Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

(Schirmer Performance Editions). Concert pianist Robert Taub, author of Playing the Beethoven Sonatas, brings forth a major, newly researched edition, with insightful commentary about teaching and playing each sonata. Dr. Taub has performed all over the world, presenting an acclaimed series of the complete...

When you attend a live classical music concert, have you noticed that the players are both younger and older musicians? The younger members are clearly competent players having received their position in the orchestra after a series of auditions and a trial period, but...

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 book explores twelve themes that reflect Beethoven's compositional development and thought. The result is a fascinating new portrait of the composer and his music, and a panorama of the world of thought, norms, and values that he navigated.Author: Hans-Joachim HinrichsenISBN-10: 1666975982ISBN-13: 9781666975987Publisher: Lexington...

The Kaprálová Companion, edited by Karla Hartl and Erik Entwistle, is a collection of biographical and analytical essays on Czech composer Vítezslava Kaprálová [1915-1940]. Accompanied by an annotated catalog of works, annotated chronology of life events, bibliography, discography, and a list of published works,...

Edward MacDowell was born on the eve of the Civil War into a Quaker family in lower Manhattan, where music was a forbidden pleasure. With the help of Latin-American émigré teachers, he became a formidable pianist and composer, spending twelve years in France and...

Early Language Intervention for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers offers practical guidelines for promoting language development in young children at home and in school. It covers assessment and intervention of both verbal and nonverbal communication, including augmentative and alternative communication. Pearson eText is an easy-to-use...

(Rubank Solo Collection). This top-rated collection of solo literature from the celebrated Rubank catalog is known by teachers and students everywhere. Each edition offers a superb variety of solos customized for that instrument. Most state solo/ensemble contest lists include several solos from this collection....

(Vocal Collection). The world's most trusted source for great theatre literature for singing actors. The online audio includes piano accompaniments. The book features authentic editions of each song in the original keys. The songs have been carefully chosen for each voice type and are...

(Vocal Collection). Contents: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN: The Girl That I Marry, My Defenses Are Down * ANYTHING GOES: All Through the Night * BELLS ARE RINGING: Long Before I Knew You, Just in Time * THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE: This Can't Be Love...

(Ashley Publications). Includes an index profiling the 27 tempo variations as they are arranged in all three principal movements. Chord names included.Author: Sergei RachmaninoffISBN-10: 0825652065ISBN-13: 9780825652066Publisher: Ashley PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/1996Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 11.86h x 8.82w x 0.22d

(Piano Collection). Contents: Reinecke: 2 Sonatinas, Op. 136 (Nos. 1 and 2) * Spindler: Sonatina, Op. 157, No. 4 * Lichner: Sonatina, Op. 49, No. 1 * Gurlitt: Sonatina, Op. 54, No. 4 * Kuhlau: Sonatina, Op. 88, No. 1 * Clementi: Sonatina, Op....

Enrique Granados (1867-1916) was one of the first modern Spanish composers to achieve international recognition. During a 1916 visit to the United States his opera Goyescas was premiered by the Metropolitan Opera and his symphonic poem, Dante, by the Chicago Symphony. Granados was also...

Illuminates how Romantic aesthetic principles manifest themselves through musical sound and structure.In Romantic Voices Douglass Seaton explores the underlying subjectivism whereby nineteenth-century musical works depend on and manifest the ideology and epistemology of Romanticism. Listeners and students have often imagined in a too-casual way...

The first biography of the composer Gérard Grisey shows how the artist's sensuality and rigor came together to form the musical genre known as spectralism. The French composer Gérard Grisey (1946-98) changed the course of music history with his small but potent output. Labeled...

(Piano Collection). Contents: Au Bord D'une Source * Au Lac de Wallenstadt * Chapelle de Guillaume Tell * Eglogue * Le Mal du Pays * Les Cloches de Geneve * Orage * Pastorale * Vallee D'obermann.Author: Franz LisztISBN-10: 1480338141ISBN-13: 9781480338142Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished:...

