Murrell Library Research Guides: Fine Arts: Art, Dance, Music, and Theatre: Music Composers

Reference Room

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians by Stanley Sadie (Editor); John Tyrrell (Editor)
Call Number: Ref ML100 .N48 2001
ISBN: 1561592390
Publication Date: 2003-02-11
Located in the Coffee Room
The New Oxford Companion to Music by Denis Arnold (Editor)
Call Number: REF ML100 .S37 1983
ISBN: 0193113163
Publication Date: 1983-11-17

J.S Bach

Exploring the world of J.S. Bach : a traveler's guide
ISBN: 9780252098574
Reinventing Bach by Paul Elie
Call Number: ML410.B13 E46 2012
ISBN: 9780374281076
Publication Date: 2012-09-18

The Riddle of Bach / PBS.
MVC Streaming Video
J.S. Bach [electronic resource (video)] : Magnificat for Solo, Chorus, and Orchestra, BWV 243 / East German Television.
MVC Streaming Video

The Eighteenth-Century Fortepiano Grand and Its Patrons by Eva Badura-Skoda
ISBN: 9780253022646
Publication Date: 2017-11-20

Johannes Brahms

Brahms and His World by Walter Frisch (Editor); Kevin C. Karnes (Editor)
ISBN: 9781400833627
Publication Date: 2009-07-06

Johannes Brahms [electronic resource (video)] : A Concise Biography / Hossick, Malcolm.
MVC Streaming Video - Famous Composers series
Brahms, The Complete String Quartets—Belcea Quartet / Unitel GmbH & Co. KG.
MVC Streaming Video- Founded in London in 1994, the Belcea Quartet is now seen as one of the world’s most renowned string quartets.

George Gershwin

The Gershwin Style by Wayne Schneider (Editor)
ISBN: 9780195358155
Publication Date: 1999-01-01

Rhapsody in Blue : LA Philharmonic Opening Gala with Herbie Hancock and Gustavo Dudamel / C Major Entertainment GmbH.
This gala performance of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra features keyboard legend Herbie Hancock, who joins Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic for a high-spirited celebration of quintessential American composer, George Gershwin.
Music in the USA : a documentary companion / Judith Tick editor with Paul Beaudoin assistant editor.
Music in the USA: A Documentary Companion charts a path through American music and musical life using as guides the words of composers, performers, writers and the rest of us ordinary folks who sing, dance, and listen.

Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt and His World by Christopher H. Gibbs (Editor); Dana Gooley (Editor)
ISBN: 9781400828616
Publication Date: 2010-08-29

Franz Liszt : Famous People, Incredible Lives / Film Ideas.
MVC Streaming Video - Famous People, Incredible Lives

Sergei Prokofiev

Composing for the Red Screen by Kevin Bartig
ISBN: 9780199967605
Publication Date: 2013-01-01

Prokofiev [electronic resource (video)] : The Prodigal Son / Digital Classics (Firm).
MVC Streaming Video -The program offers superb performances of judicious selections of his works, from the barely-known products of his childhood through the canon of his famous works, from solo piano and vocal pieces to orchestral and ballet selections.

Robert and Clara Schumann

Robert Schumann by John Daverio
ISBN: 0585331545
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Clara Schumann by Nancy B. Reich
ISBN: 0801468302
Publication Date: 2013-05-01

Robert Schumann : The Solo Concertos / C Major Entertainment GmbH.
MVC Streaming Video
Schumann : (Concert) / EuroArts Music International GmbH.
MVC Streaming Video

Franz Schubert

Franz Schubert: the Ariel of music. by Schauffler, Robert Haven, 1879-1964.
Call Number: ML 410 .S3 S25
Publication Date: 1949

Franz Schubert, Winterreise / Unitel GmbH & Co. KG.
MVC Streaming Video
Schubert : (Concert) / EuroArts Music International GmbH.
MVC Streaming Video

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky and His World by Leslie Kearney (Editor)
ISBN: 9781400864881
Publication Date: 2014-07-14

Tchaikovsky (Documentary) [electronic resource (video)] / EuroArts Music International GmbH.
MVC Streaming Video - Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music:

Hector Berlioz

The Hector Berlioz Website

SUMMARY and ANALYSIS I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata (the Lombards at the First Crusade) by Burton D. Fisher (Editor)
ISBN: 9780984559961
Publication Date: 2019-07-01

Berlioz [electronic resource (video)] : (Concert) / EuroArts Music International GmbH.
MVC Streaming Video
Romeo and Juliet Interpretations / Creative Arts Television (Firm).
MVC Streaming Video -Hector Berlioz wrote a symphony and Antony Tudor choreographed a ballet.

