
Hector Berlioz. Correspondance inédite de Hector Berlioz, 1819–1868. Historical edition / bibliographic record.

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Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1

Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt
Correspondence / primary source · English or original-language historical edition
Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1. Historical edition / bibliographic record.

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Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 2

Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt
Correspondence / primary source · English or original-language historical edition
Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 2. Historical edition / bibliographic record.

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The Life of Chopin

Franz Liszt
Biography / critical appreciation · English or original-language historical edition
Franz Liszt. The Life of Chopin. Historical edition / bibliographic record.

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Beethoven and His Nine Symphonies

George Grove
Symphonic study / historical criticism · English or original-language historical edition
George Grove. Beethoven and His Nine Symphonies. Historical edition / bibliographic record.

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Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words

Friedrich Kerst (compiler/editor)
Quotations / documentary portrait · English or original-language historical edition
Friedrich Kerst (compiler/editor). Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words. Historical edition / bibliographic record.

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Beethoven

Richard Wagner
Critical essay / aesthetics · English or original-language historical edition
Richard Wagner. Beethoven. Historical edition / bibliographic record.

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The Life of Robert Schumann

Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski
Biography / historical source · English or original-language historical edition
Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski. The Life of Robert Schumann. Historical edition / bibliographic record.

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The Life of Johannes Brahms, Volume 1

Florence May
Biography / documentary study · English or original-language historical edition
Florence May. The Life of Johannes Brahms, Volume 1. Historical edition / bibliographic record.

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The Life of Johannes Brahms, Volume 2

Florence May
Biography / documentary study · English or original-language historical edition
Florence May. The Life of Johannes Brahms, Volume 2. Historical edition / bibliographic record.

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Chopin: The Man and His Music

James Huneker
Biography / critical study · English or original-language historical edition
James Huneker. Chopin: The Man and His Music. Historical edition / bibliographic record.

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The Literature of National Music

Carl Engel
Bibliographic survey / folk and national music · 1879 · English
Carl Engel. The Literature of National Music. London: Novello, Ewer & Co., 1879.

Engel organizes the literature of national music around songs, poetry, dance tunes, sacred repertory, instruments, treatises and other documentary sources. The book is both a bibliographic map and a statement of nineteenth-century interest in folk and national traditions.

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Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique

François-Joseph Fétis
Biographical dictionary / music bibliography · 1860–1865 · French
François-Joseph Fétis. Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique. Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1860–1865.

Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique is treated here as a major reference work for Classical Archive. Its value lies in structured consultation rather than continuous reading: it supports identification of people, works, terminology, genres, instruments, institutions, repertory or recordings according to the scope…

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Franz Liszt and His World

Christopher H. Gibbs and Dana Gooley · 2006 · English · 5.4 MB
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Critical Study related to Franz Liszt.

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Beethoven and the Construction of Genius Musical Politics in Vienna, 1792-1803

Maynard Solomon · 1998 · English · 2.2 MB
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Book / Essay related to Ludwig van Beethoven.

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Beethoven (Master Musicians)

Maynard Solomon · 1998 · English · 5.2 MB
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Book / Essay related to Ludwig van Beethoven.

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Beethoven – The Composer as hero

Maynard Solomon · 1998 · English · 16.6 MB
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Book / Essay related to Ludwig van Beethoven.

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Wagner as Man & Artist by Ernest Newman

Ernest Newman · 1937 · English · 3.3 MB
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Critical Study related to Richard Wagner, by Ernest Newman.

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Tschaikowsky and his orchestral music by Louis Biancolli

Louis Biancolli · 1899 · English · 946.7 KB
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Works & Analysis related to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, by Louis Biancolli.

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The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III by Alexander Wheelock Thayer

Alexander Wheelock Thayer · English · 2.4 MB
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The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II by Alexander Wheelock Thayer

Alexander Wheelock Thayer · English · 2.0 MB
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The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I by Alexander Wheelock Thayer

Alexander Wheelock Thayer · English · 1.6 MB
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The Life of Johannes Brahms (Vol 2 of 2) by Florence May

Florence May · 1997 · English · 3.3 MB
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The Life of Johannes Brahms (Vol 1 of 2) by Florence May

Florence May · 1997 · English · 2.5 MB
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The life of Hector Berlioz as written by himself in his letters and memoirs

Hector Berlioz · 1969 · English · 1.9 MB
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The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky by Modest Chaikovskii

Modest Chaikovskii · 1906 · English · 9.4 MB
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Solomon, Maynard – Mozart – A Life

Maynard Solomon · 1995 · English · 1.2 MB
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Biography related to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Schubert and His Work by Herbert F. Peyser

Herbert F. Peyser · 1948 · English · 1.6 MB
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Book / Essay related to Franz Schubert, by Herbert F. Peyser.

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My Life — Volume 2 by Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner · 1933 · English · 1.0 MB
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My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner · 1933 · English · 1.8 MB
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Life of Wagner by Ludwig Nohl

Ludwig Nohl · English · 420.8 KB
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Letters of Franz Liszt — Volume 1 by Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt · English · 936.9 KB
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Letters of Franz Liszt — Volume 2 by Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt · English · 1,000.1 KB
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La vie de Rossini, tome II by Stendhal

Stendhal · 1972 · French · 800.1 KB
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La vie de Rossini, tome I by Stendhal

Stendhal · 1972 · French · 782.5 KB
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Johann Sebastian Bach, The Learned Musician – Christoph Wolff

Christoph Wolff · 2000 · English · 3.3 MB
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