Random House New Releases - Music - Musical Instruments

Play Better Guitar by David Black

2013-09-03T00:30:00-05:00

Play Better Guitar
Written by David Black

eBook | Quercus | Music - Musical Instruments - Guitar; Music - Techniques | $14.95 | 978-1-62365-265-4 (1-62365-265-0)

With 55 easy-to-follow lessons, Play Better Guitar includes everything you need to know in order to get started and improve your playing quickly and effectively. Arranged in three sections—The Basics, Moving On and Being Creative—it builds into a progressive course, with exercises, useful tips and examples designed to enable you to play better. From basic guitar maintenance and tuning to mastering tricky chord changes and playing arpeggios, and from reading tablature and musical notation to improvising and composing your own songs—as well as tips and techniques to help you match the sounds and styles of your guitar heroes—this comprehensive guide will have you strumming in style in no time.

QUARTET PLAYING,ART OF by David Blum

2013-03-13T00:30:00-05:00

QUARTET PLAYING,ART OF
Written by David Blum

eBook, 256 pages | Knopf | Music - Musical Instruments - Strings; Music - Genres & Styles - General; Music - Reference | $14.99 | 978-0-307-83180-4 (0-307-83180-9)

How do four instrumentalists with strong individual tastes and temperaments manage to forge a distinctive approach to the music they play? This extraordinary book ushers readers into the workshop of one of the world's most accomplished string quartets. In rich and probing conversations with their longtime friend and musicologist and conductor David Blum, the members of the Guarneri String Quartet, both individually as a group, tell what it is like to play together.

A Natural History of the Piano by Stuart Isacoff

2012-11-20T00:30:00-05:00

A Natural History of the Piano The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between
Written by Stuart Isacoff

Trade Paperback, 384 pages | Vintage | Music - Musical Instruments; Music - Musical Instruments - Piano & Keyboard; Music | $17.95 | 978-0-307-27933-0 (0-307-27933-2)

A fascinating celebration of the piano, including tales of its masters from Mozart and Beethoven to Oscar Peterson and Jerry Lee Lewis, told with the expertise of composer and author of Temperament, Stuart Isacoff.

This history takes us back to the piano's humble genesis as a simple keyboard, and shows how everyone from Ferdinando de’ Medici to Herbie Hancock affected its evolution of sound and influence in popular music. Presenting the instrument that has been at the core of musical development over the centuries in all its beauty and complexity, this explores the piano’s capabilities and the range of emotional expression it conveys in different artists’ hands. A Natural History of the Piano is fast-paced and intriguing, with beautiful illustrations and photos, a must-read for music lovers and pianists of every level.

Stradivari's Genius by Toby Faber

2012-05-09T00:30:00-05:00

Stradivari's Genius Five Violins, One Cello, and Three Centuries of Enduring Perfection
Written by Toby Faber

eBook | Random House | Biography & Autobiography - Historical; Music - Musical Instruments - Strings; Music - History & Criticism | $11.99 | 978-1-58836-214-8 (1-58836-214-0)

“’Tis God gives skill, but not without men’s hands: He could not make Antonio Stradivari’s violins without Antonio.”
–George Eliot

Antonio Stradivari (1644—1737) was a perfectionist whose single-minded pursuit of excellence changed the world of music. In the course of his long career in the northern Italian city of Cremona, he created more than a thousand stringed instruments; approximately six hundred survive. In this fascinating book, Toby Faber traces the rich, multilayered stories of six of these peerless instruments–five violins and a cello–and the one towering artist who brought them into being.

Blending history, biography, meticulous detective work, and an abiding passion for music, Faber embarks on an absorbing journey as he follows some of the most prized instruments of all time. Mysteries and unanswered questions proliferate from the outset–starting with the enigma of Antonio Stradivari himself. What made this apparently unsophisticated craftsman so special? Why were his techniques not maintained by his successors? How is it that even two and a half centuries after his death, no one has succeeded in matching the purity, depth, and delicacy of a Stradivarius?

In Faber’s illuminating narrative, each of the six fabled instruments becomes a character in its own right–a living entity cherished by artists, bought and sold by princes and plutocrats, coveted, collected, hidden, lost, copied, and occasionally played by a musician whose skill matches its maker’s.