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Beethoven, As Revealed in His Own Words by Ludwig Van Beethoven; Friedrich Kerst (Editor); Ludwig van Beethoven
ISBN: 9781877527500
Publication Date: 2009-01-01

Ludwig van Beethoven [electronic resource (video)] : A Concise Biography / Hossick,
MVC Streaming Video - Famous Composers series
Beethoven Files / Albatross World Sales.
Films on Demand collection

Beethoven by Jan Swafford
Call Number: ML410.B4 S94 2014
ISBN: 9780618054749
Publication Date: 2014-08-05
Also, available on Overdrive Drive - see link
Beethoven : a character study by George Fischer
ISBN: 1849892768
Publication Date: 2010-12-31
The Characteristic Symphony in the Age of Haydn and Beethoven by Richard James Will
ISBN: 0511041500
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
The Eighteenth-Century Fortepiano Grand and Its Patrons by Eva Badura-Skoda
ISBN: 9780253022646
Publication Date: 2017-11-20

Frederic Chopin

Chopin by James Huneker
ISBN: 1775411524
Publication Date: 2009-01-01

Frederic Chopin
MVC Streaming Video
Frederic Chopin : Famous People, Incredible Lives / Film Ideas.
MVC Streaming Video

Franz Joseph Haydn

Franz Joseph Haydn : A Concise Biography / Hossick, Malcolm.
MVC Streaming Video

The Eighteenth-Century Fortepiano Grand and Its Patrons by Eva Badura-Skoda
ISBN: 9780253022646
Publication Date: 2017-11-20

Joseph Haydn : Famous People, Incredible Lives / Film Ideas.
MVC Streaming Video

Classical Form by William E. Caplin
ISBN: 1602561214
Publication Date: 1998-01-01
Haydn, a creative life in music by Karl Geiringer; Irene Geiringer
Call Number: ML410.H4 G4 1982
ISBN: 0520043162
Publication Date: 1982-01-01
Haydn by J.Cuthbert Hadden
ISBN: 1443800759
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
The Characteristic Symphony in the Age of Haydn and Beethoven by Richard James Will
ISBN: 0511041500
Publication Date: 2002-01-01

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Musical Genius by Barbara Allman; Janet Hamlin (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1575057816
Publication Date: 2004-01-08

The Genius of Mozart / Star Content Limited.
MVC Streaming Video
Buchbinder Plays Mozart / Unitel GmbH & Co. KG.
The Austrian piano virtuoso Rudolf Buchbinder, widely acclaimed for his technical perfection, is also known as an expert on Mozart.

Classical Form by William E. Caplin
Call Number: MT58 .C37 1998
ISBN: 0195104803
Publication Date: 1998-05-14
Listener's Companion by David Schroeder
ISBN: 9780810884298
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Amadeus by Herbert Kupferberg
Call Number: ML410.M9 K96 1986
ISBN: 0070356645
Publication Date: 1986-06-01
The Choruses in Mozart's Opere Serie and the Genre and Historical Role of the Opera Chorus by James A. Shrader
ISBN: 9780773421660
Publication Date: 2012-06-18

Richard Wagner

Auk Classics by John Runciman
ISBN: 9781849892643
Publication Date: 2010-12-28

Wagner’s Jews / First Run Features.
MVC Streaming Video - German composer, Richard Wagner, was notoriously anti-Semitic, and his writings on Jews were later embraced by Hitler and the Nazis.
Wilhelm Richard Wagner : A Concise Biography / Hossick, Malcolm.
MVC Streaming Video - Famous Composers series