Saturday 10th October 2026

Abbot, Lawrence

Approach to music (Harrap 1942) 286p. | MusApp:Abb

The listener's book on harmony (Harrap 1943) xvi,237p. | MuzTh-Har:Abb

Aberdeen Choral Union

Aberdeen Choral Union 1858-1908: a literary, historical and artistic souvenir / ed. James Pratt (Rosemount Press 1908) xxxiv,158p. | MuzHZ-Sco:Pra

The book of the Aberdeen Choral Union 1858-1908: a literary, historical and artistic souvenir / ed. James Pratt (Rosemount Press 1908) xxxiv,158p. | MuzHZ-Sco:Pra

Abraham, Gerald

Tchaikovsky (Novello's Biographies of Great Musicians) (Novello 1951(?)) 14p. | Comp-Tch:Abr

ABRSM

Rudiments and theory of music: based on the syllabus of the Royal schools of Music (Assoc Board 1958) 150p. | MuzTh:ABR

Abse, Dannie

The music lover's literary companion / comp. Dannie Abse, comp Joan Abse (Robson Books 1988) 330p. | Rel-Lit:Abs

Abse, Joan

The music lover's literary companion / comp. Dannie Abse, comp Joan Abse (Robson Books 1988) 330p. | Rel-Lit:Abs

Amis , John

Words about music: an anthology / John Amis & Michael Rose (Faber 1989) 440p. | MusApp:Ami

Anderson, Hugh

Folk songs of Australia: and the men and women who sang them / John Meredith & Hugh Anderson (Ure Smith 1967) 300p. illus. | Folk-Aus:Mer

Anderson, Paul

The Cromar collection (Paul Anderson (privately pub.) 2003) 86p. inc. 100+ mus. compositions | Folk-Sco:And

The Lochnagar collection : 308 original compositions (Highland Music Trust 2009) viii,128p. inc. music | Folk-Sco:And

Anderton, Malcolm Hey

Musical experience through the use of the recorder: a method for the descant and tenor recorder (Longman 1970) viii+216p. | MuzTch-Win:And

Andrews, H. K.

The Oxford harmony, vol. 2 (OUP 1950) 241p. mus. illus. | MuzTh-Har:And(2)

Anon.

The ballad minstrelsy of Scotland: romantic and historical (Maurice Ogle 1871) 656p. | Folk-Sco:Ano

Mozart's letters / ed. Eric Blom (Penguin 1956) vii,278p. | Comp-Moz:Blo

Aprahamian, Felix

Essays on music: an anthology from 'The Listener' / ed. Felix Aprahamian (Cassell 1967) xi,260p. | MusAna:Apr

Arnold, Denis

Monteverdi madrigals (BBC Music Guides 1967) 61p. mus. illus. | MusApp:Arn

Arundell, Dennis

Henry Purcell (OUP 1927) 136p. illus. | Comp-Pur:Aru

Ashkenazy, Vladimir

Beyond frontiers: Ashkenazy / Vladimir Ashkenazy & Jasper Parrott (Collins 1984) 239p. 8 pl. | Pf-Ins:Ash

Ashton, Geoffrey

Royal Opera House retrospective, 1732-1982: 250 years of actors, singers, dancers, [etc] ... seen through the eyes of the artist / Geoffrey Ashton & Iain Mackintosh (Royal Academy 1982) 144p. | Rel-Lit:Ash

Aston, Peter

Sound and silence: classroom projects in creative music / John Paynter & Peter Aston (CUP 1970) xv,365p. illus. | MuzTch:Pay

Atkins, Harold

Beecham stories: anecdotes sayings and impressions of Sir Thomas Beecham / comp. Harold Atkins & Archie Newman (Futura 1979) 96p. | Pf-Con:Atk

Ayre, Leslie

The wit of music / comp. Leslie Ayre (Leslie Frewin 1966) 95p. | MusHum:Ayr

Bach, Albert B

The principles of singing: a practical guide for vocalists and teachers (William Blackwood 2nd ed. 1895) 305p. | MuzTe-Voc:Bac

Bacharach, A L

British music of our time / ed. A L Bacharach (Pelican Books 1946) 256p. | Comp- Pl:Bac

Lives of the great composers, vol. 1: From Byrd to Mozart and Haydn - the Classics / ed. A L Bacharach (Pelican Books 1942) 192p. | Comp:Bac(1)

Lives of the great composers vol. 2: Beethoven and the Romantics / ed. A L Bacharach (Pelican Books 1943) 192p. | Comp:Bac(2)

Lives of the great composers, vol. 3: Brahms, Wagner and their contemporaries / ed. A L Bacharach (Penguin 1943) 186p. | Comp:Bac(3)

The music masters, [vol. 1]: from the sixteenth century to the time of Beethoven / ed. A L Bacharach (Maurice Fridberg 1948) 366p. | MuzH:Bac(1)

The music masters, vol. 4: the Twentieth Century / ed. A L Bacharach (Penguin 1957) 416p. | MuzH:Bac(4)

The musical companion: a compendium for all lovers of music / ed. A L Bacharach (Victor Gollancz 1940) 751p. | MusApp:Bac

Baily, Leslie

The Gilbert & Sullivan Book (Cassell 1952) xiv+443p. 10 col. plates+ 400 illus. | Comp-GS:Bai

Baines, Anthony

Musical instruments through the ages (Penguin Books 1961) 383p. illus.+ 32 pl. | MuzIns:Bai

Baker, Richard

Richard Baker's music guide (David & Charles 1979) 144p. illus. | MusApp:Bak

Barford, Philip

Bruckner symphonies (BBC Music Guides 1978) 68p. mus. illus. | MusApp:Bar

Barrett-Watson, Robert

The Academus rudiments primer: [for use by the Scottish National Academy of Music] / et al Robert Barrett-Watson (OUP 1933) 98p. | MuzTh:Bar

Bate, Philip

The oboe (Instruments of the orchestra) (Ernest Benn 1975) xv,236 +pl.p. | MuzIns-Ob:Bat

Bauer, R. P.

Im Konzersaal karikiert: [100 autographed caricature drawings of well-known performers and conductors] (Langen/Muller 1961) 88p. | MusHum:Bau

Beauclerk, Charles

Piano man: a life of John Ogdon (Simon & Schuster 2014) xvi,416p. | Pf-Ins:Bea

Beckett, Walter

Liszt (The Master Musicians) (Dent 1956) ix,185p. | Comp-Lis:Bec

Beecham, (Sir) Thomas

A mingled chime: leaves from an autobiography (Hutchinson 1944) 198p. | Pf-Con:Bee

A mingled chime: leaves from an autobiography (Arrow Books [new ed.] 1961) 286p. | Pf-Con:Bee

Benn, Christopher

Mozart on the stage (Ernest Benn 1946) 178p. 10 col.pl. | Comp-Moz:Ben

Bennett, Roy

General musicianship (CUP 1984) 97p. mus. illus. | MuzTh:Ben

Benning, Kathleen A.

Transposition, Book 1 (Cramer 1953) 24p. | MuzTh-Tra:Ben(1)

Bie, Oscar

A history of the pianoforte and pianoforte players / Oscar Bie, trans./ed. E. E. Kellett & E. W. Naylor (Dent / Dutton 1899) 336p. illus., 23 pl. | MuzIns-Pia:Bie

Binyon, Laurence

The golden treasury [of songs and lyrical poems in the English language]: with a supplementary fifth book sel. etc. by Laurence Binyon / comp. Francis T Palgrave & Laurence Binyon (Macmillan 1939) 524p. | MuzF-Sng:Pal

Bird, John

Percy Grainger (Faber 1982) xvi,319p. illus., 24 pl. | Comp-Gra:Bir

Blom, Eric

Classics: major and minor: with some other musical ruminations (Dent 1958) xi,212p. | MusAna:Blo

Grove's dictionary of music and musicians / ed. Eric Blom & Denis Stevens (Macmillan 5th ed. 1954-61) 10v. 8438,493p. illus., 76 pl., 16 col. | MusRef:Blo

The growth of music: a study in musical history Part 1: from the Troubadours to J S Bach / H. C. Colles, rev. Eric Blom (OUP 3rd ed. 1956) xii,164p. 3rd ed. | MuzH:Col(1)

Mozart (Dent/Dutton 1935) 388p. | Comp-Moz:Blo

Mozart's letters / ed. Eric Blom (Penguin 1956) vii,278p. | Comp-Moz:Blo

Music in England (Penguin rev. ed., 1947) 288p. | MuzHZ-Eng:Blo

Blum, David

Casals and the art of interpretation (UCLA 1980) xiv,222p. | MuzTe-Int:Blu

Blythe, Ronald

Aldeburgh anthology / ed. Ronald Blythe (Faber 1972) 457p. illus., 82pl. | MusFes:Bly

Bohan, Edmund

The ISM: the first hundred years: a short history ... in honour of the Centenary in October 1982 (ISM 1982) 80p. | Pf:Boh

Bolton, Hetty

On teaching the piano (Novello 1954) 93p. | MuzTch-Key:Bol

Bonavia, F.

Rossini (Novello's Biographies of Great Musicians) (Novello 1941(?)) 16p. | Comp-Ros:Bon

Bonynge, Richard

The Joan Sutherland album / comp. Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge (Craftsman House 1986) 191p. | Pf-Sin:Sut

Booth, Victor

We piano teachers: the crotchets and quavers of our early days (Skeffington & Son 1946) 99p. mus. illus., 8 pl | MuzTch-Key:Boo

Borge, Victor

My favourite intervals: lives of the musical giants and other facts you didn't know you'd missed / Victor Borge & Robert Sherman (Sphere Books 1976) 189p. illus. | MusHum:Bor

Borren, Charles van den

The sources of keyboard music in England (Novello/OUP c.1913) vii+378p. | MuzF-Key:Bor

Boult, Adrian

A handbook on the technique of conducting (Hall 7th ed. (rev.) 1949) 47p. illus., 2 pl. | MuzTe-Cnd:Bou

My own trumpet (Hamish Hamilton 1973) 213p. 12 pl. | Pf-Con:Bou

Boyden, John

Stick to the music: scores of orchestral tales / comp. John Boyden (Hutchinson 1984) 117p. illus. | MusAnec:Boy

Bragg, (Sir) William

The world of sound: six lectures . . . at the Royal Institution Christmas 1919 (G. Bell & Sons 1923) vii+196p. | Rel-Sou:Bra

Breakspeare, Eustace

Mozart (Master musicians series) (Dent/Dutton 1906) x,300p. illus. | Comp-Moz:Bre

Brendel, Alfred

Music sounded out: essays, lectures, interviews, afterthoughts (Robson 1990) 258p. illus. | MusAna:Bre

Bridcut, John

Britten's children (Faber 2007) xvii,334p. 8 pl. | Comp-Bri:Bri

Britten, Benjamin

The story of music / Benjamin Britten & Imogen Holst (Rathbone Books 1958) 69p. | MuzH:Bri

Brocklehurst, J Brian

Music in schools (Routledge & Kegan Paul 1962) vii+172p. | MuzTch:Bro

Brook, Donald

Composers' gallery: biographical sketches of contemporary composers (Rockliff 1946) 218p. illus. | Comp:Bro

Conductors' gallery: biographical sketches ... including notes on leading symphony orchestras ... (Rockliff 2nd ed. 1946) 188p. illus. | Pf-Con:Bro

Brown, Howard Mayer

Music in the Renaissance (Prentice-Hall 1976) 384p. | MuzH-Ren:Bro

Brown, James Murray

A handbook of musical knowledge part 1: Rudiments of music (Trinity College of Music 3rd ed. 1972) 55p. | MuzTh:Bro(1)

A handbook of musical knowledge part 2: Basis of harmony and composition (Trinity College of Music 3rd ed. 1972) 103p. | MuzTh-Har:Bro(2)

Brown, Maurice J. E.

