| 1 |
|
Mozart
by
3.65 avg rating — 947 ratings
|
|
| 2 |
|
Mozart
by
3.68 avg rating — 661 ratings
|
|
| 3 |
|
The P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations, Vol. 1: The Magic Flute
by
3.75 avg rating — 192 ratings
|
|
| 4 |
|
Mozart's Women: His Family, His Friends, His Music
by
3.88 avg rating — 522 ratings
|
|
| 5 |
|
Mozart: A Life in Letters
by
4.32 avg rating — 173 ratings
|
|
| 6 |
|
The Classical Music Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
by
3.95 avg rating — 356 ratings
|
|
| 7 |
|
The Tragic and the Ecstatic: The Musical Revolution of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
by
4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings
|
|
| 8 |
|
The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy
by
4.34 avg rating — 566 ratings
|
|
| 9 |
|
Bach, Beethoven and the Boys: Music History as It Ought to Be Taught
by
3.87 avg rating — 693 ratings
|
|
| 10 |
|
Beethoven: The Universal Composer
by
4.02 avg rating — 1,943 ratings
|
|
| 11 |
|
The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
by
4.24 avg rating — 1,502 ratings
|
|
| 11 |
|
Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven
by
4.07 avg rating — 1,739 ratings
|
|
| 13 |
|
From Kitchen to Carnegie Hall: Ethel Stark and the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra
by
4.03 avg rating — 38 ratings
|
|
| 14 |
|
The Mandolin in America: The Full Story from Orchestras to Bluegrass to the Modern Revival
by
4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
|
|
| 15 |
|
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician
by
4.20 avg rating — 1,154 ratings
|
|
| 16 |
|
La Boheme: Vocal Score
by
4.05 avg rating — 375 ratings
|
|
| 17 |
|
The History of Violin Playing from Its Origins to 1761: and Its Relationship to the Violin and Violin Music
by
4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings
|
|
| 18 |
|
Why Mahler?: How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed Our World
by
3.75 avg rating — 474 ratings
|
|
| 19 |
|
Gustav Mahler
by
4.31 avg rating — 181 ratings
|
|
| 20 |
|
The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze Di Figaro): Vocal Score
by
3.89 avg rating — 3,542 ratings
|
|
| 20 |
|
Violin Owner's Manual
by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 24 ratings
|
|
| 20 |
|
Samuel Barber: The Composer and His Music
by
4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings
|
|
| 23 |
|
The Eighth: Mahler and the World in 1910
by
3.95 avg rating — 77 ratings
|
|
| 24 |
|
The Violin: A Social History of the World's Most Versatile Instrument
by
3.68 avg rating — 73 ratings
|
|
| 25 |
|
Bel Canto Operas of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini
by
3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings
|
|
| 26 |
|
Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization
by
3.88 avg rating — 595 ratings
|
|
| 27 |
|
Donizetti and the world of opera in Italy, Paris, and Vienna in the first half of the nineteenth century
by
3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
|
|
| 28 |
|
Musical Instruments and Their Symbolism in Western Art (Studies in Musical Iconology)
by
4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
|
|
| 29 |
|
Anna Bolena and the Artistic Maturity of Gaetano Donizetti
by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
|
|
| 30 |
|
Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony
by
4.03 avg rating — 720 ratings
|
|
| 31 |
|
The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote) in Full Score
by
3.95 avg rating — 554 ratings
|
|
| 32 |
|
The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro): Libretto
by
3.89 avg rating — 3,542 ratings
|
|
| 33 |
|
Il trovatore: Opera Explained
by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
|
|
| 34 |
|
Tchaikovsky: A Biography
by
4.02 avg rating — 98 ratings
|
|
| 35 |
|
Opera for Beginners (Writers and Readers Documentary Comic Book.)
