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24 books recommended for fans of The Complete Classical Music Guide by DK, tied together by themes of Classical, Genres & Styles, History & Criticism, and Music.

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Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas — Ellen T. Harris

Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas

Ellen T. Harris

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

Getting the Most Out of Mozart The Vocal Works — David Hurwitz

Getting the Most Out of Mozart The Vocal Works

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

Distant Cycles Schubert and the Conceiving of Song — Richard Kramer

Distant Cycles Schubert and the Conceiving of Song

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

Fanny Hensel A Research and Information Guide — Laura Stokes

Fanny Hensel A Research and Information Guide

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

The Eighteenth Century French Cantata — David Tunley

The Eighteenth Century French Cantata

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

Instrumental Music in an Age of Sociability Haydn, Mozart and Friends — W. Dean Sutcliffe

Instrumental Music in an Age of Sociability Haydn, Mozart and Friends

W. Dean Sutcliffe

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

Chopin’s Piano A Journey through Romanticism — Paul Kildea

Chopin’s Piano A Journey through Romanticism

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

A Manual Of Harmony (1893) — Salomon Jadassohn

A Manual Of Harmony (1893)

Salomon Jadassohn

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

The Life and Works of Andrzej Panufnik (1914–1991) — Dr Beata Boleslawska

The Life and Works of Andrzej Panufnik (1914–1991)

Dr Beata Boleslawska

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

Grainger the Modernist — Dr Suzanne Robinson

Grainger the Modernist

Dr Suzanne Robinson

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

Bartók and His World — Peter Laki

Bartók and His World

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

The Ring of Truth The Wisdom of Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung — Roger Scruton

The Ring of Truth The Wisdom of Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

Raising the Roof A Dazzling History of Classical Music and Its Colourful Characters — Jack Pepper

Raising the Roof A Dazzling History of Classical Music and Its Colourful Characters

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

Beethoven’s String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131 — Nancy November

Beethoven’s String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

No Bartók Before Breakfast A Musician’s Memoir — John Manduell

No Bartók Before Breakfast A Musician’s Memoir

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

The Indispensable Composers A Personal Guide — Anthony Tommasini

The Indispensable Composers A Personal Guide

Anthony Tommasini

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

A Briefe Introduction to the Skill of Song [Facsimile of Edition Printed by Thomas Este, Circa 1587 ] — William Bathe

A Briefe Introduction to the Skill of Song [Facsimile of Edition Printed by Thomas Este, Circa 1587 ]

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

Britten in Pictures — Lucy S. Walker

Britten in Pictures

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

The Cello Suites J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece — Eric Siblin

The Cello Suites J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 — Benjamin M. Korstvedt

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8

Benjamin M. Korstvedt

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

Leipzig After Bach Church and Concert Life in a German City — Jeffrey S. Sposato

Leipzig After Bach Church and Concert Life in a German City

Jeffrey S. Sposato

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

Beethoven, the Sonatas for Piano and Violin Thoughts on Their Interpretation — Max Rostal

Beethoven, the Sonatas for Piano and Violin Thoughts on Their Interpretation

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

Villa-Lobos and Modernism The Apotheosis of Cannibal Music — Ricardo Averbach

Villa-Lobos and Modernism The Apotheosis of Cannibal Music

Ricardo Averbach

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

Songs in Motion Rhythm and Meter in the German Lied — Yonatan Malin

Songs in Motion Rhythm and Meter in the German Lied

Themes: Classical • Genres & Styles • History & Criticism

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