Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

Song in the Novel investigates the variety of types of songs present in novels, from French romances, ballads, folk songs, opera, and op?ra-comique, to caf?-concert music, blues and jazz, and more recent popular music. Throughout, literary scholars, musicologists, and cultural historians analyse novels written...

5-piece composition for the piano for Level: Intermediate - AdvancedOne of Pejman's latest works is a 5-piece composition for the piano, Parsava, which is his only solo instrument composition.These set of pieces, commissioned by Iranian composer Ahmad Pejman, are each classical masterpieces infused with...

Winner of the Leila Webster Memorial Music Award for the International Alliance for Women in Music of the 2022 Pauline Alderman Awards for Outstanding Scholarship on Women in Music Chen Yi is the most prominent woman among the renowned group of new wave composers...

(E.B. Marks). Commissioned and premiered by the University of Michigan Men's Glee Club, conducted by Paul Rardin for its 150th-anniversary celebration. This piece is a 10-minute cycle for men's chorus and piano featuring the poetry of University of Michigan students and alumni.Author: William BolcomISBN-10:...

(BH Secular Choral). This Land of Ours is a tie-in collection with a bestselling EMI Classics recording from the composer of Adiemus and The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace . A collection for TTBB and piano/organ, comprising well-loved movements from the composer's own...

(String Method). For unaccompanied violin.Author: Nicolas LaoureuxISBN-10: 0793554543ISBN-13: 9780793554546Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 60Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 11.90h x 8.70w x 0.20d

(Piano Collection). Contents: Haydn: Sonata in E-flat, Sonata in G * Mozart: Sonata in F (K. 280), Sonata in B-flat (K. 333), Sonata in F (K. 533), Sonata in A minor (K. 310) * Beethoven: Sonate Pathetique, Op. 13; Sonata in F minor, Op....

The work of Baroque composer Jean-Baptiste Lully, regarded as the founder of French opera and a key figure in the development of court ballet, enjoys growing popular and scholarly interest. This volume brings together thirteen international scholars to present the best recent research on...

Symphonic music of the early twentieth century reflects the complex, cosmopolitan world it inhabited. In a time of waning empire, rising nationalism, and heightened sexual politics, composers in Germany, Britain, and America drew upon the compositional resources of tradition to create intensely personal symphonic...

Polish Pronunciation Guide for Singers, written by Laura Kafka-Price and Maksymilian Krzak, offers approachable and consistent explanations of Polish language pronunciation. The book presents the sounds of Polish, along with essential information on relevant aspects of performing in this language. Focusing on the 20...

In this exciting collection, some of the world's most celebrated string players share their thoughts on art, music, and life. Through candid interviews and personal stories, readers will gain new insights into the creative process and the challenges of a life in music.This work...

(PWM). Includes the Scherzos of Op. 20, 31, 39 and 54. Following in the footsteps of Beethoven's late scherzos, these are characterized by fantastic imagination, surprising, sometimes frightening. Each scherzo has its own expressive shadow and its own forms. The outer sections are agitated,...

(Music Sales America). A complex and challenging piano sonata composed by Carl Vine for the Sydney Dance Company in 1991. The piece was first performed by Michael Harvey in North Melbourne in June 1991. The music is full of rich chordal movements, unusual flowing...

These graded collections of piano duets by master composers are among the best literature available at respective levels. Each duet, written by composers who lived in the 18th, 19th, and 20th century, has been carefully edited and fingered for performance ease. Titles: Rondo, K....

This concise edition contains four expressive and lively impromptus that will challenge advanced pianists. To clarify the composer's original notations on tempo, dynamics, fingering, pedaling and ornamentation, Dr. Baylor has included notes on performing each piece and provided footnotes for difficult passages. These editorial...

Classical Piano Arrangements for Weddings contains 8 favorite masterworks arranged for solo piano. These arrangements are lyrical in style and can be used in wedding ceremonies or at receptions. Each arrangement has been carefully edited and fingered for performance ease. This book is a...

