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1Ravel d'après Ravel

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“Ravel d'après Ravel” Metadata:

  • Title: Ravel d'après Ravel
  • Authors:
  • Languages: English - fre
  • Number of Pages: Median: 92
  • Publisher: ➤  Éditions du Cervin - Editions du Cervin; [diffusion en France:] Librairie E. Polix, Paris - Kahn & Averill Publishers - Editions du Cervin - Éditions du Cervin - Pro/Am Music Resources - Kahn & Averill - John Deere Publishing
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: ➤  London - Lausanne - White Plains, N.Y

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  • First Year Published: 1953
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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2Correspondence

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“Correspondence” Metadata:

  • Title: Correspondence
  • Authors:
  • Languages: ita - English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 330
  • Publisher: ➤  Faber and Faber - Herbert Reichner Verlag - H. Reichner - F. Noetzel, Heinrichshofen-Bücher - Columbia University Press - Ricordi - Komm. Hug
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: ➤  Zürich - New York - Wilhelmshaven - Wien - London - Milano

“Correspondence” Subjects and Themes:

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First Setence:

"Since Mamma told me you had bought me a lovely dog, I haven't stopped wanting to have it by me!"

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  • First Year Published: 1937
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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3Britten

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“Britten” Metadata:

  • Title: Britten
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 358
  • Publisher: ➤  J.M. Dent - Oxford University Press, USA - Oxford University Press - Orion Publishing Group, Limited - Weidenfeld & Nicholson - Dent
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: London - New York - Oxford

“Britten” Subjects and Themes:

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First Setence:

"On the evening of 23 February 1934, the BBC broadcast a performance of A Boy Was Born, a new set of choral variations for unaccompanied voices by the twenty-year-old Benjamin Britten."

Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 1981
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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4Stockhausen on music

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“Stockhausen on music” Metadata:

  • Title: Stockhausen on music
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 220
  • Publisher: ➤  Boyars - M. Boyars - Distributed in the U.S. by Kampmann - Marion Boyars - Marion Boyars Publishers
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: New York - London

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  • First Year Published: 1989
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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5Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

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“Elisabeth Schwarzkopf” Metadata:

  • Title: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 184
  • Publisher: ➤  Amadeus Press - Amadeus Pr - Duckworth
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: London - Portland, Oregon

“Elisabeth Schwarzkopf” Subjects and Themes:

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  • First Year Published: 1995
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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6Debussy orchestral music

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“Debussy orchestral music” Metadata:

  • Title: Debussy orchestral music
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 64
  • Publisher: ➤  Gloucester - British Broadcasting Corporation - BBC Books - University of Washington Press
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Seattle - London

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  • First Year Published: 1974
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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7Literary works

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“Literary works” Metadata:

  • Title: Literary works
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 315
  • Publisher: ➤  Faber and Faber Ltd - Faber and Faber - Northeastern University Press
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Boston - London

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  • First Year Published: 1991
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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8Music since 1900

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“Music since 1900” Metadata:

  • Title: Music since 1900
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 1174
  • Publisher: ➤  Coleman-Ross Co. - Schirmer Reference - Schirmer Reference/Gale Group
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: New York

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  • First Year Published: 1949
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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9Boris Christoff

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“Boris Christoff” Metadata:

  • Title: Boris Christoff
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 220
  • Publisher: ➤  Robson Books - Robson Books Ltd
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: London

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  • First Year Published: 1991
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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10The Rest Is Noise

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“The Rest Is Noise” Metadata:

  • Title: The Rest Is Noise
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 624
  • Publisher: ➤  Farrar, Straus and Giroux - Blackstone Audio Inc. - Blackstone Audiobooks
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: New York, NY

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Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 2007
  • Is Full Text Available: No
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: No_ebook

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    11Louis Andriessen

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    “Louis Andriessen” Metadata:

    • Title: Louis Andriessen
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    • Language: English
    • Number of Pages: Median: 179
    • Publisher: ➤  Ashgate Publishing - Taylor & Francis Group
    • Publish Date:

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    First Setence:

    "As this book was being sent to press, a new advertising campaign for Heineken beer appeared on British television."

    Access and General Info:

    • First Year Published: 2004
    • Is Full Text Available: No
    • Is The Book Public: No
    • Access Status: No_ebook

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      12Da Capo best music writing 2001

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      “Da Capo best music writing 2001” Metadata:

      • Title: ➤  Da Capo best music writing 2001
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      • Language: English
      • Number of Pages: Median: 352
      • Publisher: Da Capo Press
      • Publish Date:
      • Publish Location: [Cambridge, Ma.]

