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Music books and specialized literature on contemporary music, jazz, music education, sound art, biographies, and music history.

Book cover: Géza Anda. Pianist

Géza Anda. Pianist

A portrait volume on the 100th birthday of the great pianist.

28,00 €
Book Cover: Music of the Times 2: 1998–2021

Musik der Zeit 2: 1998–2021

On its 70th anniversary, the continuation of the WDR series Musik der Zeit (Music of the Times).

18,00 €
Book cover: Walter Gieseking

Walter Gieseking

65 years after his death, the first book about one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.

19,00 €
Book cover: His Master’s Voice

His Master’s Voice

Entertaining, exciting and highly informative, Herbert Haffner tells the story of sound recording from its beginnings with cylinders to today's streaming portals.

24,00 €
Book Cover: Letters to Ivan Sollertinski

Briefe an Iwan Sollertinski

Nowhere does the Soviet composer reveal himself as candidly as in his letters to his best friend, Ivan Sollertinsky.

36,00 €
Book cover: A Concert Is a Fire Pit

Ein Konzert ist eine Feuerstelle

Exploring the "nature of being," immersing oneself in the rituals of indigenous peoples, constantly pushing artistic boundaries.

29,00 €
Book cover: It's so peaceful here

Alles so schön still hier

The author sheds light on one of the most exciting genres in contemporary music.

24,00 €
Book Cover: The Moving Sound

Der bewegliche Klang

The texts examine the changes and continuities of a 'tone of resistenza' in Nono's early work.

9,00 €
Book cover: [re]visiting Moers Festival

[re]visiting Moers Festival

Texts, photos and a chronology of 50 years of the Moers Festival.

24,00 €
Book cover: Movement to Sound, Sound to Movement

Movement to Sound, Sound to Movement

The essays collected in this volume shed light on the potential and challenges of media-integrated piano composition from three perspectives: Musicology, interpretation and composition.

20,00 € – 29,00 €
Book Cover: Dynamic Vibrations. Played with Hands and Feet

Dynamische Schwingungen. mit Händen und Füßen gespielt

The book is an artist's book, a comprehensive documentation of Sven-Åke Johansson's compositions and musical concepts as well as the relevant texts.

29,00 €
Book Cover: Along the Way

Along the Way

Brötzmann makes the invisible visible - with just a few strokes on found paper.

36,00 €
Book Cover: A Brief History of Opera

Eine kurze Geschichte der Oper

You can pick up this book like a hiking guide and let it accompany you from tour to tour through the landscape of opera.

26,00 €
Book Cover: The Transparent Light

Das transparente Licht

The book illuminates Younghi Pagh-Paan's sound metaphors and compositional path in two work phases.

29,00 €
Book Cover: Our Last Musical Century

Unser letztes Musikjahrhundert

Jungheinrich's narrative style is characterized by virtuosity and knowledge of 20th-century music.

24,00 €
Book cover: If It Weren’t for the Music

Wenn die Musik nicht wär’

Texts on Liszt, Verdi, and Hesse: Wolzogen parodies the Liszt myth, Werfel sparks the Verdi renaissance, Hesse's Glass Bead Game remains a pale utopia.

8,00 €

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