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History of Key Characteristics in the 18th & Early 19th Centuries
Rita Steblin 
Format: Hardcover, 408pp, 6x9
ISBN: 1878822624 
Publisher: U of Rochester Press; Pub. Date: February 1996 

A comprehensive study of the subject. Highly recommended for serious music lovers.


Lies My Music Teacher Told Me: Music Theory for Grownups
Gerald Eskelin 
Format: Paperback, 176pp. 
ISBN: 1886209111
Publisher: Stage 3; Pub. Date: March 1996 

An entertaining and informative book dedicated to all those who studied music just long enough to be thoroughly confused. Music teachers will enjoy it, too. 

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Sounds of Music: Perception & Notation
Gerald R. Eskelin 
Format: Paperback, 250pp.
ISBN: 1886209138 
Publisher: Stage 3; Pub. Date: August 1997 

A systematic exploration of the basic concepts of music as discussed in the Lies book. Includes audio examples on CD. Suggestions and drills for ear training. 

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Emblems of Mind: The Inner Life of Music and Mathematics
Edward Rothstein 
Format: Paperback, 288pp. 
ISBN: 0380727471
Publisher: Avon Books 
Pub. Date: July 1996 

Igor Stravinsky declared that mathematics is "as useful to [the musician] as the learning of another language is to a poet." In this elegant exploration, Edward Rothstein, the cultural critic for The New York Times, reveals the profound and intriguing links between these two arts. Neither history nor theory, EMBLEMS OF MIND is an insightful and enthralling speculation that grapples with grand philosophical issues and mundane experience alkike -- invoking the poetry of Wordsworth, the theories of Levi-Strauss, the images of Plato, and the philosophy of Kant as it llluminates the beautiful, mysterious mathematics beneath "the art of combination which is composition." (The New York Times


Marcel Moyse; Voice of the Flute
Ann McCutchan 
Format: Hardcover, 326pp.
ISBN: 0931340683 
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated; Pub. Date: August 1994

Philip Farkas & His Horn: A Happy Worthwhile Life 
Nancy J. Fako 
Please note: This title needs to be ordered directly with the publisher and usually ships within 4-6 weeks. There are occasions where the titles may go out of print or the publishers may no longer carry stock. If we cannot fill your order, we will notify you within 1-2 weeks. 
Format: Hardcover, 320pp. 
ISBN: 0966258703 
Publisher: Crescent P 
Pub. Date: March 1998

Philip Farkas & His Horn: A Happy Worthwhile Life 
Nancy J. Fako 
Please note: This title needs to be ordered directly with the publisher and usually ships within 4-6 weeks. There are occasions where the titles may go out of print or the publishers may no longer carry stock. If we cannot fill your order, we will notify you within 1-2 weeks. 
Format: Paperback, 320pp. 
ISBN: 0966258711 
Publisher: Crescent P 
Pub. Date: March 1998

Learning Sequences in Music : Skill, Content, and Patterns : A Music Learning Theory
Edwin E. Gordon 
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 1579990045
Publisher: GIA Publications, Inc. 
Pub. Date: 1997 ed.