      “Da Capo best music writing 2001” Subjects and Themes:

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      Access and General Info:

      • First Year Published: 2001
      • Is Full Text Available: Yes
      • Is The Book Public: No
      • Access Status: Printdisabled

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        13Varèse

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        “Varèse” Metadata:

        • Title: Varèse
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        • Language: English
        • Number of Pages: Median: 423
        • Publisher: ➤  Kahn & Averill - Kahn & Averill Publishers
        • Publish Date:
        • Publish Location: London

        “Varèse” Subjects and Themes:

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        Access and General Info:

        • First Year Published: 2003
        • Is Full Text Available: No
        • Is The Book Public: No
        • Access Status: No_ebook

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          14Fifty years of a life in music, 1905-1955

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          “Fifty years of a life in music, 1905-1955” Metadata:

          • Title: ➤  Fifty years of a life in music, 1905-1955
          • Authors:
          • Language: English
          • Number of Pages: Median: 343
          • Publisher: ➤  Edwin Mellen Press - E. Mellen Press
          • Publish Date:
          • Publish Location: Lewiston

          “Fifty years of a life in music, 1905-1955” Subjects and Themes:

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          Access and General Info:

          • First Year Published: 1993
          • Is Full Text Available: No
          • Is The Book Public: No
          • Access Status: No_ebook

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            15Armseelchen

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            “Armseelchen” Metadata:

            • Title: Armseelchen
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            • Language: English
            • Number of Pages: Median: 441
            • Publisher: Greenwood Press
            • Publish Date:
            • Publish Location: Westport, Conn

            “Armseelchen” Subjects and Themes:

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            First Setence:

            "Offered the choice of birthplace and time, a composer might well select early twentieth-century Vienna, still the head and heart of an ancient empire, a crossroads of Europe, one of the great musical capitals of the world."

            Access and General Info:

            • First Year Published: 1984
            • Is Full Text Available: Yes
            • Is The Book Public: No
            • Access Status: Printdisabled

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              16Resonanzen

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              “Resonanzen” Metadata:

              • Title: Resonanzen
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              • Language: ger
              • Number of Pages: Median: 207
              • Publisher: Kehrer Verlag - Kehrer
              • Publish Date:
              • Publish Location: Heidelberg

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              Access and General Info:

              • First Year Published: 2002
              • Is Full Text Available: No
              • Is The Book Public: No
              • Access Status: No_ebook

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                17Witold Lutosławski

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                “Witold Lutosławski” Metadata:

                • Title: Witold Lutosławski
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                • Language: English
                • Number of Pages: Median: 334
                • Publisher: Greenwood Press
                • Publish Date:
                • Publish Location: Westport, Conn

                “Witold Lutosławski” Subjects and Themes:

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                First Setence:

                ""He is already acclaimed as the greatest Polish composer born this century, and he must also be considered one of the greatest European composers since Bartok, to whom he seems the natural successor" [B257, p. 246)."

                Access and General Info:

                • First Year Published: 2000
                • Is Full Text Available: No
                • Is The Book Public: No
                • Access Status: No_ebook

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                  18Forum 1977-1987

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                  “Forum 1977-1987” Metadata:

                  • Title: Forum 1977-1987
                  • Authors:
                  • Language: dut
                  • Number of Pages: Median: 400
                  • Publisher: Kempen - Kempen Group
                  • Publish Date:
                  • Publish Location: [Eindhoven]

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                  Access and General Info:

                  • First Year Published: 1994
                  • Is Full Text Available: No
                  • Is The Book Public: No
                  • Access Status: No_ebook

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                    19Henri Dutilleux

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                    “Henri Dutilleux” Metadata:

                    • Title: Henri Dutilleux
                    • Authors:
                    • Language: English
                    • Number of Pages: Median: 167
                    • Publisher: ➤  Ashgate Publishing - Routledge - Ashgate
                    • Publish Date:
                    • Publish Location: ➤  Aldershot, Hants - Burlington, VT

                    “Henri Dutilleux” Subjects and Themes:

                    Edition Identifiers:

                    First Setence:

                    "HENRI DUTILLEUX: I was born on 22 January 1916 in Angers."

                    Access and General Info:

                    • First Year Published: 2003
                    • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                    • Is The Book Public: No
                    • Access Status: Printdisabled

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                      20Gershwin, Glory of"

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                      “Gershwin, Glory of"” Metadata:

                      • Title: Gershwin, Glory of"
                      • Language: English
                      • Number of Pages: Median: 76
                      • Publisher: Warner Bros Pubns
                      • Publish Date:

                      “Gershwin, Glory of"” Subjects and Themes:

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                      Access and General Info:

                      • First Year Published: 1995
                      • Is Full Text Available: No
                      • Is The Book Public: No
                      • Access Status: Unclassified

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                        21Memories and commentaries

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                        “Memories and commentaries” Metadata:

                        • Title: Memories and commentaries
                        • Authors:
                        • Language: English
                        • Number of Pages: Median: 183
                        • Publisher: ➤  University of California Press - Faber & Faber - Doubleday - Faber and Faber - Faber Music in association with Faber
                        • Publish Date:
                        • Publish Location: ➤  London - Berkeley - Garden City, N.Y

                        “Memories and commentaries” Subjects and Themes:

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                        First Setence:

                        "My most persistent memory images return to me without chronology."

                        Access and General Info:

                        • First Year Published: 1960
                        • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                        • Is The Book Public: Yes
                        • Access Status: Public

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                        22Writings on Glass

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                        “Writings on Glass” Metadata:

                        • Title: Writings on Glass
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                        • Language: English
                        • Number of Pages: Median: 374
                        • Publisher: University of California Press
                        • Publish Date:
                        • Publish Location: Berkeley

                        “Writings on Glass” Subjects and Themes:

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                        First Setence:

                        "From this unpromising beginning-a succession of numbers chanted by a small chorus beneath a stage flooded with light at the opening of Einstein on the Beach-has grown the most successful opera career of any composer within recent memory."

                        Access and General Info:

                        • First Year Published: 1999
                        • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                        • Is The Book Public: Yes
                        • Access Status: Public

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