Music Composition from bookarrest

Salzburg, Austria: Mackinger Verlag, 2019. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine (As New). 8.25" x 11.75. A volume of selected papers presented at the 2015 international symposium 'Mikrotöne: Small is Beautiful' at the University Mozarteum in Salzburg, organized by the International Ekmelic Music Society (IGEM). The International Ekmelic Music Society was founded in 1981 by Franz Richter Herf… Read more about this item

Desmoines, Iowa: Sigma Alpha Iota, 1984. Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 8.25" x 11. Ruth Shaw Wylie (cover image). The Winter 1984 (Volume LXXVI, Number Two) edition of the quarterly Pan Pipes - journal of Sigma Alpha Iota, an international music fraternity for women that was established in 1903 at the University of Michigan. FEATURES: An Encyclopedia of Women… Read more about this item

New York: The Juilliard School, 1989. Soft cover. Fine Minus. 6" x 9. The musical energy of the 1960s is the subject of Juilliard's 1989 "Focus!" festival, comprising 6 concerts [including dance and theater] at Alice Tully Hall and the Juilliard Theatre." CONTENTS: Introduction (Sachs); the six concert programs (see my scan images of two of them) … Read more about this item

Purchase, New York: Purchase College - SUNY, 1994. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. MAPCD1994. Imaginative, excellently performed, recorded/produced music in a variety of styles - featuring students from the Conservatory of Music at SUNY-Purchase College. CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. Total Time: __ CONDITION: A Fine uncompromised CD with… Read more about this item

Purchase, New York: Purchase College - SUNY, 1992. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. MAPCD1992. Imaginative, excellently performed and recorded/produced music in a variety of styles - featuring students from the Conservatory of Music at SUNY-Purchase College. CONDITION: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. Total Time: __ CONDITION: A Fine uncompromised CD… Read more about this item

Salzburg, Austria: Mackinger Verlag, 2019. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine (As New). 8.25" x 11.75. A volume of selected papers presented at the 2017 international symposium 'Mikrotöne: Small is Beautiful' at the University Mozarteum in Salzburg, organized by the International Ekmelic Music Society. The Society was founded in 1981 by Franz Richter Herf and Rolf Maedel and… Read more about this item

Charleston, South Carolina: Piccolo Spoleto Festival, 1995. Stapled Wraps. Fine. 6.5" x 10.75. A provocative symposium brochure from the 1995 Piccolo Spoleto Festival, discussing and exploring the challenges and possibilities for contemporary American concert-music composers. The centerpiece for discussion was Edward Rothstein's article "Why We Live in the Musical Past", and the featured composer, George Crumb. CONTENTS: ***See… Read more about this item

Copenhagen, Denmark: Working Group Gunnar Berg, 2019. Stapled Wraps. Fine. 7" x 10. A revelatory introduction to Denmark's esteemed microtonalist composer, as presented by Jens Rossel at the International Ekmelic Music Society's 2019 conference at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. CONTENTS: A pioneer of serial and microtonal music; Switzerland and Salzburg; Copenhagen and Paris; Beatrice Berg; The Folk… Read more about this item

Kiev, Ukraine: National Composers Union, 2019. Stapled Wraps. Fine. 6" x 8.25. A memorial celebration of the musical life of one of Ukraine's most highly respected composers (1930-2019) - creator of symphonies, operas, ballets, musicals, concertos for various instruments, and vocal music.. CONTENTS: biographical profile; the festival's concert programs (repertoire). 8 pages, photo-illustrated. CONDITION: A beautiful unmarked, uncreased… Read more about this item

Kiev, Ukraine: National Composers Union, 2019. Stapled Wraps. Fine (As New). 6" x 8.25. A memorial celebration of the musical life of one of Ukraine's most highly respected composers (1930-2019) - creator of symphonies, operas, ballets, musicals, concertos for various instruments, and vocal music.. CONTENTS: biographical profile; the festival's concert programs (repertoire). 8 pages, photo-illustrated. CONDITION: A pristine… Read more about this item

