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Monday 2nd October 2023 Abbot, Lawrence Approach to music (Harrap 1942) 286 p. { MusApp } The listener's book on harmony (Harrap 1943) xvi,237 p. { MuzTh-Har } Abraham, Gerald Tchaikovsky (Novello's Biographies of Great Musicians) (Novello 1951(?)) 14 p. { Comp-Tch } ABRSM Rudiments and theory of music: based on the syllabus of the Royal schools of Music (Assoc Board 1958) 150 p. { MuzTh } Abse, Dannie The music lover's literary companion (Robson Books 1988) 330 p. { Rel-Lit } Abse, Joan The music lover's literary companion (Robson Books 1988) 330 p. { Rel-Lit } Amis , John Words about music: an anthology (Faber and Faber 1989) 440 p. { MusApp } Anderson, Hugh Folk songs of Australia: and the men and women who sang them (Ure Smith 1967) 300 p. illus. { Folk-Aus } Anderson, Paul The Cromar collection (Paul Anderson (privately pub.) 2003) 86 p. inc. 100+ mus. compositions { Folk-Sco } The Lochnagar collection : 308 original compositions (Highland Music Trust 2009) viii,128 p. inc. music { Folk-Sco } Anderton, Malcolm Hey Musical experience through the use of the recorder: a method for the descant and tenor recorder (Longman 1970) viii+216 p. { MuzTch-Win } Andrews, H. K. The Oxford harmony, vol. 2 (OUP 1950) 241 p. mus. illus. { MuzTh-Har } Anon. The ballad minstrelsy of Scotland: romantic and historical (Maurice Ogle 1871) 656 p. { Folk-Sco } Mozart's letters (Penguin 1956) vii,278 p. { Comp-Moz } Aprahamian, Felix Essays on music: an anthology from 'The Listener' (Cassell 1967) xi,260 p. { MusAna } Arnold, Denis Monteverdi madrigals (BBC Music Guides 1967) 61 p. mus. illus. { MusApp } Arundell, Dennis Henry Purcell (OUP 1927) 136 p. illus. { Comp-Pur } Ashkenazy, Vladimir Beyond frontiers: Ashkenazy (Collins 1984) 239 p. 8 pl. { Pf-Ins } Ashton, Geoffrey Royal Opera House retrospective, 1732-1982: 250 years of actors, singers, dancers, [etc] ... seen through the eyes of the artist (Royal Academy 1982) 144 p. { Rel-Lit } Aston, Peter Sound and silence: classroom projects in creative music (CUP 1970) xv,365 p. illus. { MuzTch } Atkins, Harold Beecham stories: anecdotes sayings and impressions of Sir Thomas Beecham (Futura 1979) 96 p. { Pf-Con } Ayre, Leslie The wit of music (Leslie Frewin 1966) 95 p. { MusHum } Bach, Albert B The principles of singing: a practical guide for vocalists and teachers (William Blackwood 1895 (2nd) 305 p. { MuzTe-Voc } Bacharach, A L Lives of the great composers, vol. 1: From Byrd to Mozart and Haydn - the Classics (Pelican Books 1942) 192 p. { Comp } Lives of the great composers vol. 2: Beethoven and the Romantics (Pelican Books 1943) 192 p. { Comp } Lives of the great composers, vol. 3: Brahms, Wagner and their contemporaries (Penguin 1943) 186 p. { Comp } The music masters, [vol. 1]: from the sixteenth century to the time of Beethoven (Maurice Fridberg 1948) 366 p. including "Lives of the great composers" { MuzH } The music masters, vol. 4: the Twentieth Century (Penguin 1957) 416 p. { MuzH } The musical companion: a compendium for all lovers of music (Victor Gollancz 1940) 751 p. { MusApp } Baily, Leslie The Gilbert & Sullivan Book (Cassell 1952) xiv+443 p. 10 col. plates+ 400 illus. { Comp-GS } Baines, Anthony Musical instruments through the ages (Penguin Books 1961) 383 p. illus.+ 32 pl. { MuzIns } Barford, Philip Bruckner symphonies (BBC Music Guides 1978) 68 p. mus. illus. { MusApp } Barrett-Watson, Robert The Academus rudiments primer: [for use by the Scottish National Academy of Music] (OUP 1933) 98 p. { MuzTh } Bate, Philip The oboe (Instruments of the orchestra) (Ernest Benn 1975) xv,236 +pl. p. { MuzIns-Ob } Bauer, R. P. Im Konzersaal karikiert: [100 autographed caricature drawings of well-known performers and conductors] (Langen/Muller 1961) 88 p. { MusHum } Beauclerk, Charles Piano man: a life of John Ogdon (Simon & Schuster 2014) xvi,416 p. { Pf-Ins } Beckett, Walter Liszt (The Master Musicians) (Dent 1956) ix,185 p. { Comp-Lis } Beecham, Thomas (Sir) A mingled chime: leaves from an autobiography (Hutchinson 1944) 198 p. { Pf-Con } Benning, Kathleen A. Transposition, Book 1 (Cramer 1953) 24 p. { MuzTh-Tra } Bie, Oscar A history of the pianoforte and pianoforte players (Dent / Dutton 1899) 336 p. illus., 23pl. trans. & ed.E. E. Kellett & E. W. Naylor { MuzIns-Pia } Binyon, Laurence The golden treasury [of songs and lyrical poems in the English language]: with a supplementary fifth book sel. etc. by Laurence Binyon (Macmillan 1939) 