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CLASSICAL MUSIC & ANALYSIS

Classical music is primarily a written musical tradition, preserved in music notation, as opposed to being transmitted orally, by rote, or in recordings. While differences between particular performances of a classical work are recognized, a work of classical music is generally held to transcend any particular performance thereof. Works that are centuries old can be, and often are, performed far more often than works recently composed. The use of notation is an effective method for classical music because all active participants in the classical music tradition are able to read music and are schooled in the current performance practices. Normally, this ability comes from formal training, which usually begins with learning to play an instrument, and sometimes continues with instruction in music theory and composition. However, there are many passive participants in classical music who enjoy it without being able to read it or perform it.

Written transmission, along with the veneration bestowed on classical works, has important implications for the performance of classical music. To a fair degree, performers are expected to perform a work in a way that realizes the original intentions of the composer, which are often stated quite explicitly (down to the level of small, note-by-note details) in the musical score. Indeed, deviations from the composer's intentions are sometimes condemned as outright ethical lapses. Yet the opposite trend--admiration of performers for new "interpretations" of the composer's work, can be seen, and it is not unknown for a composer to praise a performer for achieving a better realization of the composer's original intent than the composer was able to imagine. Thus, classical music performers often achieve very high reputations for their musicianship, even if they do not compose themselves. www.wikpedia.org

