| Kerst Krehbiel:
Beethoven: Biography Biography [Book] Dover Publications 5.99 GBP - Sold by Musicroom UK Shipment: (stock) information on site |
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| Johann Sebastian Bach
Volume III: Biography Biography [Book] Dover Publications
Johann Sebastian Bach Volume III
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| Johann Sebastian Bach
Volume II: Biography Biography [Book] Dover Publications
Johann Sebastian Bach Volume II. This monumental study of Johann Sebastian Bach...(+)
Johann Sebastian Bach Volume II. This monumental study of Johann Sebastian Bach ranks among the great classics of musicology. Since its first publication in 1873-80, it has remained the basic work on Bach and the foundation of later research and study. The three-part treatment describes in chronological sequence practically everything that is known of the composer's life: his ancestry, his immediate family, his associations, his employers, and the countless occasions on which his musical genius emerged. Author Philipp Spitta accompanies this biographical material with quotations from primary sources: correspondence, family records, diaries, official documents, and more. In addition to biographical data, Spitta reviews Bach's musical production, with analyses of more than 500 pieces, covering all the important works. More than 450 musical excerpts are included in the main text, and a 43-page musical supplement illustrates longer passages. Despite the scholarly nature of this work, it also has the rare distinction of being a study that can be read with considerable enjoyment and great profit by every serious music lover, with or without a substantial background in the history of music or musical theory.
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| Tito Puente: Tito Puente
- King Of Latin Music:
Reference Books:
Biography Biography Hal Leonard
This is a story of the renowned musician known internationally as the King of La...(+)
This is a story of the renowned musician known internationally as the King of Latin Music an instrumental force in the rise of la musica latina and its spread throughout the world. Here are first-person stories that trace Tito's life starting with the early years in New York City through the war years the emergence of the Palladium nightclub as a center of Latin Music and his development as an arranger and bandleader. Tito provides humour history and insights into the music and its masters and discusses the foundation of Latin jazz and the evolution of Mambo Rumba and Danzon. Includes a special Bonus DVD that features never-before-seen footage ofTito discussing his incredible 50-year career as a band leader.
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| The Miles Davis Reader:
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Biography Biography [Book] Backbeat Books
Updated Edition-If you ever needed proof that a magazine can have a love affair ...(+)
Updated Edition-If you ever needed proof that a magazine can have a love affair with a musician you're holding it in your hands. For DownBeat the preeminent publication of the jazz world Miles Dewey Davis was one of its most cherished subjects. Since it began covering the jazz scene in 1939 no other artist has been more diligently chronicled in its pages than Davis.The beauty of this collection is seeing the development of an artist over time. The reviews of his music go from quietly introducing a new talent to revering perhaps the greatest jazz artist of his generation. The feature articles begin with a very young very polite Davis lamenting I've worked so little. Icould probably tell you where I was playing any night in the last three years. As he develops the interviews show Davis gaining confidence and stature showing swagger and becoming the over-the-top say-it-like-it-is showman that made every interview an event.The Miles Davis Reader compiles more than 200 news stories feature articles and reviews by some of the greatest writers in jazz into one volume. It delivers a patchwork of his words and music - in the moment as they happened. With several lengthy features added along with a dozen new photographs this new edition is a beautiful series of snapshots a year-by-year ride through the many phases of Davis as an artist and as a man.
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| The Pat Metheny
Interviews: Reference
Books: Biography Biography [Textbook] Hal Leonard
Pat Metheny is one of the most critically acclaimed commercially successful an...(+)
Pat Metheny is one of the most critically acclaimed commercially successful and musically significant artists of the last 50 years. He has not only revolutionized his instrument but also changed the face of jazz itself.In 2007 composer arranger and performer Richard Niles wrote and produced a three-part series of in-depth interviews for the BBC titled Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life. This book is comprised of these never-before-printed interviews and discussions with Metheny whom Niles has known and worked with since 1974. In this series of intimate in-depth interviews Methenyreveals why he was driven toward music with astratospheric drive and dedicationuncovers the inner workings of his creative mind showing step by step how he set and achieved each of his own demanding goalsdescribes his methodology as a guitarist improviser and composerdemonstrates his concepts and methodologies on the guitar. Niles has transcribed these unique musical performances for the book.Some of Metheny's closest colleagues including Lyle Mays Gary Burton Jack DeJohnette John Patitucci Metheny's brother Mike and the late Michael Brecker have contributed to the book which also includes numerous photographs and a discography.