524 p. { MuzF-Sng } Bird, John Percy Grainger (Faber 1982) xvi,319 p. illus., 24 pl. { Comp-Gra } Blom, Eric Classics: major and minor: with some other musical ruminations (Dent 1958) xi,212 p. { MusAna } Grove's dictionary of music and musicians (10 vol.): 5th ed. (including supplementary volume) (Macmillan 1954-61) 10 v.: 8438 + 493 p. illus., 76 pl., 16 col. { MusRef } Mozart (Dent/Dutton 1935) 388 p. { Comp-Moz } Mozart's letters (Penguin 1956) vii,278 p. { Comp-Moz } Music in England (Penguin rev. ed., 1947) 288 p. { MuzHZ-Eng } Blum, David Casals and the art of interpretation (UCLA 1980) xiv,222 p. { MuzTe-Int } Blythe, Ronald Aldeburgh anthology (Faber 1972) 457 p. illus., 82pl. { MusFes } Bohan, Edmund The ISM: the first hundred years: a short history ... in honour of the Centenary in October 1982 (ISM 1982) 80 p. { Pf } Bolton, Hetty On teaching the piano (Novello 1954) 93 p. { MuzTch-Key } Bonavia, F. Rossini (Novello's Biographies of Great Musicians) (Novello 1941(?)) 16 p. { Comp-Ros } Bonynge, Richard The Joan Sutherland album (Craftsman House 1986) 191 p. compiled by Joan Sutherland with Richard Bonynge { Pf-Sin } Booth, Victor We piano teachers: the crotchets and quavers of our early days (Skeffington & Son 1946) 99 p. mus. illus., 8 pl { MuzTch-Key } Borge, Victor My favourite intervals: lives of the musical giants and other facts you didn't know you'd missed (Sphere Books 1976) 189 p. illus. { MusHum } Borren, Charles van den The sources of keyboard music in England (Novello/OUP c1913) vii+378 p. { MuzF-Key } Boult, Adrian A handbook on the technique of conducting (Hall 7th ed. 1949) 47 p. 7th ed. rev. & illus., 2 pl. { MuzTe-Cnd } My own trumpet (Hamish Hamilton 1973) 213 p. 12 pl. { Pf-Con } Boyden, John Stick to the music: scores of orchestral tales (Hutchinson 1984) 117 p. illus. { MusAnec } Bragg, William (Sir) The world of sound: six lectures . . . at the Royal Institution Christmas 1919 (G. Bell & Sons 1923) vii+196 p. { Rel-Sou } Breakspeare, Eustace Mozart (Master Musicians series) (Dent/Dutton 1906) x,300 p. illus. { Comp-Moz } Brendel, Alfred Music sounded out: essays, lectures, interviews, afterthoughts (Robson 1990) 258 p. illus. { MusAna } Bridcut, John Britten's children (Faber 2007) xvii,334 p. 8 pl. { Comp-Bri } Britten, Benjamin The story of music (Rathbone Books 1958) 69 p. { MuzH } Brocklehurst, J Brian Music in schools (Routledge & Kegan Paul 1962) vii+172 p. { MuzTch } Brook, Donald Composers' gallery: biographical sketches of contemporary composers (Rockliff 1946) 218 p. illus. { Comp } Conductors' gallery: biographical sketches ... including notes on leading symphony orchestras ... (Rockliff 2nd ed. 1946) 188 p. 2nd ed. (illus.) { Pf-Con } Brown, Howard Mayer Music in the Renaissance (Prentice-Hall 1976) 384 p. { MuzH-Ren } Brown, James Murray A handbook of musical knowledge part 1: Rudiments of music (Trinity College of Music 3rd ed. 1972) 55 p. 3rd ed. { MuzTh } A handbook of musical knowledge part 2: Basis of harmony and composition (Trinity College of Music 3rd ed. 1972) 103 p. 3rd ed. { MuzTh-Har } Brown, Maurice J. E. Schubert songs (BBC Music Guides 1977) 64 p. { Comp-Schb } Browne, P. A. Brahms: the symphonies (The Musical Pilgrim) (OUP 1944) 71 p. { MusAna } Bruxner, Mervyn Letters to a musical boy (OUP 1940) 175 p. { Mus } Brymer, Jack Clarinet (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides) (Macdonald and Jane's 1979) xii+259 p. illus.+ 8 pl. { MuzIns-Cla } Buchan, Norman The Scottish folksinger: 118 modern and traditional folksongs (Collins 1978) 159 p. { Folk-Sco } Buck, Percy Organ playing (The musician's library) (Macmillan 1929) 102 p. { MuzTe-Kyb } Psychology for musicians (OUP 1944) viii,115 p. mus. illus. { Rel-Psy } Unfigured harmony: a short treatise ... (OUP 2nd ed., 1920) 174 p. { MuzTh-Har } Burden, Michael Purcell remembered (Faber 1995) xxv1,188 p. 8pp. of pl. { Comp-Pur } Burness, John Bars rest (Paterson 1975) 32 p. { Pf-Orc } Burrows, Donald Handel: Messiah (Cambridge music handbook) (CUP 1991) x,127 p. { Comp-Han } Butlin, Ron Vivaldi and the number 3: and other impossible stories (Serpent's Tail 2004) xi,206 p. { Comp } Butterworth, Neil A music quiz (Banks 1974) 62 p. with answers { MusQuz } Bygott, C E Songs of the Ages: the growth of song through the centuries illustrated by examples (Schofield & Sims 1962) xii+233 p. mus. illus. { MuzF-Sng } Songs of the Ages - words and airs (Schofield & Sims 1962) viii+113 p. mus. . { MuzF-Sng } Calvocoressi, M. D. Musorgsky: the Russian musical nationalist (Kegan Paul / Dutton n.d.) 216 p. illus. { Comp-Mus } Carner, Mosco Dvorák (Novello's Biographies of Great Musicians) (Novello 1941) 14 p. { Comp-Dvo } Hugo Wolf songs (BBC Music Guides 1982) 72 p. mus. illus. { MusApp } Carpenter, Humphrey Benjamin Britten: a biography (Faber 1993) 680 p. illus. { Comp-Bri } Carr, Jonathan The Wagner clan (Faber 2007) xxvi,409 p. 16 pl. { Comp-Wag } Carter, Roy A classical music quiz with Richard Baker (David & Charles 1980) 128 p. { MusQuz } Cellini, Benvenuto The life of Benvenuto Cellini, written by himself (Dent 1960) xi,368 p. { MusBio } Ching, James The piano teacher's yearbook 1947 (Walsh Holmes 1946) 40 p. { MuzTch-Key } Piano technique: foundation principles (Murdoch, Murdoch 1934) xiii,117 p. { MuzTe-Kyb } Chissell, Joan Schumann piano music (BBC Music Guides 1972) 72 p. mus. illus. { MusApp } Clapham, John Dvorák (David & Charles 1979) 238 p. { Comp-Dvo } Clarke, Mary People who dance (Hamlyn 1961) 93 p. { MuzF-Dan } Cleall, Charles Voice production in choral technique (Novello 1970) 155 p. rev. & enlarg. { MuzTe-Voc } Coates, Henry Palestrina (Dent/Dutton 1938) 243 p. { Comp-Pal } Cobbett, Walter Wilson Cobbett's cyclopedic survey of chamber music, 3 vol. (OUP 1963) xiv,585,641;viii,209 p. 3 vol., illus. { MusRef } Colles, H. C. Essays and lectures (OUP 1945) vii,224 p. { MusAna } The growth of music: a study in musical history for schools Parts 1-3 (in 1) (OUP 1951) 160,176,194 p. 2nd ed. { MuzH } Voice and verse: a study in English song (Cramb Lectures 1927) (OUP 1928) xii,167 p. illus. { MuzHZ-Eng } Conway, Marmaduke P Playing a church organ (Canterbury Press 1949) 144 p. { MuzTe-Kyb } Cooke, Deryck Gustav Mahler 1860-1911: a companion to the BBC's celebrations of the centenary of his birth (BBC 1960) 47 p. { Comp-Mah } The language of music (OUP 1962) xiv,289 p. { MuzTh } Cooper, Joseph Facing the music: an autobiography (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1979) x,213 p. { Pf-Ins } Coviello, Ambrose Foundations of pianoforte technique: co-ordination exercises (OUP 1934) 99 p. mus. illus. { MuzTe-Kyb } What Matthay meant: his musical and technical teachings clearly explained ... (Bosworth n.d.) 72 p. { MuzTe } Coward, Henry Choral technique and interpretation (Novello c. 1920) 333 p. { MuzTe-Voc } Cox, David Debussy orchestral music (BBC Music Guides 1974) 64 p. mus. illus. { MusApp } Craft, Robert Stravinsky in conversation with Robert Craft (Penguin 1962) 301 p. 8 pl. { Comp-Stra } Cross, Milton Stories of the great operas (Pocket Books 1956) 482 p. { MuzF-Op } Curwen, Annie Jessy (Mrs J Spencer) The teacher's guide to Mrs Curwen's pianoforte method: practical course of the elements of music (J Curwen & Sons 1914) vii+388+11 p. 17th ed. { MuzTe-Kyb } Curwen, John Musical theory: books 1-5 (Curwen 8th ed. a.1879) 372 p. 8th ed { MuzTh } Dale, B. J. Harmony, counterpoint and improvisation, Book 1 (Novello 1964) [vi],106 p. { MuzTe-Har } Dankworth, Avril Voices and instruments (Granada 1973) 119 p. { MuzTch-Chi } Davie, Cedric Thorpe Scotland's music (William Blackwood 1980) 56 p. { Folk-Sco } Davies, Laurence Ravel orchestral music (BBC Music Guides 1970) 64 p. mus. illus. { MusApp } Davis, Curtis W The music of Man (Macdonald and Jane's 1980) 320 p. { MuzH } Davis, Marilyn Kornreich Music dictionary (Faber & Faber 1957) 63 p. { Mus } Davison, Ken The Covent Garden album: 250 years of theatre opera and ballet (Routledge & Keegan Hall 1981) 208 p. compiled by Lord Drogheda; Ken Davison; Andrew Wheatcroft { MusFes } Dean, Winton Handel and the Opera Seria (Univ. California Press 1969) xi,220 p. illus. { Comp-Han } Dent, Edward J. Mozart's operas: a critical study (OUP 2nd ed. 1960) xii,276 p. mus. illus., 16 pl. { Comp-Moz } Notes on fugue for beginners (CUP 1958) 47 p. { MuzTh-Com } Dexter, Harry To make you think: unconventional questions on music (Keith Prowse 1950) 79 p. incl. supp. with answers { MusQuz } Dolmetsch , Arnold The interpretation of the music of the XVII and XVIII centuries: revealed by contemporary evidence (Novello/OUP ) x,493 p. { MuzTe-Int } Domingo, Plácido Placido Domingo: my operatic roles (Little, Brown 2000) xlvi,290 p. 32pp. of plates { Pf-Sin } Dommett, Kenneth Bartók (Novello Short Biographies) (Novello 1978) 23 p. { Comp-Bar } Donington, Robert The instruments of music (Methuen 3rd ed., 1970) xxvi,262 p. 37 pl. { MuzIns } Dreyfus, Kay The farthest north of humanness: letters