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Opera as Drama
by Kerman, Joseph
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1956
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- Mass Market Paperback
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New York: Vintage Books, 1956. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Milton Glaser (cover art). V-88. A remarkable perspective on opera, wherein "the dramatist is the composer". CONTENTS: Foreword; Introduction; The Tradition; Reform; Retrenchment; Index. 269+ pages. CONDITION: A tight, square copy with light-moderate shelf-wear, unmarked but for the previous owner's name… Read more about this item Item Price
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The French Avant-Garde in the 20th Century [2-COMPACT DISC SET]
by Claude Debussy; Erik Satie; Guillaume Apollinaire; Marcel Duchamp; Jean (Hans) Arp; Edgard Varese; Francis Picabia; Jean Cocteau; Robert Desnos; L'Album des Six; Dane Rudhyar; Olivier Greif; Olivier Messiaen; Pierre Schaeffer; Pierre Henry; Others
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- New (Very Fine)
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- New (Very Fine)
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- 2014
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- CDs in Slim Double Jewelcase
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United Kingdom: LTM, 2014. CDs in Slim Double Jewelcase. New (Very Fine)/New (Very Fine). 5.5" x 5. LTM 2571. This outstanding two-CD collection offers a comprehensive overview of the French avant-garde in the 20th century. Commencing with pioneers Claude Debussy and Erik Satie, this chronological collection moves forward to absurdist and dreamlike Dada and Surrealist compositions (Duchamp, Picabia, Desnos, Ribemont-Dessaignes),… Read more about this item Item Price
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New Music Connoisseur - Vol.23 No.1 (2017), Vol.23 No.2 (2018) [THREE MAGAZINES]
by Michael Dellaira (editor, publisher)
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- 2018
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New York: New Music Connoisseur, 2018. Stapled Wraps. Near Fine. 8.5" x 11. Three issues of the recently discontinued but provocative and informative magazine of "new music", AKA "contemporary classical", AKA "avant-garde" AKA "sound art" - none of which are quite accurate or specific. It was a "semi-annual periodical focusing on the work of 20th and 21st century… Read more about this item Item Price
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Music in London - The Four-Volume Set, 1888-1894 [HARDCOVERS in SLIPCASE]
by Shaw, George Bernard
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1973
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- Cloth Hardcovers in Slipcase
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- 9780844300634
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£21.84
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New York: Horizon Press - Vienna House, 1973. Cloth Hardcovers in Slipcase. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A comprehensive and definitive edition of Shaw's weekly writings on musical events in London. CONTENTS: London Music in 1888-89 as heard by Cornetto di Bassetto [Preface; 1888-89; Index]; Criticisms contributed week by week to the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Conductors on Conducting
by Jacobson, Bernard
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- Very Good
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- Assumed First Edition
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- 1979
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- Hard Cover - Cloth Spine
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- 9780914366096
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Frenchtown, New Jersey: Columbia Publishing Company, Inc., 1979. Assumed First Edition . Hard Cover - Cloth Spine. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A revelatory exploration of the art of conducting, through the interview responses of eight great conductors: James Levine, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Charles Mackerras, Colin Davis, Bernard Haitink, Jose Serebrier, Sir Adrian Boult,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Musical Quarterly - July 1943 - Vol. XXIX No.3 [JOURNAL]
by O. G. Sonneck (editor); Doron K. Antrim; Rudolf Kolisch; Jan Lowenbach; Milos Safranek; Marion Bauer; Curt Sachs
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- 1943
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- Soft cover
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£5.17
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New York: G. Schirmer, 1943. Soft cover. Good. 6.5" x 9.5. A thought-provoking issue of this distinguished music journal, featuring articles/essays on Beethoven, Czechoslovakian composers, Martinu, and Griffes, plus reviews and book/record publication lists. CONTENTS: See accompanying scan image of the Table of Contents. 142 pages (illustrated with photos and musical examples). CONDITION: This copy lacks its covers,… Read more about this item Item Price
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American Record Guide - March / April 1996 - Vol.59, No.2
by Peter Spencer, John von Rhein, Peter Catalano, Herbert Kupferberg, F. Warren O'Reilly, Stacey Kors, Edward Greenfield, Robert Seabury, Steven J. Haller, Mark Koldys, Stephen Hicken, Richard Traubner, and Alex Morin
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- Used - Very Good Plus
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- 1996
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- Large Softcover
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Cincinnati, Ohio: American Record Guide, 1996. Large Softcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The definitive journal offering reviews of classical recordings and music in concert. Concert highlights include Chicago Lyric Opera, Alfred Brendel, Jost Meier's "The Dreyfus Affair", (NYC Opera), William Bolcolm's "Left-Hand Piano Concertos", Aaron Jay Kernis's "Concerto for Violin… Read more about this item Item Price
