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Biographies | Music books to buy online

Our biographies invite you to share in the lives of famous musicians, and introductions to selected works give an interesting idea of their work. Another highlight is, for example, the original correspondence, which provide fascinating insights into the lives of the letter writers. Follow their tracks as well as those of Brahms, Humperdinck, Gershwin, Orff, Theodorakis and many more!

Biographies

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    Aus meinem Leben erzählt
    Flötenspiel, Konzerte, Reisen, Komponieren, Malen, … und tausend andere Dinge eines Künstlerdaseins
    Media Type: Book
    Language: German
    Product number: ED 23958
    Book
    €19.50
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    Wendepunkte
    Verfolgte und verfemte Komponistinnen und Komponisten vor und nach 1945
    Media Type: Book
    Language: German
    Product number: BBC 3928
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    €15.00
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    Der Ring des Nibelungen
    Der Ring des Nibelungen
    Vollständiger Text mit Notentafeln der Leitmotive
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Editor: Julius Burghold
    Edition: Libretto
    Series: Series Music
    Product number: SEM 8229
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    Die Möglichkeit einer gewissen Distanz
    Marek Janowski im Gespräch mit Carsten Tesch
    Author: Carsten Tesch
    Editor: Claudia Woldt
    Media Type: Book
    Language: German
    Product number: ED 23803
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    €24.50
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    Parsifal
    Einführung und Kommentar
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Editor: Kurt Pahlen
    Edition: Libretto
    Product number: SEM 8032
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    As low as €11.99
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    Schostakowitsch
    His Life, his Work, his Time
    Author: Krzysztof Meyer
    Series: Series Music
    Product number: SEM 8376
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    As low as €17.99
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    Tristan und Isolde
    Einführung und Kommentar
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Editor: Kurt Pahlen
    Edition: Libretto
    Product number: SEM 8036
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    Tannhäuser
    und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Editor: Kurt Pahlen
    Edition: Libretto
    Product number: SEM 8035
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    Wir entdecken Beethoven
    Spannende Geschichten und viel Musik
    Author: Anna Schieren
    Media Type: Book with CD
    Language: German
    Product number: ED 23275
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    €20.50
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    Werner Richard Heymann - Leben und Lieder
    gesungen von Katharine Mehrling, gelesen von Tilmar Kuhn
    Media Type: 2 CDs
    Publishing Year: 2023
    Product number: ED 23823
    Short Description: Von seinem reichen und bewegten LEBEN erzählt WERNER RICHARD HEYMANN (1896-1961) in der bei Schott Music erschienenen Autobiografie - gelesen von TILMAR KUHN (CD 1). Einen ganz neuen Zugang zu Heymanns musikalischem Kosmos eröffnen die sehr persönlichen Interpretationen ausgewählter LIEDER - gesungen von KATHARINE MEHRLING (CD 2).
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    €24.00
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    La Traviata
    La Traviata
    Einführung und Kommentar
    Edition: Libretto
    Product number: SEM 8026
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    Tosca
    Einführung und Kommentar
    Composer: Giacomo Puccini
    Editor: Kurt Pahlen
    Media Type: Book
    Edition: Libretto
    Language: German, Italian
    Product number: SEM 8014
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    €16.50
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    Lohengrin
    Einführung und Kommentar
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Editor: Kurt Pahlen
    Edition: Libretto
    Product number: SEM 8030
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    Peter Cornelius
    Vol. 2 | Briefe und Tagebuchblätter
    Editor: Guenter Wagner
    Media Type: Book
    Language: German
    Product number: ED 22426
    Book
    €75.00
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    Die Zauberflöte
    Die Zauberflöte
    Einführung und Kommentar
    Edition: Libretto
    Product number: SEM 8008
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    Richard Strauss
    Richard Strauss
    Betrachtungen und Erinnerungen
    Author: Richard Strauss
    Editor: Willi Schuh
    Series: Series Music
    Product number: SEM 8420
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    Der fliegende Holländer
    Der fliegende Holländer
    Textbuch, Einführung und Kommentar (Fassung 1842-1880)
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Editor: Kurt Pahlen
    Edition: Libretto
    Product number: SEM 8028
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    Die Walküre
    Der Ring des Nibelungen
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Editor: Kurt Pahlen
    Edition: Libretto
    Product number: SEM 8037
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    Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
    Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
    Textbuch - Einführung und Kommentar
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Editor: Kurt Pahlen
    Edition: Libretto
    Product number: SEM 8031
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    100 Fragen an Malte Burba
    Der Blechblas-Ratgeber
    Author: Malte Burba
    Media Type: Book
    Language: German
    Product number: ED 21883
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    €14.90
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    Le nozze di Figaro
    Die Hochzeit des Figaro
    Media Type: Book
    Edition: Libretto
    Language: German, Italian
    Product number: SEM 8007
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    €13.00
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    Wir entdecken Bach
    Spannende Geschichten und viel Musik
    Author: Anna Schieren
    Media Type: Book with CD
    Language: German
    Product number: ED 23511
    Book + CD
    €19.50
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    Leonard Bernstein
    Unendliche Vielfalt eines Musikers
    Series: Series Music
    Product number: SEM 8072