Here is the fabulous Viotti, named for the virtuoso who enchanted all Paris in the 1780s, only to fall foul of the French Revolution. Paganini supposedly made a pact with the devil to transform the art of the violin–and by the end of his life he owned eleven Strads. Then there’s the Davidov cello, fashioned in 1712 and lovingly handed down through a succession of celebrated artists until, in the 1980s, it passed into the capable hands of Yo-Yo Ma.

From the salons of Vienna to the concert halls of New York, from the breakthroughs of Beethoven’s last quartets to the first phonographic recordings, Faber unfolds a narrative magnificent in its range and brilliant in its detail. “A great violin is alive,” said Yehudi Menuhin of his own Stradivarius. In the pages of this book, Faber invites us to share the life, the passion, the intrigue, and the incomparable beauty of the world’s most marvelous stringed instruments.

From the Hardcover edition.

A Natural History of the Piano by Stuart Isacoff

2011-11-15T00:30:00-05:00

A Natural History of the Piano The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between
Written by Stuart Isacoff

eBook, 384 pages | Vintage | Music - Musical Instruments; Music - Musical Instruments - Piano & Keyboard; Music | $13.99 | 978-0-307-70142-8 (0-307-70142-5)

A beautifully illustrated, totally engrossing celebration of the piano, and the composers and performers who have made it their own.

With honed sensitivity and unquestioned expertise, Stuart Isacoff—pianist, critic, teacher, and author of Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization—unfolds the ongoing history and evolution of the piano and all its myriad wonders: how its very sound provides the basis for emotional expression and individual style, and why it has so powerfully entertained generation upon generation of listeners. He illuminates the groundbreaking music of Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Schumann, and Debussy. He analyzes the breathtaking techniques of Glenn Gould, Oscar Peterson, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Arthur Rubinstein, and Van Cliburn, and he gives musicians including Alfred Brendel, Murray Perahia, Menahem Pressler, and Vladimir Horowitz the opportunity to discuss their approaches. Isacoff delineates how classical music and jazz influenced each other as the uniquely American art form progressed from ragtime, novelty, stride, boogie, bebop, and beyond, through Scott Joplin, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Cecil Taylor, and Bill Charlap.

A Natural History of the Piano distills a lifetime of research and passion into one brilliant narrative. We witness Mozart unveiling his monumental concertos in Vienna’s coffeehouses, using a special piano with one keyboard for the hands and another for the feet; European virtuoso Henri Herz entertaining rowdy miners during the California gold rush; Beethoven at his piano, conjuring healing angels to console a grieving mother who had lost her child; Liszt fainting in the arms of a page turner to spark an entire hall into hysterics. Here is the instrument in all its complexity and beauty. We learn of the incredible craftsmanship of a modern Steinway, the peculiarity of specialty pianos built for the Victorian household, the continuing innovation in keyboards including electronic ones. And most of all, we hear the music of the masters, from centuries ago and in our own age, brilliantly evoked and as marvelous as its most recent performance.

With this wide-ranging volume, Isacoff gives us a must-have for music lovers, pianists, and the armchair musician.

A Natural History of the Piano by Stuart Isacoff

2011-11-15T00:30:00-05:00

A Natural History of the Piano The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between
Written by Stuart Isacoff

Hardcover, 384 pages | Knopf | Music - Musical Instruments; Music - Musical Instruments - Piano & Keyboard; Music | $30.00 | 978-0-307-26637-8 (0-307-26637-0)

Guitars Illustrated by Terry Burrows

2011-10-04T00:30:00-05:00

Guitars Illustrated A Stunning Visual Catalog Charting the Origins of Over 250 of the Most Influential Makes and Models
Written by Terry Burrows

Hardcover, 256 pages | Billboard Books | Music - Musical Instruments - Guitar; Music - Reference; Music - History & Criticism | $40.00 | 978-0-8230-8269-8 (0-8230-8269-5)

Guide to Sonatas by Melvin Berger

2011-08-10T00:30:00-05:00

Guide to Sonatas Music for One or Two Instruments
Edited by Melvin Berger

eBook, 224 pages | Anchor | Music - Musical Instruments | $11.99 | 978-0-307-75488-2 (0-307-75488-X)

With the same authority, insight, and unique ability to bring music to life on the printed page that he brought to his Guide to Chamber Music, Melvin Berger gives us an indispensable guide to the sonata form. Comprehensive, analytical, and historical, including descriptions in nontechnical language of over two hundred of the best best-known sonatas, Guide to Sonatas is designed to help all music lovers−casual listeners, experienced concertgoers, performers, conductors, or teachers−deepen their understanding and enhance their enjoyment of the classical repertoire.