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Classical Musician [Muzikant Klassik] No.7-8 (66-67) - 2007 [RUSSIAN MUSIC MAGAZINE]
by Gerard Kimeklis, Evgenyi Danilov, Anton Rovner, N.S. Svanidze, E.A. Bogacheva, D.R. Tushishvili, Alexei Panov, E. Dolinskaya, I. Voronova, E.A. Strelbitskaya, Contributors
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- 2007
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Moscow: OOO ISC "Fractal, 2007. Stapled Wraps. Fine. 8" x 11.5. A scarce issue of this outstanding Russian music journal (founded in 1991). In lieu of a verbal description, I've attached scans of the cover and four inside pages for your perusal. CONTENTS; Remembering Great Musicians - Magda Matsulevich: pianist, aesthete, and person; Review Materials - Alexander Solodovnikov,… Read more about this item Item Price
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American Record Guide - May / June 1996 - Vol.59, No.3
by David Raymond, James Van Sant, Bridget Paolucci, Bill Ellis, Jerry Schwartz, Steven Haller, Kurt Moses, Desmond Arthur, and Stephen Hicken
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- 1996
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- Large Softcover
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Cincinnati, Ohio: American Record Guide, 1996. Large Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The definitive journal offering reviews of classical recordings and music in concert. Concert highlights include Calrisle Floyd's "Susannah" (Houston), Kurt Weill's "The Progagonist"/Hindemith's "Murderer, Hope of Women", Leon Botstein (NYC), Mark Morris, Birtwistle's "Antiphonies" (Boulez/LA), Wagner's "Ring" (Arizona), Conrad Susa "Transformations"… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Musical Times, Autumn 2009 - Vol. 150 No. 1908
by Peter Williams, Steven Plank, Robert Orledge, Durval Cesetti, Barry Cooper, Robert J. Bruce, Joyce Simlett-Moss, Godwin Sadoh, Michael Graubart, Peter Phillips, Andrew Thomson, Kevin O'Connell, others
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- Fine (As New)
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- 2009
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- Soft cover
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Berkhamstead, Herts, UK: The Musical Times Publications, 2009. Soft cover. Fine (As New). 7.5" x 9.5. The UK's oldest classical music journal, with 165 years of continuous publication (established in 1844) - this being its 1,908th issue. CONTENTS: (Articles) Whither 'music studies' (Williams); Purcell, the anthem, and the culture of preaching (Plank); Erik Satie's 'Uspud' (Orledge); The narrative… Read more about this item Item Price
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Contemporary Music in the Modern World - Scientific Research Journal [UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE]
by Irina Kopot (Editor); Natalia Bovsunivska, Olena Vereshchagina-Bilyavska, Liudmila Ershova, Richard Cameron-Wolfe, Olga Kizlova, Anastasia Kravchenko, Margarita Moiseyeva, Others
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- 2013
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Zhitomir, Ukraine: Ivan Franko University Publishing House, 2013. Stapled Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Sergei Zhukov (cover art). Articles submitted for this collection deal with issues of contemporary musicology, musical activity, performance, and education which were discussed at the III International Scientific-Practical Conference "Contemporary Music in the Modern World", held within the festival Zhytomyr… Read more about this item Item Price
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Music in London 1890-94 - Volume II (of 3)
by Shaw, George Bernard
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- Used - Very Good
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- Reprint Edition - 1949
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- 1932
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- Clothbound Hardcover
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£3.83
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London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1932. Reprint Edition - 1949 . Clothbound Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volume II of Shaw's prolific documentation of London's rich musical life. 325 pages. CONDITION: The book - lacking its original dust-jacket - is solid and square, its gilt spine titling still bright, though the spine… Read more about this item Item Price
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American Record Guide - July / August 1995 - Vol.58, No.4
by John Von Rhein, Elizabeth Ginsburg, Herman Trotter, Julie Cook, George Murphy, Leslie Kandell, Richard Tiedman, Donald Vroon, Richard Traubner, Richard S. Ginell, Arved Ashby, Stephen Hicken
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- Used - Very Good Plus
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- 1995
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- Large Softcover
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Cincinnati, Ohio: American Record Guide, 1995. Large Softcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The definitive journal offering reviews of classical recordings and music in concert. Highlights include Boulez 70th birthday concert (Chicago); Hermann Michael, conductor (Seattle Opera); Troy Concert Hall (Troy, NY); New World Symphony (Miami); Aspen Summer Festival; "Mostly Mozart" Festival; American… Read more about this item Item Price
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Gyorgy Kurtag's Piano Cycle "Games" - View of the Past, Present, and Future [TEXT IN RUSSIAN ONLY]
by Tatiana A. Khainovskaya
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- Used - Very Good Plus
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- First Edition
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- 2006
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- Soft cover
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- 9785887180489
