Overview :In 1797, in what is now the Czech Republic, Pinḥas Hurwitz published one of the best-selling Hebrew books of the modern era. Nominally... Read More
Overview :Illustrations by Breed. Includes a tipped-in original sketch by Breed that is signed by both Hurwitz and Breed, and numbered 32 of 50. Pub... Read More
Overview :Beethoven's orchestral works include some of the most iconic and popular pieces of classical music ever written. In this book, author and mu... Read More
Overview :The fall of the Soviet empire has not diminished the popularity of Dmitri Shostakovich's great symphonies and concertos one bit, despite the... Read More
Overview :Since Gustav Mahler was rediscovered in the early 1960s, his symphonies have become arguably the most popular works in the modern orchestral... Read More
Overview :The life and music of Richard Strauss (1864-1949) span what was arguably the most turbulent period in human history, encompassing the Franco... Read More
Overview :Leonard Bernstein's fame as a conductor and general cultural phenomenon has overshadowed his genius as a composer, despite the fact that at ... Read More
Overview :In this book, Hurwitz takes the reader/listener through Mozart's chamber and orchestral music. This music doesn't sound like anyone else's -... Read More
Overview :Mozart was the first composer whose operas have never left the international repertoire, and for many he remains one of the finest vocal com... Read More
Overview :No composer has ever achieved the amazing progression that Haydn has. He invented the string quartet as we know it today, became "the Father... Read More