Customer Review: Toscanini was one of the great men, and easily the greatest conductor, of the 20th Century. Chotzinoff gives a fair and loving portrait of a man to whom he was devoted to the end. Revealing, moving and inspiring.
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Customer Review: I've read many books on Jazz, but none have surpassed Ulanov's thorough yet very readable account of American Jazz history. They layout of the book from the opening chapter entitled "What is Jazz?" through the last chapter entitled "Evaluation" is full of seminal Jazz figures, listed in a cohesive... more info
Customer Review: This is a fine instructional manual for the aspiring amateur or professional pianist. Though written some time ago, the principles discussed throughout the book are still applicable to today's pianist. As are the references to the great masters that Madame Slenczynska has studied with. Masters that... more info
Customer Review: Leonard Ellinwood's "The History of American Church Music" is packed with fascinating historical details, and it blesses the reader with clear and practical mini-histories of topics that are often incompletely (or incorrectly!) explained, such as fuging (or "fuguing") tunes and shape notes. Fuging... more info
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