Music-Genres & Styles-Chamber

The second half of the eighteenth century witnessed a flourishing of the string quartet, often represented as a smooth and logical progression from first violin-dominated homophony to a more equal conversation between the four voices. Yet this progression was neither as smooth nor as...

This volume of essays brings together a selection of the most significant and representative writings on Mendelssohn from the last fifty years. Divided into four main subject areas, it makes available twenty-two essays which have transformed scholarly awareness of this crucial and ever-popular nineteenth-century...

An in-depth study of the Bulgarian harmonic system is long overdue. More than two decades since the Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares choir was awarded a Grammy (1990), there is no scholarly study of the captivating sounds of Bulgarian vertical sonorities. Kalin Kirilov traces...

This book tells the story of how a regional Chinese theatrical form, Shanghai Yue Opera, evolved from the all-male 'beggar's song' of the early twentieth century to become the largest all-female opera form in the nation, only to face increasing pressure to survive under...

'He plays the piano well, ' wrote the society hostess Mme de Saint-Marceaux in her diary on 18 March 1927. 'His compositions are not devoid of talent but he's not a genius, and I'm afraid he thinks he is.' Intelligent though the lady was,...

Author: Robert George ReisnerISBN-10: 1258436000ISBN-13: 9781258436001Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/21/2012Pages: 170Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

This book deals with all the well-know piano, violin, and cello concertos and is illustrated with a wealth of musical examples.Author: Ralph HillISBN-10: 0837190835ISBN-13: 9780837190839Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/19/1978Pages: 450Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.58lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.13d

The musical genre of taarab is played for entertainment at weddings and other festive occasions all along the Swahili Coast in East Africa. Taarab contains all the features of a typical 'Indian Ocean' music, combining influences from Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula, India and the...

This invaluable resource is a revised edition of an essential index to vocal works composed for at least one solo voice and one instrument (other than piano or guitar) up to twelve solo voices and twelve solo instruments. The book includes a brief introduction...

Music played an important role in the social life of nineteenth-century Europe, and music in the home provided a convenient way to entertain and communicate among friends and colleagues. String chamber music, in particular, fostered social interactions that helped build communities within communities. Marie...

"We do not understand music--it understands us." This aphorism by Theodor W. Adorno expresses the quandary and the fascination many listeners have felt in approaching Beethoven's late quartets. No group of compositions occupies a more central position in chamber music, yet the meaning of...

Christopher Fox (1955) has emerged as one of the most fascinating composers of the post-war generation. His spirit of experimentalism pervades an oeuvre in which he has blithely created his own version of a range of contemporary musical practices. In his work many of...

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). Previously unpublished, Bernstein's Variations on an Octatonic Scale was originally composed for recorder and cello in 1988-89 in Key West. Available in the original version, or in a transcription for clarinet in B-flat and cello.Author: Leonard BernsteinISBN-10: 145841762XISBN-13: 9781458417626Publisher:...

This study of Franz Schubert's settings of poetry by Friedrich Schlegel and Novalis introduces the fascinating world of early German Romanticism in the 1790s, when an energetic group of bold young thinkers radically changed the landscape of European thought. Schubert's encounters with early Romantic...

This is the first full-length study of British women's instrumental chamber music in the early twentieth century. Laura Seddon argues that the Cobbett competitions, instigated by Walter Willson Cobbett in 1905, and the formation of the Society of Women Musicians in 1911 contributed to...

Author: Eddie Condon,UnknownISBN-10: 0837180325ISBN-13: 9780837180328Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/08/1975Pages: 488Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.85lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d

Author: Gardner ReadISBN-10: 0837118840ISBN-13: 9780837118840Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/17/1969Pages: 646Format: HardcoverWeight: 3.30lbsSize: 10.32h x 7.26w x 1.81d

A thorough examination of Shostakovich's string quartets is long overdue. Although they can justifiably lay claim to being the most significant and frequently performed twentieth-century oeuvre for that ensemble, there has been no systematic English-language study of the entire cycle. Judith Kuhn's book begins...

This text-only volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the core concepts and techniques of the Linear Jazz Improvisation Method. Using a wealth of examples from the jazz repertory, the book avoids theoretical terminology and focuses on the four essential elements present in every composition:...

Chamber Music: A Research and Information Guide is a reference tool for anyone interested in chamber music. It is not a history or an encyclopedia but a guide to where to find answers to questions about chamber music. The third edition adds nearly 600...

Since 1925, the Library of Congress has presented one of the most prestigious and innovative concert series in the United States. Philanthropist Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge founded the series with the purpose of sharing music of the highest caliber with the American people. Her vision...

Famous for his fiery, forceful, and passionate playing, Spanish violinist Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908) was equally renowned for the sweetness and purity of his tone and his impeccable technique. His works are steeped in the colorful traditions of his native land, drawing upon Spanish...

If you want to play famous songs from the jazz repertoire, then keep reading!Often finding effective arrangements for clarinet quartets can be really difficult and complicated. Especially if you look for songs that can excite the audience and that are easy to listen to.This...

If you want to play a piece taken from the repertoire of one of the greatest Italian composers of cinema, read on!Often finding effective arrangements for saxophone quartets can be really difficult and complicated. Especially if you look for songs that can excite the...

Nineteenth Century Chamber Music proceeds chronologically by composer, beginning with the majestic works of Beethoven, and continuing through Schubert, Spohr and Weber, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, the French composers, Smetana and Dvorák, and the end-of-the-century pre-modernists. Each chapter is written by a noted authority in...