My Life Of Song is an autobiography written by the renowned Italian opera singer, Tetrazzini, Madame. The book was first published in 1922 and provides a fascinating insight into the life and career of one of the most celebrated sopranos of the early 20th...

A Companion not only to the historic, path-breaking ballet production by Diaghilev, Nijinsky, Roerich and Stravinsky that premiered in Paris in 1913, but also to its legacy across the centuries. The newly commissioned essays will guide students and ballet-goers as they encounter this fascinating...

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...

(Full Score). Corrected, revised edition. The full score, orchestral parts, piano score and solo violin part are finally in agreement with each other.Author: Samuel BarberISBN-10: 0793555620ISBN-13: 9780793555628Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 02/01/1987Pages: 84Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 12.00h x 8.70w x 0.20d

(Piano Collection). Contents: Sonata No. 42 in G Major, Hob. XVI: 27 * Sonata No. 43 in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI: 28 * Sonata No. 44 in F Major, Hob. XVI: 29 * Sonata No. 16 in D Major, Hob. XVI: 14 * Sonata...

NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE - From the bestselling historian and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, the moving untold story of the eighteenth-century men and women behind the making of Handel's Messiah. "A work of...

Romantic Anatomies of Performance is concerned with the very matter of musical expression: the hands and voices of virtuosic musicians. Rubini, Chopin, Nourrit, Liszt, Donzelli, Thalberg, Velluti, Sontag, and Malibran were prominent celebrity pianists and singers who plied their trade between London and Paris,...

(Schirmer Performance Editions). Composed as a sequel to the 25 Progressive Studies, Op. 100, the exquisite miniatures that comprise Opus 109 possess a timeless value for teachers, students, audiences alike.Author: Johann Friedrich BurgmullerISBN-10: 1423458133ISBN-13: 9781423458135Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2009Pages: 52Format: OtherWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 11.70h...

Author: Francis Knights, Pablo PadillaISBN-10: 1912271990ISBN-13: 9781912271993Publisher: Peacock PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/19/2025Pages: 238Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.14lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.65d

The first book in the English language to engage with Prokofiev's operatic output in its entirety. The operas of Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) mark a significant contribution to twentieth-century music and theatre. Opera was Prokofiev's preferred genre; not counting juvenile and unfinished works, he wrote...

(Guitar Solo). 15 Beethoven masterpieces arranged for solo guitar in standard notation & tab. Includes: Bagatelle, Op. 119, No. 1 * Fur Elise * Minuet in G Major * Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# Minor ("Moonlight") Op. 27 No. 2 First Movement Theme...

Originally written as the finale of Beethoven's 13th Quartet (Op. 130), the Grosse Fuge was later published as a separate work following the poor reception of that quartet by the public. In its current form, the Grosse Fuge (Op. 134), has become much loved...

Rhapsodie is a book written by William Henry Ireland and published in 1803. It is a collection of poems that are inspired by the author's travels and experiences in Europe. The book is divided into three parts, each focusing on a different theme. The...

This is a new release of the original 1944 edition.Author: Albert E. BrumleyISBN-10: 1258833654ISBN-13: 9781258833657Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 132Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

This collection of concerti grossi by the Baroque-era composer Arcangelo Corelli is widely regarded as a masterpiece of the genre. The pieces are arranged in six parts and feature virtuosic violin solos set against rich harmonies and lively rhythms. This edition includes commentary by...

(Piano Collection). Contents: JS BACH: Prelude In E Minor, BWV 938 * Prelude In C Major, BWV 939 * Prelude In D Minor, BWV 899 * Fughetta In D Minor, BWV 899 * Prelude In E Minor, BWV 900 * Fughetta In E Minor,...

