Classical Music Memoirs

1.
Mozart: A Life in Letters
Mozart: A Life in Letters 4.32 avg rating — 171 ratings
2.
Beethoven: Letters, Journals and Conversations
Beethoven: Letters, Journals and Conversations 4.41 avg rating — 82 ratings
3.
The Bach Reader: A Life of Johann Sebastian Bach in Letters and Documents
The Bach Reader: A Life of Johann Sebastian Bach in Letters and Documents 4.11 avg rating — 36 ratings
4.
Me of All People: Alfred Brendel in Conversation With Martin Meyer
Me of All People: Alfred Brendel in Conversation With Martin Meyer 4.24 avg rating — 33 ratings
5.
The Memoirs
The Memoirs 4.32 avg rating — 349 ratings
6.
Testimony: The Memoirs
Testimony: The Memoirs 4.10 avg rating — 917 ratings
7.
My Nine Lives: A Memoir of Many Careers in Music
My Nine Lives: A Memoir of Many Careers in Music 4.10 avg rating — 141 ratings
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Letters and Writings of George Frideric Handel (Select Bibliographies Reprint)
Letters and Writings of George Frideric Handel (Select Bibliographies Reprint) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
9.
Debussy Letters
Debussy Letters really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38 ratings
9.
My Life and Music (Dover Books on Music)
My Life and Music (Dover Books on Music) 4.03 avg rating — 31 ratings
11.
Herbert Von Karajan: My Autobiography
Herbert Von Karajan: My Autobiography 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings
12.
Conversations with Von Karajan
Conversations with Von Karajan 4.06 avg rating — 36 ratings
13.
Pavarotti: My Own Story
Pavarotti: My Own Story 3.97 avg rating — 88 ratings
13.
Arthur Rubinstein: My Young Years
Arthur Rubinstein: My Young Years 4.38 avg rating — 267 ratings
15.
My First Forty Years
My First Forty Years 3.53 avg rating — 32 ratings
15.
A Life in Music
A Life in Music 3.75 avg rating — 156 ratings
17.
Zubin Mehta: The Score of My Life
Zubin Mehta: The Score of My Life 3.43 avg rating — 44 ratings
18.
My Many Years
My Many Years 4.26 avg rating — 139 ratings
19.
The Berg-Schoenberg Correspondence: Selected Letters
The Berg-Schoenberg Correspondence: Selected Letters 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
20.
Conversations with Klemperer
Conversations with Klemperer 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
21.
Lettres de Chopin et de George Sand (1836-1839)
Lettres de Chopin et de George Sand (1836-1839) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
21.
Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life
Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life 4.07 avg rating — 324 ratings
21.
Bubbles: A Self-Portrait
Bubbles: A Self-Portrait 4.12 avg rating — 83 ratings
21.
Sonata
Sonata 4.40 avg rating — 167 ratings
21.
My First 79 Years: Isaac Stern
My First 79 Years: Isaac Stern 3.81 avg rating — 113 ratings
26.
Winter in Majorca
Winter in Majorca 3.13 avg rating — 753 ratings
27.
Chopin's Letters (Dover Books On Music: Composers)
Chopin's Letters (Dover Books On Music: Composers) 4.12 avg rating — 233 ratings
27.
Life of Chopin
Life of Chopin 3.57 avg rating — 216 ratings
27.
I Really Should Be Practicing
I Really Should Be Practicing 4.27 avg rating — 51 ratings
30.
Beyond Frontiers
Beyond Frontiers 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Memories and Commentaries: New One-Volume Edition
Memories and Commentaries: New One-Volume Edition 4.21 avg rating — 42 ratings
30.
The Complete Correspondence of Clara and Robert Schumann: Critical Edition. Volume I
The Complete Correspondence of Clara and Robert Schumann: Critical Edition. Volume I 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Menahem Pressler: Artistry in Piano Teaching
Menahem Pressler: Artistry in Piano Teaching 4.27 avg rating — 30 ratings
34.
