Masters of music

A biography of the nineteenth-century German composer of many works for individual instruments, voices, orchestras, and choirs, including "Wiegenlied, " or "Cradle Song, " popularly known as "Brahm's Lullaby.".

Chronicles four centuries of music drama, starting with seventeenth-century bel canto, then proceeding to the operas of Gluck and the eighteenth-century classicists, and ending with the modern operas of the twentieth century.

Provides an overview of music in all the world's cultures, chronicling the history of music from prehistoric times to the present day.

A history of jazz form its origins in the late nineteenth century to the 1980's.

A biography of the early nineteenth-century Viennese composer, famous for his lieder and his gift for creating melody.

A biography of the Japanese violin teacher who developed the Suzuki Method, a way of teaching children how to play certain instruments at a very early age.

Traces the life of the African American classical composer.

A biography of the Russian immigrant who came to America as a boy and became one of the most successful composers of popular songs, including "White Christmas" and "God Bless America.".