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    Johannes Brahms
    konzis
    Author: Hans A. Neunzig
    Media Type: Book
    Series: Series Music
    Language: German
    Product number: SEM 8087
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    €15.50
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    Götterdämmerung
    Der Ring des Nibelungen
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Editor: Kurt Pahlen
    Edition: Libretto
    Product number: SEM 8029
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    La Bohème
    Einführung und Kommentar
    Composer: Giacomo Puccini
    Editor: Kurt Pahlen
    Media Type: Book
    Edition: Libretto
    Language: German, Italian
    Product number: SEM 8012
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    €16.50
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    Carlos Kleiber
    Eine Biografie
    Series: Series Music
    Product number: SEM 8416
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    As low as €15.99
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    Franz Liszt
    Die Jahre in Rom und Tivoli
    Author: Ernst Burger
    Media Type: Book with CD
    Language: German
    Product number: ED 20860
    Book + CD
    €25.00
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    Frauen um Mahler
    Die Wegbegleiterinnen des Komponisten
    Author: Franz Willnauer
    Product number: ED 23554
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    As low as €18.99
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    'The Nibelung's Ring" in Bayreuth
    From the beginning to the present
    Media Type: Book
    Language: German
    Product number: ED 20142
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    €59.00
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    Joseph Haydn
    Eine Biografie
    Author: Karl Geiringer
    Media Type: Book
    Series: Series Music
    Language: German
    Product number: SEM 8047
    Book
    €22.50
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    Bachs Passionen
    Bachs Passionen
    Ein musikalischer Werkführer
    Series: Series Music
    Product number: SEM 8082
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    As low as €9.99
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    Turandot
    Einführung und Kommentar
    Composer: Giacomo Puccini
    Editor: Kurt Pahlen
    Media Type: Book
    Edition: Libretto
    Language: German, English, Italian
    Product number: SEM 8015
    Book
    €16.50
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    Siegfried
    Siegfried
    Der Ring des Nibelungen
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Editor: Kurt Pahlen
    Edition: Libretto
    Product number: SEM 8034
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    As low as €11.99
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    P. I. Tchaikovsky and N. von Meck / Petr I. Cajkovskij und Nadezda F. fon Mekk. Briefwechsel in drei Bänden
    Band 3: Briefe 1882-1890
    Media Type: Book
    Language: German
    Product number: ED 22750-30
    Book
    €98.00
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    Das Rheingold
    Das Rheingold
    Der Ring des Nibelungen
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Editor: Kurt Pahlen
    Edition: Libretto
    Product number: SEM 8033
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    Musik in Auschwitz
    Die Geige, die ich halte, ist mein Schutzschild geworden
    Media Type: Book with CD
    Language: German
    Product number: BB 2289
    Book + CD
    €29.95
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    Johannes Brahms. Die Sinfonien
    Einführung und Analyse
    Media Type: Book
    Series: Music studybook
    Language: German
    Product number: ED 8711
    Book
    €23.00
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    Fritz Wunderlich
    Fritz Wunderlich
    Eine Biografie
    Author: Werner Pfister
    Series: Series Music
    Product number: SEM 8309
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    As low as €15.99
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    Horowitz
    Eine Biografie
    Author: Glenn Plaskin
    Media Type: Book
    Series: Series Music
    Language: German
    Product number: SEM 8269
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    €19.50
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    Don Giovanni
    Einführung und Kommentar
    Edition: Libretto
    Product number: SEM 8005
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    As low as €11.99
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    Madame Butterfly
    Einführung und Kommentar
    Composer: Giacomo Puccini
    Editor: Kurt Pahlen
    Media Type: Book
    Edition: Libretto
    Language: German, Italian
    Product number: SEM 8013
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    €17.00
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    Romanze mit einem Dreibeiner
    Glenn Goulds obsessive Suche nach dem perfekten Klavier
    Author: Katie Hafner
    Media Type: Book
    Language: German
    Product number: ED 20614
    Book
    €27.50
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    Ligeti-Labyrinth
    Dokumente zum Schaffen György Ligetis, 1941–2001
    Media Type: Book
    Language: German
    Product number: PSB 1135
    Book
    €19.90
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    Kurt Weill
    konzis
    Series: Series Music
    Product number: SEM 8084
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    As low as €10.99
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    Backstage
    Über Musik, die Flöte und das Leben
    Product number: ED 23424
    Book
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    As low as €8.99
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    Don Carlos
    Einführung und Kommmentar
    Media Type: Book
    Edition: Libretto
    Language: German, Italian
    Product number: SEM 8020
    Book
    €15.00
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    Edvard Grieg
    Eine Biographie
    Author: Hella Brock
    Media Type: Book
    Series: Series Music
    Language: German
    Product number: SEM 8375
    Book
    €20.50
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    Benjamin Britten
    Die aktuelle Biographie
    Author: Norbert Abels
    Media Type: Book
    Language: German
    Product number: BBC 3361
    Book
    €34.95
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    Carmen
    Einführung und Kommentar
    Composer: Georges Bizet
    Editor: Kurt Pahlen
    Edition: Libretto
    Product number: SEM 8002
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    As low as €10.99
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