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New Publications,
New Music Book Publications - 29th April 2024 29th April 2024A guide to the upcoming BBC Proms Festival, a paperback edition of Alice Farnham's examination of what it means to be an orchestral conductor, collections of essays exploring the life and work of Ralph Vaughan Williams and Leonard Bernstein, a revised and expanded edition of Jeremy Dibble's biography of Stanford, and a companion to tango music.
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New Publications,
New Music Book Publications - 2nd April 2024 2nd April 2024A history of women and the piano, a discussion of Schubert's engagement with gothic discourse in his music, an analysis of the early compositions of Pierre Boulez in relation to the cultural environment of Paris in the 1940s, an exploration of avant-garde musicians in postwar New York, and an examination of the circumstances that led to the creation of Miles Davis's seminal album, Kind of Blue.
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BBC Proms 2024
The BBC Proms is the world’s biggest and longest-running classical music festival. This guide is an excellent companion to the festival: filled with concert listings and articles by leading writers, it offers an insight into the performers and repertoire, as well as thought-provoking opinion pieces about music, musicians and music-making.