Classics on Graphics is a new series that seeks to bring classic stories from the stage and opera into a new format, presenting them to new audiences—children, teenagers, and young adults alike. In this issue, we find the storyline of Rossini's The Barber of Seville , which comes to life in this...

A comprehensive new OPERA STUDY GUIDE AND LIBRETTO Mozart’s THE MAGIC FLUTE, featuring Principal Characters in the Opera; Brief Story Synopsis; Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples; a newly translated LIBRETTO with German and English translation side-by-side, with Music Highlight Examples...

A comprehensive new OPERA STUDY GUIDE AND LIBRETTO of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA), featuring Principal Characters in the Opera; Brief Story Synopsis; Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples; a newly translated LIBRETTO with Italian and English translation side-b...

A comprehensive new OPERA STUDY GUIDE AND LIBRETTO Verdi’s LA TRAVIATA, featuring Principal Characters in the Opera; Brief Story Synopsis; Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples; a newly translated LIBRETTO with Italian and English translation side-by-side, with Music Highlight Examples; an...

A comprehensive new OPERA STUDY GUIDE AND LIBRETTO of Verdi’s RIGOLETTO, featuring Principal Characters in the Opera; Brief Story Synopsis; Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples; a newly translated LIBRETTO with Italian and English translation side-by-side, with Music Highlight Examples; a...

A comprehensive new OPERA STUDY GUIDE AND LIBRETTO of Richard Strauss’s SALOME, featuring Principal Characters in the Opera; Brief Story Synopsis; Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples; a newly translated LIBRETTO with German and English translation side-by-side, with Music Highlight Examp...

A comprehensive new OPERA STUDY GUIDE AND LIBRETTO of Verdi’s OTELLO, featuring Principal Characters in the Opera; Brief Story Synopsis; Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples; a newly translated LIBRETTO with Italian and English translation side-by-side, with Music Highlight Examples; and ...

Burton D. Fisher's comprehensive history of opera that traces each milestone and metamorphosis in the evolution of modern opera. All periods are analysed in depth: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Bel Canto, Opera Buffa, German Romanticism, Wagner and music drama, Verismo, post-Romanticism, Atonalism, ...

A comprehensive guide to Mozart's DON GIOVANNI, featuring Burton D. Fisher's insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, Principal Characters in the opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, Discography, Videography, Dictionary of Opera and Musical Terms, and a...

This work is a complete English translation of the Latin Etymologies of Isidore, Bishop of Seville (c.560–636). Isidore compiled the work between c.615 and the early 630s and it takes the form of an encyclopedia, arranged by subject matter. It contains much lore of the late classical world beginni...

Learn Recorder through Famous Classics: U.S. Musical Terms is a clear, no-nonsense approach to learning the recorder for Adult Beginners and Refreshers based entirely on well-known classical music. It includes 54 familiar Classic Melodies arranged for Soprano Recorder with tunes and exercises to en...

Exciting, familiar music by Beethoven, Handel, Purcell, Ravel, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Debussy, Saint-Saëns and many more, arranged especially for descant / soprano recorder players of around Grade 1-4 standard, starting with the easiest and adding to our 50+ Greatest Classics for Recorder . Mo...

60 Easy Classics for Viola comprises exciting, familiar music by Beethoven, Handel, Purcell, Ravel, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Debussy, Saint-Saëns and many more, arranged especially for viola players of around Grade 1 to 4 standard, starting with the easiest (the pieces towards the end of the boo...

Exciting, familiar music by Beethoven, Handel, Purcell, Ravel, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Debussy, Saint-Saëns and many more, arranged especially for treble/alto recorder players of around Grade 1-4 standard, starting with the easiest and adding to our 50+ Greatest Classics for Treble Recorder . M...

60 Easy Classics for Violin comprises exciting, familiar music by Beethoven, Handel, Purcell, Ravel, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Debussy, Saint-Saëns and many more, arranged especially for violin players of around Grade 1 to 4 standard, starting with the easiest (the pieces towards the end of the b...

Exciting, familiar music by Beethoven, Handel, Purcell, Ravel, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Debussy, Saint-Saëns and many more, arranged especially for oboe players of around Grades 1 to 4, starting with the easiest and adding to our 50+ Greatest Classics for Oboe . Most of these melodies range bet...

Exciting, familiar music by Beethoven, Handel, Purcell, Ravel, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Debussy, Saint-Saëns and many more, arranged especially for clarinet players of around Grade 1 to 4 standard, and adding to our 50+ Greatest Classics for Clarinet . These pieces give a taste of the music (not...

Exciting, familiar music by Beethoven, Handel, Purcell, Ravel, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Debussy, Saint-Saëns and many more, arranged especially for double bass players of around Grade 1 to 5 standard, starting with the easiest (the pieces towards the end of the book are significantly more challen...

Exciting, familiar music by Beethoven, Handel, Purcell, Ravel, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Debussy, Saint-Saëns and many more, arranged especially for French Horn players of around Grade 1 to 4 standard, and adding to our 50+ Greatest Classics for French Horn . These pieces give a taste of the musi...

Exciting, familiar music by Beethoven, Handel, Purcell, Ravel, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Debussy, Saint-Saëns and many more, arranged especially for cellists of around Grade 1 to 4 standard, and adding to our 50+ Greatest Classics for Cello . These pieces give a taste of the music (not the entire...