My Life with the Great Pianists
My Life with the Great Pianists 4.15 avg rating — 102 ratings
34.
The Complete Correspondence of Clara and Robert Schumann: Critical Edition. Volume II
The Complete Correspondence of Clara and Robert Schumann: Critical Edition. Volume II it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
34.
Journey of a Thousand Miles: My Story
Journey of a Thousand Miles: My Story
by: Lang Lang
4.03 avg rating — 913 ratings
34.
My Life
My Life 4.25 avg rating — 109 ratings
38.
Diaries 1915–1923: Behind the Mask
Diaries 1915–1923: Behind the Mask 4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings
38.
The Complete Correspondence of Clara and Robert Schumann: Critical Edition. Volume III
The Complete Correspondence of Clara and Robert Schumann: Critical Edition. Volume III really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
40.
Diaries 1907–1914: Prodigious Youth
Diaries 1907–1914: Prodigious Youth 4.32 avg rating — 41 ratings
40.
Cadenza: A Musical Career
Cadenza: A Musical Career 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
40.
Lina and Serge: The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev
Lina and Serge: The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev 3.69 avg rating — 169 ratings
43.
Conducting Business: Unveiling the Mystery Behind the Maestro
Conducting Business: Unveiling the Mystery Behind the Maestro 3.85 avg rating — 84 ratings
43.
Schumanns and Johannes Brahms: The Memoirs of Eugenie (Sel Bibliographies Reprint Series)
Schumanns and Johannes Brahms: The Memoirs of Eugenie (Sel Bibliographies Reprint Series) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
45.
Debussy's Letters to Inghelbrecht: The Story of a Musical Friendship (Eastman Studies in Music, 30)
Debussy's Letters to Inghelbrecht: The Story of a Musical Friendship (Eastman Studies in Music, 30) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
46.
Satie, Ravel, Poulenc: An Intimate Memoir
Satie, Ravel, Poulenc: An Intimate Memoir 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
46.
Modern Masters of the Keyboard
Modern Masters of the Keyboard liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
48.
A Life Remembered: Memoirs
A Life Remembered: Memoirs
by: Karl Bohm
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
48.
Francis Poulenc: 'Echo and Source' : Selected Correspondence 1915-1963
Francis Poulenc: 'Echo and Source' : Selected Correspondence 1915-1963 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
48.
Setting the Tone: Essays and a Diary
Setting the Tone: Essays and a Diary
by: Ned Rorem
4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings
51.
On the Road and Off the Record with Leonard Bernstein: My Years with the Exasperating Genius
On the Road and Off the Record with Leonard Bernstein: My Years with the Exasperating Genius 3.90 avg rating — 194 ratings
52.
Hilary and Jackie: The True Story of Two Sisters Who Shared a Passion, a Madness and a Man
Hilary and Jackie: The True Story of Two Sisters Who Shared a Passion, a Madness and a Man 3.83 avg rating — 534 ratings
52.
Mein Vater und ich : Erinnerungen an Carl Orff
Mein Vater und ich : Erinnerungen an Carl Orff really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
52.
Harold Bauer: His Book
Harold Bauer: His Book 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
55.
Singing from the Soul: An Autobiography (Library of Courage Series 1)
Singing from the Soul: An Autobiography (Library of Courage Series 1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23 ratings
55.
Great Pianists Speak for Themselves Volume 1
Great Pianists Speak for Themselves Volume 1 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
57.
Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein
Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein 3.90 avg rating — 1,606 ratings
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And music at the close: Stravinsky's last years,: A personal memoir
And music at the close: Stravinsky's last years,: A personal memoir really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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A Voice from the Pit: Reminiscences of an Orchestral Musician
A Voice from the Pit: Reminiscences of an Orchestral Musician liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Corresponding with Carlos: A Biography of Carlos Kleiber
Corresponding with Carlos: A Biography of Carlos Kleiber 4.67 avg rating — 54 ratings
61.