Schubert songs (BBC Music Guides 1977) 64p. | Comp-Schb:Bro

Browne, P. A.

Brahms: the symphonies (The Musical Pilgrim) (OUP 1944) 71p. | MusAna:Bro

Bruxner, Mervyn

Letters to a musical boy (OUP 1940) 175p. | Mus:Bru

Brymer, Jack

Clarinet (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides) (Macdonald and Jane's 1979) xii+259p. illus.+ 8 pl. | MuzIns-Cla:Bry

Buchan, Norman

The Scottish folksinger: 118 modern and traditional folksongs / Norman Buchan & Peter Hall (Collins 1978) 159p. | Folk-Sco:Buc

Buck, Percy

Organ playing (The musician's library) (Macmillan 1929) 102p. | MuzTe-Kyb:Buc

Psychology for musicians (OUP 1944) viii,115p. mus. illus. | Rel-Psy:Buc

Unfigured harmony: a short treatise ... (OUP 2nd ed. 1920) 174p. | MuzTh-Har:Buc

Burden, Michael

Purcell remembered (Faber 1995) xxv1,188p. 8pp. of pl. | Comp-Pur:Bur

Burness, John

Bars rest (Paterson 1975) 32p. | Pf-Orc:Bur

Burnet, Yvie

Yes, you can sing (John Blake 2017) xiv,274p. | MuzTe-Voc:Bur

Burrows, Donald

Handel: Messiah (Cambridge music handbook) (CUP 1991) x,127p. | Comp-Han:Bur

Butlin, Ron

Vivaldi and the number 3: and other impossible stories (Serpent's Tail 2004) xi,206p. | Comp:But

Butterworth, Neil

A music quiz (Banks 1974) 62p. with answers | MusQuz:But

Bygott, C E

Songs of the Ages: the growth of song through the centuries illustrated by examples / Ralph Dunstan & C E Bygott (Schofield & Sims 1962) xii+233p. mus. illus. | MuzF-Sng:Dun

Songs of the Ages - words and airs / Ralph Dunstan & C E Bygott (Schofield & Sims 1962) viii+113p. mus. . | MuzF-Sng:Dun

Calvocoressi, M. D.

Musorgsky: the Russian musical nationalist (Kegan Paul / Dutton n.d.) 216p. illus. | Comp-Mus:Cal

Cardus, Neville

A composers eleven (Jonathan Cape 1958) 255p. illus. | MusApp:Car

Kathleen Ferrier: a memoir, with 50 illustrations / ed. Neville Cardus (Hamish Hamilton 1954) 125p. 31 pl. | Pf-Sin:Car

Carlinsky, Dan

The armchair conductor: how to lead a symphony orchestra in the privacy of your own home / Dan Carlinsky & Ed Goodgold (Titan Books 1994) 94p. | MuzTe-Cnd:Car

Carner, Mosco

Dvorák (Novello's Biographies of Great Musicians) (Novello 1941) 14p. | Comp-Dvo:Car

Hugo Wolf songs (BBC Music Guides 1982) 72p. mus. illus. | MusApp:Car

Carpenter, Humphrey

Benjamin Britten: a biography (Faber 1993) 680p. illus. | Comp-Bri:Car

Carr, Jonathan

The Wagner clan (Faber 2007) xxvi,409p. 16 pl. | Comp-Wag:Car

Carter, Roy

A classical music quiz with Richard Baker / comp. Roy Carter (David & Charles 1980) 128p. | MusQuz:Car

Cellini, Benvenuto

The life of Benvenuto Cellini, written by himself (Dent 1960) xi,368p. | MusBio:Cel

Ching, James

The piano teacher's yearbook 1947 / James Ching & Betty Reeves (Walsh Holmes 1946) 40p. | MuzTch-Key:Chi

Piano technique: foundation principles (Murdoch, Murdoch 1934) xiii,117p. | MuzTe-Kyb:Chi

Chissell, Joan

Schumann piano music (BBC Music Guides 1972) 72p. mus. illus. | MusApp:Chi

Clapham, John

Dvorák (David & Charles 1979) 238p. | Comp-Dvo:Cla

Clarke, Mary

People who dance (Hamlyn 1961) 93p. | MuzF-Dan:Cla

Cleall, Charles

Voice production in choral technique (Novello rev. & enlarg. 1970) 155p. | MuzTe-Voc:Cle

Coates, Henry

Palestrina (Dent/Dutton 1938) 243p. | Comp-Pal:Coa

Cobbett, Walter Wilson

Cobbett's cyclopedic survey of chamber music, 3 vol. / comp. Walter Wilson Cobbett (OUP 1963) 3v. xiv,585;641;viii,209p. 3 vol., illus. | MusRef:Cob

Colles, H. C.

Essays and lectures (OUP 1945) vii,224p. | MusAna:Col

The growth of music: a study in musical history for schools Parts 1-3 (in 1) (OUP 2nd ed. 1951) 3v. (in 1) 160,176,194p. | MuzH:Col

The growth of music: a study in musical history Part 1: from the Troubadours to J S Bach / H. C. Colles, rev. Eric Blom (OUP 3rd ed. 1956) xii,164p. 3rd ed. | MuzH:Col(1)

Voice and verse: a study in English song (Cramb Lectures 1927) (OUP 1928) xii,167p. illus. | MuzHZ-Eng:Col

Constable, Harriet

The instrumentalist (Bloomsbury 2024) ix,324p. | Pf-Ins-X:Con

Conway, Marmaduke P

Playing a church organ (Canterbury Press 1949) 144p. | MuzTe-Kyb:Con

Cooke, Deryck

Gustav Mahler 1860-1911: a companion to the BBC's celebrations of the centenary of his birth (BBC 1960) 47p. | Comp-Mah:Coo

The language of music (OUP 1962) xiv,289p. | MuzTh:Coo

Cooper, Joseph

Facing the music: an autobiography (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1979) x,213p. | Pf-Ins:Coo

Coviello, Ambrose

Foundations of pianoforte technique: co-ordination exercises (OUP 1934) 99p. mus. illus. | MuzTe-Kyb:Cov

What Matthay meant: his musical and technical teachings clearly explained ... (Bosworth n.d.) 72p. | MuzTe:Cov

Coward, Henry

Choral technique and interpretation (Novello c.1920) 333p. | MuzTe-Voc:Cow

Cowie, James R

A recommended list of books and music for organists and choirmasters / comp. James R Cowie (Scottish Societies of Organists 1964) iii.94p. | MuzF-Chu:Cow

Cox, David

Debussy orchestral music (BBC Music Guides 1974) 64p. mus. illus. | MusApp:Cox

Craft, Robert

Stravinsky in conversation with Robert Craft / Igor Stravinsky & Robert Craft (Penguin 1962) 301p. 8 pl. | Comp-Stra:Str

Cross, Milton

Stories of the great operas (Pocket Books 1956) 482p. | MuzF-Op:Cro

Curwen, Annie Jessy (Mrs J Spencer)

The teacher's guide to Mrs Curwen's pianoforte method: practical course of the elements of music (J Curwen & Sons 17th ed. 1914) vii+388+11p. | MuzTe-Kyb:Cur

Curwen, John

Musical theory: books 1-5 (Curwen 8th ed. a.1879) 372p. | MuzTh:Cur(1-5)

Dale, B. J.

Harmony, counterpoint and improvisation, Book 1 / B. J. Dale & Gordon Jacob (Novello 1964) [vi],106p. | MuzTe-Har:Dal

Dankworth, Avril

Voices and instruments (Granada 1973) 119p. | MuzTch-Chi:Dan

Darnton, Christian

You and music (Penguin 1940) 159p. timeline chart | MusApp:Dar

Davidson, Gladys

Modern opera stories (Werner Laurie 1956) 344p. 1 pl. | MuzF-Op:Dav

New stories of grand opera (Werner Laurie 1958) iv,254p. 1 pl. | MuzF-Op:Dav

Davie, Cedric Thorpe

Scotland's music (William Blackwood 1980) 56p. | Folk-Sco:Dav

Davies, Laurence

Ravel orchestral music (BBC Music Guides 1970) 64p. mus. illus. | MusApp:Dav

Davis, Curtis W

The music of Man / Yehudi Menuhin & Curtis W Davis (Macdonald and Jane's 1980) 320p. | MuzH:Men

Davis, Marilyn Kornreich

Music dictionary (Faber 1957) 63p. | Mus:Dav

Davison, Ken

The Covent Garden album: 250 years of theatre opera and ballet / comp. Charles Drogheda (Earl of) & Ken Davison (Routledge & Keegan Hall 1981) 208p. | MusFes:Dro

Dean, Winton

Handel and the Opera Seria (Univ. California Press 1969) xi,220p. illus. | Comp-Han:Dea

Dent, Edward J.

Mozart's operas: a critical study (OUP 2nd ed. 1960) xii,276p. mus. illus., 16 pl. | Comp-Moz:Den

Notes on fugue for beginners (CUP 1958) 47p. | MuzTh-Com:Den

Opera (Pelican Books 1940) 192p. illus.,16 pp. of pl. | MuzF-Op:Den

Dexter, Harry

To make you think: unconventional questions on music / Harry Dexter & Ernest Haywood (Keith Prowse 1950) 79p. incl. supp. with answers | MusQuz:Dex

Dolmetsch , Arnold

The interpretation of the music of the XVII and XVIII centuries: revealed by contemporary evidence (Novello/OUP ) x,493p. | MuzTe-Int:Dol

Domingo, Plácido

Placido Domingo: my operatic roles / Plácido Domingo & Helena Matheopoulos (Little, Brown 2000) xlvi,290p. 32pp. of pl. | Pf-Sin:Dom

Dommett, Kenneth

Bartók (Novello Short Biographies) (Novello 1978) 23p. | Comp-Bar:Dom

Donington, Robert

The instruments of music (Methuen 3rd ed. 1970) xxvi,262p. 37 pl. | MuzIns:Don

Doyle-Davidson, W A G

Hector Berlioz / Frank Onnen, trans. W A G Doyle-Davidson (Symphonia c1950) 64p. illus. | Comp-Ber:Onn

Maurice Ravel / Frank Onnen, trans. W A G Doyle-Davidson (Symphonia c1950) 64p. illus. | Comp-Rav:Onn

Dreyfus, Kay

The farthest north of humanness: letters of Percy Grainget 1901-14 / ed. Kay Dreyfus (Macmillan 1985) 542p. 16 pl. | Comp-Gra:Dre

Drogheda (Earl of) , Charles

The Covent Garden album: 250 years of theatre opera and ballet / comp. Charles Drogheda (Earl of) & Ken Davison (Routledge & Keegan Hall 1981) 208p. | MusFes:Dro

Dronke, Peter

Die Lyrik des Mittelalters: eine Einführung (C H Beck 1968) xi+297p. | Rel-Lit:Dro

Dry, Wakeling

Nights at the opera: Wagner (Foulis 1924) vi,234p. | Comp-Wag:Dry

Duncan, Edmondstoune

Schubert (Dent/Dutton rev. ed. 1934) 244p. | Comp-Schb:Dun

Dunstan, Ralph

Songs of the Ages: the growth of song through the centuries illustrated by examples / Ralph Dunstan & C E Bygott (Schofield & Sims 1962) xii+233p. mus. illus. | MuzF-Sng:Dun

Songs of the Ages - words and airs / Ralph Dunstan & C E Bygott (Schofield & Sims 1962) viii+113p. mus. . | MuzF-Sng:Dun

Dunwell, Wilfrid

Pianoforte accompaniment writing (A. Hammond n.d.) 55p. | MuzTh-Com:Dun

Dwyer, Terence

Composing with tape recorders: musique concrète for beginners (OUP 1971) iv,74p. 4 pl. | MuzF-Mus:Dwy

