Books About Music
Biographies
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
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The Paderewski Memoirs, Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Da Capo Press. 1981. ISBN 0306760460 (hardcover)
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Paganini. John Sugden. Omnibus. 1992. ISBN 071190264X (paperback).
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Previously published as Niccolo Paganini: Supreme Violinist or Devil's Fiddler. 168 pages.
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Niccolò Paganini. François J. Fetis. AMS Press. 1988. ISBN 0404129099 (hardcover).
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Reprint of Fetis' Biographical Notice of Paganini.
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Niccolò Paganini. Jacques G. Prod'Homme. AMS Press. 1975. ISBN 0404130968 (hardcover).
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Niccolò Paganini - His Life And Work. Stephen Samuel Stratton. Reprint Services. 1907. ISBN 078129102X (hardcover).
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Library binding, 205 pages.
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Paganini Of Genoa. Lillian Day. Reprint Services. 1929. ISBN 0781207541 (hardcover).
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Library binding, 205 pages.
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Paganini Of Genoa. Lillian Day. Reprint Services. 1929. ISBN 0781207541 (hardcover), 0781291011 (paperback).
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Library binding, 318 pages.
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Palestrina. Alberto Cametti. AMS Press. 1925. ISBN 0404128785 (hardcover).
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Palestrina. Henry Coates. Reprint Services. 1948. ISBN 0781296137 (hardcover).
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Library binding, 243 pages.
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Palestrina. Henry Coates. Hyperion Press. 1948. ISBN 0883557320 (hardcover).
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Palestrina's Style; A Practical Introduction., Malcolm. Boyd. Oxford University Press. 1973. ISBN 019315224X (paperback)
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C. Hubert H. Parry: His Life and Music, Jeremy Dibble. Oxford University Press. 1992. ISBN 0193153300 (hardcover)
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Arvo Pärt (Oxford Studies of Composers), Paul Hillier. Oxford University Press. 1997. ISBN 0198166168 (paperback)
Hans Pfitzner
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The Music of Hans Pfitzner (Oxford Monographs on Music), John Williamson. Oxford University Press. 1992. ISBN 0198161603 (hardcover)
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Francis Poulenc. Wilfrid Mellers. Oxford University Press. 1995. ISBN 019816338X (paperback).
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Read the Classical Net Review of this book.
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Francis Poulenc - Music, Art and Literature. Sidney Buckland, with Myriam Chimenes (editors). Ashgate Publishing. 1999. ISBN 1859284078 (hardcover).
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Francis Poulenc. Benjamin Ivry. Phaidon Press. 1996. ISBN 071483503X (paperback).
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This book is rich in photographs and integrates the composer's life and work in a relatively brief, candid, very accessible form. No musical examples. 240 pages.
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Sergei Prokofiev, Daniel Jaffe. Phaidon Press. 1998. ISBN 0714835137 (paperback)
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Sergei Prokofieff - A Soviet Tragedy, Victor Seroff. Taplinger Publishing Co. 1969. ISBN 0800870670 (paperback)
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Intertwining of political and musical anecdotes in an engaging biography.
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Prokofiev. Claude Samuel, with Miriam John (translator). Marion Boyars. 2000. ISBN 0714504904 (paperback).
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192 pages.
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Giacomo Puccini, Conrad Wilson. Phaidon Press. 1997. ISBN 071483291X (paperback)
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The Purcell Companion, Michael Burden (Editor). Amadeus Press. 1995. ISBN 0931340934 (hardcover), 0931340926 (paperback)
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Henry Purcell, Robert King. Thames & Hudson. 1995. ISBN 0500016259 (hardcover)