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Diaghilev

A Life
Sjeng Scheijen
$27.95
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Paperback,  Feb 2012 ISBN13: 9780199891788ISBN10: 0199891788 A major new biography of Serge Diaghilev, founder of the Ballets Russes, complete with color portrait gallery
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Charles Munch

D. Kern Holoman
$35.00
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Hardback,  Dec 2011 ISBN13: 9780199772704ISBN10: 0199772703 The first biography of one of the 20th century's great conductors, illuminating his mercurial approach to music, musicians, and audiences
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Draw a Straight Line and Follow It

The Music and Mysticism of La Monte Young
Jeremy Grimshaw
$24.95
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Hardback,  Dec 2011 ISBN13: 9780199740208ISBN10: 0199740208 The first book-length study of La Monte Young's life and works, drawing on rare access to the composer and his archives
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Performing Pain

Music and Trauma in Eastern Europe
Maria Cizmic
$65.00
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Hardback,  Nov 2011 ISBN13: 9780199734603ISBN10: 0199734607 First full-length monograph to incorporate trauma theory into musicology
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Making Music for Modern Dance

Collaboration in the Formative Years of a New American Art
Katherine Teck
$99.00
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Hardback,  Sep 2011 ISBN13: 9780199743216ISBN10: 0199743215 A unique look at the evolution of music for modern dance.
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Making Music for Modern Dance

Collaboration in the Formative Years of a New American Art
Katherine Teck
$35.00
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Paperback,  Sep 2011 ISBN13: 9780199743209ISBN10: 0199743207 A unique look at the evolution of music for modern dance.
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John Piper, Myfanwy Piper

Lives in Art
Frances Spalding
$29.95
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Paperback,  Aug 2011 ISBN13: 9780199567621ISBN10: 019956762X An exuberant biography of John Piper, one of the best loved and most capacious English artists, and his wife the librettist Myfanwy Piper, friend of and collaborator with Benjamin Britten.
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