of Percy Grainget 1901-14 (Macmillan 1985) 542 p. 16 pl. { Comp-Gra } Drogheda (Earl of) , Charles The Covent Garden album: 250 years of theatre opera and ballet (Routledge & Keegan Hall 1981) 208 p. compiled by Lord Drogheda; Ken Davison; Andrew Wheatcroft { MusFes } Dronke, Peter Die Lyrik des Mittelalters: eine Einführung (C H Beck 1968) xi+297 p. { Rel-Lit } Dry, Wakeling Nights at the opera: Wagner (Foulis 1924) vi,234 p. { Comp-Wag } Duncan, Edmondstoune Schubert (Dent/Dutton 1934) 244 p. rev. ed. { Comp-Schb } Dunstan, Ralph Songs of the Ages: the growth of song through the centuries illustrated by examples (Schofield & Sims 1962) xii+233 p. mus. illus. { MuzF-Sng } Songs of the Ages - words and airs (Schofield & Sims 1962) viii+113 p. mus. . { MuzF-Sng } Dunwell, Wilfrid Pianoforte accompaniment writing (A. Hammond n.d.) 55 p. { MuzTh-Com } Dwyer, Terence Composing with tape recorders: musique concrète for beginners (OUP 1971) iv,74 p. 4 pl. { MuzF-Mus } Dyson, George (Sir) Music (OUP 3rd ed. 1949) ix+198 p. 3rd ed. { MuzH } Easson, James The good musician, Book 3: a pupil's course leading to the understanding and enjoyment of music (Novello c1935) 46 p. Fold-out chart showing 'Periods (or Schools) of Musical Composition' { MuzTe } Eckstein, Pavel Czechoslovak opera: a brief outline (Theatre Institute, Prague 1964) 115 p. illus., 16 pl. { MuzHZ-Cze } Einstein, Albert Mozart: his character, his work (Cassell 1946) xi,492 p. 6 pl. { Comp-Moz } Schubert: the man and his music (Panther 1971) 384 p. { Comp-Schb } Einstein, Alfred A short history of music (Cassell 3rd ed. 1944) viii,212 p. 3rd ed. { MuzH } Eisler, Benita Chopin's funeral (Little, Brown 2003) 230 p. { Comp-Cho } Elliott, Kenneth A history of Scottish music (BBC 1973) 84 p. mus. illus. { MuzHZ-Sco } Eösze, László Zoltán Kodály: his life and work (Collet's 1962) 183 p. { Comp-Kod } Evans, Edwin Schumann (Novello's Biographies of Great Musicians) (Novello 1946(?)) 14 p. { Comp-Schm } Ewen, David Romain Rolland's essays on music (Dover 1959) 371 p. { MuzH } Falkner, Keith (Sir) Voice (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides) (Macdonald 1983) x+310 p. { MuzIns-Voc } Farmer, Henry George Music making in the olden days: the story of the Aberdeen concerts 1748-1801 (Peters-Hinrichsen 1950) 122 p. { MusFes } Fay, Stephen The Ring: anatomy of an opera (Secker & Warburg 1984) vi,218 p. illus.+32 col. pl. { MuzF-Op } Feather, Leonard The book of jazz: a guide to the entire field (Arthur Baker 1957) 280 p. { MuzF-Jaz } Foreman, Lewis The Percy Grainger companion (Thames 1981) 268 p. illus. { Comp-Gra } Forsyth, Cecil Orchestration (Macmillan 1955) ix,530 p. illus. { MuzIns } Fortune, Nigel Opera and church music 1630-1750: (The New Oxford History of Music, 5) (OUP 1975) xxii,869 p. { MuzF-Op } Foss, Hubert J. The heritage of music, 2nd series: essays by E.H. Fellowes etc (OUP 1946) vi,263 p. { Comp } Foss, Michael Orchestra: [31] interviews by Michael Foss (Macdonald and Jane's 1979) 224 p. { Pf-Orc } Fox, Adam English hymns and hymn writers (Collins 1947) 48 p. illus. 8 col. pl. { MuzF-Hym } Galway, James An autobiography (Coronet Books 1979) 208 p. { Pf-Ins-X } Gammond, Peter Bluff your way in music (Wolfe 1966) 63 p. { MusHum } Gerhardt, Elena Recital (Methuen 1953) x,183 p. illus., 8 pl. { Pf-Sin } Gilbert, W S The story of the Mikado: illus. Alice B. Woodward (Daniel O'Connor 1921) 115 p. 6 col. illus.+ 10 b&w. { Rel-Lit } Glennie, Evelyn Good vibrations: my autobiography (Hutchinson 1990) xii,179 p. 16 pl. { Pf-Ins-X } Glover, Jane Mozart's women: his family, his friends, his music (Pan 2006) 406 p. 16 col. pl. { Comp-Moz } Gobbi, Tito My life (Futura 1980) 286 p. { Pf-Sin } Goddard, Scott Weber (Novello's Biographies of Great Musicians) (Novello 1941(?)) 16 p. { Comp-Web } Gollancz, Victor Journey towards music: a memoir (Gollancz 1964) 238 p. 32 pl. { MusApp } Gould, Glenn The Glenn Gould reader (Faber 1987) xvi+475 p. { Mus } Grainger Society The Grainger journal (1978-1984): vol. 3 no. 1, vol. 5 no. 2, vol. 6 no. 1 only (Grainger 1980-1984) p. { Comp-Gra } The Grainger Society journal (1985- ): vol. 7 no. 1 - vol. 9 no. 2 (Grainger Society 1985-1989) p. MISSING: vol. 8 no. 2 { Comp-Gra } Gramophone Co. Opera at home (Gramophone Co. 1921) 392 p. rev. ed. illus. { MuzF-Op } Gray, Cecil The history of music (Kegan Paul 2nd ed. 1931) viii,284 p. { MuzH } Greene, Harry Plunket Interpretation in song (Macmiillan 1919) xii,323 p. illus. { MuzTe-Int } Greenish, Arthur J The student's dictionary of musical terms (Joseph Williams 1953) 131 p. { MusRef } Grew, Sydney Bach (Dent 1947) 239 p. { Comp-Bac } Makers of music: the story of singers and instrumentalists [ie violinists and pianists] (Foulis c1910) 365 p. 11 pl. { MuzH } Our favourite musicians: from Stanford to Holbrooke (T.N. Foulis 1922) 257 p. illus., 10 pl. { Comp } Hadden, J Cuthbert Chopin (Dent/Dutton 1934) 243 p. rev. ed. { Comp-Cho } Hadow, William Henry (Sir) Music (OUP 3rd ed. 1949) ix+198 p. 3rd ed. { MuzH } Hall, Peter The Scottish folksinger: 118 modern and traditional folksongs (Collins 1978) 159 p. { Folk-Sco } Hardie, Alastair James The Caledonian Companion: [a collection of Scottish fiddle music and guide to its performance] (EMI 1981) 144 p. { Folk-Sco } Harding, H. A. Score reading exercises, Bk 2 (FRCO) (Weekes 1912) 32 p. { MuzTh-Sco } Hardwick, Michael The Osprey guide to Gilbert and Sullivan (Osprey 1972) 284 p. { Comp-GS } Harewood, Earl of Kobbé's complete opera book (Bodley Head 1987) xvii,1404 p. 10th ed., rev., 32 pl. { MuzF-Op } Harman, R. Alec A plain and easy introduction to practical music (Dent 2nd ed. 1962) xxix,325 p. 2nd ed., illus. { MuzH-Ren } Harris, Rex Jazz: 5th ed. (Penguin 1957) 272 p. { MuzF-Jaz } Harrison, Frank Llewellyn Collins music encyclopedia (Collins 1959) 739 p. illus. { Mus } Harrison, Sidney The artless musician (Pelham Books 1964) 119 p. { Mus } The young person's guide to playing the piano (Faber and Faber 2nd ed. 1973) 100 p. 2nd ed. { MuzTe-Kyb } Hartog, Howard European music in the twentieth century (Penguin 1961) 360 p. { MuzH-Twe } Haskell, Harry The early music revival: a history (Thames & Hudson 1988) 232 p. illus. { MuzPf-Ear } Haywood, Ernest To make you think: unconventional questions on music (Keith Prowse 1950) 79 p. incl. supp. with answers { MusQuz } Headington, Christopher Peter Pears: a biography (Faber 1992) xv,351 p. { Pf-Sin } Healy, James N The second book of Irish ballads (Mercier Press 1964) 128 p. { Folk-Ire } Heath, Edward Music, a joy for life (Sidgwick & Jackson 1976) 208 p. Autographed copy { MusApp } Hedley, Arthur Chopin (Dent 1974) viii,214 p. illus., 8 pl. { Comp-Cho } Henderson, John A directory of composers for the organ (John Henderson 1999) 789 p. { MusRef } Hewitt, Graham The quiz book of music (Futura 1979) 189 p. { MusQuz } Hewlett, Arthur D Think afresh about the voice: a general theory and guide to practice (CMC 3rd ed. 1981) viii+90 p. 3rd ed. { MuzTh-Voc } Hill, Ralph The concerto (Penguin 1952) 448 p. illus. { MuzF-Con } The symphony (Penguin 1949) 416 p. illus. { MuzF-Sym } Hindley, Geoffrey The Larousse encyclopedia of music (Hamlyn 1971) 576 p. illus., 60 col.pl. { MusRef } Hinson, Maurice Guide to the pianist's repertoire: supplement (Indiana UP 1979) xxxiii,413 p. { Pf-Ins } Hoffnung, Gerard The Hoffnung music festival: [cartoon sketches] (Dobson/Putnam 1956) 56 p. illus. { MusHum } The Hoffnung symphony orchestra: [cartoon sketches] (Dobson 1955) 64 p. illus. { MusHum } Holland, A. K. Henry Purcell (Penguin 1948) 191 p. { Comp-Pur } Henry Purcell: the English musical tradition (G. Bell & Sons 1932) 248 p. { Comp-Pur } Holland, James Percussion (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides) (Macdonald and Jane's 1978) xii+283 p. illus. { MuzIns-Per } Holst, Imogen An ABC of music: a short, practical guide to rudiments, harmony, form (OUP 1963) ix,189 p. mus. illus. { MuzTh } The story of music (Rathbone Books 1958) 69 p. { MuzH } Honeyman, William C Scottish violin makers: past and present (Scotpress 1984) 105 p. Reprinted from the 1910 ed. { MuzIns-Str } Hopkins, Anthony Talking about concertos: an analytical study ... Mozart to the present day (Heinemann 1970) 148 p. mus. illus. { MuzF-Con } Talking about symphonies: an analytical study ... Haydn to the present day (Heinemann 1961) 157 p. { MuzF-Sym } Hoppin, Richard H Anthology of medieval music (Norton 1978) xiii,173 p. { MuzH-Med } Medieval music (Norton 1978) 566 p. b&w illus. { MuzH-Med } Howes, Frank The dramatic works of Vaughan Williams (The Musical Pilgrim) (OUP 1937) 108 p. { MusAna } Full orchestra (Secker & Warburg 3rd ed. 1943) 176 p. 3rd ed. { MusApp } Gluck (Novello's Biographies of Great Musicians) (Novello 1941 (?)) 