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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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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.

This dossier covers Johannes Brahms: A Research and Information Guide, a significant bibliographic resource associated with Heather Platt. The volume is useful because it helps place its subject within a wider historical, analytical or documentary context and complements the rest of the Library catalogue with a clearly identified…

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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.

This curated dossier identifies Bach by C. F. Abdy Williams as a distinct Library resource and makes it discoverable through normalized title and author forms. The work is valuable as a historical source, critical study or documentary witness and belongs to the core literature surrounding musical biography, correspondence…

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Beethoven

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

This curated dossier identifies Beethoven by Romain Rolland as a distinct Library resource and makes it discoverable through normalized title and author forms. The work is valuable as a historical source, critical study or documentary witness and belongs to the core literature surrounding musical biography, correspondence and reception.

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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.

This curated dossier identifies Beethoven: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words by Friedrich Kerst (compiler/editor) as a distinct Library resource and makes it discoverable through normalized title and author forms. The work is valuable as a historical source, critical study or documentary witness…

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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.

This curated dossier identifies Beethoven’s Letters, 1790–1826, Volume 1 by Ludwig van Beethoven as a distinct Library resource and makes it discoverable through normalized title and author forms. The work is valuable as a historical source, critical study or documentary witness and belongs to the core literature surrounding…

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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.

This curated dossier identifies Beethoven’s Letters, 1790–1826, Volume 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven as a distinct Library resource and makes it discoverable through normalized title and author forms. The work is valuable as a historical source, critical study or documentary witness and belongs to the core literature surrounding…

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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.

This curated dossier identifies Beethoven’s Symphonies Critically Discussed by Alexander Teetgen as a distinct Library resource and makes it discoverable through normalized title and author forms. The work is valuable as a historical source, critical study or documentary witness and belongs to the core literature surrounding musical biography,…

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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.

This curated dossier identifies Brahms and Some of His Works by Pitts Sanborn as a distinct Library resource and makes it discoverable through normalized title and author forms. The work is valuable as a historical source, critical study or documentary witness and belongs to the core literature surrounding…

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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.

This curated dossier identifies Correspondance inédite de Hector Berlioz, 1819–1868 by Hector Berlioz as a distinct Library resource and makes it discoverable through normalized title and author forms. The work is valuable as a historical source, critical study or documentary witness and belongs to the core literature surrounding…

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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.

This curated dossier identifies Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1 by Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt as a distinct Library resource and makes it discoverable through normalized title and author forms. The work is valuable as a historical source, critical study or documentary witness and belongs to…

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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.

This curated dossier identifies Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 2 by Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt as a distinct Library resource and makes it discoverable through normalized title and author forms. The work is valuable as a historical source, critical study or documentary witness and belongs to…

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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.

This curated dossier identifies The Life of Chopin by Franz Liszt as a distinct Library resource and makes it discoverable through normalized title and author forms. The work is valuable as a historical source, critical study or documentary witness and belongs to the core literature surrounding musical biography,…

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The Life of Beethoven

Anton Schindler
Biography / historical source · English or original-language historical edition
Anton Schindler. The Life of Beethoven. Historical edition / bibliographic record.

This curated dossier identifies The Life of Beethoven by Anton Schindler as a distinct Library resource and makes it discoverable through normalized title and author forms. The work is valuable as a historical source, critical study or documentary witness and belongs to the core literature surrounding musical biography,…

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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.

This curated dossier identifies Beethoven and His Nine Symphonies by George Grove as a distinct Library resource and makes it discoverable through normalized title and author forms. The work is valuable as a historical source, critical study or documentary witness and belongs to the core literature surrounding musical…

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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.

This curated dossier identifies Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words by Friedrich Kerst (compiler/editor) as a distinct Library resource and makes it discoverable through normalized title and author forms. The work is valuable as a historical source, critical study or documentary witness…

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Beethoven

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

This curated dossier identifies Beethoven by Richard Wagner as a distinct Library resource and makes it discoverable through normalized title and author forms. The work is valuable as a historical source, critical study or documentary witness and belongs to the core literature surrounding musical biography, correspondence and reception.

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Life of Wagner

Louis Nohl
Biography / nineteenth-century study · English or original-language historical edition
Louis Nohl. Life of Wagner. Historical edition / bibliographic record.