Toy Instruments by Paul Miller

2010-02-23T00:30:00-05:00

Toy Instruments Design, Nostalgia, Music
Written by Eric Schneider
Introduction by Paul Miller

Hardcover, 192 pages | Mark Batty Publisher | Music; Music - Musical Instruments | $19.95 | 978-0-9820754-8-7 (0-9820754-8-0)

Toy Instruments compises an eye-popping collection of musical toys made between the 1950s and 1990s. Created to excite children about learning how to play an instrument, the toys turned out to be very fun for adults as well. Just ask David Bowie; he used the Stylophone in his song "Space Oddity."

Culled from author Eric Schneider's personal collection, Toy Instruments explores this niche of the toy industry, doing so with an informative and humorous approach that demonstrates how even in today's world of Guitar Hero and Wii, these musical toys are emblematic, and enigmatic, artifacts from bygone eras. As DJ Spooky writes in his introduction, "I think of the material that Eric Schneider has compiled as a kind of 'object' time machine, reaching back to the heart of what electronic music represented when it was new."

Temperament by Stuart Isacoff

2009-01-16T00:30:00-05:00

Temperament How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization
Written by Stuart Isacoff

eBook, 288 pages | Vintage | Music - Musical Instruments - Piano & Keyboard; Music - History & Criticism | $13.99 | 978-0-307-56051-3 (0-307-56051-1)

Few music lovers realize that the arrangement of notes on today’s pianos was once regarded as a crime against God and nature, or that such legendary thinkers as Pythagoras, Plato, da Vinci, Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton and Rousseau played a role in the controversy. Indeed, from the time of the Ancient Greeks through the eras of Renaissance scientists and Enlightenment philosophers, the relationship between the notes of the musical scale was seen as a key to the very nature of the universe.

In this engaging and accessible account, Stuart Isacoff leads us through the battles over that scale, placing them in the context of quarrels in the worlds of art, philosophy, religion, politics and science. The contentious adoption of the modern tuning system known as equal temperament called into question beliefs that had lasted nearly two millenia–and also made possible the music of Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Debussy, and all who followed. Filled with original insights, fascinating anecdotes, and portraits of some of the greatest geniuses of all time, Temperament is that rare book that will delight the novice and expert alike.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Practicing by Glenn Kurtz

2008-11-19T00:30:00-05:00

Practicing A Musician's Return to Music
Written by Glenn Kurtz

eBook, 256 pages | Vintage | Music - Musical Instruments - Guitar | $13.99 | 978-0-307-48976-0 (0-307-48976-0)

In a remarkable memoir written with insight and humor, Glenn Kurtz takes us from his first lessons at the age of eight to his acceptance at the elite New England Conservatory of Music. After graduation, he attempts a solo career in Vienna but soon realizes that he has neither the ego nor the talent required to succeed and gives up the instrument, and his dream, entirely.

But not forever: Returning to the guitar, Kurtz weaves into the narrative the rich experience of a single practice session. Practicing takes us on a revelatory, inspiring journey: a love affair with music.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

With Strings Attached by Jonathan Kellerman

2008-10-28T00:30:00-05:00

With Strings Attached The Art and Beauty of Vintage Guitars
Written by Jonathan Kellerman

Hardcover, 368 pages | Ballantine Books | Music - Musical Instruments - Guitar; Music - Musical Instruments - Strings; Music - Musical Instruments | $75.00 | 978-0-345-49978-3 (0-345-49978-6)

For thirty-five years, bestselling author and accomplished musician Jonathan Kellerman has been, as he puts it in his Introduction to this lavishly illustrated, endlessly fascinating volume, “chasing fabulous sound.” The result of that quest is a world-class collection of guitars, mandolins, and other stringed instruments that number more than 120 . . . and counting.