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| Franz Joseph Haydn:
Exploring Haydn:
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Biography Biography [Book + CD] Hal Leonard
No composer has ever achieved the amazing artistic progression that Haydn has. H...(+)
No composer has ever achieved the amazing artistic progression that Haydn has. He invented the string quartet as we know it became known as 'the Father of the Symphony' and mentored the great Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His creative life was one of ceaseless experimentation and invention. Author David Hurwitz shows readers how to more fully enjoy Haydn's music acquainting them with the master's innovative melodic creativity revolutionary use of musical form and important characteristics of his personal style such as his genius for writing in minor keys and creating comedy in his music. Hurwitz explores Haydn's vocal music and instrumental masterpieces that fall outsidethe mainstream as well as his principle instrumental works. A special chapter of letters and quotations by the composer himself introduces the reader to Haydn the man. Four appendices list all of his symphonies string quartets Piano sonatas and Piano trios and specify their distinguishing characteristics. Two accompanying Naxos CDs provide more than two and a half hours of beautiful music keyed to pieces described in the book.
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| Deryck Cooke: Gustav
Mahler. An Introduction:
Biography Biography [Book] Faber Music Limited
This is far and away the best short guide to Mahler's music written expressly f...(+)
This is far and away the best short guide to Mahler's music written expressly for music lovers by great scholar who had unparalleled gift for lucid and attractive exposition. The book contains the full text in both German and in English of all of the poems set by Mahler in his songs and symphonies. For this new second edition the translations have been carefully revised and the composer David Matthews has contributed a new preface.
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| Noel And Cole - The
Sophisticates: Reference
Books: Biography Biography [Book] Hal Leonard
First time in paperback! Noel Coward and Cole Porter's fascinating lives celebra...(+)
First time in paperback! Noel Coward and Cole Porter's fascinating lives celebrated. Fresh on the heels of the popular motion picture based on Cole Porter's life De-Lovely Noel And Cole presents a delightful and often surprising portrait of these two geniuses. The author provides insight into both men's private lives - including a frank discussion of their homosexuality - while illuminating their musical achievements. Born an ocean apart - one in Indiana the other in England - Cole Porter and Noel Coward have come to represent the ultimate in sophistication and urbanity.Noel and Cole will be an essential reference as well as a fascinating dualbiography of two men who brought style and dazzle to the art of popular entertainment. Based on access to previously unpublished manuscripts lyrics scores and letters plus dozens of interviews the book also includes a chronology and a fifty-page section devoted to the analysis of select works.
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| F.H. Martens: Violin
Mastery Interviews With
Heifetz Auer: Biography Biography [Book] Dover Publications
How long should I practice? Which pieces should I study? How can I develop a sin...(+)
How long should I practice? Which pieces should I study? How can I develop a singing tone? All violinists ponder these questions striving to make the most of their practice and performances. This enlightening and encouraging book holds the answers offering a series of interviews with the most celebrated Violin teachers and performers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Twenty-four famous violinists reveal the secrets to their success sharing the lessons of their artistry and experience. In addition to aesthetic and technical aspects of playing they discuss their personal conceptions of Violin mastery. Eugene Ysaye reminisces about his studies withVieuxtemps and Wieniawski and Leopold Auer emphasizes the importance of fostering students' individual talents. Maud Powell describes her pioneering role as a female orchestral musician and Jascha Heifetz voices his views on technical mastery and temperament. Hints and advice from other masters include tips on efficient practice improving bow technique and refining intonation. A rare find in the musical literature this book is essential reading for every serious violinist.Reprint of the Frederick A. Stokes 1919 edition.
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| JPE Harper-Scott: Elgar:
An Extraordinary Life:
Biography Biography [Book] ABRSM Publishing
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of one of Britainâ??s greatest ...(+)
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of one of Britainâ??s greatest composers Sir Edward Elgar renowned Elgar scholar J.P.E. Harper-Scott casts new and frequently surprising light on Elgar chronicling his rise to the forefront of early twentieth-century modernism in this concise and absorbing volume. Hailed by the June 2007 BBC Music Magazine as 'possibly the best first stop for learning about Elgar's life ' this fascinating and accessible history is suitable for both students and Elgar enthusiasts alike. J.P.E. Harper-Scott takes a combative swipe at many of the critical myths and prejudices that have attached themselves to the figure of Elgar revealingboth a surprisingly elusive personality and a deeper often darker message within his works. Questions answered include How did the son of a provincial piano tuner rise to international fame? Was the English countryside the principle inspiration for Elgar's music? Was this moustachioed red-blooded imperialist all that he seemed? And more!