16 p. { Comp-Glu } Man, mind and music (Secker & Warburg 1948) viii,184 p. mus. illus. { Rel-Psy } Hudson, Derek Norman O'Neill: a life of music (Quality Press 1945) 160 p. 15 pl. { Comp-One } Hughes, Rosemary Haydn string quartets (BBC Music Guides 1966) 56 p. mus. illus. { MusApp } Hughes, Spike Nights at the opera: the stories of 15 popular operas discussed (Pilot Press 1948) 410 p. { MuzF-Op } Hull, A Eaglefield Harmony for students (Augener c1947) vii,291 p. { MuzTh-Har } Organ playing: its technique and expression (Augener 1911) viii+263 p. { MuzTe-Kyb } Hunter, Hugh Infant school singing: a graded course (Bayley & Ferguson c.1950) 38 p. { MuzTch-Sin } Hunter, James The fiddle music of Scotland: a comprehensive annotated collection of 365 tunes with a historical introduction (Hardie Press 1988) [190] p. { Folk-Sco } Hurd, Michael Young person's guide to concerts (Routledge & Kegan Paul 1962) vii,131 p. { MusApp } Hussey, Dyneley Verdi (Novello's Biographies of Great Musicians) (Novello 1941?)) 14 p. { Comp-Ver } Hutchings, Arthur A companion to Mozart's piano concertos (OUP 1950) xiv,211 p. { Comp-Moz } The invention and composition of music (Novello 1958) 309 p. mus. illus. { MuzTe-Cmp } Iliffe, Frederick The forty-eight preludes and fugues of Johann Sebastian Bach analysed for the use of students (Novello c.1950) 194 p. { Comp-Bac } Illing, Robert A dictionary of music (Penguin Books 1950) 318 p. { Mus } ISM ISM music journal (Incorporated Society of Musicians): Nov. 1999 onwards (ISM ) p. MISSING: Mar-Jun '00, Jan-Feb '01, Feb, Dec '04, Sep-Oct '06, Aug '09, Feb-Apr, Jun, Sep/Oct '10 { MusJnl } Music journal (Incorporated Society of Musicians): Nov. 1999 onwards (ISM ) p. 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MuzF-Chu } RSAMD The Academus book of questions on the rudiments of music: for use by the Royal Scottish Academy of Music (OUP 1933) 99 p. { MuzTh } Rusbridger, Alan Play it again!: an amateur against the impossible (Jonathan Cape 2013) 405 p. { Pf-Ins } Russell, John Erich Kleiber: a memoir (Andre Deutsch 1957) 256 p. { Pf-Con } Sachs, Harvey The Ninth: Beethoven and the world in 1824 (Faber 2010) 225 p. illus. { Comp-Bee } Solti on Solti: a memoir, with assistance from Harvey Sachs (Vintage 1998) xi,276 p. 16 pl. { Pf-Con } Virtuoso: the life and art of Paganini, Liszt, Rubinstein, Paderewski, etc (Thames & Hudson 1982) 208 p. illus., 32 pl. { Pf-Ins } Sadie, Stanley The Pan book of opera (Pan Books 1969) 492 p. { MuzF-Op } Saerchinger, César Artur Schnabel: a biography (Cassell 1957) xxi,354 p. illus., 17pl. { Pf-Ins } Salter, Lionel Going to the opera (Penguin 1958) 189 p. 16 pl. { MusApp } The Gramophone guide to classical composers and recordings (Salamander books 1978) 217 p. { Mus } Salzman, Eric Twentieth-century music: an introduction (Prentice-Hall 1967) v,196 p. illus. { MuzH-Twe } Sams, Eric Brahms songs (BBC Music Guides 1972) 68 p. mus. illus. { MusApp } Schauffler, Robert Haven Beethoven: the man who freed music (Tudor Pub 1946) xxvii,693 p. mus. illus. { Comp-Bee } Schebera, Jürgen Kurt Weill: an illustrated life (Yale UP 1995) xii,381 p. { Comp-Wei } Schmidt-Görg, Joseph Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827: [exhibition catalogue] (IFR Stuttgart 1970) 120 p. { Comp-Bee } Schnabel, Artur Music and the line of most resistance (Wolke ) 144 p. { Pf } Music, wit and wisdom: the autobiography of Artur Schnabel (Wolke 2009) 298 p. { Pf-Ins } Schnauber, Cornelius Plácido Domingo (Robson Books 1997) xvi,268 p. { Pf-Sin } Schneider, Marcel Schubert (Grove Press / John Calder 1959) 191 p. { Comp-Schb } Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge The Gregorian highway code (Paraclete Press 1981) 4 p. { MuzH-Med } Scholes, Percy A The listener's history of music, vol. 1: to Beethoven (OUP 6th ed. 1943) xiv,175 p. illus. { MusAna } The listener's history of music, vol. 1: to Beethoven (OUP 7th ed., 1954) xiii,176 p. { MuzH } The listener's history of music, vol. 2: the Romantic and Nationalist schools of the 19th century (OUP 3rd ed. 1943) xii,216 p. illus. { MusAna } The listener's history of music, vol. 3: to the composers of to-day (OUP 4th ed. 1949) xii,169 p. illus. { MusAna } The Oxford companion to music (OUP 9th ed. 1955) lx+1195 p. 9th ed. illus. { Mus } Schonberg, Harold C The lives of the great composers (Davis-Poynter 1971) 600 p. { Comp } Schonzeler, Hans-Hubert Of German music: a symposium (Wolff/Barnes & Noble 1976) 328 p. { MuzHZ-Ger } Schreiber, Klaus Dieter Untersuchungen zur italienischen Literatur- und Kulturgeschichtsschreibung in der zweiten Hálfte des Settecento (Gehlen 1968) 163 p. { Rel-Lit } Scott, Marion M Beethoven (Pelican Books 1949) 159 p. { Comp-Bee } Mendelssohn (Novello's Biographies of Great Musicians) (Novello 1951(?)) 