Dover Publications

Even if you've never so much as touched a musical instrument before, this tried-and-true guide will have you strumming away in no time. Professor J. Kalani Peterson, an expert instructor, shares his s...

This book contains more than 150 rare collector or black and white photographs, offering a front row fan's perspective on many legendary musical events in the life of Eric Clapton.

Ernest Frederick Wagner's Foundation to Flute Playing is an exceptional instructional guide that caters to the needs of both novice and seasoned flutists. This comprehensive book offers technique dril...

Commonly referred to as 'The Saxophone Bible, ' this volume is the trusted training method for aspiring and serious musicians. From how to play your first note to mastering advanced concert pieces, it...

The trumpeter's bible for over 150 years, this complete pedagogical method contains hundreds of exercises, beginning with basics and progressing to advanced compositions, including the author's famous...

A celebrated instructor explains his philosophy of teaching and practice methods, including the appropriate combination of technique and interpretation. Ivan Galamian, a longtime Juilliard professor,...

A student of the world-renowned violinist Leopold Auer, Maia Bang acted as the maestro's teaching assistant and preserved his acclaimed methods of instruction in a series of manuals. The seven-volume...

Leopold Auer. A collection of principles and guidelines set down after a lifetime of playing and teaching.

Complete Method for Clarinet by Carl Baermann is perfect for warm-ups and scale practice. These studies include all 12 major scales with relative melodic minor scales, all major and minor broken chord...

Expert advice from a distinguished performer, teacher and composer makes this lively study of clarinet playing essential reading for students and instructors as well as other music lovers. One of the...

Walter Gieseking and Karl Leimer. A radical approach towards developing finger and expression technique, emphasising listening to one's self and proper understanding as the basis of technique for the...

Hard-to-find book documents principles and techniques of legendary piano teacher, who taught Paderewski, Schnabel, many other greats. Clear, easy-to-follow text, profusely illustrated with music examp...

Two of the greatest pianists of the last century - Anton Rubenstein and Teresa Carreno - left behind them works detailing the role of good pedaling in Piano performance, respectively - 'Guide to the u...

A classic text on Organ technique. Sir John's book, first published in 1877, quickly became the classic for beginners- so popular that publishers Schirmer, Ditson, and Presser each issued its own 'Ame...

Edited by Cecil I. Sharp.

Seventy of the best songs from this great Scottish tradition including 'Auld Lang Syne', 'Blue Bells Of Scotland' and many more.

¿Cuánto tiempo debo practicar? ¿Qué piezas debo estudiar? ¿Cómo puedo desarrollar un tono cantarín? Todos los violinistas se plantean estas preguntas, esforzándose por sacar el máximo partido de sus e...

Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg (The Mastersinger of Nuremberg), by Richard Wagner, combines profound emotion and great comedy to tell the tale of a young knight and his struggle to become a Mastersing...

A theoretical and practical vocal method. Basic instructions, exercises and vocalises from the renowned singing teacher of the late 19th century. Introduction discusses breathing, attack, registers, e...

With these easy-to-play renditions, beginning pianists of all ages can enjoy one of America's most celebrated art forms. Sixteen popular blues melodies include traditional songs such as St. James Infi...

This rich selection of 29 alto-range opera arias spans from the dawn of Italian opera to the late nineteenth century, featuring early arias by Lully, Purcell, and Scarlatti; eighteenth-century composi...

This compilataion of thirty-six arias from Mozart's seven theatrical masterpieces moves from the youthful exuberance of 'The abduction from the Seragli' to the complex enchanting moral allegory of 'Th...

This meticulous collection of 56 études constitutes the second book of a three-volume set curated by Alwin Schroeder, a former cellist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and accomplished instructor fr...