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| Johnny Winter: Raisin'
Cain -: Reference Books:
Biography Biography [Textbook] Hal Leonard
The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter-Author Mary Lou Sullivan sat with Jo...(+)
The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter-Author Mary Lou Sullivan sat with Johnny Winter for hours of exclusive no-holds-barred interviews covering the guitar slinger's entire career. From toughing it out in Texas to his appearance at Woodstock his affair with Janis Joplin his stadium-filling tours and washing out on drugs and the temptations of the road before finally fulfilling his dream of becoming a 100-percent pure bluesman resurrecting the career of Muddy Waters and winning a Grammy Award for his effort this is a raucous roller coaster of story.Rolling Stone magazine has called Johnny Winter one of the greatest Guitar players of all time. Ripped off and beaten down by unscrupulous managers strungout living the extreme highs and extreme lows of an uncompromising musician Johnny is a true rock 'n' roll survivor. Signing with Columbia in 1969 for the largest advance ever paid a musician (which led to his appearance at Woodstock recently reissued in the deluxe Woodstock Experience box set) he has jammed with Guitar heavies Hendrix Clapton and the Allman Brothers. He is a legend and an icon paving the way for fellow Texas superstars Stevie Ray Vaughan and ZZ Top. Along the way he has gone from boom to bust and back again but has never lost his lust for his own brand of blues. Still on the road playing hundreds of gigs a year to his devoted adoring fans Johnny like this book is the real deal.
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| Julian Rushton: Mozart:
an extraordinary life:
Biography Biography [Book] ABRSM Publishing
How did an 18th century child prodigy become a 20th century icon? Was the adult ...(+)
How did an 18th century child prodigy become a 20th century icon? Was the adult Mozart really a womanizing drink-fuelled gambler with Tourette?s Syndrome? Was he murdered?.? Julian Rushton jumps right into the debate with this fascinating readable history dispensing with the myth conjecture and popular iconography that frequently distorts our notions of what Mozart and his times were really like. What emerges is a more human and believable portrait challenging our preconceptions while deepening our understanding of this extraordinary man and his music.
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| David Hurwitz: Getting
The Most Out Of Mozart:
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Biography Biography [Book + CD] Hal Leonard
The great Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed more than 600 works of every musical ...(+)
The great Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed more than 600 works of every musical genre - symphonies concertos chamber works even operas. In this book the first of two David Hurwitz guides the reader/listener through the master's chamber and orchestral music a body of work unique in style expressive range emotional depth formal perfection and sheer beauty. This music doesn't sound like anyone else's. Only Mozart could have written it. Hurwitz's insightful text and the accompanying full-length CD shows us what makes Mozart's music so unique and special - and how to enjoy its many delights. This book is the first of a two-volume set covering Mozart'sorchestral and vocal work.
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| The Wayne Charvel Legend:
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Biography Biography Centerstream
Wayne Charvel has been designing and building guitars for 49 years working for ...(+)
Wayne Charvel has been designing and building guitars for 49 years working for B.C. Rich and Gibson and for Fender in the 1970s. Wayne has built guitars for some of the world's most famous guitarists including Eddie Van Halen Billy Gibbons John Kay Paul Gilbert Pete Townsend Warren Haynes Hank Williams Jr. Jim Root Joe Perry and many others. The Charvel name on the headstock of a solid-body electric guitar is a mark of value for buyers and collectors; the brand which has been sold and re-sold and is now owned by Fender has taken its place among other premium Americanbrands. Under the ?Wayne? logo Wayne Charvel continues to build high-end guitars made in the USA. The Wayne Charvel Legend is the whole story as told by Wayne and his sons. As a bonus the book includes a CD of songs by The Charvel Twins Bob and Rick.
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| Bruno Walter: Gustav
Mahler: Biography Biography [Book] Dover Publications
Conductor composer and writer Bruno Walter (1876 1962) worked closely with Gus...(+)
Conductor composer and writer Bruno Walter (1876 1962) worked closely with Gustav Mahler as the composer's assistant and protégé. His revealing recollections of Mahler were written in 1936 marking the twenty-fifthanniversary of the composer's death. Walter first encountered Mahler more than 40 years earlier when he served as the composer's assistant conductor in Hamburg. He worked with Mahler again at the Vienna Opera and after thecomposer's death conducted the debut of the Ninth Symphony and Das Lied von der Erde.A staunch supporter of Mahler's genius and defender of his dour personality Walter cites the pressures faced by a gifted artist striving forperfection. This edition of his tribute to his friend and mentor features supplemental materials that include a biographical sketch of Mahler as man and artist by Ernst Krenek the composer's son-in-law and musical heir and a newIntroduction by Erik Ryding author of Bruno Walter: A World Elsewhere.Reprint of Greystone Press Inc. New York 1941 edition.
