A Dancer’s Dream
£8.99With exquisite illustrations from the incomparable Lizzy Steward – winner of the Waterstone’s Book Prize - A Dancer’s Dream is a glorious retelling of The Nutcracker, and the perfect Christmas gift.
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The Beloved Vision
£25.00Everyone loves romantic music: the sweet melody of a Schubert song, the heroine dying for love in an Italian opera, the swooning orchestration of a Tchaikovsky symphony. But as Stephen Walsh points out in this study, there is infinitely more to romantic music than meets the eye. This is an account of the whole phase in music history that has become the mainstay of the 20th and 21st century concert and operatic repertoire, with some little help from earlier times.
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Beethoven
£9.99Ludwig van Beethoven: to some, the greatest ever composer of Western classical music. Yet his life remains shrouded in myths, and the image persists of him as an eccentric genius shaking his fist. In this book, Oxford professor Laura Tunbridge cuts through the noise in a refreshing way – with each chapter focusing on a period of his life, a piece of music and a revealing theme, from family to friends, heroism to liberty.
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A Dancer’s Dream
£14.99Written by Katherine Woodfine, author of The Sinclair Mysteries, and illustrated by the incomparable Lizzy Steward, winner of the Waterstone’s Book Prize, A Dancer’s Dream is a sumptuous retelling of The Nutcracker. With Stunningly high-spec design, including two foils and a jacketed hardback, this irresistible book is the perfect gift for all would-be ballerinas everywhere and the perfect Christmas gift!Â
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The Carnival of the Animals
£12.99A delightful board book with beautiful illustrations and simple lyrical text. Press the embedded sound buttons to hear specially arranged music from Saint-Saëns’ famous The Carnival of the Animals.