Dyson, (Sir) George

Music / (Sir) William Henry Hadow, ed. (Sir) George Dyson (OUP 3rd ed. 1949) ix+198p. | MuzH:Had

Easson, James

The good musician, Book 3: a pupil's course leading to the understanding and enjoyment of music / James Easson & R. C. McCrone (Novello c.1935) 46p. | MuzTe:Eas

Eckstein, Pavel

Czechoslovak opera: a brief outline (Theatre Institute, Prague 1964) 115p. illus., 16 pl. | MuzHZ-Cze:Eck

Einstein, Albert

Mozart: his character, his work (Cassell 1946) xi,492p. 6 pl. | Comp-Moz:Ein

Schubert: the man and his music (Panther 1971) 384p. | Comp-Schb:Ein

Einstein, Alfred

A short history of music (Cassell 3rd ed. 1944) viii,212p. | MuzH:Ein

Eisler, Benita

Chopin's funeral (Little, Brown 2003) 230p. | Comp-Cho:Eis

Elliott, Kenneth

A history of Scottish music / Kenneth Elliott & Frederick Rimmer (BBC 1973) 84p. mus. illus. | MuzHZ-Sco:Ell

Eösze, László

Zoltán Kodály: his life and work (Collet's 1962) 183p. | Comp-Kod:Eös

Evans, Edwin

Schumann (Novello's Biographies of Great Musicians) (Novello 1946(?)) 14p. | Comp-Schm:Eva

Ewen, David

Romain Rolland's essays on music / Romain Rolland, ed. David Ewen (Dover 1959) 371p. | MuzH:Rol

Falkner, (Sir) Keith

Voice (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides) / ed. (Sir) Keith Falkner (Macdonald 1983) x+310p. | MuzIns-Voc:Fal

Farmer, Henry George

Music making in the olden days: the story of the Aberdeen concerts 1748-1801 (Peters-Hinrichsen 1950) 122p. | MusFes:Far

Farquhar, Anne

Anne Farquhar: my life and work as a North-East of Scotland music teacher (Lumphanan Press 2026) 108p. col. illus. | MusBio:Far

Fay, Stephen

The Ring: anatomy of an opera / Stephen Fay & Roger Wood (Secker & Warburg 1984) vi,218p. illus.+32 col. pl. | MuzF-Op:Fay

Feather, Leonard

The book of jazz: a guide to the entire field (Arthur Baker 1957) 280p. | MuzF-Jaz:Fea

Foreman, Lewis

The Percy Grainger companion / ed. Lewis Foreman (Thames 1981) 268p. illus. | Comp-Gra:For

Forsyth, Cecil

Orchestration (Macmillan 1955) ix,530p. illus. | MuzIns:For

Fortune, Nigel

Opera and church music 1630-1750 (The New Oxford History of Music, 5) / ed. Anthony Lewis & Nigel Fortune (OUP 1975) xxii,869p. | MuzF-Op:Lew

Foss, Hubert J.

The heritage of music, 2nd series: essays by E.H. Fellowes etc / coll./ed. Hubert J. Foss (OUP 1946) vi,263p. | Comp:Fos(2)

Ralph Vaughan Williams: a study (Harrap 1950) 219p. 1 pl. | Comp-VW:Fos

Foss, Michael

Orchestra: [31] interviews by Michael Foss / ed. André Previn & Michael Foss (Macdonald and Jane's 1979) 224p. | Pf-Orc:Pre

Fox, Adam

English hymns and hymn writers (Collins 1947) 48p. illus. 8 col. pl. | MuzF-Hym:Fox

Galway, James

An autobiography (Coronet Books 1979) 208p. | Pf-Ins-X:Gal

Gammond, Peter

Bluff your way in music (Wolfe 1966) 63p. | MusHum:Gam

Gerhardt, Elena

Recital (Methuen 1953) x,183p. illus., 8 pl. | Pf-Sin:Ger

Gilbert, W S

The story of the Mikado: illus. Alice B. Woodward (Daniel O'Connor 1921) 115p. 6 col. illus.+ 10 b&w. | Rel-Lit:Gil

Glennie, Evelyn

Good vibrations: my autobiography (Hutchinson 1990) xii,179p. 16 b&w pl. | Pf-Ins-X:Gle

Glover, Jane

Mozart's women: his family, his friends, his music (Pan 2006) 406p. 16 col. pl. | Comp-Moz:Glo

Gobbi, Tito

My life (Futura 1980) 286p. | Pf-Sin:Gob

Goddard, Scott

Weber (Novello's Biographies of Great Musicians) (Novello 1941(?)) 16p. | Comp-Web:God

Gollancz, Victor

Journey towards music: a memoir (Gollancz 1964) 238p. 32 pl. | MusApp:Gol

Goodgold, Ed

The armchair conductor: how to lead a symphony orchestra in the privacy of your own home / Dan Carlinsky & Ed Goodgold (Titan Books 1994) 94p. | MuzTe-Cnd:Car

Gould, Glenn

The Glenn Gould reader / Glenn Gould, ed. Tim Page (Faber 1987) xvi+475p. | Mus:Gou

Grainger Society

The Grainger journal (1978-1984): vol. 3 no. 1, vol. 5 no. 2, vol. 6 no. 1 only (Grainger 1980-1984) p. | Comp-Gra:Gra

The Grainger Society journal (1985- ): vol. 7 no. 1 - vol. 9 no. 2 (Grainger Society 1985-1989) p. | Comp-Gra:Gra

Gramophone Co.

Opera at home (Gramophone Co. rev. ed. 1921) 392p. illus. | MuzF-Op:Gra

Gray, Cecil

The history of music (Kegan Paul 2nd ed. 1931) viii,284p. | MuzH:Gra

Greene, Harry Plunket

Interpretation in song (Macmiillan 1919) xii,323p. illus. | MuzTe-Int:Gre

Greenish, Arthur J

The student's dictionary of musical terms (Joseph Williams 1953) 131p. | MusRef:Gre

Grew, Sydney

Bach / Eva Mary & Sydney Grew (Dent 1947) 239p. | Comp-Bac:Mar

Makers of music: the story of singers and instrumentalists [ie violinists and pianists] (Foulis c.1910) 365p. 11 pl. | MuzH:Gre

Our favourite musicians: from Stanford to Holbrooke (T.N. Foulis 1922) 257p. illus., 10 pl. | Comp:Gre

Gulda, Friedrich

Ludwig van Beethoven 1770/1970 / et al. Friedrich Gulda (Inter Nationes 1970) 88p. 4 pl. | Comp-Bee:Gul

Hadden, J Cuthbert

Chopin (Dent/Dutton rev. ed. 1934) 243p. | Comp-Cho:Had

Hadow, (Sir) William Henry

Music / (Sir) William Henry Hadow, ed. (Sir) George Dyson (OUP 3rd ed. 1949) ix+198p. | MuzH:Had

Hall, Peter

The Scottish folksinger: 118 modern and traditional folksongs / Norman Buchan & Peter Hall (Collins 1978) 159p. | Folk-Sco:Buc

Hardie, Alastair James

The Caledonian Companion: [a collection of Scottish fiddle music and guide to its performance] (EMI 1981) 144p. | Folk-Sco:Har

Harding, H. A.

Score reading exercises, Bk 2 (FRCO) (Weekes 1912) 32p. | MuzTh-Sco:Har(2)

Hardwick, Michael

The Osprey guide to Gilbert and Sullivan (Osprey 1972) 284p. | Comp-GS:Har

Hardy, Phil

The Faber companion to 20th-century popular music / Phil Hardy & Dave Laing (Faber 1990) xi,875p. | MuzH-Twe:Har

Harewood, Earl of

Kobbé's complete opera book / Gustave Kobbé, ed. Earl of Harewood (Bodley Head 10th ed. (rev.) 1987) xvii,1404p. 32 pl. | MuzF-Op:Kob

Harman, R. Alec

A plain and easy introduction to practical music / Thomas Morley, ed. R. Alec Harman (Dent 2nd ed. 1962) xxix,325p. illus. | MuzH-Ren:Mor

Harris, Rex

Jazz (Penguin 5th ed. 1957) 272p. | MuzF-Jaz:Har

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn

Collins music encyclopedia / (Sir) Jack Allan Westrup & Frank Llewellyn Harrison (Collins 1959) 739p. illus. | Mus:Wes

Harrison, Sidney

The artless musician (Pelham Books 1964) 119p. | Mus:Har

The young person's guide to playing the piano (Faber 2nd ed. 1973) 100p. | MuzTe-Kyb:Har

Hartog, Howard

European music in the twentieth century / ed. Howard Hartog (Penguin 1961) 360p. | MuzH-Twe:Har

Haskell, Arnold L

Ballet (Pelican Books 1938) 220p. illus.,16 pp. of pl. | MuzF-Dan:Has

Haskell, Harry

The early music revival: a history (Thames & Hudson 1988) 232p. illus. | MuzPf-Ear:Has

Haywood, Ernest

To make you think: unconventional questions on music / Harry Dexter & Ernest Haywood (Keith Prowse 1950) 79p. incl. supp. with answers | MusQuz:Dex

Headington, Christopher

Peter Pears: a biography (Faber 1992) xv,351p. | Pf-Sin:Hea

Healy, James N

The second book of Irish ballads (Mercier Press 1964) 128p. | Folk-Ire:Hea

Heath, Edward

Music, a joy for life (Sidgwick & Jackson 1976) 208p. | MusApp:Hea

Hedley, Arthur

Chopin (Dent 1974) viii,214p. illus., 8 pl. | Comp-Cho:Hed

Henderson, John

A directory of composers for the organ (John Henderson 1999) 789p. | MusRef:Hen

Hewitt, Graham

The quiz book of music (Futura 1979) 189p. | MusQuz:Hew

Hewlett, Arthur D

Think afresh about the voice: a general theory and guide to practice (CMC 3rd ed. 1981) viii+90p. | MuzTh-Voc:Hew

Hill, Ralph

The concerto / ed. Ralph Hill (Penguin 1952) 448p. illus. | MuzF-Con:Hil

Music 1950 / ed. Ralph Hill (Pelican Books 1950) 256p. | MuzH-Twe:Hil

The symphony / ed. Ralph Hill (Penguin 1949) 416p. illus. | MuzF-Sym:Hil

Hindley, Geoffrey

The Larousse encyclopedia of music / ed. Geoffrey Hindley (Hamlyn 1971) 576p. illus., 60 col.pl. | MusRef:Hin

Hinson, Maurice

Guide to the pianist's repertoire: supplement (Indiana UP 1979) xxxiii,413p. | Pf-Ins:Hin

Hoffnung, Gerard

The Hoffnung music festival: [cartoon sketches] (Dobson/Putnam 1956) 56p. illus. | MusHum:Hof

The Hoffnung symphony orchestra: [cartoon sketches] (Dobson 1955) 64p. illus. | MusHum:Hof

Holland, A. K.