14 p. { Comp-Men } Shaw, George Bernard G. B. S. on music (Penguin 1962) 189 p. { MusApp } Sherman, Robert My favourite intervals: lives of the musical giants and other facts you didn't know you'd missed (Sphere Books 1976) 189 p. illus. { MusHum } Shiel, Alison I Aberdeen Bach Choir (1956-1985): its origins and history (Aberdeen Bach Choir 1985) 69+9 p. illus. { Pf-Cho } Aberdeen Bach Choir (1956-1996): its origins and history (Aberdeen Bach Choir 1996) 93 p. illus. { Pf-Cho } Shore, Bernard The orchestra speaks (Longmans Green 1938) 218 p. { Pf-Orc } Simpson, Harold A century of ballads 1810-1910: their composers and singers (Mills & Boon 1910) 349 p. illus. { Folk-Eng } Simpson, Kenneth Some great music educators: a collection of essays (Novello 1976) 128 p. 16 pl. { MuzTch } Simpson, Robert Carl Nielsen, symphonist (Kahn & Averill 1986) 260 p. illus. { Comp-Nie } Sibelius and Nielsen: a centenary essay (BBC 1965) 40 p. illus. { Comp-Sib } The symphony, vol. 2: Elgar to the present day (Penguin 1967) 282 p. { MuzF-Sym } Skinner, J Scott A guide to bowing: Strathspeys, reels, pastoral melodies, hornpipes, etc (Hardie Press 1984) 32 p. { MuzTe-Str } Slater, David Vocal physiology and the teaching of singing (J H Larway n.d.) 91 p. { MuzTch-Sin } Slonimsky, Nicolas Lexicon of musical inventive: critical assaults on composers since Beethoven's time (Univ. Washington P. 2nd ed. 1969) 325 p. 2nd ed. { MusAna } Small, Christopher Schoenberg (Novello Short Biographies) (Novello 1977) 28 p. { Comp-Scho } Smallman, Basil The background of Passion music: J S Bach and his predecessors (SCM Press 1957) 125 p. { Comp-Bac } Smith, Edwin The Oxford student's harmony, vol.1-2: a practical approach to creative musicianship (OUP 1965-6) 2v. 138,172 p. { MuzTh-Har } Smoldon, William A history of music (Herbert Jenkins 1965) 472 p. 32 pl., mus. illus. { MuzH } So, Jenny F. Music in the age of Confucius: [exhibition catalogue] (Smithsonian 2000) 152 p. illus. { MuzH-Anc } Solti, Georg (Sir) Solti on Solti: a memoir, with assistance from Harvey Sachs (Vintage 1998) xi,276 p. 16 pl. { Pf-Con } Somfai, László Bartók's workshop: Documents of the compositional process (MTA ZI, Budapest 1995) 44 p. { Comp-Bar } Spaeth, Sigmund The common sense of music (Bodley Head 1925) 375 p. { MusApp } Spencer, Stewart Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung: a companion (Thames & Hudson 2000) 384 p. German text with English translation and commentaries { Comp-Wag } Spiegel, Fritz Lives, wives and loves of the great composers (Marion Boyars 1997) 256 p. { Comp } Stanford, Charles V Brahms (Murdoch, Murdoch n.d.) 28 p. { Comp-Bra } Stedron, Bohumír Leos Janácek: letters and reminiscences (Artia 1955) 234 p. illus., 24 pl. { Comp-Jan } Steinitz, Paul Harmony and counterpoint with the Masters: [musical examples] (Novello 1963) 179 p. { MuzTe-Har } One hundred tunes from the great masters, for harmonization (Novello 1963) 36 p. { MuzTh-Har } Stevens, Denis Grove's dictionary of music and musicians (10 vol.): 5th ed. (including supplementary volume) (Macmillan 1954-61) 10 v.: 8438 + 493 p. illus., 76 pl., 16 col. { MusRef } The Pelican history of music vol. 1: ancient forms to polyphony (Penguin Books 1960) 343 p. illus.+ 16 pl. { MuzH } The Pelican history of music vol. 2: Renaiisance and Baroque (Penguin Books 1963) 335 p. illus.+ 32 pl. { MuzH } The Pelican history of music vol. 3: Classical and Romantic (Penguin Books 1968) 250 p. { MuzH } Stevenson, Ronald The Paderewski paradox: [with two essays by I. J. Paderewski (Klavar Music Foundation 1992) 45 p. { MuzTe-Kyb } Storr, Anthony Music and the mind (HarperCollins 1993) xii,212 p. { Rel-Psy } Stove, Magnus J The Gideon Stove tune book, vol. 1 (Shetland Folk Festival Society 1986) 77 p. (The Shetland Violinist) { Folk-Sco } Strack, Márta Bela Bartók Memorial House: [an illustrated guide] ( 2006) 74 p. { Comp-Bar } Stratton, Stephen S Mendelssohn (Dent/Dutton 1934) 233 p. { Comp-Men } Stravinsky, Igor Stravinsky in conversation with Robert Craft (Penguin 1962) 301 p. 8 pl. { Comp-Stra } Stubbs, Tish The English folksinger: 159 modern and traditional folksongs (Collins 1979) 224 p. { Folk-Eng } Stuckenschmidt, H. H. Arnold Schoenberg (John Calder 1959) 168 p. mus. illus., 12 pl. { Comp-Scho } Suchet, John Beethoven: the man revealed (Elliott & Thompson 2012) xii,274 p. { Comp-Bee } Composers' notes: financial triumphs