Dover Publications

With this ample collection of ballads and songs, you can immerse yourself in the rich tradition and heritage of American folk music. Discover the diversity, spontaneity, free-flowing melody and sheer...

Fine piano playing requires many essentials, including tone, technique, rhythm in all of its varieties, phrasing, dynamics - and the use of the pedals, especially the damper pedal. The artistic and ta...

E. Robert Schmitz. A first hand report of the composer's intentions in regard to the performance of his music, interpreted by the composer's friend Robert Schmitz.

Josef Lhevinne. A clear statement of the principles based on a lifelong experience in performance and teaching.

Josef Hofmann. Important background information that is useful for every piano player from a leading exponent of the works of Chopin, Liszt and Schumann.

John Gillespie. Covers the background and development of keyboard instruments, keyboard music and composers.

J. Cree Fischer. A simple and accurate method for amateurs. Explains all the basic processes practically and with model clarity. Learn how upright, grand and square actions work and how to deal with s...

As the 'social anchor' in middle-class homes of the 19th century, the piano was simultaneously an elegant piece of drawing-room furniture, a sign of bourgeois prosperity and a means of introducing the...

Jaques-Martin Hotteterre. A treatise of central importance in the historical development of the flute, with discussions on ornaments and embelishments of the period.

This comprehensive view of the Violin and Viola by a professional violinist, teacher and author details the historical development and changing structure of these two instruments. The text covers the...

This classic guide offers an accessible initiation into the mysteries of violin-making. Charming in its style and cultivated in its research, it covers every detail of the process, from wood selection...

How long should I practice? Which pieces should I study? How can I develop a singing tone? All violinists ponder these questions, striving to make the most of their practice and performances. This enl...

One of the most respected and referenced books of its kind, this authoritative volume surveys violins and other bowed instruments, ranging from ancient Greco-Roman styles to those of modern Europe. It...

Along with the instruments of Stradivari and del Gesù, the violins of Giovanni Battista Guadagnini have long been favoured by professional musicians for their responsiveness, tonal quality, and projec...

The 92 songs in this handsomely illustrated songbook colourfully document America's pioneering spirit. In song after song, the triumphs and miseries, thrills and adventures of homesteaders, lumberjack...

Born in Ireland and musically trained in Germany, Victor Herbert (1859-1924) was America's first great composer for the musical theatre. The creator of more than 40 operettas, Herbert produced a serie...

Selected Songs For Voice And Piano is a superb collection of 25 exquisite melodies spotlighting the work of Ernest Chausson (1855 - 1899). All reproduced from authoritative sources, these songs take t...

A critical and popular success from its 1786 debut, Mozart's musical comedy elevated the opera buffa to new heights. Le nozze di Figaro ('The Marriage of Figaro'), ossia la folle giornata ('or The Day...

Lilli Lehmann. One of the most influential books on the art of singing ever written. Its author is one of the first great international superstars of opera. With over 50 diagrams, examples and illustr...

A great collection of biography and musical commentary with hundreds of pieces analyzed. Contains good reference material of Bach's contemporaries. 450 musical examples between the three volumes.

In the poem 'Music,' Ralph Waldo Emerson reminds us that music can be found in all things good and bad; this choral setting is an artful expression of that idea. Rich chords bring warmth, harmonic and...

He lived in the shadow of death, painfully aware of the tuberculosis that would kill him prematurely. But Frédéric Chopin attained immortality with his piano works, which endure as pinnacles of the in...

Renowned nineteenth-century musicologist François-Joseph Fétis assembled this authoritative survey with the assistance of noted violin maker and dealer Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume. Focusing on the work of...