Sight-reading pieces for harp / by Caussade, Georges, 1873-1936, Dubois, Théodore, 1837-1924, Duprato, Jules, 1827-1892, Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924, Galeotti, Cesare, 1872-1929, Grandjany, Marcel, 1891-1975, La Nux, P. V. de 1853-1928, Pierné, Gabriel, 1863-1937, Pugno, Raoul, 1852-1914, Thomé, Francis, 1850-1909, Widor, Charles-Marie, 1844-1937

Symphonie fantastique op. 14 / by Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869

The rite of spring (Le sacre du printemps) / by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

Symphony no. 4 in F minor, op. 36 by Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893

L'Arlésienne. Suite no. 1 [and] Suite no. 2 Carmen. Suite no. 1 / by Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875

BBC Proms. by Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869

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Divertissement by Ibert, Jacques, 1890-1962

Invitation to the dance

Overture, Waverley, op. 1 / by Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869

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Boris Godounov [opera in a prologue and four acts] by Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881

Maurice Duruflé The Man and His Music / by Frazier, James E.

Table of Contents: “…Durufle's childhood and early education -- Life at the cathedral choir school -- Lessons with Charles Tournemire -- Lessons with Louis Vierne -- The conservatoire student -- Durufle's distinctions -- The contested successions at Notre-Dame and Sainte Clotilde -- Durufle's performing career -- The orchestral musician -- The Poulenc organ concerto -- Professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatoire -- Marie-Madeleine Chevalier -- Overview of Durufle's compositions -- Durufle's compositions : their genesis and first performances -- Durufle's role in the plainsong revival -- The Vichy commissions -- The Requiem -- The musical history of Saint Étienne-du-Mont -- The organs at Saint Étienne-du-Mont -- Durufle as organist and teacher -- Durufle and organ design -- The Church in transition -- The North American tours -- The man Durufle.…”
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Maurice Duruflé : the man and his music / by Frazier, James E.

Table of Contents: “…Duruflé's childhood and early education -- Life at the cathedral choir school -- Lessons with Charles Tournemire -- Lessons with Louis Vierne -- The conservatoire student -- Duruflé's distinctions -- The contested successions at Notre-Dame and Sainte Clotilde -- Duruflé's performing career -- The orchestral musician -- The Poulenc organ concerto -- Professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatoire -- Marie-Madeleine Chevalier -- Overview of Duruflé's compositions -- Duruflé's compositions : their genesis and first performances -- Duruflé's role in the plainsong revival -- The Vichy commissions -- The Requiem -- The musical history of Saint Étienne-du-Mont -- The organs at Saint Étienne-du-Mont -- Duruflé as organist and teacher -- Duruflé and organ design -- The Church in transition -- The North American tours -- The man Duruflé.…”
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Maurice Duruflé : the man and his music / by Frazier, James E.

Table of Contents: “…Duruflé's childhood and early education -- Life at the cathedral choir school -- Lessons with Charles Tournemire -- Lessons with Louis Vierne -- The conservatoire student -- Duruflé's distinctions -- The contested successions at Notre-Dame and Sainte Clotilde -- Duruflé's performing career -- The orchestral musician -- The Poulenc organ concerto -- Professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatoire -- Marie-Madeleine Chevalier -- Overview of Duruflé's compositions -- Duruflé's compositions : their genesis and first performances -- Duruflé's role in the plainsong revival -- The Vichy commissions -- The Requiem -- The musical history of Saint Étienne-du-Mont -- The organs at Saint Étienne-du-Mont -- Duruflé as organist and teacher -- Duruflé and organ design -- The Church in transition -- The North American tours -- The man Duruflé.…”
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Carnival of the animals by Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921

Messiaen's Language of Mystical Love. by Bruhn, Siglind

Table of Contents: “…MESSIAEN'S LANGUAGE OF MYSTICAL LOVE; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Part One: The Composer as Humanist, Mathematician, and Theologian; Messiaen's Teaching at the Paris Conservatoire: A Humanist's Legacy; Messiaen and the Representation of the Theological Illusion of Time; Part Two: Self-Restriction and Symbolism; Theological Implications of Restrictions in Messiaen's Compositional Processes; Mystical Symbols of Faith: Olivier Messiaen's Charm of Impossibilities; Rhythmic Technique and Symbolism in the Music of Olivier Messiaen.…”
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Complete works for piano and orchestra by Chopin, Frederic, 1810-1849

Solos de concours music from the Premier Prix.

The simple flute : from A to Z / by Debost, Michel

Table of Contents: “…Intonation, IntonationsIsometrics; Jawboning; Keys; Lips; Little Devils; Memory; Muscle Groups; Muscles, Strong and Weak; Notes; Pain and Pleasure; Paris Conservatoire and French School; Phrasing; Posture; Practicing; Programs; Quodlibet; Repertoire; Resonance; Rituals; Rest; Rubato; Scale Game; Silence; Stability; Stepping-Stones; Stress; Style; Technique; Tempo; Tonguing; Trills; Tuning; Unusual Trill Fingerings; Vibrato; Warm-Ups; Yawning; Zeal in Form of Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.…”
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Marcel Tabuteau : how do you expect to play the oboe if you can't peel a mushroom? / by Storch, Laila

Table of Contents: “…Compiègne and the Tabuteau family -- Paris Conservatoire: Tabuteau's studies with Georges Gillet, 1902-1904 -- Arrival in America : Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony Orchestra, 1905-1908 -- The Metropolitan Opera : singers and conductors of the Golden Age, 1908-1914 -- San Francisco interlude : The Panama-Pacific International Exposition Orchestra, 1915 -- The Philadelphia Orchestra : The Stokowski years, 1915-1940 -- Tabuteau as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra : 1915-1954 -- Tabuteau at the Curtis Institute of Music : 1924-1946 -- Lessons with Tabuteau : my arrival in Philadelphia, January 1943 -- My first year with Tabuteau at the Curtis Institute : October 1943-May 1944 -- Tabuteau conducts the Curtis Orchestra : fall 1944-spring 1945 -- Tabuteau's summers in Canada : salmon fishing in Nova Scotia -- Another year of study with Tabuteau : 1945-1946 -- Summers in France : the pingouinette, back to Philadelphia, 1948 -- Tabuteau's last years at the Curtis Institute : 1946-1954 -- The Casals Festivals in Prades and Perpignan : 1950, 1951, and 1953 -- Tabuteau as seen by his Philadelphia Orchestra colleagues -- Retirement in France : La Coustiéro, 1954-1959 -- Tabuteau's final years in Nice : 1959-1966 -- Philadelphia postlude : Tabuteau's playing, his musical ideas and influence.…”
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Concert for piano and orchestra KV 365 E-flat major/ by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791

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