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| Dame Fanny Waterman: Dame
Fanny Waterman: My Life
in Music: Biography Biography [Book] Faber Music Limited
Dame Fanny Waterman: My Life In Music tells the extraordinary story of one of th...(+)
Dame Fanny Waterman: My Life In Music tells the extraordinary story of one of the twentieth century???s most inspirational British women. Born into an artistic family in impoverished circumstances her prodigious musical talent and sheer determination was her passport out of hardship leading to recognition as one of the most talented young pianists of her generation. Her emergence as a visionary teacher leads to the founding of the Leeds International Piano Competition and relationships with many internationally renowned pianists whose lives she has touched through her work. Interwoven throughout the story Dame Fanny Waterman shares her inspirationalphilosophies on life learning and music and her compelling and utter passion for the Piano.
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| Keaton Henson: Accident
Dancing: Biography Biography [Book] Faber Music Limited
Accident Dancing is a book of poetry by artist and musician Keaton Henson, detai...(+)
Accident Dancing is a book of poetry by artist and musician Keaton Henson, detailing his life in fragments, from the extreme to the mundane. Accompanied by evocative pencil illustrations, it is an intimate and unapologetically personal insight into this extremely emotive artist.
?Accident Dancing is everything the way I remember it: i.e. fragmented, chaotic and often grammatically incorrect. I hope it feels authentically like a memory if nothing else. It was just something I needed to shake from my head.? - Keaton Henson
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| Bruce Wood: Purcell: an
Extraordinary life:
Biography Biography [Book] ABRSM Publishing
In this vivid portrait Bruce Wood illuminates the sometimes shadowy figure of H...(+)
In this vivid portrait Bruce Wood illuminates the sometimes shadowy figure of Henry Purcell richly evoking the atmosphere of 17th-century England - full of intrigues and plots. By interweaving the events during an unparalleled period of social and political change with the life and music of Purcell Wood creates an account of this elusive English genius that is hard to put down.'The quality of the writing the concision colour and grittiness of the narrative sets this book apart from all others on the subject.' Professor Sir Curtis Price
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| Fleetwood Mac FAQ:
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Biography Biography Backbeat Books
All That's Left to Know About the Iconic Rock Survivors-Offering a fresh perspec...(+)
All That's Left to Know About the Iconic Rock Survivors-Offering a fresh perspective on one of the most prolific and well-loved catalogs of songs in the rock 'n' roll canon Fleetwood Mac FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Iconic Rock Survivors digs deeper than your average music compendium and sidesteps the tediousness of most generalized band histories. Professional yet playful the book's most unique feature is its structure: a hybrid of historical breakdowns Q
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| Alfred Christlieb
Kalischer: Beethoven's
Letters: Biography Biography [Book] Dover Publications
The 457 letters collected here are the most important letters in the spirit that...(+)
The 457 letters collected here are the most important letters in the spirit that was to shape and move a century. With explanatory notes by Dr. A. C. Kalisher.
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| Sonneck: Impressions By
His Contemporaries:
Biography Biography Dover Publications
Edited by O.G. Sonneck. All his traits and characteristics as described by his f...(+)
Edited by O.G. Sonneck. All his traits and characteristics as described by his friends and acquaintances.
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| Make Mine Music:
Biography Biography [Textbook] Hal Leonard
Ever since his father gave him a disc recorder at the tender age of 10 Bruce Sw...(+)
Ever since his father gave him a disc recorder at the tender age of 10 Bruce Swedien has known what he wanted to do for the rest of his life.The names of the people he has worked with are too many to list but when one mentions musicians like Count Basie Duke Ellington Oscar Peterson Sarah Vaughan Eddie Harris Quincy Jones Jennifer Lopez and even Michael Jackson a great deal is immediately understood.In this book Swedien generously gives away detailed information from his lifetime in the studio - from a musical technical and very personal perspective.This book has something for everyone who is interested in music especially those curiousabout the stories behind the scenes of some of the best music to ever come out of the recording studio.