St. Paul, Minnesota, USA: Composer-Produced, 2001. CD in Jewel Case. Fine Minus/No Booklet (as issued). Franz Kamin (May 25, 1941 - April 11, 2010) was a prolific American author, composer, and pianist whose works were modelled on topology, general systems theory, meditational processes, and chance operations. Those acquainted with his work link him with the "renegade eccentric" tradition… Read more about this item

Kiev, Ukraine: Ukrainian National Academy of Music. Stapled Wraps. Fine. 5.75" x 8.75. Program booklet for the day and events honoring the great Ukrainian composer Myroslav Skoryk (born in 1938) - in ukrainian with a brief section in English (biographical sketch and program schedule). CONTENTS: [Ukrainian text] Acknowledgements; Color Photo of the Composer; Biographical Sketch; Festival Plan [Opening… Read more about this item

New York: C. F. Peters Corporation, 1982. Stapled Wraps. Near Fine. 11" (wide) x 8.5. The 1982 Catalogue of Peters' contemporary music score publications, representing many of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Included is a 4-page Price List. CONTENTS: Table of Contents (composer names - see accompanying scan images); letter from BMI Classical Director James G.… Read more about this item

Leningrad [St. Petersburg], USSR: Soviet Composer Publishers, 1989. First Thus . Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 4.25" x 9.5. This essay on the House of Composers deals with the history of one of the most beautiful buildings in St. Petersburg, Russia - situated in the old area surrounding St. Isaak's Cathedral. It was built between 1836 and 1842 by… Read more about this item

Berlin: Galerie Sphn, 2001. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. Hans Schule (cover art). Challenging, provocative works of great complexity by this gifted and visionary "maximalist". "Cantor's Dust" and "Divergence" feature the voice of Rebekka Uhlig; "In America" features the composer's own voice. CONTENTS: See accompanying scan image of the Playlist. Its 4-page booklet contains the playlist, program notes,… Read more about this item

St. Petersburg, Russia: St. Petersburg Composers Union, 2007. Stapled Wraps. Fine. 4" x 7.5. Dual-language (English & Russian) brochure of distinguished Russian-Jewish composer, pianist, harpsichordist Gregory Korchmar, who most recently served as Director of the St. Petersburg Union of Composers. He was also co-founder of CESAME: Center for Soviet/American Musical Exchange. CONTENTS: Creative Biography; Artistic Portrait; Abbreviations; List… Read more about this item

Purchase, New York: Purchase College Conservatory of Music, 2004. CD in Slipcase. New (Very Fine)/New (Very Fine). Each year, the Studio Composition Department of the Purchase College School of Music (SUNY) produces a CD - a potpourri of musical creativity composed, performed, recorded by students. Satoshi Arai, 2004 Producer. CONTENTS: See the accompanying scan image of the Track… Read more about this item

New York: Furious Artisans, 2003. CD in Jewel Case. New (Very Fine)/New (Very Fine). # FACD 6806. Eight engaging, highly original compositions by this gifted student of Iannis Xenakis. CONTENTS: See accompanying scan image of the Playlist. Its informative 16-page booklet contains a revelatory autobiographical memoir, extensive program notes, brief biographies and production credits. Total Time: 60'29". CONDITION:… Read more about this item

Berlin: Capriccio - Deutschlandradio Kultur, 2006. CD in Deluxe Jewel Case. Fine/Very Good. # 71 095 - a Hybrid, Multi-Channel recording playable on all SACD & CD players. These compositions - featuring the Haydn Trio Eisenstadt and baritone Christian Hilz - are dedicated to the memory of Ingeborg Bachmann and her work, which is characterized by "writing against… Read more about this item

North Hampton, New Hampshire: Navona Records - Parma Recordings, 2010. CDs in Deluxe Gatefold Jacket. New (Very Fine)/New (Very Fine). NV5830. "Like the title suggests, Harmonious Dissonance offers a collection of works that are both jarring yet cohesive. As each piece comes together, it becomes clear that Brinch, Hall, Froom, and Brings are not afraid to challenge your… Read more about this item