Henry Purcell (Penguin 1948) 191p. | Comp-Pur:Hol

Henry Purcell: the English musical tradition (G. Bell & Sons 1932) 248p. | Comp-Pur:Hol

Holland, James

Percussion (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides) (Macdonald and Jane's 1978) xii+283p. illus. | MuzIns-Per:Hol

Holst, Imogen

An ABC of music: a short, practical guide to rudiments, harmony, form (OUP 1963) ix,189p. mus. illus. | MuzTh:Hol

The story of music / Benjamin Britten & Imogen Holst (Rathbone Books 1958) 69p. | MuzH:Bri

Honeyman, William C

Scottish violin makers: past and present (Scotpress 1984) 105p. | MuzIns-Str:Hon

Hopkins, Anthony

Talking about concertos: an analytical study ... Mozart to the present day (Heinemann 1970) 148p. mus. illus. | MuzF-Con:Hop

Talking about symphonies: an analytical study ... Haydn to the present day (Heinemann 1961) 157p. | MuzF-Sym:Hop

Hoppin, Richard H

Anthology of medieval music / ed. Richard H Hoppin (Norton 1978) xiii,173p. | MuzH-Med:Hop

Medieval music (Norton 1978) 566p. b&w illus. | MuzH-Med:Hop

Howes, Frank

The dramatic works of Vaughan Williams (The Musical Pilgrim) (OUP 1937) 108p. | MusAna:How

Full orchestra (Secker & Warburg 3rd ed. 1943) 176p. | MusApp:How

Gluck (Novello's Biographies of Great Musicians) (Novello 1941 (?)) 16p. | Comp-Glu:How

Man, mind and music (Secker & Warburg 1948) viii,184p. mus. illus. | Rel-Psy:How

Hudson, Derek

Norman O'Neill: a life of music (Quality Press 1945) 160p. 15 pl. | Comp-One:Hud

Hughes, Rosemary

Haydn string quartets (BBC Music Guides 1966) 56p. mus. illus. | MusApp:Hug

Hughes, Spike

Nights at the opera: the stories of 15 popular operas discussed / Barbara McFadyean & Spike Hughes (Pilot Press 1948) 410p. | MuzF-Op:McF

Hull, A Eaglefield

Harmony for students (Augener c.1947) vii,291p. | MuzTh-Har:Hul

Organ playing: its technique and expression (Augener 1911) viii+263p. | MuzTe-Kyb:Hul

Hunter, Hugh

Infant school singing: a graded course (Bayley & Ferguson c.1950) 38p. | MuzTch-Sin:Hun

Hunter, James

The fiddle music of Scotland: a comprehensive annotated collection of 365 tunes with a historical introduction (Hardie Press 1988) [190]p. | Folk-Sco:Hun

Hurd, Michael

Young person's guide to concerts (Routledge & Kegan Paul 1962) vii,131p. | MusApp:Hur

Hussey, Dyneley

Verdi (Novello's Biographies of Great Musicians) (Novello 1941?)) 14p. | Comp-Ver:Hus

Hutchings, Arthur

A companion to Mozart's piano concertos (OUP 1950) xiv,211p. | Comp-Moz:Hut

The invention and composition of music (Novello 1958) 309p. mus. illus. | MuzTe-Cmp:Hut

Schubert (Dent 1945 (1947)) vi,233p. | Comp-Schb:Hut

Iliffe, Frederick

The forty-eight preludes and fugues of Johann Sebastian Bach analysed for the use of students (Novello c.1950) 194p. | Comp-Bac:Ili

Illing, Robert

A dictionary of music (Penguin Books 1950) 318p. | Mus:Ill

ISM

ISM music journal (Incorporated Society of Musicians): Nov. 1999 onwards (ISM ) p. | MusJnl:ISM

Music journal (Incorporated Society of Musicians): Nov. 1999 onwards (ISM ) p. | Pf:ISM

Jacob, Gordon

The elements of orchestration (Herbert Jenkins 1962) 216p. | MuzTe-Cmp:Jac

Harmony, counterpoint and improvisation, Book 1 / B. J. Dale & Gordon Jacob (Novello 1964) [vi],106p. | MuzTe-Har:Dal

Orchestral technique: a manual for students (OUP 2nd ed. 1940) 106p. | MuzTe-Orc:Jac

Jacobs, Arthur

A new dictionary of music (Penguin 1958) 416p. | Mus:Jac

A new dictionary of music (Penguin 2nd ed. 1967) 425p. | Mus:Jac

The Pan book of opera / Arthur Jacobs & Stanley Sadie (Pan Books 1969) 492p. | MuzF-Op:Jac

The Pan book of opera / Arthur Jacobs & Stanley Sadie (Pan Books rev. & enl. 1984) 563p. | MuzF-Op:Jac

Jacobs, Robert L

Wagner (Dent/Dutton 1935) 242p. | Comp-Wag:Jac

Jacques, Reginald

Voice-training and conducting in schools (OUP 3rd ed. 1963) x,157p. | MuzTch-Sin:Jac

Voice-training in schools (OUP 2nd ed. 1952) viii+110p. | MuzTch-Sin:Jac

Jefferson, Alan

Richard Strauss (Macmillan 1975) 112p. | Comp-StrR:Jef

Jones, David Wyn

Haydn: his life and music / H. C. Robbins Landon & David Wyn Jones (Thames and Hudson 1988) 383p. illus. | Comp-Hay:Lan

Jordan, Rolf

The clock of the years : a Gerald and Joy Finzi anthology / ed. Rolf Jordan (Chosen Press 2007) xx,299p. illus. | Comp-Fin:Jor

The Finzi journal 2011, 2014 / ed. Rolf Jordan (Finzi Friends 2011,14) 92,156p. | Comp-Fin:Jor

Kaiser, Joachim

Great pianists of our time (Allen & Unwin 1971) 230p. illus.,12 pl. | Pf-Ins:Kai

Karp , Theodore

Dictionary of music (Dell 1973) 448p. | MusRef:Kar

Keighley, Thomas

Harmony: a simple and systematic treatise on the harmonization of melodies and basses (Bayley & Ferguson 1914) 189p. | MuzTh-Har:Kei

Rudiments of music (Bayley & Ferguson n.d.) 77p. | MuzTh:Kei

Keller, Hans

Benjamin Britten - The Rape of Lucretia [and] Albert Herring (Covent Garden Operas) (Boosey & Hawkes 1947) 35p. | Comp-Bri:Kel

Kellett & E. W. Naylor, E. E.

A history of the pianoforte and pianoforte players / Oscar Bie, trans./ed. E. E. Kellett & E. W. Naylor (Dent / Dutton 1899) 336p. illus., 23 pl. | MuzIns-Pia:Bie

Kennedy, Michael

Always playing: [reminiscences and ruminations] (Weidenfeld and Nicholson 1991) 154p. | Pf-Ins-X:Ken

The concise Oxford dictionary of music (OUP 3rd ed. 1980) [vi]+724p. | MusRef:Ken

The works of Ralph Vaughan Williams (OUP 1971) viii,405p. mus. illus. | Comp-VW:Ken

Kentner, Louis

Piano (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides) (Macdonald and Jane's 1978) xi+204p. illus.+ 4 pl. | MuzIns-Pia:Ken

Piano (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides) (Macdonald 1976) xi+204p. illus.+ 4 pl. | MuzIns-Pia:Ken

Kenyon, Nicholas

Simon Rattle: the making of a conductor (Faber 1989) viii,246p. illus. | Pf-Con:Ken

Kerr, Michael

Virtuoso: the story of John Ogdon / Brenda Lucas Ogdon & Michael Kerr (Hamish Hamilton 1981) x,293p. 8 pl. | Pf-Ins:Ogd

Kilburn, N

The story of chamber music (Walter Scott 1904) 252p. | MuzH:Kil

King, Alexander Hyatt

Chamber music (Max Parrish / Chanticleer 1948) 72p. illus. | MuzH:Kin

Mozart chamber music (BBC Music Guides 1968) 68p. mus. illus. | MusApp:Kin

Kitson, C H

The art of counterpoint (OUP 2nd ed. 1924) 344p. | MuzTe-Cou:Kit

Elementary harmony part 1 (OUP 1920(1978)) vi+108p. | MuzTh-Har:Kit(1)

Elementary harmony, Parts 1-3 (OUP 1920 (1932-3)) 3v. (in 1) 108,106,94p. | MuzTh-Har:Kit

Invertible counterpoint and canon (OUP 1928) 96p. mus. illus. | MuzTh-Cou:Kit

Kobbé, Gustave

Kobbé's complete opera book / Gustave Kobbé, ed. Earl of Harewood (Bodley Head 10th ed. (rev.) 1987) xvii,1404p. 32 pl. | MuzF-Op:Kob

Kodály, Zoltán

Let us sing correctly (Kodály Choral Method) (Boosey & Hawkes 1965) 16p. | MuzTch-Sin:Kod

66 two-part exercises (Kodály Choral Method) (Boosey & Hawkes 1964) 48p. | MuzTch-Sin:Kod

Kraus, Eberhard

Orgeln und Orgel-Musik: das Bild der Orgellandschaften (Fr. Pustet 1972) 302p. 96 b&w pl. | MuzIns-Org:Kra

Laing, Dave

The Faber companion to 20th-century popular music / Phil Hardy & Dave Laing (Faber 1990) xi,875p. | MuzH-Twe:Har

Lam, Basil

Beethoven string quartets 2 (BBC Music Guides 1975) 72p. mus. illus. | MusApp:Lam(2)

Lambert, Constant

Music Ho! (Pelican Books 1948) 251p. | MusApp:Lam

Lamond, Frederic

Beethoven: notes on the sonatas (n.p. n.d.) 14p. | Comp-Bee:Lam

Landon, H. C. Robbins

Handel and his world (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1984) 256p. illus. | Comp-Han:Lan

Haydn: a documentary study (Thames & Hudson 1981) 224p. illus., 96 pl. | Comp-Hay:Lan

Haydn: his life and music / H. C. Robbins Landon & David Wyn Jones (Thames and Hudson 1988) 383p. illus. | Comp-Hay:Lan

The Mozart companion / ed H. C. Robbins Landon, ed. Donald Mitchell (Faber 1965) xv,397p. illus. | Comp-Moz:Lan

Lang, Craig Sellar

Paper-work test, Bk 2: suitable for FRCO and other examination candidates (Novello 1951) 33p. | MuzTh-Com:Lan(2)

Score reading exercises in two, three and four parts. Book 2: in G, F and C clefs (Novello 1951) 83p. | MuzTh-Sco:Lan

Lang, Paul Henry

Music in Western civilization (Norton 1941) xxii,1107p. 16 pl., 3 maps | MuzH:Lan

Lavignac, Albert

The music dramas of Richard Wagner and his Festival Theatre in Bayreuth (Dodd, Mead 1903) ix,511p. illus., diag. | Comp-Wag:Lav

Lebrecht, Norman

The book of musical anecdotes (Sphere Books 1987) 382p. | MusAnec:Leb

Hush! Handel's in a passion: tales of Bach, Handel and their contemporaries / comp. Norman Lebrecht (André Deutsch 1985) 127p. illus. | Comp:Leb

Lee, E. Markham

Chopin (Chappell 1948) 28p. illus. | Comp-Cho:Lee

A music course for teacher and student (Banks & Son 6th ed. c1932) iv,68p. | MuzTch:Lee

Lehmann, Lotte

More than singing: the interpretation of songs (Boosey & Hawkes 1945) 192p. | MuzF-Sng:Leh

Levin, Bernard

Conducted tour: a journey through twelve music festivals of Europe and Australia (Coronet Books 1983) 240p. | MusFes:Lev

Levitin, Daniel

This is your brain on music : understanding a human obsession (Atlantic Books 2007) 322p. | Rel-Psy:Lev

Lewis, Anthony

Opera and church music 1630-1750 (The New Oxford History of Music, 5) / ed. Anthony Lewis & Nigel Fortune (OUP 1975) xxii,869p. | MuzF-Op:Lew

Lockspeiser, Edward

Berlioz (Novello's Biographies of Great Musicians) (Novello 1945(?)) 16p. | Comp-Ber:Loc

Bizet (Novello's Biographies of Great Musicians) (Novello 1951) 16p. | Comp-Biz:Loc

Lovelock, William

Common sense in music teaching (G. Bell & Sons 1965) 124p. | MuzTch:Lov

A concise history of music (Bell & Hyman 1980) 244p. | MuzH:Lov

The examination fugue (Hammond n.d.) 125p. illus. | MuzF-Fug:Lov

First year harmony (complete) (A. Hammond n.d.) 109p. | MuzTh-Har:Lov

First year harmony: appendix on figured bass (A. Hammond n.d.) 23p. | MuzTh-Har:Lov

