This website is still under construction (and may take years to complete), and I apologise for many omissions.

(link here to Music)

BOOKS

Lionel Salter contributed to numerous encylcopaediae,
including Grove's and The Opera Grove,

and The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Classical Music
in addition to writing for 50 years for
Gramophone Magazine.

His own books for young people
Going To A Concert
Going To The Opera
The Musician And His World

were a huge success, selling in their thousands.
You can use these links to Order from Amazon.

Many of his articles covered the specialities of
opera, Baroque style,
Spanish and Latin American music and
broadcasting and TV techniques.

Please Contact me
and I will be glad to search in catalogues and material held for any reprint that you may require.

Thank you.
Graham Salter

or please Tel. my diary on +44 (0)1306 5000 00

Die Zauberflöte; libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
to the Opera by W.A. Mozart; and
Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail; libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie
to the Opera by W.A. Mozart 
 Hardcover, Cassell P L C, ISBN 0304938254 (0-304-93825-4)

Don Giovanni and Idomeneo 
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo Da Ponte, G. Varesco
Hardcover, Universe Books, ISBN 0876631510 (0-87663-151-0
and Hardcover, Cassell P L C, ISBN 0304938246 (0-304-93824-6)

Le Nozze Di Figaro and Così Fan Tutte; librettos to the Operas by W.A. Mozart 
Hardcover, Cassell P L C, ISBN 0304938262 (0-304-93826-2)

Gramophone Guide to Classical Composers
by Lionel Salter

over 130 succinct and enlightening biographies, with pictures


Hardcover, Random House Value Pub, ISBN 0517454653 (0-517-45465-3)

and
Peerage Books, ISBN 0907408923 (0-907408-92-3)
and
Hardcover, Salamander Books, Limited, ISBN 0861010256 (0-86101-025-6)

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Classical Music:
A Guide to Composers and Recommended Recordings 
by Lionel Salter 
Softcover, Random House Inc, ISBN 0517534770 (0-517-53477-0)

Music and the twentieth century media
Jack Bornoff with Lionel Salter