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St. Petersburg, Russia: Sudarynya, 2006. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. 5.5" x 8. A revealing profile of the distinguished Hungarian composer, embedded in this probing analysis of his piano cycle "Games". CONTENTS: Preface; Introduction; (1) Gyorgy Kurtag and his piano cycle "Games" - a panoramic view; (2) twentieth century compositional techniques in Kurtag's "Games"; (3)… Read more about this item Item Price
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Il Pianoforte - "Melos" Collezione Musicale, Volume I
by Casella, Alfredo
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- Used - Fair
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- Poor
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- Assumed First Edition
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- 1936
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- Soft cover
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£18.78
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Roma, Milano: Tumminelli & C., 1936. Assumed First Edition . Soft cover. Fair/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [TEXT IN ITALIAN] This is the outstanding "Pianoforte" volume (Volume I, dedicated to Alfred Cortot), from the Collezione Musicale "Melos" - a series of musical manuals directed by Guido M. Gatti and Paola Ojetti. CONTENTS: To the… Read more about this item Item Price
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American Record Guide - September/October 2004 - Vol.67, No.5
by Donald R. Vroon (Editor); Jack Sullivan, Leslie Kandell, Richard S. Ginell, Marilyn Tucker, Wes Blomster, Shirley Fleming, Herman Trotter, Edward Greenfield, James A. Van Sant
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- 2004
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- Large Softcover
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Cincinnati, Ohio: American Record Guide, 2004. Large Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The definitive journal offering reviews of classical recordings and music in concert. Concert highlights include Spoleto, Charles Ives, Ojai Festival, Ravinia, Cincinnati May Festival, and Canadian Ring Cycle. CONTENTS: ***See accompanying scan image of the Table of Contents.*** 288 pages. CONDITION:… Read more about this item Item Price
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Syntagma Musicum, Volume Two: De Organographia - First and Second Parts [PRE-PUBLICATION "PROOF" COPY]
by Praetorius, Michael - in an English Translation by Harold Blumenfeld
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- Used - Good
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- Advance Reading Copy
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- 1949
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- Spiral Bound Stiff Covers
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£28.74
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New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University, 1949. Advance Reading Copy . Spiral Bound Stiff Covers. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Praetorius (1571-1621) was likely the most renowned German musician of the early 17th century, and his encyclopedic three-volume "Syntagma Musicum" represented a compendium of all musical knowledge of the time as well as an exhaustive source… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Musical Times, Autumn 2009 - Vol. 150 No. 1908
by Peter Williams, Steven Plank, Robert Orledge, Durval Cesetti, Barry Cooper, Robert J. Bruce, Joyce Simlett-Moss, Godwin Sadoh, Michael Graubart, Peter Phillips, Andrew Thomson, Kevin O'Connell, others
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- As New (Fine)
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- 2009
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- Soft cover
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£11.49
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Berkhamsted, Herts, UK: The Musical Times Publications Ltd., 2009. Soft cover. As New (Fine). 7.5" x 9.5. The UK's oldest classical music journal, with 165 years of continuous publication (established in 1844) - this being its 1,908th issue. CONTENTS: (Articles) Whither 'music studies' (Williams); Purcell, the anthem, and the culture of preaching (Plank); Erik Satie's 'Uspud' (Orledge); The… Read more about this item Item Price
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Le Monde de la Musique - Novembre 1978, No. 5
by Stanislas Gregeois, Michel Embareck, Luc-Andre Marcel, Joel Wissotsky, Marie-Claudette Kirpalani, Anne Rey, Louis Dandrel, Jacques Bertrand, Christian Gros, Christiane Chambenois, Colette Godard, Pierre Job, Francis Mayor, Robin Son, contributors
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- 1978
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Paris: Le Monde et Telerema, 1978. Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 9.25" x 12.5. An exceedingly scarce early issue of this provocative, profusely illustrated French-language music journal. CONTENTS: Hommage a Brel (Gregeois), Le neuf du mois, Reggae (Embareck), Haendel le diable (Marcel), Noelle Spieth, claveciniste (Wissotsky), Les pelerins du raga (Kirpalani) Interview de Scriabine (Rey), Messiaen, soixant-dix ans (Dandrel),… Read more about this item Item Price
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ClariNetwork [Journal] - June / July 1982 - Vol.1, No.3 [NOTE: also included is a ClariNetwork 1985 Newsletter announcing Clar-Fest '85]
by Jean A. Hite, John Stephens, F. Gerard Errante, Charles Neidich, Donald Martino, Don Hogue, Michael Getzin, Daniel C.B. Levy, Leon Russianoff, Contributors
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- 1982
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Columbus, Ohio: ClariNetwork International Inc., 1982. Stapled Wraps. Near Fine. 8.5" x 11. Ben Shahn (cover art). This is the third issue of the groundbreaking journal for clarinettists and composers of music for clarinet. CONTENTS: Clar-Fest '82 Introduction & Schedule of Events, An Evening of Contemporary Clarinet Music (featuring The American Camerata, reviews of music by John Stephens,… Read more about this item Item Price
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