Form in brief (A. Hammond n.d.) 49p. | MuzTh-Frm:Lov

Formal analysis (A. Hammond n.d.) 16p. | MuzTh-Frm:Lov

Notes on form (A. Hammond n.d.) 10p. | MuzTh-Frm:Lov

The rudiments of music (Bell & Hyman 1957) 128p. | MuzTh:Lov

Second year harmony: complete (Hammond n.d.) 131p. | MuzTh-Har:Lov

200 questions on form (A. Hammond n.d.) 11p. | MuzTh-Frm:Lov

Lowery, Harry

A guide to musical acoustics (Dennis Dobson 1956) 94p. | Rel-Sou:Low

Lucas, Leighton

Mini music (Duckworth 1967) 48p. | MusHum:Luc

Lyttelton, Humphrey

Why no Beethoven?: the diary of a vagrant musician (Robson Books 1984) 176p. | MuzF-Jaz:Lyt

MacDermott, K H

The old church gallery minstrels: an account of the church bands and singers in England from about 1660 to 1860 (SPCK 1948) IV,77p. illus., 16 pl. | MuzHZ-Eng:Mac

Mackenzie, Compton

A musical chair (Chatto and Windus 1939) 303p. | MusApp:Mac

Mackintosh, Iain

Royal Opera House retrospective, 1732-1982: 250 years of actors, singers, dancers, [etc] ... seen through the eyes of the artist / Geoffrey Ashton & Iain Mackintosh (Royal Academy 1982) 144p. | Rel-Lit:Ash

Macpherson, Stewart

Cameos of musical history (Winthrop Rogers 1937) [iv]+209p. | MuzH:Mac

Form in music: with special reference to the designs of instrumental music (Joseph WIlliams 1930) xii+279p. | MuzTh-Frm:Mac

Melody and harmony: a treatise for the teacher and the student (Joseph Williams 1920) vii+304p. | MuzTh-Mel:Mac

Melody and harmony Book 1: Melodic movement (Joseph Williams 1923) vii+63+xvip. | MuzTh-Har:Mac(1)

Melody and harmony Book 2: Elementary harmonic progression (Joseph Williams 1923) vii+64-178+xxip. | MuzTh-Har:Mac(2)

Melody and harmony Book 3: Advanced harmony (Joseph Williams 1923) vii+179-297p. | MuzTh-Har:Mac(3)

Music and its appreciation: or the foundations of good listening (Joseph Williams 1910) xi,166p. mus. illus. | MusApp:Mac

Practical harmony: a concise treatise with progressive exercises (Joseph Williams [7th] ed. 1907) 162p. | MuzTh-Har:Mac

Rudiments of music (Joseph Williams n.d.) 84p. | MuzTh:Mac

Maine, Basil

Maine on music (John Westhouse 1945) 129p. | MusApp:Mai

Malone, Gareth

Choir (Collins 2012) xii,308p. | Pf-Cho:Mal

Mander, Raymond

The Wagner companion / Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson (Comet 1977('87)) x,246p. illus. | Comp-Wag:Man

Manhire, Wilson

Examination questions with model answers for candidates preparing for all examinations in music (Larway c.1940) 174p. | MuzTh:Man

Marek, George R

Richard Strauss: the life of a non-hero (Gollancz 1967) 350p. | Comp-StrR:Mar

Martin, Russell

Beethoven's hair: an extraordinary historical odyssey and a musical mystery solved (Bloomsbury 2000) 276p. | Comp-Bee:Mar

Mary, Eva

Bach / Eva Mary & Sydney Grew (Dent 1947) 239p. | Comp-Bac:Mar

Matheopoulos, Helena

Placido Domingo: my operatic roles / Plácido Domingo & Helena Matheopoulos (Little, Brown 2000) xlvi,290p. 32pp. of pl. | Pf-Sin:Dom

Matthay, Tobias

First principles of pianoforte playing (Longmans Green 1910) viii+128p. | MuzTe-Kyb:Mat

Musical interpretation: its laws and principles, and their application in teaching and performing (Jos. Williams c.1912) xiv,169p. | MuzTe:Mat

The visible and invisible in pianoforte technique: a digest (OUP 1947) xiii,176p. | MuzTe-Kyb:Mat

Matthews, Denis

Beethoven piano sonatas (BBC Music Guides 1967) 56p. mus. illus. | MusApp:Mat

Brahms piano music (BBC Music Guides 1978) 76p. | MusApp:Mat

Keyboard music / ed. Denis Matthews (Penguin 1972) 386p. illus. | MuzF-Key:Mat

May, Robin

Operamania (Vernon & Yates 1967) 96p. illus. | MuzF-Op:May

McCabe, John

Bartok orchestral music (BBC Music Guides 1974) 64p. mus. illus. | MusApp:McC

McCrone, R. C.

The good musician, Book 3: a pupil's course leading to the understanding and enjoyment of music / James Easson & R. C. McCrone (Novello c.1935) 46p. | MuzTe:Eas

McFadyean, Barbara

Nights at the opera: the stories of 15 popular operas discussed / Barbara McFadyean & Spike Hughes (Pilot Press 1948) 410p. | MuzF-Op:McF

McSpadden, J. Walker

The stories of Wagner's operas (Harrap 1932) xv,282p. 16 col. pl. | Comp-Wag:McS

Mehta, Zubin

Zubin Mehta: the score of my life (Amadeus 2009) xii,212p. | Pf-Con:Meh

Mellers, Wilfrid

Percy Grainger (OUP 1992) ix,166p. illus | Comp-Gra:Mel

Vaughan Williams and the vision of Albion (Barrie & Jenkins 1989) 270p. | Comp-VW:Mel

Melville-Mason, Graham

An exhibition of European musical instruments: Galpin Society 21st anniversary exhibition (The Society 1968) 100p. illus.+40 pl. | MuzIns:Mel

Menuhin, Yehudi

The music of Man / Yehudi Menuhin & Curtis W Davis (Macdonald and Jane's 1980) 320p. | MuzH:Men

Unfinished journey (Futura 1978) 508p. illus.+ 16 pl. | Pf-Ins-X:Men

Unfinished journey (Macdonald and Janes 1977) xvii,393p. illus., 16 pl. | Pf-Ins-X:Men

Violin and viola (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides) / Yehudi Menuhin & William Primrose (Macdonald and Jane's 1978) xiii+250p. illus.+ 16 pl. | MuzIns-Str:Men

Yehudi Menuhin: unfinished journey: autobiography (Macdonald & Jane's 1977) xviii,394p. illus. (16 b&w pl.) | MusBio:Men

Meredith, John

Folk songs of Australia: and the men and women who sang them / John Meredith & Hugh Anderson (Ure Smith 1967) 300p. illus. | Folk-Aus:Mer

Miles, Maurice

Are you beating two or four?: some hints to help you make up your mind (Novello 1977) 54p. | MuzTe-Cnd:Mil

Millington, Barry

Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung: a companion / ed. Stewart Spencer & Barry Millington (Thames & Hudson 2000) 384p. | Comp-Wag:Spe

Minshull, Duncan

Fanfare: fourteen stories on a musical theme [by Carol Shields et al.] / ed. Duncan Minshull & Helen Wallace (BBC 1999) 160p. | Rel-Lit:Min

Mitchell, Donald

Benjamin Britten: pictures from a life 1913-1976 / comp. Donald Mitchell (Faber 1978) viii,16p. 440 pl., some col. | Comp-Bri:Mit

The language of modern music (Faber 1966) 168p. | MuzH-Twe:Mit

The Mahler companion / ed. Donald Mitchell & Andrew Nicholson (OUP 2002) 647p. | Comp-Mah:Mit

The Mozart companion / ed H. C. Robbins Landon, ed. Donald Mitchell (Faber 1965) xv,397p. illus. | Comp-Moz:Lan

Mitchenson, Joe

The Wagner companion / Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson (Comet 1977('87)) x,246p. illus. | Comp-Wag:Man

Moore, Dudley

Off-beat: [a book of musical anecdotes] (Robson 1992) 168p. | MusAnec:Moo

Moore, Gerald

Am I too loud?: memoirs of an accompanist (Hamish Hamilton 1962) 304p. | Pf-Ins:Moo

Farewell recital: further memoirs (Penguin Books 1979) 208p. illus.+ 8 pl. | Pf-Ins:Moo

The unashamed accompanist (Methuen rev. ed. 1959) 101p. mus. illus. + 7 b&w pl. | Pf-Ins:Moo

Morgan, Dan

Guitar (Corgi Books 1965) 173p. | MuzTe-StrG:Mor

Mörike, Eduard

Jenufa Katya Kabanova (Opera guide 33, Leos Janácek) (ENO / John Calder 1985) 128p. | MuzF-Op:Mör

Lucia di Lammermoor - Gaetano Donizetti: [synopsis and opera guide] (Scottish Opera 2007) 54p. | MuzF-Op:Mör

Madama Butterfly - Giacomo Puccini: [synopsis and opera guide] (Scottish Opera 2007) 54p. | MuzF-Op:Mör

The Magic Flute = Die Zauberflöte (Opera guide 3, W. A. Mozart) (ENO / John Calder 1983) 128p. | MuzF-Op:Mör

The marriage of Figaro = Le nozze di Figaro (Opera guide 17, W. A. Mozart) (ENO / John Calder 1983) 128p. | MuzF-Op:Mör

The mastersingers of Nuremberg = Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Opera guide 19, Richard Wagner) (ENO / John Calder 1983) 128p. | MuzF-Op:Mör

Mozart's journey to Prague [fiction] (Penguin 2006) 91p. | Comp-Moz:Mör

Die Reihe, 4: young composers (Theodore Presser 1960) 135p. 2 fold. charts | MuzH-Con:Mör(4)

Tristan and Isolde (Opera guide 6, Richard Wagner) (ENO / John Calder 1983) 96p. | MuzF-Op:Mör

Morley, Thomas

A plain and easy introduction to practical music / Thomas Morley, ed. R. Alec Harman (Dent 2nd ed. 1962) xxix,325p. illus. | MuzH-Ren:Mor

Morris, R. O..