Kellerman takes us on a fascinating guided tour through his collection, complete with rich personal histories of his favorite instruments and of the brilliant, often eccentric craftsmen and musicians who brought them to life. It is a record of one man’s lifelong love affair with the guitar . . . and it is much, much more.

Whether writing about household names such as Fender, Gibson, Martin, and Dobro or about marques revered by aficionados–D’Angelico, Hauser, Stromberg, and Torres–Kellerman brings to bear the same sure storytelling instincts and keen attention to detail that characterize his bestselling fiction, making each entry a sparkling mini-essay as much to be savored as the sensual photographs that follow.

Your fingers won’t be walking through With Strings Attached. They’ll be strumming. Picking. Stroking.

And dancing.

Practicing by Glenn Kurtz

2008-08-05T00:30:00-05:00

Practicing A Musician's Return to Music
Written by Glenn Kurtz

Trade Paperback, 256 pages | Vintage | Music - Musical Instruments - Guitar | $15.00 | 978-0-307-27875-3 (0-307-27875-1)

Stradivari's Genius by Toby Faber

2006-04-04T00:30:00-05:00

Stradivari's Genius Five Violins, One Cello, and Three Centuries of Enduring Perfection
Written by Toby Faber

Trade Paperback, 288 pages | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Music - Musical Instruments - Strings; Biography & Autobiography - Historical; Music - History & Criticism | $16.00 | 978-0-375-76085-3 (0-375-76085-7)

Antonio Stradivari (1644—1737) was a perfectionist whose single-minded pursuit of excellence changed the world of music. In the course of his long career in the northern Italian city of Cremona, he created more than a thousand stringed instruments; approximately six hundred survive, their quality unequalled by any subsequent violin-maker. In this fascinating book, Toby Faber traces the rich, multilayered stories of six of these peerless creations–five violins and a cello–and the one towering artist who brought them into being. Blending history, biography, meticulous detective work, and an abiding passion for music, Faber takes us from the salons of Vienna to the concert halls of New York, and from the breakthroughs of Beethoven’s last quartets to the first phonographic recordings. This magnificent narrative invites us to share the life, the intrigue, and the incomparable beauty of the world’s most marvelous stringed instruments.

The Organ by David Baker

2003-06-01T00:30:00-05:00

The Organ
Written by David Baker

Trade Paperback, 96 pages | Shire | Music - Musical Instruments - Piano & Keyboard | $19.95 | 978-0-7478-0560-1 (0-7478-0560-1)

Temperament by Stuart Isacoff

2003-02-04T00:30:00-05:00

Temperament How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization
Written by Stuart Isacoff

Trade Paperback, 288 pages | Vintage | Music - Musical Instruments - Piano & Keyboard; Music - History & Criticism | $16.00 | 978-0-375-70330-0 (0-375-70330-6)

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thad Carhart

2002-03-12T00:30:00-05:00

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
Written by Thad Carhart

Trade Paperback, 304 pages | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Music - Musical Instruments - Piano & Keyboard; Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Travel - Europe - France | $15.00 | 978-0-375-75862-1 (0-375-75862-3)

Walking his two young children to school every morning, Thad Carhart passes an unassuming little storefront in his Paris neighborhood. Intrigued by its simple sign—Desforges Pianos—he enters, only to have his way barred by the shop’s imperious owner. Unable to stifle his curiosity, he finally lands the proper introduction, and a world previously hidden is brought into view. Luc, the atelier’s master, proves an indispensable guide to the history and art of the piano. Intertwined with the story of a musical friendship are reflections on how pianos work, their glorious history, and stories of the people who care for them, from amateur pianists to the craftsmen who make the mechanism sing. The Piano Shop on the Left Bank is at once a beguiling portrait of a Paris not found on any map and a tender account of the awakening of a lost childhood passion.

