Renée Fleming (Editor) World-renowned soprano and arts/health advocate Renée Fleming curates a collection of essays from leading scientists, creative arts therapists, educators, healthcare providers and artists about the powerful impacts of...

Andras Schiff Andras Schiff is one of the most important pianists of our time. This stimulating account of his life and work, told in two parts, takes readers on an...

Wise Publications January 1, 2000 by Omnibus Press

Robert Jourdain What makes a distant oboe's wail beautiful? Why do some kinds of music lift us to ecstasy, but not others? How can music make sense to an ear...

Anthony Baines January 30, 1962 by Penguin Books Ltd

Christopher Sutton The 'missing manual' which every musician and music-learner should have been handed on day one. Have you ever wondered how the musical "greats" do what they do? Whether...

Oliver Sacks With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the...

Ivor Marirants Acknowledged as one of the world's leading guitar experts, Ivor Mairants has now put into one volume a detailed account of his personal involvements with the guitar since...

Isaac Stern written with Chaim Potok For sixty-four years, Isaac Stern has been a great--and greatly loved--performing artist, famous for his profound music-making, his gusto for life, his passionate dedication...

Genevieve Helsby A delightfully colourful introduction to classical music, aimed to fire the imagination of young children aged 5-7 years. Readers are asked to think about the different places in...

Arthur Rubenstein The personal recollections of the piano virtuoso provide a record of his life and creative development from his childhood days in Poland to the years of the First...

Jeanice Brooks Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979) was arguably one of the most iconic figures in twentieth-century music, and certainly among the most prominent musicians of her time. For many composers—especially Americans...