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A Treatise on Harmony is a historical teaching text in harmony / nineteenth-century theory, representing the conservatory-oriented theoretical practice of the nineteenth or early twentieth century. It is organized to move from definitions and worked examples toward increasingly complex compositional applications.

This curated dossier identifies Famous Pianists of To-day and Yesterday by Henry C. Lahee and makes the work discoverable through the unified Library search even when the underlying document uses a shortened or inconsistent technical filename. The record preserves the work as a bibliographic reference and places it…

This curated dossier identifies Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday by Henry C. Lahee and makes the work discoverable through the unified Library search even when the underlying document uses a shortened or inconsistent technical filename. The record preserves the work as a bibliographic reference and places it…

This curated dossier identifies Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday by Henry C. Lahee and makes the work discoverable through the unified Library search even when the underlying document uses a shortened or inconsistent technical filename. The record preserves the work as a bibliographic reference and places it…

This dossier identifies Baroque Music Today: Music as Speech by Nikolaus Harnoncourt as a major source for the modern understanding of Baroque interpretation and historically informed performance. It is indexed by title, author and subject variants and highlights articulation, tempo, rhetoric, ornamentation, instrumental forces, source evidence, rehearsal practice…

Hofmann presents a concise statement of artistic piano playing and then answers practical questions on touch, technique, pedalling, style, practice, memory and performance. Particularly important is his recollection of lessons with Anton Rubinstein and his distinction between the mechanical and imaginative dimensions of interpretation.

This biography or documentary study follows Gustav Mahler through the personal, professional and cultural circumstances in which the music was created. The dossier links chronology with works, correspondence, institutions, patrons, performers and reception so that the volume can be used both as a narrative biography and as an…

Leonard Bernstein: A Biography is a substantial biographical source on Leonard Bernstein. Comprehensive biography by a long-time colleague and television producer, integrating Bernstein’s conducting, composition, Broadway work, education, recordings, politics and private life with extensive first-hand access. The dossier treats the book not merely as a life narrative…

I Really Should Be Practicing is a substantial biographical or documentary resource concerning Gary Graffman. The dossier identifies the work by author and subject and places it within the history of performance, composition, institutions, repertory and reception where relevant. It is especially useful for distinguishing primary testimony, later…

This expanded dossier treats My Nine Lives: A Memoir of Many Careers in Music as a substantial source on Leon Fleisher. It records the bibliographic identity of the volume and situates the narrative within the artist’s chronology, professional network, repertory, institutional environment and reception. Particular attention is paid…

This curated dossier identifies Forbidden Childhood by Ruth Slenczynska and Louis Leopold Biancolli as a distinct biographical or documentary source within Classical Archive. It is included not merely as a title record but as a research-oriented entry: the book is indexed by subject, author and title variants, and…

This curated dossier identifies Conversations with Igor Stravinsky by Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft as a distinct biographical or documentary source within Classical Archive. It is included not merely as a title record but as a research-oriented entry: the book is indexed by subject, author and title variants,…