by
3.71 avg rating — 21 ratings
|
|
| 35 |
|
History of Western Music (HARPERCOLLINS COLLEGE OUTLINE SERIES)
by
3.65 avg rating — 31 ratings
|
|
| 37 |
|
Year of Wonder: Classical Music for Every Day
by
4.41 avg rating — 1,372 ratings
|
|
| 38 |
|
The Ring of the Nibelung
by
4.28 avg rating — 1,117 ratings
|
|
| 39 |
|
Know It All Classical Music: The 50 Most Significant Genres, Composers & Forms, Each Explained in Under a Minute (Volume 2)
by
4.18 avg rating — 22 ratings
|
|
| 40 |
|
Wagner's 'Ring' and its Symbols
by
4.04 avg rating — 77 ratings
|
|
| 40 |
|
Beethoven's Skull: Dark, Strange, and Fascinating Tales from the World of Classical Music and Beyond
by
3.51 avg rating — 274 ratings
|
|
| 42 |
|
Language of the Spirit: An Introduction to Classical Music
by
4.12 avg rating — 445 ratings
|
|
| 43 |
|
The History of Classical Music For Beginners
by
3.88 avg rating — 32 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Get Started In Classical Music
by
3.68 avg rating — 19 ratings
|
|
| 45 |
|
Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph
by
4.25 avg rating — 1,889 ratings
|
|
| 45 |
|
Classical Music for Dummies
by
3.96 avg rating — 646 ratings
|
|
| 47 |
|
Beethoven
by
4.19 avg rating — 1,764 ratings
|
|
| 47 |
|
Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music (Volume 13)
by
3.79 avg rating — 28 ratings
|
|
| 49 |
|
Ludwig van Beethoven: A Life from Beginning to End
by
4.26 avg rating — 323 ratings
|
|
| 49 |
|
Ruth Crawford Seeger: A Composer's Search for American Music
by
4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings
|
|
| 51 |
|
Beethoven: The Music and the Life
by
3.89 avg rating — 347 ratings
|
|
| 51 |
|
Duke Ellington: An American Composer and Icon
by
4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
|
|
| 53 |
|
The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824
by
3.59 avg rating — 999 ratings
|
|
| 53 |
|
Blind Tom, the Black Pianist-Composer (1849-1908): Continually Enslaved
by
3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
|
|
| 55 |
|
Beethoven: Letters, Journals and Conversations
by
4.39 avg rating — 84 ratings
|
|
| 55 |
|
Sticking It Out: From Juilliard to the Orchestra Pit, a Percussionist's Memoir
by
4.42 avg rating — 164 ratings
|
|
| 57 |
|
The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung
by
4.14 avg rating — 242 ratings
|
|
| 58 |
|
A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between
by
3.85 avg rating — 333 ratings
|
|
| 59 |
|
The P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations, Vol. 2: Parsifal / Ariane and Bluebeard / I Pagliacci / Songs by Mahler
by
3.70 avg rating — 61 ratings
|
|
| 60 |
|
Verdi: A Biography
by
4.26 avg rating — 46 ratings
|
|
| 61 |
|
La Traviata
by
4.15 avg rating — 308 ratings
|
|
| 61 |
|
Why You Love Music: From Mozart to Metallica--The Emotional Power of Beautiful Sounds
by
3.76 avg rating — 582 ratings
|
|
| 63 |
|
Il Trovatore
by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 66 ratings
|
|
| 63 |
|
Violin Repair Guide: The Repairing and Restoration of Violins
by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
|
|
| 65 |
|
A History of Opera: The Last 400 Years
by
4.16 avg rating — 346 ratings
|
|
| 65 |
|
American Luthier: Carleen Hutchins, the Art and Science of the Violin
by
4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings
|
|
| 67 |
|
The Romance of Tristan
by
3.60 avg rating — 3,869 ratings
|
|
| 68 |
|
The Violin Maker: Finding a Centuries-Old Tradition in a Brooklyn Workshop
by