On and Off the Record: A Memoir of Walter Legge
On and Off the Record: A Memoir of Walter Legge really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
61.
Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons
Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons 4.03 avg rating — 1,906 ratings
63.
Selected Letters of Paul Hindemith
Selected Letters of Paul Hindemith 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
64.
Camille Saint-Saëns: On Music and Musicians
Camille Saint-Saëns: On Music and Musicians 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
65.
Musical Memories
Musical Memories 3.62 avg rating — 24 ratings
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The Letters of Franz Liszt to Olga Von Meyendorff 1871-1886
The Letters of Franz Liszt to Olga Von Meyendorff 1871-1886 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
67.
The Letters of Franz Liszt to Marie Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
The Letters of Franz Liszt to Marie Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Letters of Franz Liszt, . from Paris to Rome: Years of Travel As a Virtuoso
The Letters of Franz Liszt, . from Paris to Rome: Years of Travel As a Virtuoso 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Letters of Franz Liszt, . from Rome to the End (2)
The Letters of Franz Liszt, . from Rome to the End (2) 2.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
70.
Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt
Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt 3.95 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Letters of Edward Elgar and Other Writings
Letters of Edward Elgar and Other Writings 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Edward Elgar, The Windflower Letters: Correspondence with Alice Caroline Stuart Wortley and her Family
Edward Elgar, The Windflower Letters: Correspondence with Alice Caroline Stuart Wortley and her Family 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
73.
Bartók Letters: The Musical Mind
Bartók Letters: The Musical Mind 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
74.
A Ravel Reader: Correspondence, Articles, Interviews (Dover Books On Music: Composers)
A Ravel Reader: Correspondence, Articles, Interviews (Dover Books On Music: Composers) 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
75.
Johannes Brahms: Life and Letters
Johannes Brahms: Life and Letters 4.53 avg rating — 19 ratings
76.
Ferruccio Busoni
Ferruccio Busoni 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
77.
Arnold Schoenberg Correspondence: A Collection of Translated and Annotated Letters Exchanged with Guido Adler, Pablo Casals, Emanuel Feuermann, and Olin Downes
Arnold Schoenberg Correspondence: A Collection of Translated and Annotated Letters Exchanged with Guido Adler, Pablo Casals, Emanuel Feuermann, and Olin Downes 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
78.
Conversations with Conductors: Bruno Walter, Sir Adrian Boult, Leonard Bernstein, Ernest Ansermet, Otto Klemperer, Leopold Stokowski
Conversations with Conductors: Bruno Walter, Sir Adrian Boult, Leonard Bernstein, Ernest Ansermet, Otto Klemperer, Leopold Stokowski 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
79.
Mademoiselle: Conversations With Nadia Boulanger
Mademoiselle: Conversations With Nadia Boulanger 4.40 avg rating — 128 ratings
80.
The Letters Of Fanny Hensel To Felix Mendelssohn
The Letters Of Fanny Hensel To Felix Mendelssohn 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
81.
Letters Of Clara Schumann And Johannes Brahms, 1853 1896
Letters Of Clara Schumann And Johannes Brahms, 1853 1896 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
82.
Early Letters of Robert Schumann,
Early Letters of Robert Schumann, 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
83.
Unfinished Journey: Twenty Years Later
Unfinished Journey: Twenty Years Later 3.94 avg rating — 103 ratings
84.
Joys and Sorrows
Joys and Sorrows 4.37 avg rating — 227 ratings
85.
Jascha Heifetz Through My Eyes
Jascha Heifetz Through My Eyes really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
86.
Riccardo Muti: An Autobiography: First the Music, Then the Words
Riccardo Muti: An Autobiography: First the Music, Then the Words 3.65 avg rating — 55 ratings
87.
Concerning Music
Concerning Music 3.74 avg rating — 58 ratings