100 Classics adapted for the intermediate pianist, with music ranging from Mozart to Albeniz. Titles: Handel: Air From Water Music * J. S. Bach: Air on the G String * Strauss: Artists Life * J. S. Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria * Schubert: Ave Maria *...

Pianists of all backgrounds will savor the vast variety of styles in this delightful compilation of works by masters of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These major compositions for piano four hands encompass everything from the classical spirit of Beethoven's sprightly Three Marches, Op....

(Music Sales America). A collection of popular Argentinean music edited and arranged by John Zaradin for solo guitar. Suitable for intermediate guitarists and arranged in standard and guitar tab notation. Includes: El Cuando * Derecho Viejo * La Firmeza * Gato * El Maroto...

Investigates the composition and reception of works by key Romantics such as Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner and the Schumanns with attention to the role of sexual desire in the composers' lives and music. Scholars have for several decades been devoting increasing attention to aspects...

Author: Tobias BoesISBN-10: 1640141804ISBN-13: 9781640141803Publisher: Camden House (NY)Language: EnglishPublished: 06/17/2025Pages: 300Format: Hardcover

Author: Tobias BoesISBN-10: 1640142231ISBN-13: 9781640142237Publisher: Camden House (NY)Language: EnglishPublished: 06/17/2025Pages: 300Format: Paperback

Explores the breadth, diversity and significance of the commercial music trade and its communities across Britain during the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Adding to the existing scholarship on music publishers and instrument makers, mostly based in London and the university cities, the collection...

Ehrlich's collection of pianist biographies is a definitive guide to the history of classical piano music. From Bach to Liszt to Rachmaninoff, this book provides detailed accounts of the lives and works of the most celebrated pianists in history. This book is a must-have...

American composer Abram Chasins became well known for his solo piano suite Three Chinese Pieces (1926). Each movement sounds out the mood implied by its title: sorrow (A Shanghai Tragedy"), romance ("Flirtation in a Chinese Garden"), and breathtaking frenzy ("Rush Hour in Hong Kong")....

The renowned treatise on music, by an eleventh-century monk, in a critical edition with annotated English translation, introduction, and detailed indexes. Long recognized as one of the most important medieval treatises on music, the Musica of Hermannus Contractus is here presented in a newly...

Each period of orchestral history had its own ideal of sound, and it was not the creative musician alone but also the audience he wrote for who together determined the ideal of the time. The author points out the particular conditions from which the...

This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students.Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and...

From Community Roots to National Acclaim--A Century of the Madison Symphony Orchestra.A Century of the Madison Symphony Orchestra details and celebrates the history of the MSO: from its beginnings in 1926, as the Madison Civic Symphony, a largely volunteer community ensemble, to the fully...

AUTHOR'S NOTEINTRODUCTIONEDITORIAL PRINCIPLESBEETHOVEN'S FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS SYMPHONY NO. 1 - SELECTED WRITINGSAllgemeine musikalische ZeitungWilhelm AltmannPaul BekkerJohn BlackingLeon BotsteinJoseph BraunsteinBarry CooperBasil DeanePhilip G. DownsDonald Jay Grout, and Claude V. Palisca(Sir) George GroveGeorge HogarthDavid Wyn JonesWilliam KindermanGustav MahlerStedman PrestonMaynard SolomonMichael SteinbergCoriander StuttardDonald Francis ToveyPaul WebsterRalph Vaughan WilliamsBEETHOVEN...

Byrd Studies in the Twenty-First Century demonstrates current approaches to Byrd studies in the twenty-first century and represents the sole major print effort to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the composer's death in 2023. The volume's chapters, by both early-career and established scholars, cover...

The twenty-four compositions presented in this edition include both transcriptions and originals. The source is a set of manuscripts owned by descendants of M. A. Zani de Ferranti. The compositions in these manuscripts were possibly gathered by M. A. Zani de Ferranti towards the...