Contrapuntal technique in the sixteenth century (Clarendon Press 1922) xii,74p. with 49 pp. of musical examples | MuzTe-Cou:Mor

Introduction to counterpoint (OUP 1944) 35p. | MuzTh-Cou:Mor

The structure of music: an outline for students (OUP 1935) vi,124p. mus. illus. | MuzTh-Frm:Mor

Mundy, Simon

Elgar (Omnibus 2001) 224p. illus. | Comp-Elg:Mun

Murray, David

St Machar's Cathedral, Old Aberdeen, its organ and music / Michael Thomson & David Murray (Friends of StMC 2002) 32p. | MuzIns-Org:Tho

Neuman, Werner

Auf den Lebenswegen Johann Sebastian Bachs (Verlag der Nation 1953) 319p. illus., 200+ pl. | Comp-Bac:Neu

Newman, Archie

Beecham stories: anecdotes sayings and impressions of Sir Thomas Beecham / comp. Harold Atkins & Archie Newman (Futura 1979) 96p. | Pf-Con:Atk

Newman, Ernest

More opera nights (Putnam 1954) ix,708p. | MuzF-Op:New

Opera nights (Putnam 1943) x,629p. illus. | MuzF-Op:New

Wagner as man and artist (J M Dent 1914) 386p. | Comp-Wag:New

Newman, Sidney

The Russell Collection and other early keyboard instruments in St Cecilia's Hall Edinburgh / comp. Sidney Newman & Peter Williams (Edinburgh Univ Press 1968) 79p. illus. | MuzIns-Key:New

Newmarch, Rosa

Jean Sibelius: a short story of a long friendship (Goodwin & Tabb 1944) 99p. 2 pl. | Comp-Sib:New

Nicholson, Andrew

The Mahler companion / ed. Donald Mitchell & Andrew Nicholson (OUP 2002) 647p. | Comp-Mah:Mit

Nottebohm, Gustav

Two Beethoven sketchbooks: a description with musical extracts (Gollancz 1979) xi,130p. | Comp-Bee:Not

Ogdon, Brenda Lucas

Virtuoso: the story of John Ogdon / Brenda Lucas Ogdon & Michael Kerr (Hamish Hamilton 1981) x,293p. 8 pl. | Pf-Ins:Ogd

Ohl, John F

Masterpieces of music before 1750: an anthology of musical examples from Gregorian chant to J. S. Bach / comp. & ed Carl Parrish & John F Ohl (Faber 1952) x,235p. | MuzH:Par

Oldroyd, George

The technique and spirit of fugue: an historical study (OUP 1948) vii,220p. mus. illus. | MuzF-Fug:Old

Onnen, Frank

Hector Berlioz / Frank Onnen, trans. W A G Doyle-Davidson (Symphonia c1950) 64p. illus. | Comp-Ber:Onn

Maurice Ravel / Frank Onnen, trans. W A G Doyle-Davidson (Symphonia c1950) 64p. illus. | Comp-Rav:Onn

Open University, A100 Course Team

Introduction to music (Open University 1971) 49p. | Mus:Ope

Open University, A201 Course Team

Renaissance music (Open University 1972) 2v. 111,35p. inc. mus. suppl. | MuzH-Ren:Ope

Open University, A202 Course Team

Beethoven (Open University 1972) 108p. | Comp-Bee:Ope

Open University, A304 Course Team

Baroque instrumental music 1: people instruments and the continuo (Open University 1974) 128p. | MuzH-Bar:Ope(1)

Baroque instrumental music 2: suite sonata and concerto (Open University 1974) 157p. | MuzH-Bar:Ope(2)

Baroque instrumental music [scores]: (Open University 1974) 2v. 48,31p. mus. | MuzH-Bar:Ope(sc)

The Baroque organ; and Bach organ music (Open University 1974) 121p. | MuzH-Bar:Ope

The Baroque organ; and Bach organ music [scores] (Open University 1974) 22p. mus. | MuzH-Bar:Ope(sc)

Contemporary music - case studies 1 (Open University 1974) 92p. | MuzH-Con:Ope(1)

Contemporary music - case studies 2 (Open University 1974) 71p. | MuzH-Con:Ope(2)

From Classical to Romantic keyboard music (Open University 1974) 185p. | MuzH-Cla:Ope

Music and society today (Open University 1974) 32p. | MuzH-Con:Ope

The rise of the string quartet (Open University 1974) 47p. | MuzH:Ope(1)

The rise of the string quartet [scores] (Open University 1974) 24p. [mus.] | MuzH:Ope(sc)

The rise of the symphony 1 (Open University 1974) 86p. | MuzH:Ope(1)

The rise of the symphony 1 [scores A & B] (Open University 1974) 2v. 40,40p. mus. | MuzH:Ope(sc1)

The rise of the symphony 2 (Open University 1974) 103p. | MuzH:Ope(2)

The rise of the symphony 2 [scores A & B] (Open University 1974) 2v. 30,30p. mus. | MuzH:Ope(sc2)

Twentieth-century music 1900-1945 (Open University 1974) 115p. | MuzH-Twe:Ope

Twentieth-century music 1900-1945 [scores] (Open University 1974) 25p. mus. | MuzH-Twe:Ope(sc)

Osborne, Charles

The complete operas of Strauss: a critical guide (Grange Books 1995) 252p. | Comp-StrR:Osb

Ottaway, Hugh

Mozart (Orbis Publishing 1979) 208p. | Comp-Moz:Ott

Shostakovich symphonies (BBC Music Guides 1978) 68p. mus. illus. | MusApp:Ott

Sibelius (Novello Short Biographies) (Novello 1968) 18p. | Comp-Sib:Ott

Vaughan Willams symphonies (BBC Music Guides 1972) 64p. mus. illus. | MusApp:Ott

Paganelli, Sergio

Musical instruments: from the Renaissance to the 19th century (Hamlyn 1970) 157p. illus. | MuzIns:Pag

Page, Tim

The Glenn Gould reader / Glenn Gould, ed. Tim Page (Faber 1987) xvi+475p. | Mus:Gou

Pahlen, Kurt

Music of the World: a history (Spring Books c.1960) 424p. 216 pl. | MuzH:Pah

Palgrave, Francis T

The golden treasury [of songs and lyrical poems in the English language]: with a supplementary fifth book sel. etc. by Laurence Binyon / comp. Francis T Palgrave & Laurence Binyon (Macmillan 1939) 524p. | MuzF-Sng:Pal

Palisca, Claude V

Norton anthology of Western music vol. 2: Classic, Romantic, Modern / ed. Claude V Palisca (Norton 1988) 822p. 57 mus. scores | MuzF:Pal(2)

Palmer, Christopher

Bliss (Novello Short Biographies) (Novello 1976) 24p. | Comp-Bli:Pal

Szymanowski (BBC Music Guides 1983) 104p. mus. illus. | MusApp:Pal

Palmer, King

Compose music (Teach Yourself Books) (Hodder & Stoughton 2nd ed. 1972) viii,276p. | MuzTe-Cmp:Pal

The piano (Teach Yourself Books) (Hodder & Stoughton 3rd ed. 1986) 151p. | MuzTe-Kyb:Pal

Parkhurst, Winthrop

The anatomy of music: a complete popular outline of musical theory (Alfred Knopf 1930) 211p. | MuzTh:Par

Parrish, Carl

Masterpieces of music before 1750: an anthology of musical examples from Gregorian chant to J. S. Bach / comp. & ed Carl Parrish & John F Ohl (Faber 1952) x,235p. | MuzH:Par

Parrott, E. O.

How to be tremendously tuned in to opera / comp./ed. E. O. Parrott (Penguin 1990) ix,230p. | MusHum:Par

Parrott, Ian

Elgar (Master musicians series) (J.M. Dent 1971) xi,143p. 8 pp. of pl. | Comp-Elg:Par

Method in orchestration (Dennis Dobson 1957) 85p. | MuzTe-Orc:Par

The music of Rosemary Brown (Regency Press 1978) 92p. | Rel-Psy:Par

Parrott, Jasper

Beyond frontiers: Ashkenazy / Vladimir Ashkenazy & Jasper Parrott (Collins 1984) 239p. 8 pl. | Pf-Ins:Ash

Parry, Charles Hubert H.

The evolution of the art of music (Routledge & Kegan Paul 1950) x,342p. | MuzH:Par

Parry, K. L.

Companion to Congregational praise / ed. K. L. Parry, annot. Erik Routley (Independent Press 1953) xli,580p. | MuzF-Chu:Par

Pavarotti, Luciano

Luciano Pavarotti: my world / Luciano Pavarotti & William Wright (Arrow 1996) xviii,345p. 8 col., 16 b&w pl. | MusBio:Pav

Paynter, John

Music in the secondary school curriculum: trends and developments in class music teaching (Cambridge UP 1982) xiv,256p. illus. | MuzTch:Pay

Sound and silence: classroom projects in creative music / John Paynter & Peter Aston (CUP 1970) xv,365p. illus. | MuzTch:Pay

Pearce, Charles W

Questions and exercises in musical knowledge: advanced intermediate division (Trinity College of Music 1918) 62p. | MuzTh:Pea

Text-book of musical knowledge: advanced intermediate division (Trinity College of Music 1918) 116p. | MuzTh:Pea

Philip, Frank

A textbook of vocal training and preparation for song interpretation (Wm Reeves c.1930) 261p. | MuzTe-Voc:Phi

Piggott, Patrick

Rachmaninov orchestral music (BBC Music Guides 1974) 60p. mus. illus. | MusApp:Pig

Porte, John F

Sir Charles V. Stanford (Kegan Paul 1921) [vi],154p. 1 pl. | Comp-Sta:Por

Pratt, James

Aberdeen Choral Union 1858-1908: a literary, historical and artistic souvenir / ed. James Pratt (Rosemount Press 1908) xxxiv,158p. | MuzHZ-Sco:Pra

The book of the Aberdeen Choral Union 1858-1908: a literary, historical and artistic souvenir / ed. James Pratt (Rosemount Press 1908) xxxiv,158p. | MuzHZ-Sco:Pra

Previn, André

Orchestra: [31] interviews by Michael Foss / ed. André Previn & Michael Foss (Macdonald and Jane's 1979) 224p. | Pf-Orc:Pre

Prey, Herman

First night fever: the memoirs of Herman Prey (John Calder 1986) 288p. 28 pl. | Pf-Sin:Pre

Primrose, William

Violin and viola (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides) / Yehudi Menuhin & William Primrose (Macdonald and Jane's 1978) xiii+250p. illus.+ 16 pl. | MuzIns-Str:Men

Pritchard, T. C. L.

Diplomas in music (Dent 1960) xii,112p. | MuzTe:Pri

Puritz, Elizabeth

The teaching of Elisabeth Schumann (Methuen 1956) vii,136p. | MuzTch-Sin:Pur

Purser, John

Scotland's music: a history of the traditional and classical music of Scotland from early times to the present day (Mainstream/BBC 1992) 311p. illus., 30 col. pl. | Folk-Sco:Pur

Radcliffe, Philip

Mozart piano concertos (BBC Music Guides 1978) 72p. mus. illus. | MusApp:Rad

Railton, Ruth

Daring to excel: the story of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (Secker & Warburg 1992) ix,466p. illus.,24 pl. | Pf-Orc:Rai

Rainbow, Bernarr

Handbook for music teachers, Bks 1-2 / ed. Bernarr Rainbow (Novello 3rd ed. 1964) 2v.: 230,222p. | MuzTch:Rai(1-2)

Rayment, Malcolm

Prokofiev (Novello's Biographies of Great Musicians) (Novello 1961(?)) 24p. | Comp-Pro:Ray

Reddall, Henry Frederic

Songs that never die: ... the most famous words and melodies enriched with ... historical-biographical sketches (J.H. Moore c.1910) 615p. illus. | MuzF-Sng:Red

Reed, W H

Elgar (Dent 1939) 227p. | Comp-Elg:Ree

Rees, Jasper

I found my horn: one man's struggle with the orchestra's most difficult instrument (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2008) 294p. | MuzIns-Hor:Ree

Reese, Gustave

Music in the Renaissance (Norton 1954) xvii,1022p. | MuzH-Ren:Ree

Reeves, Betty

The piano teacher's yearbook 1947 / James Ching & Betty Reeves (Walsh Holmes 1946) 40p. | MuzTch-Key:Chi

Renouf, David

The Oxford student's harmony, vol.1-2: a practical approach to creative musicianship / Edwin Smith & David Renouf (OUP 1965-6) 2v. 138,172p. | MuzTh-Har:Smi(1-2)

Reynolds, Gordon

Organo pleno (Novello 1970) 48p. illus. | MusHum:Rey

Richards, Sam

The English folksinger: 159 modern and traditional folksongs / Sam Richards & Tish Stubbs (Collins 1979) 224p. | Folk-Eng:Ric

Rickards, Guy

Jean Sibelius (Phaidon 1997) 240p. | Comp-Sib:Ric

Riemann, Hugo

Catechism of musical history Part 1: Bk 1: musical instruments; Bk 2: tone-systems and notations (Augener 1892) v,144p. | MuzH:Rie(1)

Catechism of musical history Part 2: Bk 3: musical forms (Augener 1892) iv,186p. | MuzH:Rie(2)

