Bücher der Reihe Amadeus

In ÊThe Composer-Pianists: Hamelin and The EightÊ Robert Rimm writes about eight legendary enigmatic and interrelated composer-pianists of the instrument''s golden age and goes on to consider their present-day advocate and astounding interpreter Marc-Andr© Hamelin whose dynamic playing and engaging personality immediately impressed Rimm upon their first encounter. Rimm portrays The Eight (Alkan Busoni Feinberg Godowsky Medtner Rachmaninov Scriabin and Sorabji) as the piano''s aural sensualists and explores the relationships among their music their music-making their ideas and their lives.

THE SECRET LIFE OF MUSIC NOTATION

This immensely practical handbook is the work of a musician composer and teacher at the Eastman School of Music. The first book to cover the topic it presents a broad introduction to horn study practice and performance.

THE INFINITE VARIETY OF MUSIC

This book is an overview of the musical life of the Arabs throughout their cultural history.