Music:

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

Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2009
Price: $13.95

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... Read more >

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

Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $13.95

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... Read more >

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

Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $75.00

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 ... Read more >

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

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2008
Price: $13.95

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... Read more >

Discovering Bells and Bellringing

Written by John Camp

Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $11.95

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The Organ

Written by David Baker

Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $19.95

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

Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: June 19, 2007
Price: $24.00

The remarkable odyssey of a classical guitar prodigy who abandons his beloved instrument in defeat at the age of twenty-five, but comes back to it years later with a new kind of passion.

With insight and humor, Glenn Kurtz takes us from his first lessons at a small Long Island guitar school... Read more >

Improve Your Piano Playing

Written by Dr. John Meffen

Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2007
Price: $12.95

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

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 4, 2006
Price: $13.95

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... Read more >

The Billboard Illustrated Complete Guitar Handbook

Written by Michael Leonar

Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2005
Price: $24.95

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

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2003
Price: $13.95

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... Read more >

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

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2002
Price: $14.00

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... Read more >

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

Format: eBook
On Sale: June 12, 2001
Price: $14.00

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... Read more >