(Schott). for Flute and Basso Continuo (Piano/Harpsichord), with Violoncello (Viola da gamba) ad lib.Author: Carl Philipp Emanuel BachISBN-10: 3795795168ISBN-13: 9783795795160Publisher: SchottLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/1985Pages: 12Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.70w x 0.50d

The BBC Proms is the world's biggest and longest-running classical music festival and one of the jewels in the crown for the BBC. Held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London and across the UK, it is one of the strongest brand...

History's first named bagpiper is a man playing a pipe "with a bag tucked under his armpit" in the first century CE. He was the Roman Emperor Nero. Since then, this improbable conflation of bag and sticks has become the world's most beloved and...

(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). HPS 51Author: Bela BartokISBN-10: 161780536XISBN-13: 9781617805363Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2004Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 10.50h x 6.75w x 0.23d

The author considers how the relationships between avant-garde music and ideas of modernity in post-revolutionary Mexico shaped discourses of nationality.Author: Alejandro MadridISBN-10: 159213694XISBN-13: 9781592136940Publisher: Temple University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2008Pages: 224Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.90dReview Citation(s): Chronicle of Higher Education 11/28/2008 pg....

This book teaches singers how to analyze the musical and textual content in songs in order to discover hidden meanings and create more compelling performances. The book provides a guided analysis of twenty Schubert songs, ranging from simple to more complex, with each song...

(Essential Elements Band Folios). Includes: And I Love Her * Eleanor Rigby * Get Back * A Hard Day's Night * Here, There and Everywhere * Hey Jude * I Want to Hold Your Hand * Lady Madonna * Ticket to Ride * Twist...

(E.B. Marks). William Bolcom wrote this beautiful piece for Theodor and Evelyn Jacobsen. He describes it as "leisurely, calm, with great smoothness and repose."Author: William BolcomISBN-10: 142342395XISBN-13: 9781423423959Publisher: Edward B. Marks Music CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2006Pages: 16Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 10.63h x 8.81w x 0.07d

(Vocal Collection). This is Myrrhine's aria from Adamo's recent opera, Lysistrata . For mezzo-soprano and piano.Author: Mark AdamoISBN-10: 1423420233ISBN-13: 9781423420231Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2007Pages: 8Format: Paperback

This is a deliberately provocative book crossing many disciplinary boundaries and locating music and art education within a context of contemporary social and political problems in a time of growing disruption and authoritarianism. Intended firstly for music teacher educators, practicing music teachers, and graduate...

This biography of Ludwig van Beethoven provides an in-depth look at the life and work of the legendary composer. With numerous illustrations and portraits, the book offers a fascinating glimpse into Beethoven's creative process and the challenges he faced throughout his career.This work has...

(Woodwind Solo). For alto saxophone & piano. From the album Enchanting Versailles Strictly Classical .Author: Claude BollingISBN-10: 0793557461ISBN-13: 9780793557462Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1995Pages: 20Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.70w x 0.50d

Author: Dmitri ShostakovichISBN-10: 0793536901ISBN-13: 9780793536900Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 56Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 10.20h x 6.50w x 0.20d

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...

A fascinating story of how three musicians, who escaped the Nazis, inspired Iceland's modern classical music.In Iceland in the 1930s, classical music was only beginning to be seriously practiced, at the same time when musicians of Jewish heritage were fleeing Nazi Germany and Austria....

An in-depth study of the life of Sir Hamilton Harty (1879-1941), pianist, composer and conductor of the Hallé Orchestra, who arguably made Manchester the most important focus for music in Britain in his day. Sir Hamilton Harty (1879-1941) is best known as the conductor...

Comprising a brief biography and chapters written by those who worked with him, such as Janet Baker and Alfred Brendel, this is a celebration of an exceptional, creative life. By the time of his death in 2010 at the age of 84, Sir Charles...

Mapping Canada's Music is a selection of writings by the late Canadian music librarian and historian Helmut Kallmann (1922-2012). Most of the essays deal with aspects of Canadian music, but some are also autobiographical, including one written during retirement in which Kallmann recalls growing...