Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

John Dowland: A Research and Information Guide offers the first comprehensive guide to the musical works and literature on one of the major composers of the English Renaissance. Including a catalog of works, discography of recordings, extensive annotated bibliography of secondary sources, and substantial...

The orchestra has tuned, the lights in the hall have dimmed, and the conductor's baton signals the downbeat for the beginning of the romance. Settle back - it's telling you something... The history of classical music is littered with murder, adultery, bigamy, fraud, sado-masochism,...

Author: Sean ShepherdISBN-10: 1540063518ISBN-13: 9781540063519Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2019Pages: 72Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 12.90h x 9.80w x 0.20d

(Piano). Two Pianos, Four Hands. 2 Copies needed to perform. To see other NFMC selections, click here.Author: Camille Saint-SaensISBN-10: 1423495772ISBN-13: 9781423495772Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 88Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.50w x 0.60d

"Liszt's Dante Symphony" is an enigmatic tale of murder and covert spy rings amid the turbulent rise of Bismarck's Prussia, which leads to Hitler's infernal Third Reich. Following the life of Angelo Di Purezza Jr., whose father was a student and (unbeknownst to him)...

(Schott). World Sound Matters is an anthology of music from around the world, representing 35 different countries. A publication which should be of practical use to a wide range of musicians, from secondary school teachers to their pupils, from adults interested in knowing more...

Stuart offers the most thorough discography of the works and recordings of Igor Stravinsky to date as well as a chronicle of the composer's recording career. As the first discography to list all of Stravinsky's recorded compositions, including concert and broadcast performances, both pre-...

An urgently needed guide to understanding medieval music to be used as a text for the university undergraduate, graduate students in music and interdisciplinary medieval studies, and for the professional musicologist and medievalist. This book will also be appreciated by everyone interested in early...

Drawing on the author's four decades of experience as a concert oboist, this open access book studies a number of foundational issues in the philosophy of music, such as musical meaning and expression, musical ontology and the existence of the musical work, the relation...

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...

Recording Orchestra and Other Classical Music Ensembles explores techniques and methodologies specific to recording classical music. Whether the reader is a newcomer or a seasoned engineer looking to refine their skills, this book speaks to all levels of expertise and covers every aspect of...

The Complete System of Natural Harmonics by H. Spencer Lewis is a comprehensive guide to understanding and utilizing the principles of natural harmonics. The book is divided into two parts, with the first part covering the basics of harmonic theory, including the properties of...

(Piano). This eight-movement suite was written by composer Tan Dun when he was a student in 1978-1979, about the time he left his home in Hunan to study at the conservatory in Beijing. He was homesick, and wrote this suite as a diary of...

Schubert's Workshop offers a fresh study of the composer's compositional technique and its development, rooted in the author's experience of realising performing versions of Franz Schubert's unfinished works. Through close examination of Schubert's use of technical and structural devices, Brian Newbould demonstrates that Schubert...

Schubert's Workshop offers a fresh study of the composer's compositional technique and its development, rooted in the author's experience of realising performing versions of Franz Schubert's unfinished works. Through close examination of Schubert's use of technical and structural devices, Brian Newbould demonstrates that Schubert...

A memoir by the 2019 Wellcome Prize winner Will Eaves that looks at the creation of eight piano pieces. 'A wonderfully sensitive and probing meditation on the writing of words and music' Rolf Hind, composer and pianist What lies behind the creation of a...

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). The Grade By Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalog of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Bela Bartok, Dmitri Shostakovich, James MacMillan, Milly Stanfield and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional...

(Vocal Collection). This is a collection of 12 songs primarily for the classical singer to perform in recital with piano accompaniment. The songs are in a medium voice range, and could probably be performed by any voice type (soprano, mezzo-soprano, etc.), although mezzo-sopranos will...

The Last Romantic in His Own Words combines carefully curated personal and professional letters with reminiscences, pedagogical essays, and statements on public affairs that Hungarian musician Ernst von Dohn?nyi (1877-1960) wrote throughout his lengthy career. Also included are a selection of interviews he gave...

This book proposes a new model for understanding the musical work, which includes interpretation -- both analysis- and performance-based -- as an integral component. This book proposes a model for understanding the musical work in which both analysis-based and performance-based modes of interpretation are...

This collection features a selection of classical masterworks by the most renowned composers: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, George Frideric Handel, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Antonio Vivaldi and Richard Wagner. All the pieces are presented in...

The Art of Breathing as the Basis of Tone-Production by Leo Kofler is a comprehensive guide to the importance of proper breathing techniques in achieving optimal tone production. The book delves into the anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system and explains how the...

(Study Score). This seven movement flute concerto, premiered in 1981, is based on the Robert Browning story-poem of the piece's title. Corigliano recharacterized the Piper as an adolescent, who begins the score with power and control: it's only in discovering his personal theme that...

(Piano Solo Songbook). Delightful piano solo arrangements of beloved classical pieces, including: Air on the G String (Bach) * Fur Elise (Beethoven) * Seguidilla from Carmen (Bizet) * Lullaby (Brahms) * Clair De Lune (Debussy) * The Swan (Saint-Saens) * Ave Maria (Schubert) *...

Charting the history of the Royal Musical Association over 150 years: from scientific roots and the long resistance of British universities to music study, to bringing UK musicology to worldwide recognition. This book is the first comprehensive history of the Royal Musical Association. Drawing...

