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The Cambridge Music list is one of the largest music book lists in the world. It caters to scholars, students and general readers and covers most areas of musical interest from polyphony to pop.

Jonathan Goldman's The Musical Language of Pierre Boulez. Writings and Compositions has been awarded an Opus Prize 2011-2012 from the Quebec Music Council in the category "Book of the Year."

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    The Cambridge Companion to the Symphony

    The Cambridge Companion to the Symphony

    • Julian Horton
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521711951)
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    • Publication date: c.July 2013
    • Subject: Music performance
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett

    The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett

    • Kenneth Gloag, Nicholas Jones
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9781107606135)
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    • Publication date: February 2013
    • Subject: Twentieth-century and contemporary music
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    The Cambridge Companion to Opera Studies

    The Cambridge Companion to Opera Studies

    • Nicholas Till
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521671699)
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    • Publication date: November 2012
    • Subject: Opera
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music

    The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music

    • André de Quadros
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521128957)
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    • Publication date: October 2012
    • Subject: Music performance
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    Postmodernism in Music

    Postmodernism in Music

    • Kenneth Gloag
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521151573)
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    • Publication date: July 2012
    • Subject: Twentieth-century and contemporary music
    Series: Cambridge Introductions to Music
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    The Cambridge Companion to Arvo Pärt

    The Cambridge Companion to Arvo Pärt

    • Andrew Shenton
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521279109)
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    • Publication date: July 2012
    • Subject: Twentieth-century and contemporary music
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    Opera

    Opera

    Series: Cambridge Introductions to Music
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    Music Technology

    Music Technology

    Series: Cambridge Introductions to Music
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    Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

    Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

    • Arthur Groos
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521437387)
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    • Publication date: May 2011
    • Subject: Opera
    Series: Cambridge Opera Handbooks
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    The Sonata

    The Sonata

    • Thomas Schmidt-Beste
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521756310)
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    • Publication date: April 2011
    • Subject: Music criticism
    Series: Cambridge Introductions to Music
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    The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Music

    The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Music

    • Mark Everist
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521608619)
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    • Publication date: April 2011
    • Subject: Medieval and renaissance music
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    The Song Cycle

    The Song Cycle

    • Laura Tunbridge
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521721073)
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    • Publication date: March 2011
    • Subject: Nineteenth-century music
    Series: Cambridge Introductions to Music
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    The Cambridge Companion to Richard Strauss

    The Cambridge Companion to Richard Strauss

    • Charles Youmans
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521728157)
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    • Publication date: December 2010
    • Subject: Twentieth-century and contemporary music
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    The Cambridge Companion to Schoenberg

    The Cambridge Companion to Schoenberg

    • Jennifer Shaw, Joseph Auner
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521690867)
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    • Publication date: June 2010
    • Subject: Twentieth-century and contemporary music
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    Gregorian Chant

    Gregorian Chant

    • David Hiley
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521690355)
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    • Publication date: January 2010
    • Subject: Medieval and renaissance music
    Series: Cambridge Introductions to Music
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    The Cambridge Introduction to Scenography

    The Cambridge Introduction to Scenography

    • Joslin McKinney, Philip Butterworth
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521612326)
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    • Publication date: December 2009
    • Subject: Drama and theater: general interest
    Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature
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    The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles

    The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles

    • Kenneth Womack
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521689762)
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    • Publication date: December 2009
    • Subject: Twentieth-century and contemporary music
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    A Concise History of Western Music

    A Concise History of Western Music

    • Paul Griffiths
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521133661)
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    • Publication date: December 2009
    • Subject: Music performance
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    The Cambridge Companion to Gilbert and Sullivan

    The Cambridge Companion to Gilbert and Sullivan

    • David Eden, Meinhard Saremba
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521716598)
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    • Publication date: September 2009
    • Subject: Opera
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Opera

    The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Opera

    • Anthony R. DelDonna, Pierpaolo Polzonetti
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521695381)
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    • Publication date: August 2009
    • Subject: Opera
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan

    The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan

    • Kevin J. H. Dettmar
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521714945)
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    • Publication date: April 2009
    • Subject: American literature
    Series: Cambridge Companions to American Studies
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    Mozart on the Stage