and disasters of the great composers (Edition Peters (for Classic FM) 2006) 190 p. { MusBio } The last master: vol. 1 of a fictional biography of Ludwig van Beethoven (Little Brown 1996) 622 p. { Comp-Bee } Sulikowski, Jerzy Polish music (Polish Publications Committee 1944) 33 p. { Folk-Pol } Sullivan, J W N Beethoven (Open University 1972) 108 p. The Age of Revolutions Units 25-27 { Comp-Bee } Sullivan, Paul Sullivan's music trivia: the greatest music trivia book ever . . . (Sanctuary 2003) 217 p. { Mus } Sutherland, Joan The Joan Sutherland album (Craftsman House 1986) 191 p. compiled by Joan Sutherland with Richard Bonynge { Pf-Sin } Talbot, Michael Vivaldi (Dent 1984) 275 p. illus.+ 8 pl. Master Musicians { Comp-Viv } Tauber, Diana Napier My heart and I (Evans Bros. 1959) 208 p. 16 pl. { Pf-Sin } Taylor, Eric The AB guide to music theory, part 1 (Associated Board 1990) xiv,114 p. { MuzTh } The AB guide to music theory, part 2 (Associated Board 1991) 272 p. { MuzTh } Taylor, H J Scales and arpeggios: for advanced players (Weekes n.d.) 24 p. { MuzTe-Kyb } Taylor, Harold The pianist's talent (Kahn & Averill 1994) 112 p. "a new approach to piano playing based on the principles of F. Matthias Alexander and Raymond Thiberge" { MuzTe-Kyb } Taylor, Ronald Richard Wagner: his life, art and thought (Panther 1983) 480 p. { Comp-Wag } Taylor, Stainton de B. The Chorale preludes of J. S. Bach: a handbook (OUP 1942) x,126 p. { MuzF-Org } Teal, Larry The art of saxophone playing (Summy-Birchard 1963) 111 p. { MuzIns-Sax } Terry, Charles Sanford Bach's orchestra (OUP 1961) xix,250 p. { MuzIns- E } Teyte, Maggie Star on the door (Putnam 1958) 192 p. illus., 12 pl. { Pf-Sin } Thomson, Michael St Machar's Cathedral, Old Aberdeen, its organ and music (Friends of StMC 2002) 32 p. { MuzIns-Org } Tobin, J Raymond Get to know music: answers to 1001 questions on every aspect of the art (Evans Bros. 1946) 144 p. { MuzTh } Tovey, Donald Francis A companion to Beethoven's pianoforte sonatas: complete analyses (ABRSM c.1950) xiv+301 p. { Comp-Bee } A companion to Beethoven's pianoforte sonatas: bar-to-bar analysis (Associated Board 1931) xiv,284 p. mus. illus., 1pl. { MuzF-Son } Essays in musical analysis vol. 1: symphonies (OUP 1935) 223 p. { MusAna } Essays in musical analysis vol. 2: symphonies (II) variations and orchestral polyphony (OUP 1935) 212 p. { MusAna } Essays in musical analysis vol. 3: concertos (OUP 1936) 226 p. { MusAna } Essays in musical analysis, vol. 5: vocal music (OUP 1937) 256 p. { MusAna } A musician talks, 1: the integrity of music (OUP 1941) xv,161 p. { Mus } Some English symphonists: a selection from 'Essays in musical analysis' (OUP 1941) 80 p. mus. illus. { MusAna } Toye, Francis Rossini: a study in trag-comedy (Norton 1963) xii,269 p. { Comp-Ros } Tree, Charles How to acquire ease of voice production: the preservation of the voice (Joseph Williams 1911) 61 p. { MuzTe-Voc } Tunley, David Couperin (BBC Music Guides 1982) 104 p. mus. illus. { MusApp } Turner, W J English music (William Collins 1943) 48 p. illus., 12 col. pl. { Folk-Eng } English music (Longmans Green 1931) 188 p. { Folk-Eng } Vlad, Roman Stravinsky: 2nd ed. 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Brown 5th ed. 1926) 122 p. 5.ed (illus.) { Folk-Eng } Sea songs and shanties (Brown Son & Ferguson 6th ed. 1927) 154 p. 6.ed. enlarg. (illus.) { Folk-Eng } Whitemore, Cuthbert Commonsense in pianoforte playing (Augener 1926) v,47 p. { MuzTe-Kyb } Whittall, Arnold Schoenberg chamber music (BBC Music Guides 1972) 64 p. mus. illus. { MusApp } Williams, Peter Bach organ music (BBC Music Guides 1972) 71 p. mus. illus. { MusApp } The Russell Collection and other early keyboard instruments in St Cecilia's Hall Edinburgh (Edinburgh Univ Press 1968) 79 p. illus. { MuzIns-Key } Williamson, Audrey Wagner opera (John Calder 1962) 192 p. { Comp-Wag } Wilson, Conrad Scottish Opera: the first ten years (Collins 1972) 168 p. 14 col. pl. { MuzF-Op } Winn, Cyril Children singing (OUP 1952) 87 p. { MuzTch-Chi } Wood, Henry J (Sir) My life of music (Victor Gollancz 1946) 384 p. { Pf-Con } Wood, Roger The Ring: anatomy of an opera (Secker & Warburg 1984) vi,218 p. illus.+32 col. pl. { MuzF-Op } Wooldridge, David Conductor's world (Barrie & Rockliff 1970) xiv,379 p. 16 pl. { MuzTe-Cnd } Young, Percy M Handel (Dent/Dutton 1947) 246 p. { Comp-Han } Musical composition for pleasure (Hutchinson 1961) 166 p. { MuzTe-Cmp }
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