This curated dossier identifies Life of Wagner by Louis Nohl as a distinct Library resource and makes it discoverable through normalized title and author forms. The work is valuable as a historical source, critical study or documentary witness and belongs to the core literature surrounding musical biography, correspondence…

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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.

This curated dossier identifies The Life of Robert Schumann by Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski as a distinct Library resource and makes it discoverable through normalized title and author forms. The work is valuable as a historical source, critical study or documentary witness and belongs to the core literature…

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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.

This curated dossier identifies The Life of Johannes Brahms, Volume 1 by Florence May as a distinct Library resource and makes it discoverable through normalized title and author forms. The work is valuable as a historical source, critical study or documentary witness and belongs to the core literature…

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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.

This curated dossier identifies The Life of Johannes Brahms, Volume 2 by Florence May as a distinct Library resource and makes it discoverable through normalized title and author forms. The work is valuable as a historical source, critical study or documentary witness and belongs to the core literature…

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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.

This curated dossier identifies Chopin: The Man and His Music by James Huneker as a distinct Library resource and makes it discoverable through normalized title and author forms. The work is valuable as a historical source, critical study or documentary witness and belongs to the core literature surrounding…

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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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Wolff_Bruckner_Rustic

Derek Watson · 1975 · English · 18.0 MB
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Book / Essay related to Anton Bruckner.

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anton bruckner

Derek Watson · 1975 · English · 3.7 MB
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Book / Essay related to Anton Bruckner.

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The Romantic World of Puccini – A New Critical Appraisal of the Operas

Iris J. Arnesen · 2009 · English · 1.3 MB
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Book / Essay related to Giacomo Puccini.

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The New Grove Guide to Wagner and His Operas (New Grove Operas)

Henry Edward Krehbiel · 1909 · English · 3.3 MB
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Book / Essay related to Richard Wagner.

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Musical Symbolism in the Operas of Debussy and Bartok Trauma, Gender, and the Unfolding of the Unconscious

Henry Edward Krehbiel · 1909 · English · 2.2 MB
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Book / Essay related to Claude Debussy.

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The Romantic World of Puccini – A New Critical Appraisal of the Operas

Iris J. Arnesen · 2009 · English · 1.3 MB
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Book / Essay related to Giacomo Puccini.

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The New Grove Guide to Wagner and His Operas (New Grove Operas)

Henry Edward Krehbiel · 1909 · English · 3.3 MB
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Book / Essay related to Richard Wagner.

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Musical Symbolism in the Operas of Debussy and Bartok Trauma, Gender, and the Unfolding of the Unconscious

Henry Edward Krehbiel · 1909 · English · 2.2 MB
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Book / Essay related to Claude Debussy.

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R.D.P. Jones – The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach Volume II

Albert Schweitzer · 1911 · English · 3.4 MB
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Book / Essay related to Johann Sebastian Bach.

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R.D.P. Jones – The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach Volume I

Albert Schweitzer · 1911 · English · 12.4 MB
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Book / Essay related to Johann Sebastian Bach.

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Christoph Wolff, Markus Zepf, L.E. Butler – The Organs of J.S. Bach (A Handbook)

Christoph Wolff · 2000 · English · 10.1 MB
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Book / Essay related to Johann Sebastian Bach, by Christoph Wolff.

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Christoph Wolff, Markus Zepf, L.E. Butler – The Organs of J.S. Bach (A Handbook)

Christoph Wolff · 2000 · English · 10.1 MB
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Book / Essay related to Johann Sebastian Bach, by Christoph Wolff.

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Christoph Wolff – The New Bach Reader

Christoph Wolff · 2000 · English · 82.0 MB
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Book / Essay related to Johann Sebastian Bach, by Christoph Wolff.

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Christoph Wolff – Bach The Learned Musician

Christoph Wolff · 2000 · English · 56.7 MB
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Biography related to Johann Sebastian Bach, by Christoph Wolff.

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Life of Mozart Including his Correspondence

Edward Holmes · 1878 · English · 11.2 MB
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Letters & Correspondence related to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Life of Handel

Victor Schœlcher · 1857 · English · 17.8 MB
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Biography related to George Frideric Handel.

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Handel_Stanley Sadie_192-A

Stanley Sadie · 1994 · English · 83.9 MB
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Book / Essay related to George Frideric Handel.

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Franz Schubert A Biography

Elizabeth Norman McKay · 1996 · English · 20.9 MB
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Biography related to Franz Schubert.

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