    Mozart on the Stage

    • John A. Rice
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521016612)
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    • Publication date: February 2009
    • Subject: Opera
    Series: Composers on the Stage
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    An Introduction to Music Studies

    An Introduction to Music Studies

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    The Cambridge Companion to Shostakovich

    The Cambridge Companion to Shostakovich

    • Pauline Fairclough, David Fanning
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521603157)
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    • Publication date: November 2008
    • Subject: Twentieth-century and contemporary music
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    Serialism

    Serialism

    • Arnold Whittall
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521682008)
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    • Publication date: November 2008
    • Subject: Twentieth-century and contemporary music
    Series: Cambridge Introductions to Music
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    A History of Film Music

    A History of Film Music

    • Mervyn Cooke
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521010481)
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    • Publication date: October 2008
    • Subject: Music: general interest
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    The Cambridge Companion to Wagner

    The Cambridge Companion to Wagner

    • Thomas S. Grey
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521644396)
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    • Publication date: September 2008
    • Subject: Opera
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    The Cambridge Companion to the Musical

    The Cambridge Companion to the Musical

    • 2nd Edition
    • William A. Everett, Paul R. Laird
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521680844)
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    • Publication date: June 2008
    • Subject: Music: general interest
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music

    The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music

    • Nick Collins, Julio d'Escrivan
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521688659)
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    • Publication date: January 2008
    • Subject: Twentieth-century and contemporary music
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    The Cambridge Companion to Mahler

    The Cambridge Companion to Mahler

    • Jeremy Barham
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521540339)
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    • Publication date: December 2007
    • Subject: Twentieth-century and contemporary music
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    The Cambridge Companion to Monteverdi

    The Cambridge Companion to Monteverdi

    • John Whenham, Richard Wistreich
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521697989)
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    • Publication date: February 2008
    • Subject: Opera
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    The Life of Messiaen

    The Life of Messiaen

    • Christopher Dingle
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521635479)
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    • Publication date: April 2007
    • Subject: Twentieth-century and contemporary music
    Series: Musical Lives
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    Music: A Mathematical Offering

    Music: A Mathematical Offering

    • Dave Benson
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521619998)
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    • Publication date: December 2006
    • Subject: Recreational mathematics
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    Handel: Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks

    Handel: Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks

    • Christopher Hogwood
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521544863)
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    • Publication date: December 2005
    • Subject: Seventeenth-century music
    Series: Cambridge Music Handbooks
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    The Cambridge Companion to the Concerto

    The Cambridge Companion to the Concerto

    • Simon P. Keefe
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521542579)
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    • Publication date: November 2005
    • Subject: Music performance
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    The Cambridge Companion to Mendelssohn

    The Cambridge Companion to Mendelssohn

    • Peter Mercer-Taylor
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521533423)
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    • Publication date: November 2004
    • Subject: Nineteenth-century music
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    The Cambridge Companion to Conducting

    The Cambridge Companion to Conducting

    • José Antonio Bowen
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521527910)
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    • Publication date: December 2003
    • Subject: Music performance
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    The Cambridge Companion to the Guitar

    The Cambridge Companion to the Guitar

    • Victor Anand Coelho
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521000406)
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    • Publication date: July 2003
    • Subject: Music performance
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    The Cambridge Companion to Mozart

    The Cambridge Companion to Mozart

    • Simon P. Keefe
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521001922)
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    • Publication date: June 2003
    • Subject: Eighteenth-century music
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    The Cambridge Companion to Blues and Gospel Music

    The Cambridge Companion to Blues and Gospel Music

    • Allan Moore
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521001076)
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    • Publication date: March 2003
    • Subject: Twentieth-century and contemporary music
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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    Musical Performance

    Musical Performance

    A Guide to Understanding
    • John Rink
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521788625)
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    • Publication date: February 2003
    • Subject: Music performance
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    The Cambridge Companion to Berlioz

    The Cambridge Companion to Berlioz

    • Peter Bloom
    • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521596381)
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    • Publication date: August 2000
    • Subject: Nineteenth-century music
    Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
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