Rimmer, Frederick

A history of Scottish music / Kenneth Elliott & Frederick Rimmer (BBC 1973) 84p. mus. illus. | MuzHZ-Sco:Ell

Robertson, Alec

Brahms (Novello's Biographies of Great Musicians) (Novello 1941(?)) 16p. | Comp-Bra:Rob

Chamber music / ed. Alec Robertson (Penguin 1957) 427p. illus. | MuzF-Cha:Rob

Music 1952 / ed. Alec Robertson (Pelican Books 1952) 240p. | MuzH-Twe:Rob

The Pelican history of music vol. 1: Ancient forms to polyphony / ed. Denis Stevens & Alec Robertson (Penguin Books 1960) 343p. illus.+ 16 pl. | MuzH:Ste(1)

The Pelican history of music vol. 2: Renaiisance and Baroque / ed. Alec Robertson & Denis Stevens (Penguin Books 1963) 335p. illus.+ 32 pl. | MuzH:Rob(2)

The Pelican history of music vol. 3: Classical and Romantic / ed. Alec Robertson & Denis Stevens (Penguin Books 1968) 250p. | MuzH-Cla:Rob(3)

Rolland, Romain

Romain Rolland's essays on music / Romain Rolland, ed. David Ewen (Dover 1959) 371p. | MuzH:Rol

Ronald, Landon (Sir)

Tchaikovsky (Mayfair Biographies) (Murdoch c1922) 28p. | Comp-Tch:Ron

Rose , Michael

Words about music: an anthology / John Amis & Michael Rose (Faber 1989) 440p. | MusApp:Ami

Rose, Arnold

The singer and the voice: vocal technique for singers (Faber 1962) 252p. | MuzTe-Voc:Ros

Rosen, Charles

Schoenberg (Fontana 1976) 124p. | Comp-Scho:Ros

Rosenthal, Harold

Opera annual no. 7 / ed. Harold Rosenthal (John Calder 1960) 218p. illus. | MuzF-Op:Ros(7)

Opera guide / Gerhart von Westermann, ed. Harold Rosenthal (Sphere Books 1968) 580p. | MuzF-Op:Wes

Rousselot, Jean

Franz Liszt: a romantic biography (Jonathan Cape 1960) 248p. | Comp-Lis:Rou

Routh, Francis

Contemporary music: an introduction (EUP 1968) 292p. | MuzH-Con:Rou

Routley, Erik

Companion to Congregational praise / ed. K. L. Parry, annot. Erik Routley (Independent Press 1953) xli,580p. | MuzF-Chu:Par

RSAMD

The Academus book of questions on the rudiments of music: for use by the Royal Scottish Academy of Music (OUP 1933) 99p. | MuzTh:RSA

Rusbridger, Alan

Play it again!: an amateur against the impossible (Jonathan Cape 2013) 405p. | Pf-Ins:Rus

Russell, John

Erich Kleiber: a memoir (Andre Deutsch 1957) 256p. | Pf-Con:Rus

Sachs, Harvey

The Ninth: Beethoven and the world in 1824 (Faber 2010) 225p. illus. | Comp-Bee:Sac

Solti on Solti: a memoir, with assistance from Harvey Sachs / (Sir) Georg Solti & Harvey Sachs (Vintage 1998) xi,276p. 16 pl. | Pf-Con:Sol

Virtuoso: the life and art of Paganini, Liszt, Rubinstein, Paderewski, etc (Thames & Hudson 1982) 208p. illus., 32 pl. | Pf-Ins:Sac

Sadie, Stanley

The Pan book of opera / Arthur Jacobs & Stanley Sadie (Pan Books 1969) 492p. | MuzF-Op:Jac

The Pan book of opera / Arthur Jacobs & Stanley Sadie (Pan Books rev. & enl. 1984) 563p. | MuzF-Op:Jac

Saerchinger, César

Artur Schnabel: a biography (Cassell 1957) xxi,354p. illus., 17pl. | Pf-Ins:Sae

Salter, Lionel

Going to the opera (Penguin 1958) 189p. 16 pl. | MusApp:Sal

The Gramophone guide to classical composers and recordings (Salamander books 1978) 217p. | Mus:Sal

Salzman, Eric

Twentieth-century music: an introduction (Prentice-Hall 1967) v,196p. illus. | MuzH-Twe:Sal

Sams, Eric

Brahms songs (BBC Music Guides 1972) 68p. mus. illus. | MusApp:Sam

Schauffler, Robert Haven

Beethoven: the man who freed music (Tudor Pub 1946) xxvii,693p. mus. illus. | Comp-Bee:Sch

Schmidt-Görg, Joseph

Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827: [exhibition catalogue] (IFR Stuttgart 1970) 120p. | Comp-Bee:Sch

Schnabel, Artur

Music and the line of most resistance (Wolke ) 144p. | Pf:Sch

Music, wit and wisdom: the autobiography of Artur Schnabel (Wolke 2009) 298p. | Pf-Ins:Sch

Schnauber, Cornelius

Plácido Domingo (Robson Books 1997) xvi,268p. | Pf-Sin:Sch

Schneider, Marcel

Schubert (Grove Press / John Calder 1959) 191p. | Comp-Schb:Sch

Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge

The Gregorian highway code (Paraclete Press 1981) 4p. | MuzH-Med:Sch

Scholes, Percy A

The listener's history of music, vol. 1: to Beethoven (OUP 6th ed. 1943) xiv,175p. illus. | MusAna:Sch(1)

The listener's history of music, vol. 1: to Beethoven (OUP 7th ed., 1954) xiii,176p. | MuzH:Sch(1)

The listener's history of music, vol. 2: the Romantic and Nationalist schools of the 19th century (OUP 3rd ed. 1943) xii,216p. illus. | MusAna:Sch(2)

The listener's history of music, vol. 3: to the composers of to-day (OUP 4th ed. 1949) xii,169p. illus. | MusAna:Sch(3)

The mirror of music 1844-1944 vol. 1: a century of musical life in Britain . . . (Novello/OUP 1947) xix,523p. 74 pl. | MuzHZ-Gre:Sch(1)

The mirror of music 1844-1944 vol. 2: a century of musical life in Britain . . . (Novello/OUP 1947) xvii,525-964p. 44 pl. | MuzHZ-Gre:Sch(2)

The Oxford companion to music (OUP 1st ed. 1938) lv,1091p. illus. | Mus:Sch

The Oxford companion to music (OUP 9th ed. 1955) lx,1195p. illus. | Mus:Sch

The Oxford junior companion to music (OUP 1954) xxviii,436p. illus. | Mus:Sch

Schonberg, Harold C

The lives of the great composers (Davis-Poynter 1971) 600p. | Comp:Sch

Schonzeler, Hans-Hubert

Of German music: a symposium / ed. Hans-Hubert Schonzeler (Wolff/Barnes & Noble 1976) 328p. | MuzHZ-Ger:Sch

Schreiber, Klaus Dieter

Untersuchungen zur italienischen Literatur- und Kulturgeschichtsschreibung in der zweiten Hálfte des Settecento (Gehlen 1968) 163p. | Rel-Lit:Sch

Schumann, Elisabeth

German song (Max Parrish 72) p. 41 illus., 4 col. pl. | MuzHZ-Ger:Sch

Scott, Marion M

Beethoven (Dent/Dutton 1934) 340p. | Comp-Bee:Sco

Mendelssohn (Novello's Biographies of Great Musicians) (Novello 1951(?)) 14p. | Comp-Men:Sco

Scottish Societies of Organists

A recommended list of books and music for organists and choirmasters / comp. James R Cowie (Scottish Societies of Organists 1964) iii.94p. | MuzF-Chu:Cow

Shaw, George Bernard

G. B. S. on music (Penguin 1962) 189p. | MusApp:Sha

Sherman, Robert

My favourite intervals: lives of the musical giants and other facts you didn't know you'd missed / Victor Borge & Robert Sherman (Sphere Books 1976) 189p. illus. | MusHum:Bor

Shiel, Alison I

Aberdeen Bach Choir 1956-1985: its origins and history (Aberdeen Bach Choir 1985) 69+9p. illus. | Pf-Cho:Shi

Aberdeen Bach Choir 1956-1996: its origins and history (Aberdeen Bach Choir 1996) 93p. illus. | Pf-Cho:Shi(2)

Shore, Bernard

The orchestra speaks: [essays on modern conductors] (Longmans Green 1938) 218p. | Pf-Orc:Sho

Simpson, Harold

A century of ballads 1810-1910: their composers and singers (Mills & Boon 1910) 349p. illus. | Folk-Eng:Sim

Simpson, Kenneth

Some great music educators: a collection of essays / ed. Kenneth Simpson (Novello 1976) 128p. 16 pl. | MuzTch:Sim

Simpson, Robert

Carl Nielsen, symphonist (Kahn & Averill 1986) 260p. illus. | Comp-Nie:Sim

Sibelius and Nielsen: a centenary essay (BBC 1965) 40p. illus. | Comp-Sib:Sim

The symphony, vol. 2: Elgar to the present day / ed. Robert Simpson (Penguin 1967) 282p. | MuzF-Sym:Sim

Skinner, J Scott

A guide to bowing: Strathspeys, reels, pastoral melodies, hornpipes, etc (Hardie Press 1984) 32p. | MuzTe-Str:Ski

Slater, David

Vocal physiology and the teaching of singing (J H Larway n.d.) 91p. | MuzTch-Sin:Sla

Slonimsky, Nicolas

Lexicon of musical inventive: critical assaults on composers since Beethoven's time (Univ. Washington P. 2nd ed. 1969) 325p. | MusAna:Slo

Small, Christopher

Schoenberg (Novello Short Biographies) (Novello 1977) 28p. | Comp-Scho:Sma

Smallman, Basil

The background of Passion music: J S Bach and his predecessors (SCM Press 1957) 125p. | Comp-Bac:Sma

Smith, Edwin

The Oxford student's harmony, vol.1-2: a practical approach to creative musicianship / Edwin Smith & David Renouf (OUP 1965-6) 2v. 138,172p. | MuzTh-Har:Smi(1-2)

Smoldon, William

A history of music (Herbert Jenkins 1965) 472p. 32 pl., mus. illus. | MuzH:Smo

So, Jenny F.