Praise for The Piano Shop on the Left Bank:

“[Carhart’s] writing is fluid and lovely enough to lure the rustiest plunker back to the piano bench and the most jaded traveler back to Paris.”
–San Francisco Chronicle

“Captivating . . . [Carhart] joins the tiny company of foreigners who have written of the French as verbs. . . . What he tries to capture is not the sight of them, but what they see.”
–The New York Times

“Thoroughly engaging . . . In part it is a book about that most unpredictable and pleasurable of human experiences, serendipity. . . . The book is also about something more difficult to pin down, friendship and community.”
–The Washington Post

“Carhart writes with a sensuousness enhanced by patience and grounded by the humble acquisition of new insight into music, his childhood, and his relationship to the city of Paris.”
–The New Yorker

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thad Carhart

2001-06-12T00:30:00-05:00

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
Written by Thad Carhart

eBook | Random House | Music - Musical Instruments - Piano & Keyboard; Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Travel - Europe - France | $13.99 | 978-0-375-50700-7 (0-375-50700-0)

Thad Carhart never realized there was a gap in his life until he happened upon Desforges Pianos, a demure little shopfront in his Pairs neighborhood that seemed to want to hide rather than advertise its wares. Like Alice in Wonderland, he found his attempts to gain entry rebuffed at every turn. An accidental introduction finally opened the door to the quartier’s oddest hangout, where locals — from university professors to pipefitters — gather on Friday evenings to discuss music, love, and life over a glass of wine.

Luc, the atelier’s master, proves an excellent guide to the history of this most gloriously impractical of instruments. A bewildering variety passes through his restorer’s hands: delicate ancient pianofortes, one perhaps the onetime possession of Beethoven. Great hulking beasts of thunderous voice. And the modest piano “with the heart of a lion” that was to become Thad’s own.

What emerges is a warm and intuitive portrait of the secret Paris — one closed to all but a knowing few. The Piano Shop on the Left Bank is the perfect book for music lovers, or for anyone who longs to recapture a lost passion.

From the Hardcover edition.

The Ultimate Guitar Book by Tony Bacon

1997-10-15T00:30:00-05:00

The Ultimate Guitar Book
Written by Tony Bacon

Trade Paperback, 192 pages | Knopf | Music - Musical Instruments | $35.00 | 978-0-375-70090-3 (0-375-70090-0)

The First Paperback Edition of The Definitive Reference Work On The Guitar, And The Most Beautiful Book On The Subject Ever Produced

"When you get right down to it, these guitars represent something uniquely American . . . You're transported to a place where it's always Saturday night in the summertime, a place where cars are fast and girls are pretty. And when you pull into the parking lot and cut the engine, you can hear the music and know that everybody's inside, twisting the night away."

-- David Nicholson, Washington Post Book World

A stunning visual guide to the history and development of this instrument -featuring specially commissioned photographs of famous, rare, and vintage guitars, from the earliest acoustics to the latest electrics. Packed with construction and design information, and with detailed, informative profiles on everything from the legendary (Martin, Gibson, Fender) to the weird, the exotic, and the oddball (Burns, Hagstrom, Danelectro, to name a few), The Ultimate Guitar Book brings each instrument to life and makes immensely pleasurable browsing for players and collectors alike, from beginner to professional.

The Beauty of Gesture by Catherine David

1996-08-01T00:30:00-05:00

The Beauty of Gesture The Invisible Keyboard of Piano and T'ai Chi
Written by Catherine David

Trade Paperback, 176 pages | North Atlantic Books | Music - Musical Instruments - Piano & Keyboard; Sports & Recreation - Martial Arts & Self-Defense | $12.95 | 978-1-55643-219-4 (1-55643-219-4)

In this society in which the essential is generally considered incidental (which is reflected in the unbearable dullness of the contemporary man), Catherine David picks the essence from inconspicuous corners where it has been gathering dust and shows us how she uses it to unlock the gates leading to inner beauty. In this remarkable series of 26 linked meditations, The Beauty of Gesture, subtitled "The Invisible keyboard of Piano and T'ai Chi," the French journalist Catherine David explores the analogies between playing the piano and practicing t'ai chi chu'an. A serious pianist and student of martial arts, David draws on a wide familiarity with literary and philosophical texts to evoke the intellectual and spiritual world of her imagination. "A beautiful act is an island of absoluteness in an ocean of chance," she writes, and her essay reminds us that the world vibrates with possibilities, necessities, and poetry for those who can focus attention.

