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20th Century Classical Music: A Ladybird Expert Book by Fiona Maddocks
21.00 NZD
Category: Music | Series: Ladybird Expert Ser.
Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Twentieth-Century Classical Music is an accessible, authoritative, and entertaining introduction to the Western classical music that captured the defining moments of the contemporary world. Written by The Observer's classical music critic Fiona Maddocks, Twentieth ...Show more
Hildegard of Bingen : The Woman of her age by Fiona Maddocks
24.95 NZD
Category: Fiction
Best known as a fine composer, the twelfth-century German abbess and later saint was also a religious leader and visionary, a poet, naturalist and writer of medical treatises. Fiona Maddocks draws on Hildegard's prolific writings to paint a portrait of her extraordinary life against the turbulent medie ...Show more
Hildegard of Bingen - Woman of Her Age by Fiona Maddocks
29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Best known today as a fine composer, the twelfth-century German abbess Hildegard of Bingen was also a religious leader and visionary, a poet, naturalist and writer of medical treatises. Despite her cloistered life she had strong, often controversial views on sex, love and marriage too - a woman astonish ...Show more
Music for Life: 100 Works to Carry You Through by Fiona Maddocks
32.99 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: Scholarly/Undergraduate
How does music reflect the key moments in our lives? How do we choose the works that inspire, delight, comfort or console? Fiona Maddocks selects 100 classical works from across nine centuries, arguing passionately, persuasively and at times obstinately for their inclusion, putting each work in its cult ...Show more
Music for Life - 100 Works to Carry You Through by Fiona Maddocks
24.99 NZD
Category: Music
Fiona Maddocks's descriptions are dangerously moreish... a timely reminder of the importance of music." - BBC Music How does music reflect the key moments in our lives? How do we choose the works that inspire, delight, comfort, or console? Fiona Maddocks selects 100 classical works from across nine cent ...Show more
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