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  • New Publications, New Music Book Publications - 16th September 2024

    16th September 2024

    Boosey & Hawkes's Music Diary for 2025, biographies of Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, and Debussy, an exploration of the organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach, a paperback reissue of a book exploring music during the Second World War, guides for young people to musical instruments and Christmas carols, and a handbook on music theory for beginners.

  • New Publications, New Music Book Publications - 12th August 2024

    12th August 2024

    An examination of the formative years of Pierre Boulez, a collection of essays looking at the legacy of Berlioz, a guide for singers on analysing the musical and textual context of Schubert songs, an exploration of the evolution of the guitar in the twenty-first century, essays on music by Theodor Adorno, and a humorous take on all things musical from comedian Alex Horne and The Horne Section.

Presto Book of the Month

Tchaikovsky's Empire: A New Life of Russia's Greatest Composer

Tchaikovsky's Empire: A New Life of Russia's Greatest Composer

Simon Morrison; Yale University Press; Hardback

This iconoclastic biography re-examines the relationship between Tchaikovsky's music, personal life, and politics, and his engagement with the cultures of the imperial margins in Ukraine, Poland, and the Caucasus. It gives us a vivid new appreciation of Russia’s most popular composer.

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