GeekSpeak:
Opera and Music


Birdie, Bookaholic

OPERA seems to collect a fervent minority of the population. Related music materials here also.

HERE ARE SOME SPECIALTY AREAS:

OPERA

  • David Ewen. Encyclopedia of the Opera. New Enlarged
  • Rudolph Fellner. Opera Themes and Plots.
  • Italian for Opera Lovers. SOLD+
  • The Victrola Book of the Opera Samuel Holland Rous also
  • David Craig. On Singing Onstage.
  • Richard Lewine and Alfred Simon. Encyclopedia of Theatre Music. A comprehensive listing of more than 4000 songs from Broadway and Hollywood: 1900-1960.
  • J. Cree FischerPiano Tuning. A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs.
  • Walter Piston. Harmony.
  • Popular Piano Showstoppers. Intermediate Piano Solos.


    Time on your hands? Browse with pictures on these sites for my titles:

    Bandanna Books • 1212 Punta Gorda St., #13 • Santa Barbara CA 93103
    Copyright © 2010 Bandanna Books • Contact
    Joe Mason photos: the Derby Square Bookshop in Salem, Massachusetts.

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    E. Roosevelt. Murder in the Map Room.
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    E. Roosevelt. Murder in the West Wing.
    Civilization on Trial. Toynbee

    PACIFIC THEATER
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    EUROPEAN THEATER
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    The Last 100 Days. War in Europe.
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    The Story Pocket Book.
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    Free World Theatre. 19 New Radio Plays. Oboler/Longstreet.
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    Cooke. Just Passing Through.
    How to Write for Radio.

    AFTERMATH
    Michener. Return to Paradise.

    ARMED SERVICE EDITIONS
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