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                                              TITLE        AUTHOR PAGES FORMAT PRICE PURCHASE
100 Years of Music Abraham, Gerald 353 P $8.50
20th Century Music (used) Turbank, Richard 485 H $11.95
A Book of British Music Festivals Adams, Richard 224 H $15.95
A Book of Songs: For Unison and Part Singing (used) Davison, Archibald 330 H $8.95
A Caravan of Music Stories (Used) Fabricant, Noah 312 H $6.95
A Century of Ballads: 1810 to 1910 (used) Simpson, Harold 350 H $15.95
A Companion to the Orchestra Mar, Norman 266 P $15.95
A Companion to the Orchestra (used) Mar, Norman 266 P $9.95
A Dictionary of Vocal Terminology (used) Redi, Cornelius 457 H $30.95
A History of the Salzburg Festival Gallup, Stephen 210 H $15.25
A New European Music (used) Neunzig, Hans 103 P $6.95
A Popular History of Music (used) Harman, Carter 352 P $2.95
A Short History of Ballet (used) Beaumont, Cyril 40 H $8.50
A Short History of Music (used) Einstein, Alfred 438 H $11.95
A Short History of Music Einstein, Alfred 438 H $23.50
A Survey of Contemporary Music (used) Gray, Cecil 266 H $6.50
A Survey of Russian Music (used) Calvocoressi, M. 142 P $3.50
A Suzuki Parent's Diary, or how I Survived my first 10,000 Twinkles (used) Morris, Carroll 88 P $9.95
Acoustics for the Architect (used) Meyer, Harold 126 H $8.50
All Ears: How to Choose and use Recorded Music for Children (used) Jarnow, jill 210 P $4.95
American Experimental Music 1890-1940 Nicholls, David 239 P $25.95
American Music: From the Pilgrims to the Presents Chase, Gilbert 712 H $30.95
An ABC of Music: An Introduction to the Language of Music Holst, Imogen 189 P $10.95
An American Music: The Search for an American Musical Identity Tischler, Barbara 225 H $27.25
An Anthology of Early Renaissance Music Greenberg, Noah 316 H $27.25
An Evening With the London Symphony Orchestra (used) Davis, Colin 55 H $8.95
An Introduction to 20th Century Music Hansen, Peter 457 P $8.50
An Introduction to Musical History (used) Westrup, Jack 174 P $3.95
Anchor Companion to the Orchestra (used) Mar, Norman 266 P $9.25
Anchor Companion to the Orchestra Mar, Norman 266 P $11.50
Animal Magnetism for Musicians Zwaan, Erno 110 P $17.95
Anthems for Choirs 1: 50 Anthems for Mixed Voices Ledger, Philip 223 P $11.95
Anthems for Choirs 2: 24 Anthems for Soprano and Altos Ledger, Philip 107 P $11.95
Anthology of Classical Music Downs, Philip 553 P $30.95
Antiquity and the Middle Ages Strunk, Oliver 192 P $14.50
Appreciation of Music (used) Welch, Roy 197 H $3.95
Arts and Beyond: Visions of Man's Aesthetic Future (used) Monteleone, Thomas 205 H $5.95
At Home With Music (used) Spaeth, Sigmund 366 H $12.95
Audio CD: Musicians of the Schola Cantorum Basilienis (CD) Unknown CD $19.75
Aural Awareness: Principles and Practice Pratt, George 120 P $24.50
Aural Images of Lost Traditions: Sharps and Flats in the 16th Century Toft, Robert 199 H $45.95
Ballet Music Searle, Humphrey 256 P $8.50
Birds of Another Feather.. My Musical Colleagues Golina, Rivka 150 P $8.25
Book 1: Free Composition. Book 2: Supplement Musical Examples (Set) Schenker, Heinrich 324 H $57.95
Breaking the Sound Barrier: Critical Anthology of New Music (used) Battock, Gregory 350 P 6.95
British Music of our Time (used) Bacharach, A. 256 P $3.50
Burgundian Court Song in the Time of Binchois Kemp, Walter 157 H $49.95
Canada Music Book (Used) Not Listed 198 P $3.95
Chamber Pocket Guide to Language of Music Munro, Wendy 125 P $8.50
Choirs and Choral Music: Published 1901 (used) Mees, Arthur 251 H $15.95
Collected Articles 1968-1982 Rosenboom, David 100 P $15.95
Classical Music Discographies 1976-1988 Gray, Michael 324 H $48.25
Classical Music Lists Kupferberg, Herbert 175 H $11.95
Classical Music on CD 1994 Haylock, Julian 231 H $11.95
Classical Music: An Informal Guide Carlin, Richard 197 P $12.95
Classical Music: Concise History from Gluck to Beethoven (used) Rushton, Julian 192 P $8.50
Classical Music: Concise History from Gluck to Beethoven Rushton, Julian 192 P $13.95
Classic-Singing (used) Whittaker, W. 136 H $6.25
Clues to American Music Levon, Monroe 71 P $9.25
Composer and Nation: The Folk Heritage in Music Finkelstein, Sidney 342 P $11.50
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ballet Koegler, Horst 459 P $17.50
Contemporary Musicians in Photographs (used) Ouzer, Louis 118 P $6.95
Counterpoint: Fundamentals of Music Making Thakar, Markand 312 P $21.95
Das Kleine Walzerbuch (German) (used) Weigel, Hans 88 H $7.50
Das Muskialische Kunstwerk (German) (used) Alt, Michael 157 H $4.95
Das Muskialische Kunstwerk 2 (German) (used) Alt, Michael 424 H $10.50
Die Fledermaus Mortimer, John 157 H $15.95
Die Schonsten Deutschen Kinderlieder (German)  (used) Possiger, Gunter 126 P $6.50
Discord: The Story of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (used) Becker, John 180 P $8.50
Discord: The Story of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Becker, John 180 P $11.95
Discovering Great Music Hemming, Roy 320 H $21.95
Discovering Great Music 2nd Edition Hemming, Roy 321 H $16.75
Ear Cleaning Schafer, Murray 46 P $9.25
Early American Music: Music in America from 1620 to 1920 Gleason, Harold 201 P $15.95
Early Field Recordings: A Catalogue of Cylinder Collections at Indiana University Seeger, Anthony 198 H $26.50
Early Music (used) Thomson, J. 144 P $8.50
Ein Requiem (used) Hindemith, Paul 24 P $4.95
Electric Music: Practical Manual for Musicians (used) Jenkins, Jon 168 H $6.95
Electronic Music Dictionary (used) Tomlyn, Bp 77 P $4.95
Elementary Music (used) Giddings, T. 185 H $3.50
Elementary Training for Musicians Hindemith, Paul 237 P $24.50
Encyclopedia of Concert Music (used) Ewen, David 566 H $11.95
English Keyboard Music Before the Nineteenth Century Caldwell, John 328 P $10.95
English Music: 1604 to 1904, Published 1911 (used) Crowest, Frederick 540 H $15.95
English Romantic Partsongs Hillier, Paul 156 P $15.95
Ernest Newman Volume 2: More Essays Newman, Ernest 260 H $18.95
Essays on Russian and East European Music Abraham, Gerald 192 H $40.95
Esthetics of Music Dahlhaus, Carl 115 P $19.75
Europe Piano Atlas (German) Bochinsky, Verlag 159 P $19.75
Evening the Score: Women in Music and the Legacy of Frederique Petrides Groh, Jan 138 H $27.25
Evenings with the Orchestra: Companion for Concertgoers Holoman, Kern 734 H $29.95
Exploring Music: Essays by Ernst Krenek Krenek, Ernst 245 P $16.50
Expositions and Developments Stravinsky, Igor 168 P $11.95
From Coast to Coast: A Personal History of Radio in Canada (used) Stewart, Sandy 191 P $10.95
From Madrigal to Modern Music: A Guide to Music Styles (used) Moore, Douglas 354 P $8.95
From Notes to Rhythm Hossack, Akfred 30 P $2.95
From Russia With Music (used) Berg, Wesley 152 P $5.95
Fundamentals of Musical Composition Schoenberg, Arnold 24 P $18.25
Gather: Songs of Worship (used) Not Listed 365 P $5.95
Getting it All Together Summers, Ann 179 H $9.95
Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics (used) Palgrave, Francis 490 P $6.95