Random House New Releases - Music - Musical Instruments

Play Better Guitar by David Black

Play Better Guitar Written by David Black

QUARTET PLAYING,ART OF by David Blum

QUARTET PLAYING,ART OF Written by David Blum

A Natural History of the Piano by Stuart Isacoff

A Natural History of the Piano The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in BetweenWritten by Stuart Isacoff

Stradivari's Genius by Toby Faber

Stradivari's Genius Five Violins, One Cello, and Three Centuries of Enduring PerfectionWritten by Toby Faber

A Natural History of the Piano by Stuart Isacoff

A Natural History of the Piano The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in BetweenWritten by Stuart Isacoff

A Natural History of the Piano by Stuart Isacoff

A Natural History of the Piano The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in BetweenWritten by Stuart Isacoff

Guitars Illustrated by Terry Burrows

Guitars Illustrated A Stunning Visual Catalog Charting the Origins of Over 250 of the Most Influential Makes and ModelsWritten by Terry Burrows

Guide to Sonatas by Melvin Berger

Guide to Sonatas Music for One or Two InstrumentsEdited by Melvin Berger

Toy Instruments by Paul Miller

Toy Instruments Design, Nostalgia, MusicWritten by Eric Schneider Introduction by Paul Miller

Temperament by Stuart Isacoff

Temperament How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western CivilizationWritten by Stuart Isacoff

Practicing by Glenn Kurtz

Practicing A Musician's Return to MusicWritten by Glenn Kurtz

With Strings Attached by Jonathan Kellerman

With Strings Attached The Art and Beauty of Vintage GuitarsWritten by Jonathan Kellerman

Practicing by Glenn Kurtz

Practicing A Musician's Return to MusicWritten by Glenn Kurtz

Stradivari's Genius by Toby Faber

Stradivari's Genius Five Violins, One Cello, and Three Centuries of Enduring PerfectionWritten by Toby Faber

The Organ by David Baker

The Organ Written by David Baker

Temperament by Stuart Isacoff

Temperament How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western CivilizationWritten by Stuart Isacoff

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thad Carhart

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris AtelierWritten by Thad Carhart

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thad Carhart

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris AtelierWritten by Thad Carhart

The Ultimate Guitar Book by Tony Bacon

The Ultimate Guitar Book Written by Tony Bacon

The Beauty of Gesture by Catherine David

The Beauty of Gesture The Invisible Keyboard of Piano and T'ai ChiWritten by Catherine David

Play Better Guitar
Written by David Black

QUARTET PLAYING,ART OF
Written by David Blum

A Natural History of the Piano The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between
Written by Stuart Isacoff

Stradivari's Genius Five Violins, One Cello, and Three Centuries of Enduring Perfection
Written by Toby Faber

A Natural History of the Piano The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between
Written by Stuart Isacoff

A Natural History of the Piano The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between
Written by Stuart Isacoff

Guitars Illustrated A Stunning Visual Catalog Charting the Origins of Over 250 of the Most Influential Makes and Models
Written by Terry Burrows

Guide to Sonatas Music for One or Two Instruments
Edited by Melvin Berger

Toy Instruments Design, Nostalgia, Music
Written by Eric Schneider
Introduction by Paul Miller

Temperament How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization
Written by Stuart Isacoff

Practicing A Musician's Return to Music
Written by Glenn Kurtz

With Strings Attached The Art and Beauty of Vintage Guitars
Written by Jonathan Kellerman

Practicing A Musician's Return to Music
Written by Glenn Kurtz

Stradivari's Genius Five Violins, One Cello, and Three Centuries of Enduring Perfection
Written by Toby Faber

The Organ
Written by David Baker

Temperament How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization
Written by Stuart Isacoff

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
Written by Thad Carhart

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
Written by Thad Carhart

The Ultimate Guitar Book
Written by Tony Bacon

The Beauty of Gesture The Invisible Keyboard of Piano and T'ai Chi
Written by Catherine David