The Souvenirs Populaires were published by M. A. Zani de Ferranti possibly in the 1830s as an effort to improve his finances with music for amateurs. All eight known volumes are presented in this edition. Notes in the editions show that Zani de Ferranti...

The question of tonality's origins in music's pitch content has long vexed many scholars of music theory. However, tonality is not ultimately defined by pitch alone, but rather by pitch's interaction with elements like rhythm, meter, phrase structure, and form. Hearing Homophony investigates the...

The first detailed study of the vital role that Norway played in the life and work of Frederick Delius This is a study of the vital role that Norway played in the life and work of Frederick Delius. Norway was a primary source of...

(Rubank Book/Audio Products). Available for the first time: easy to advanced solo works from the Rubank archives with online performance and accompaniment recordings, printable piano accompaniments, and PLAYBACK+ audio tools. This new collection of 13 Rubank solos includes many that have long been unavailable....

Miss Blackberry, the gifted pianist and piano teacher, takes her three piano students, Lena, Thomas, and Andrew, on an exciting musical adventure where they travel back in time to meet the world famous musician, Mr. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mr. Mozart teaches the students many...

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 collection, edited by Dr. Hans Bischoff, consists of the Six Little Preludes, BWV 933-938, along with twelve preludes taken from The Little Piano Book (Clavierbuchlein) of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. Also included is an outstanding CD recording from the Alfred library. Titles: Prelude No....

Organized Time is the first attempt to unite theories of harmony, rhythm and meter, and form under a common idea of structured time. Building off of recent advances in music theory in essential subfields-rhythmic theory, tonal structure, and the theory of musical form--author Jason...

(Vocal). With both recorded full performances and orchestra accompaniments, this book presents the standard voice and piano reduction of each aria, a short plot summary and translation. Includes: 8 arias from L'Africaine, Un ballo in maschera, La boheme, Le Cid, La favorita, La forza...

This classic oratorio tells the story of the life and death of Jesus Christ through a series of stunning musical compositions. Jennens' poetic lyrics, Handel's masterful score, and Spicker's expert arrangement make for a powerful and uplifting musical experience.This work has been selected by...

(Music Sales America). These four early and unperformed part-songs are among a number of vocal works which Imogen Holst edited shortly before her death in 1984. Contents: O Lady, Leave That Silken Thread (SSATB) * Soft and Gently (SSA) * The Autumn Is Old...

Dmitry Shostakovich was one of the most successful composers of the twentieth century--a musician who adapted as no other to the unique pressures of his age. By turns vilified and feted by Stalin during the Great Purge, Shostakovich twice came close to succumbing to...

(Schirmer Performance Editions). Continuation of Dossin's edition of these advanced piano masterpieces.Author: Serge RachmaninoffISBN-10: 1476812799ISBN-13: 9781476812793Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2013Pages: 76Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.80w x 0.40d

The books in this series present study guides for masterworks, beginning at the early intermediate level, that the editors believe developing pianists should study and perform. Each book contains 20 study guides to pieces selected from the four main style periods. Book 2 contains...

(Guitar). More than 25 of the Beatles greatest hits arranged for classical guitar. Contents: Across the Universe * Ask Me Why * Come Together * Cry Baby Cry * Day Tripper * For No One * From Me to You * Hello, Goodbye *...

Author: Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Krupa GeISBN-10: 9360459674ISBN-13: 9789360459673Publisher: Westland Non FictionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/04/2025Pages: 176Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 8.46h x 5.51w x 0.38d

This charming collection of harpsichord pieces by the contemporaries of Henry Purcell offers a delightful glimpse into the musical world of Restoration England. Featuring compositions by Jeremiah Clarke, John Blow, and William Croft, this volume is a valuable addition to any music lover's library,...

This masterful Oratorio by Joseph Haydn celebrates the Creation of the world as described in the Book of Genesis. The vocal score, with its beautiful harmonies and intricate melodies, is a testament to Haydn's musical genius, and it has remained a popular work to...