Charting the history of the Royal Musical Association over 150 years: from scientific roots and the long resistance of British universities to music study, to bringing UK musicology to worldwide recognition. This book is the first comprehensive history of the Royal Musical Association. Drawing...

Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open initiative.In his views on the music of other composers, Benjamin Britten had strong preferences, and his particularly active life as a performer meant that these preferences were often expressed in his...

In this wide-ranging set of original essays, musicologist and organist Russell Stinson investigates Johann Sebastian Bach's compositions for the organ, opening up a wealth of perspectives on the stylistic orientation and historical context of these timeless masterpieces. With a sweeping hand, Stinson sheds light...

First study of American women composers and attitudes towards women musicians in the nineteenth century. Early American women composers are barely represented in standard reference works, yet their output constitutes a significant proportion of the bound sheet music in the collections in the New...

Anton Bruckner (1905) is a book written by Rudolf Louis, which is a comprehensive biography of the famous Austrian composer, Anton Bruckner. The book covers Bruckner's life, from his birth in 1824 to his death in 1896, and explores his musical career, his personal...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Karl EkmanISBN-10: 1406723231ISBN-13: 9781406723236Publisher: Von...

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...

Bach's Johannine Theology: The St. John Passion and the Cantatas for Spring 1725 is a fertile examination of this group of fourteen surviving liturgical works. Renowned Bach scholar Eric Chafe begins his investigation into Bach's theology with the composer's St. John Passion, concentrating on...

In what ways is music implicated in the politics of belonging? How is the proper at stake in listening? What role does the ear play in forming a sense of community? Music and Belonging argues that music, at the level of style and form,...

One of today's most widely acclaimed composers, Arvo Pärt broke into the soundscape of the Cold War West with Tabula Rasa in 1977, a work that introduced his signature tintinnabuli style to listeners throughout the world. In the first book dedicated to this pathbreaking...

Notes for Clarinetists: A Guide to the Repertoire offers important historical and analytical information about thirty-five of the best-known pieces written for the instrument. Numerous contextual and theoretical insights make it an essential resource for professional, amateur, and student clarinetists. With engaging prose supported...

The strange tale of America's best pianist and the Australian lipstick salesman who immortalised his genius. A compelling and surprising tale of musical passion, tragedy and revival. In his prime, William Kapell was acknowledged to be 'the greatest pianistic talent since Horowitz'. Yet his...

This book provides the first detailed reception history of adaptations of Johann Sebastian Bach's Aria mit 30 Veränderungen (Goldberg Variations, BWV 988). It documents multiple ways Bach's work has appeared in arrangements, transcriptions, and re-compositions from 1800 to 2020. It examines adaptations for the...

This collection of baritone/bass songs features some of the most beloved tunes from the classical and popular repertoires. Designed for both amateur and professional singers, the book includes classics such as Schubert's Winterreise, Mozart's Don Giovanni, and Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, as well as...

Of all the things we can know about J. S. Bach's Mass in B Minor and Christmas Oratorio, the most profound come from things we can hear. Listening to Bach explores musical style as it was understood in the early eighteenth century. It encourages...

In Listening to Art Song, Margaret Olson offers an easy-to-read, fresh perspective on the remarkably diverse musical genre of art song, surveying for readers such topics as the development of song, the elements that make up song, and the art of listening to song....

Famous Violinists Of Today And Yesterday is a book written by Henry Charles Lahee in 1899. The book is a comprehensive study of famous violinists from the past and present. It covers the lives and careers of some of the most renowned violinists in...

"This book fills a gap in a worthy area of vocal literature." --Choice"Singers, accompanists and teachers will benefit from this guide to la lirica da camera." --American Music Teacher". . . a literate, meticulously executed introduction . . ." --Italian QuarterlyThis important resource presents...

Since its emergence in sixteenth-century Germany, the magician Faust's quest has become one of the most profound themes in Western history. Though variants are found across all media, few adaptations have met with greater acclaim than in music. Bringing together more than two dozen...

This book challenges the widely held view of Haydn as an inspired instrumental musician who composed in isolation from eighteenth-century enlightened thinking. Schroeder presents Haydn as a culturally and politically sensitive representative of the Age of Enlightenment, arguing that Haydn's awareness of contemporary aesthetic...

From one of the most lauded poets of her generation comes a major new work. Winner of the International Griffin Prize, the Rome Prize, the LA Times Book Prize, Guggenheim and NEA fellowships, among many other awards, Gjertrud Schnackenberg has always put her technical...

Franz Schubert's song cycles Schone Mullerin and Winterreise are cornerstones of the genre. But as Richard Kramer argues in this book, Schubert envisioned many other songs as components of cyclical arrangements that were never published as such. By carefully studying Schubert's original manuscripts, Kramer...

Concerto Grosso no. 1 is one of Alfred Schnittke's best-known and most compelling works, sounding the surface of late Soviet life while resonating with contemporary compositional currents around the world such as postmodernism. It marked a decisive point in Schnittke's development of the approach...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Piano Sonata No. 3 in B-flat major, K. 281" Reprinted from the "Breitkopf & H rtel" edition.Author: Samwise Publishing, Wolfgang Amadeus MozartISBN-10: 1503311171ISBN-13: 9781503311176Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/21/2014Pages: 40Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.08d

Gregorian chant belongs to the oldest music being preserved in such scope till present; moreover it is still performed but also is one that mostly influenced the history and presence of music. For the reason it is important for ukulele players to meet this...