Music in the age of Confucius: [exhibition catalogue] (Smithsonian 2000) 152p. illus. | MuzH-Anc:So

Solti, (Sir) Georg

Solti on Solti: a memoir, with assistance from Harvey Sachs / (Sir) Georg Solti & Harvey Sachs (Vintage 1998) xi,276p. 16 pl. | Pf-Con:Sol

Somfai, László

Bartók's workshop: documents of the compositional process (MTA ZI, Budapest 1995) 44p. | Comp-Bar:Som

Spaeth, Sigmund

The common sense of music (Bodley Head 1925) 375p. | MusApp:Spa

Spence, Keith

Living music: Hamish Hamilton guide (Book Club Associates 1979) 144p. illus. | Mus:Spe

Spencer, Stewart

Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung: a companion / ed. Stewart Spencer & Barry Millington (Thames & Hudson 2000) 384p. | Comp-Wag:Spe

Spiegel, Fritz

Lives, wives and loves of the great composers (Marion Boyars 1997) 256p. | Comp:Spi

Stainer, John

The organ: [music primer] (Novello, Ewer c.1900) viii,102p. mus. illus. | MuzIns-Org:Sta

Staines, Joe

Classical music: updated 3rd ed. / ed. Joe Staines (Rough Guides 2001) xiii,610p. illus. | MuzH:Sta

Stanford, Charles V

Brahms (The Mayfair Biographies) (Murdoch, Murdoch n.d.) 28p. | Comp-Bra:Sta

Stedron, Bohumír

Leos Janácek: letters and reminiscences (Artia 1955) 234p. illus., 24 pl. | Comp-Jan:Ste

Steinitz, Paul

Harmony and counterpoint with the Masters: [musical examples] / comp. Paul Steinitz (Novello 1963) 179p. | MuzTe-Har:Ste

One hundred tunes from the great masters, for harmonization / comp. Paul Steinitz (Novello 1963) 36p. | MuzTh-Har:Ste

Stevens, Denis

Grove's dictionary of music and musicians / ed. Eric Blom & Denis Stevens (Macmillan 5th ed. 1954-61) 10v. 8438,493p. illus., 76 pl., 16 col. | MusRef:Blo

The Pelican history of music vol. 1: Ancient forms to polyphony / ed. Denis Stevens & Alec Robertson (Penguin Books 1960) 343p. illus.+ 16 pl. | MuzH:Ste(1)

The Pelican history of music vol. 2: Renaiisance and Baroque / ed. Alec Robertson & Denis Stevens (Penguin Books 1963) 335p. illus.+ 32 pl. | MuzH:Rob(2)

The Pelican history of music vol. 3: Classical and Romantic / ed. Alec Robertson & Denis Stevens (Penguin Books 1968) 250p. | MuzH-Cla:Rob(3)

Stevenson, Ronald

The Paderewski paradox: [with two essays by I. J. Paderewski (Klavar Music Foundation 1992) 45p. | MuzTe-Kyb:Ste

Storr, Anthony

Music and the mind (HarperCollins 1993) xii,212p. | Rel-Psy:Sto

Stove, Magnus J

The Gideon Stove tune book, vol. 1 / ed. Magnus J Stove (Shetland Folk Festival Society 1986) 77p. | Folk-Sco:Sto

Strack, Márta

Bela Bartók Memorial House: [an illustrated guide] (Budapest History Museum 2006) 74p. | Comp-Bar:Str

Stratton, Stephen S

Mendelssohn (Dent/Dutton 1934) 233p. | Comp-Men:Str

Stravinsky, Igor

Stravinsky in conversation with Robert Craft / Igor Stravinsky & Robert Craft (Penguin 1962) 301p. 8 pl. | Comp-Stra:Str

Stubbs, Tish

The English folksinger: 159 modern and traditional folksongs / Sam Richards & Tish Stubbs (Collins 1979) 224p. | Folk-Eng:Ric

Stuckenschmidt, H. H.

Arnold Schoenberg (John Calder 1959) 168p. mus. illus., 12 pl. | Comp-Scho:Stu

Suchet, John

Beethoven: the man revealed (Elliott & Thompson 2012) xii,274p. | Comp-Bee:Suc

Composers' notes: financial triumphs and disasters of the great composers (Edition Peters (for Classic FM) 2006) 190p. | MusBio:Suc

The last master: vol. 1 of a fictional biography of Ludwig van Beethoven (Little Brown 1996) 622p. | Comp-Bee:Suc

Sulikowski, Jerzy

Polish music (Polish Publications Committee 1944) 33p. | Folk-Pol:Sul

Sullivan, J W N

Beethoven (Pelican Books 1949) 159p. | Comp-Bee:Sul

Sullivan, Paul

Sullivan's music trivia: the greatest music trivia book ever . . . (Sanctuary 2003) 217p. | Mus:Sul

Sutherland, Joan

The Joan Sutherland album / comp. Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge (Craftsman House 1986) 191p. | Pf-Sin:Sut

Talbot, Michael

Vivaldi (Master Musicians) (Dent 1984) 275p. illus.+ 8 pl. | Comp-Viv:Tal

Tauber, Diana Napier

My heart and I (Evans Bros. 1959) 208p. 16 pl. | Pf-Sin:Tau

Taylor, Eric

The AB guide to music theory, part 1 (Associated Board 1990) xiv,114p. | MuzTh:Tay(1)

The AB guide to music theory, part 2 (Associated Board 1991) viii,105-252,ix-xx p. | MuzTh:Tay(2)

Taylor, H J

Scales and arpeggios: for advanced players (Weekes n.d.) 24p. | MuzTe-Kyb:Tay

Taylor, Harold

The pianist's talent (Kahn & Averill 1994) 112p. | MuzTe-Kyb:Tay

Taylor, Ronald

Richard Wagner: his life, art and thought (Panther 1983) 480p. | Comp-Wag:Tay

Robert Schumann: his life and work (Panther 1982) 354p. 8 pp. of plates | Comp-Schm:Tay

Taylor, Stainton de B.

The Chorale preludes of J. S. Bach: a handbook (OUP 1942) x,126p. | MuzF-Org:Tay

Teal, Larry

The art of saxophone playing (Summy-Birchard 1963) 111p. | MuzIns-Sax:Tea

Terry, Charles Sanford

Bach's orchestra (OUP 1961) xix,250p. | MuzIns- E:Ter

Teyte, Maggie

Star on the door (Putnam 1958) 192p. illus., 12 pl. | Pf-Sin:Tey

Thomson, Michael

St Machar's Cathedral, Old Aberdeen, its organ and music / Michael Thomson & David Murray (Friends of StMC 2002) 32p. | MuzIns-Org:Tho

Tobin, J Raymond

Get to know music: answers to 1001 questions on every aspect of the art (Evans Bros. 1946) 144p. | MuzTh:Tob

Tovey, Donald Francis

A companion to Beethoven's pianoforte sonatas: complete analyses (ABRSM c.1950) xiv+301p. | Comp-Bee:Tov

A companion to Beethoven's pianoforte sonatas: bar-to-bar analysis (Associated Board 1931) xiv,284p. mus. illus., 1pl. | MuzF-Son:Tov

Essays and lectures on music (OUP 1949) ix,404p. | MusAna:Tov

Essays in musical analysis vol. 1: symphonies (OUP 1935) viii,223p. | MusAna:Tov(1)

Essays in musical analysis vol. 2: symphonies (II), variations and orchestral polyphony (OUP 1935) xiv,212p. | MusAna:Tov(2)

Essays in musical analysis vol. 3: concertos (OUP 1936) ix,226p. | MusAna:Tov(3)

Essays in musical analysis vol. 4: vocal music (OUP 1936) viii,176p. | MusAna:Tov(4)

Essays in musical analysis vol. 5: vocal music (OUP 1937) vi,256p. | MusAna:Tov(5)

Essays in musical analysis vol. 6: vocal music (OUP 1939) vii,188p. | MusAna:Tov(6)

A musician talks, 1: the integrity of music (OUP 1941) xv,161p. | Mus:Tov(1)

Some English symphonists: a selection from 'Essays in musical analysis' (OUP 1941) 80p. mus. illus. | MusAna:Tov

Toye, Francis

Rossini: a study in tragi-comedy (Norton 1963) xii,269p. | Comp-Ros:Toy

Tree, Charles

How to acquire ease of voice production: the preservation of the voice (Joseph Williams 1911) 61p. | MuzTe-Voc:Tre

Tunley, David

Couperin (BBC Music Guides 1982) 104p. mus. illus. | MusApp:Tun

Turner, W J

English music (William Collins 1943) 48p. illus., 12 col. pl. | Folk-Eng:Tur

English music (Longmans Green 1931) 188p. | Folk-Eng:Tur

Vlad, Roman

Stravinsky: 2nd ed. (OUP 2nd ed. 1967) p. mus. illus. | Comp-Stra:Vla

Wagner, Richard

My life (2 v.) (Constable 1911) (2 v.) 911p. | Comp-Wag:Wag

Wallace, Helen

Fanfare: fourteen stories on a musical theme [by Carol Shields et al.] / ed. Duncan Minshull & Helen Wallace (BBC 1999) 160p. | Rel-Lit:Min

Walton, Susana

William Walton: behind the façade (OUP 1988) xi,255p. | Comp-Wal:Wal

Warburton, Annie O

Analyses of musical classics Bks 1-4 (Longman 1963-1974) 4v. xii,340; xi,333; [vi],306; x,278p. | MusAna:War(1-4)

Basic music knowledge (Longman 1967) xxii+215p. | MuzTh:War

Harmony (Longman new ed. 1979) vi+322p. | MuzTh-Har:War

Melody writing and analysis (Longman 2nd ed. 1960) xi+188p. | MuzTe-Mel:War

Score reading: form and history (Longmans 1959) xviii+208p. illus., 4pl. | MusAna:War

Score reading: form and history (Longman (pbk) 1959) xviii+208p. illus.+ 4pl. | MusAna:War

Warrack, John

Tchaikovsky: symphonies and concertos (BBC Music Guides) (BBC rev. ed. 1974) 64p. | Comp-Tch:War

Webern, Anton

The path to the new music (Presser/Universal 1963) 67p. | MuzH-Twe:Web

Westermann, Gerhart von

Opera guide / Gerhart von Westermann, ed. Harold Rosenthal (Sphere Books 1968) 580p. | MuzF-Op:Wes

Westrup, (Sir) Jack Allan

Collins music encyclopedia / (Sir) Jack Allan Westrup & Frank Llewellyn Harrison (Collins 1959) 739p. illus. | Mus:Wes

Collins music encyclopedia / ed. Conrad Wilson & (Sir) Jack Allan Westrup (Book Club Associates rev. ed. 1976) 608p. illus. | Mus:Wil

Handel (Novello's Biographies of Great Musicians) (Novello 1941(?)) 22p. | Comp-Han:Wes

An introduction to musical history (Hutchinson 1955) 174p. | MuzH:Wes

Whall, W B

Sea songs and shanties / comp. W B Whall (Jas. Brown 5th ed. 1926) 122p. 5.ed (illus.) | Folk-Eng:Wha

Sea songs and shanties / comp. W B Whall (Brown Son & Ferguson 6th ed. 1927) 154p. enlarg. & illus. | Folk-Eng:Wha

Whitemore, Cuthbert

Commonsense in pianoforte playing (Augener 1926) v,47p. | MuzTe-Kyb:Whi

Whittall, Arnold

Schoenberg chamber music (BBC Music Guides 1972) 64p. mus. illus. | MusApp:Whi

Williams, Peter

Bach organ music (BBC Music Guides 1972) 71p. mus. illus. | MusApp:Wil

The Russell Collection and other early keyboard instruments in St Cecilia's Hall Edinburgh / comp. Sidney Newman & Peter Williams (Edinburgh Univ Press 1968) 79p. illus. | MuzIns-Key:New

Williams, Stephen

Come to the opera (Arrow 1958) 351p. mus. illus. | MuzF-Op:Wil

Williamson, Audrey

Wagner opera (John Calder 1962) 192p. | Comp-Wag:Wil

Wilson, Conrad

Collins music encyclopedia / ed. Conrad Wilson & (Sir) Jack Allan Westrup (Book Club Associates rev. ed. 1976) 608p. illus. | Mus:Wil

Scottish Opera: the first ten years (Collins 1972) 168p. 14 col. pl. | MuzF-Op:Wil

Winn, Cyril

Children singing (OUP 1952) 87p. | MuzTch-Chi:Win

Wood, (Sir) Henry J

My life of music (Victor Gollancz 1946) 384p. | Pf-Con:Woo

Wood, Roger

The Ring: anatomy of an opera / Stephen Fay & Roger Wood (Secker & Warburg 1984) vi,218p. illus.+32 col. pl. | MuzF-Op:Fay

Wooldridge, David

Conductor's world (Barrie & Rockliff 1970) xiv,379p. 16 pl. | MuzTe-Cnd:Woo

Wright, William

Luciano Pavarotti: my world / Luciano Pavarotti & William Wright (Arrow 1996) xviii,345p. 8 col., 16 b&w pl. | MusBio:Pav

Young, Percy M

Handel (Dent/Dutton 1947) 246p. | Comp-Han:You

Musical composition for pleasure (Hutchinson 1961) 166p. | MuzTe-Cmp:You