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| Robyn Flans: It's About
Time Jeff Porcaro -
Italian Edition:
Biography
Italiano Biography Hudson Music 19.95 GBP - Sold by Musicroom UK Pre-shipment lead time: In Stock |
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| Lion, Jean Pierre : Bix -
Bix Beiderbecke, une
biographie
Français Biography [Book] Outre Mesure
Les Éditions Outre Mesure publient avec Bix la première biographie en...(+)
Les Éditions Outre Mesure publient avec Bix la première biographie en langue française du cornettiste de jazz Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931).
Cet artiste singulier, au parcours fulgurant et mouvementé, est souvent reconnu comme le premier grand jazzman blanc. Personnage paradoxal, discret autant que résolu, sa fragilité s?impose comme une évidence : il a ouvert la voie à une expression intimiste et ciselée, donnant accès à un univers sonore qui privilégie, face à la clarté fougueuse d?Armstrong par exemple, la nuance et la demi-teinte. Ce relâchement influencera plusieurs générations de musiciens, de Lester Young à Boris Vian. Précocement disparu au terme d?une auto-destruction lente et irrémédiable ? qui en fera la première « légende » du jazz ?, Bix Beiderbecke a inspiré le personnage du Jeune homme à la trompette de Dorothy Baker en 1938, et du film qu?en a tiré Michael Curtiz.
Au-delà de la biographie et du « portrait social » des États-Unis des années 1920, cette étude permet de replacer un groupe important de jeunes jazzmen blancs dans les rangs des pionniers de cette musique métissée, à côté des musiciens noirs qui les ont accompagnés dans cette création.
Cet ouvrage est le premier livre de son auteur, Jean Pierre Lion, qui s?est immergé plusieurs années durant au c?ur de son sujet. Aucun lieu, aucun témoignage, et bien sûr aucun enregistrement, article ou ouvrage en rapport avec Bix Beiderbecke qui n?ait fait l?objet d?une investigation directe. L?ouvrage est enrichi d?annexes et de documents parfois exclusifs (dont une discographie exhaustive du musicien), ainsi que d?une riche iconographie composée de nombreuses photographies inédites. / Livre / Agrafé /
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| Wye: Marcel Moyse un
homme extraordinaire Biography [Sheet music] Leduc, Alphonse
une biographie musicale-Marcel Moyse un homme extraordinaire une biographie mus...(+)
une biographie musicale-Marcel Moyse un homme extraordinaire une biographie musicale. Par Wye aux éditions Leduc. Partition / Livre de chansons et théorie musicale
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| Cotro, Vincent (dir.) :
John Coltrane - L??uvre
et son empreinte
Français Biography [Book] Outre Mesure
L?influence du saxophoniste John Coltrane ne se limite pas au cercle de...(+)
L?influence du saxophoniste John Coltrane ne se limite pas au cercle de musiciens qui ont eu la chance de le côtoyer ou de l?entendre, ni même à la constellation formée par ceux qui ont assimilé et prolongé ses découvertes jusqu?à nos jours. Son impact s?étend au-delà du jazz et de la musique elle-même, reflet d?une curiosité jamais assouvie plaçant sa vie comme son ?uvre sous le signe d?une seule et même quête.
Venant compléter la biographie de John Coltrane par Lewis Porter (dont l?édition française est parue dans la même collection), cet ensemble de textes est le fruit d?une rencontre entre des musiciens et chercheurs internationaux issus de différentes disciplines.
Cette diversité des angles de réflexion et des analyses apporte un éclairage nouveau sur les mécanismes intimes d?une création en perpétuel mouvement, où se télescopent le blues et la musique savante, l?Inde et l?Espagne. Elle permet aussi de dégager une cohérence, des lignes de force, et de découvrir l?unité primordiale qui se cache sous la rapide évolution stylistique du créateur de Blue Train, Giant Steps ou Ascension. Actes du colloque international « John Coltrane (1926-1967) : l??uvre et son empreinte » (Université François-Rabelais, Tours, 26-27 novembre 2007). / Livre / Agrafé /
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| Coltrane John
L'Oeuvre Et Son
Empreinte
Français Biography [Book] Outre Mesure
Livre de 200 pages retraçant la vie de John Coltrane. / Biographie / 23 pages
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| Grieg La Paz De Los
Bosques (TARAZONA RUIZ)
Español Biography [Book] Real Musical
Par TARAZONA RUIZ. RM101009/ Livre / Biographie
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| Musica, Tecnica Ed
Estetica Nel Canto Degli
Uccelli (NEILL E) Biography [Book] Ricordi
Par NEILL E.. / Livre / Biographie
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