4.12 avg rating — 466 ratings
|
|
| 69 |
|
Puccini's La Boheme (the Dover Opera Libretto Series) (Dover Books On Music: Voice)
by
4.05 avg rating — 375 ratings
|
|
| 70 |
|
Puccini: His Life and Works
by
4.31 avg rating — 35 ratings
|
|
| 70 |
|
Singing Archaeology: Philip Glass's Akhnaten
by
4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
|
|
| 72 |
|
Puccini Without Excuses: A Refreshing Reassessment of the World's Most Popular Composer
by
4.22 avg rating — 108 ratings
|
|
| 72 |
|
Imperfect Harmony: Finding Happiness Singing with Others
by
3.93 avg rating — 555 ratings
|
|
| 74 |
|
Puccini: A Biography
by
4.03 avg rating — 39 ratings
|
|
| 74 |
|
A Song to Sing, a Life to Live: Reflections on Music as Spiritual Practice
by
3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings
|
|
| 76 |
|
The Complete Operas Of Puccini
by
3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
|
|
| 76 |
|
Music and Theology
by
4.18 avg rating — 22 ratings
|
|
| 78 |
|
Puccini's Tosca: A Short Guide to a Great Opera
by
4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
|
|
| 78 |
|
Hearing and Writing Music: Professional Training for Today's Musician
by
4.16 avg rating — 133 ratings
|
|
| 80 |
|
King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era
by
4.10 avg rating — 97 ratings
|
|
| 81 |
|
The New Grove Masters Of Italian Opera: Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Puccini
by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
|
|
| 81 |
|
Scott Joplin and the Ragtime Era
by
3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings
|
|
| 83 |
|
Bamboula!: The Life and Times of Louis Moreau Gottschalk
by
4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings
|
|
| 84 |
|
The Saddest Music Ever Written: The Story of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings
by
3.30 avg rating — 57 ratings
|
|
| 85 |
|
Samuel Barber Remembered: A Centenary Tribute (Eastman Studies in Music, 74)
by
4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
|
|
| 86 |
|
Mahler: A Musical Physiognomy
by
4.01 avg rating — 116 ratings
|
|
| 86 |
|
The Nightingale's Sonata: The Musical Odyssey of Lea Luboshutz
by
4.12 avg rating — 26 ratings
|
|
| 88 |
|
Malevolent Muse: The Life of Alma Mahler
by
3.97 avg rating — 170 ratings
|
|
| 89 |
|
Gustav Mahler: The Symphonies
by
4.09 avg rating — 109 ratings
|
|
| 90 |
|
Great Masters: Mahler—His Life and Music
by
4.37 avg rating — 185 ratings
|
|
| 91 |
|
Mahler
by
4.49 avg rating — 39 ratings
|
|
| 92 |
|
Mozart
by
4.10 avg rating — 1,240 ratings
|
|
| 93 |
|
Bel Canto: A History of Vocal Pedagogy
by
4.45 avg rating — 42 ratings
|
|
| 94 |
|
Memorie Di Lorenzo Da Ponte...
by
3.70 avg rating — 104 ratings
|
|
| 95 |
|
The Librettist of Venice: The Remarkable Life of Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart's Poet, Casanova's Friend, and Italian Opera's Impresario in America
by
3.94 avg rating — 109 ratings
|
|
| 96 |
|
The Man Who Wrote Mozart: The Extraordinary Life of Lorenzo Da Ponte
by
3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings
|
|
| 97 |
|
The Operas of Verdi: Volume 2: From Il Trovatore to La Forza del Destino
by
4.77 avg rating — 26 ratings
|
|
| 98 |
|
The Plot of Il Trovatore
by
4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
|
|
| 99 |
|
Herbert Von Karajan: A Life in Music
by
4.22 avg rating — 89 ratings
|
|
| 100 |
|
Music at its Best: The Berlin Philharmonic: From Karajan to Rattle
by
3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
|
|