This book by Butch Baldassari and John Mock fills a void in the all too often hard to find category of music for mandolin and classical guitar, expanding the epertoire for the intimate combination of these two instruments. Pieces range from Renaissance and Baroque...

(Easy Piano Vocal Selections). 17 songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber's first smash hit, including: Any Dream Will Do * Close Every Door * Jacob and Sons/Joseph's Coat * Joseph's Dreams * One More Angel in Heaven * Potiphar * Those Canaan Days * and...

Set against the vivid background of 1920s Sydney, A Distant Prospect is an intimate, hilarious and ultimately deeply moving coming-of-age adventure told with a touch of poetry by a quintessentially Irish narrator.Author: Annette YoungISBN-10: 0987435116ISBN-13: 9780987435118Publisher: Distant Prospect PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/08/2012Pages: 610Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.22lbsSize:...

Lawrence Bennett provides a comprehensive study of the rich repertoire of accompanied vocal chamber music that entertained the imperial family in Vienna and their guests throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries. The cantata became a form of elite entertainment composed to amuse listeners...

Since 1925, the Library of Congress has presented one of the most prestigious and innovative concert series in the United States. Philanthropist Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge founded the series with the purpose of sharing music of the highest caliber with the American people. Her vision...

MENC: The National Association for Music EducationAuthor: Zachary B. PoulterISBN-10: 1578868181ISBN-13: 9781578868186Publisher: R & L EducationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/27/2008Pages: 242Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.01w x 0.69d

Author: Alicja UrbanowiczISBN-13: 9798262809288Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/29/2025Pages: 54Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.11d

(Piano). The anthology La donna e mobile is the follow-up volume to the best-seller Eine kleine Nachtmusik with masterpieces of classical music (ED 20764). The latest volume in the Pianissimo series contains 50 of the best known opera melodies and 'favourites of the public'...

This book is about one musical work, the popular Quartet for the End of Time by the great French composer Olivier Messiaen. Like virtually all of his works, the Quartet combines the striking technical achievement of Messiaen's rich and attractive musical style with a...

A group of resourceful kids start solution-seekers.com, a website where cybervisitors can get answers to questions that trouble them. But when one questioner asks the true meaning of Christmas, the kids seek to unravel the mystery by journeying back through the prophecies of the...

This is the first full-length study of British women's instrumental chamber music in the early twentieth-century. It includes six case studies of composers: Adela Maddison; Ethel Smyth; Morfydd Owen; Ethel Barns; Alice Verne-Bredt and Susan Spain-Dunk. Seddon offers valuable insight into their musical education,...

The musical genre of taarab is played for entertainment at weddings and other festive occasions all along the Swahili Coast in East Africa. In this study Janet Topp Fargion traces the development of the genre in Zanzibar, from the late nineteenth century to the...

(String Solo). For violin and orchestra (piano reduction).Author: Ludwig Van BeethovenISBN-10: 0793548705ISBN-13: 9780793548705Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 09/01/1987Pages: 40Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.30d

It was in his monumental 12 "London" symphonies, composed between 1791 and 1795, that Haydn shaped the early form of the symphony and set the standard for later composers. According to the New Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the appeal of these works...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

In Das Lied von der Erde, Gustav Mahler fused the two forms that most obsessed him -- song and symphony -- into a masterpiece that epitomized his musical genius and the very spirit of late Romanticism. It is a work of stunning power, one...

Donat's vast expertise provides unique insight into the history and genesis of key works in the chamber music repertoire. This is the first full-length study in English of an important area of Beethoven's output that has seldom been explored in detail. The principal compositions...

Donat's vast expertise provides unique insight into the history and genesis of key works in the chamber music repertoire. This is the first full-length study in English of an important area of Beethoven's output that has seldom been explored in detail. The principal compositions...

If you want to play famous songs from the jazz repertoire, then keep reading Often finding effective arrangements for clarinet quartets can be really difficult and complicated. Especially if you look for songs that can excite the audience and that are easy to listen...

If you want to play famous songs from the film repertoire, read on Finding effective arrangements for saxophone quartet can often be really difficult and complicated. Especially if you are looking for songs that can excite the audience and that are easy to listen...

(Educational Piano Library). Duets are double the fun with these jazzed-up gems. Primo and Secondo parts are equal in difficulty and perfect for intermediate-level students. Also excellent for themed recitals Titles: Get Smart * Inspector Clouseau Theme * Inspector Gadget * James Bond Theme...

New readings of the ten Beethoven sonatas for piano and violin, embracing both the performer's interpretation and the analyst's rigour. This book provides new readings of the ten Beethoven sonatas for piano and violin, many of which have been given surprisingly little attention by...

This collection from the acclaimed quartet showcases some of their most beloved encore pieces, with stunning performances that highlight their seamless musicianship and artistry. A must-have for fans of chamber music and classical music aficionados alike.This work has been selected by scholars as being...

Philip Herschkowitz (1906-1989) was Rumanian-born composer and music theorist who studied in Vienna with Alban Berg for three years and with Anton Webern for five years and then spent almost half a century in Russia. His profound teaching was highly influential for a few...

(Full Score). Nico Muhly's New-Made Tongue sets text by Thomas Traherne for countertenor and small ensemble. It was Commissioned by Oliver Zeffman as one of Eight Songs from Isolation for a premiere recording with Iestyn Davies and the Academy of St Martin in the...