Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

(PWM). The most famous and popular edition of Chopin's works prepared by I. J. Paderewski, L. Bronarski and J. Turczynski. The edition has been based primarily on Chopin's autograph manuscripts, copies approved by him and first editions. The principal aim of the Editorial Committee...

Leonard Bernstein is internationally renowned as one of the most significant composers, musical inspirations, and creative minds of the 20th century. In addition, many consider him to be the greatest American conductor of all time. He is legendary, not only for his brilliant music-making...

Compositional Choices and Meaning in the Vocal Music of J. S. Bach collects seventeen essays by leading Bach scholars. The authors each address in some way such questions of meaning in J. S. Bach's vocal compositions--including his Passions, Masses, Magnificat, and cantatas--with particular attention...

Detailed solo Classical Guitar transcriptions for BWV 911 Fugue, BWV 988 Aria, BWV 851 Prelude, BWV 937 Little Prelude, BWV 827 Burlesca.Author: Chris D. SaundersISBN-10: 1718982410ISBN-13: 9781718982413Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/09/2018Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.11d

Highly acclaimed author Susan Tomes takes up various topics of perennial interest: how music awakens and even creates memories, what 'interpretation' really means, what effect daily practice has on the character, whether playing from memory is a burden or a liberation, and why the...

Described in the Radio Times (27 July 2015) as 'A remarkable, unique institution lying at the heart of British life', the Three Choirs Festival celebrated its three-hundred-year anniversary in 2015. Described in the Radio Times (27 July 2015) as 'A remarkable, unique institution lying...

This wonderful work by Maurice Ravel contains a score for the solo piano. It is a fine example of the composer's work and a fantastic addition to any classical musician's repertoire. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and...

(BH Piano). First-time collection of Leonard Bernstein's works for solo piano, including four previously unpublished pieces. Includes a composer biography and notes on the music. Contents: Four Anniversaries * Five Anniversaries * Seven Anniversaries * Thirteen Anniversaries * Four Sabras (previously unpublished) * Music...

(Editions Durand). Twelve very easy piano pieces printed with large notes for beginning students.Author: Alexandre TansmanISBN-10: 1423427300ISBN-13: 9781423427308Publisher: Max EschigLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2007Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 5.29h x 8.83w x 0.10d

Authorship is a pertinent issue for historical musicology and musicians more widely, and some controversies concerned with major figures have even reached wider consciousness. Scholars have clarified some of the issues at stake in recent decades, such as the places of borrowing and arranging...

This volume provides a full and careful history of what sonata meant and how the word was used from its first appearance as an instrumental title in the sixteenth century to the near end of the thorough-bass practice around 1750. The revised edition includes...

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 student practice guide that accompanies the Masterwork Classics. Invaluable notes on technique, style and listening activities for every piece in the Masterwork Classics books, plus teacher's notes and short lesson guides for each piece.Author: Jane MagrathISBN-10: 0739099329ISBN-13: 9780739099322Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/1989Pages: 52Format:...

Willard A. Palmer's excellent edition which includes performance suggestions in the footnotes, editorial additions to the score in gray print, and Klindworth's variant (ossia) for measure 72.Author: Fr馘駻ic ChopinISBN-10: 0739008269ISBN-13: 9780739008263Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/1985Pages: 12Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.11lbsSize: 11.56h x 5.19w x 0.03d

Along with the instruments of Stradivari and del Ges , the violins of Giovanni Battista Guadagnini have long been favored by professional musicians for their responsiveness, tonal quality, and projection. Originally published in 1949 in a very limited edition, this study remains the most...

This single-volume compilation features four popular opera fantasies arranged for violin with piano accompaniment. Each of these frequently performed pieces was arranged by a world-class artist and offers the convenience of a separate violin part: Carmen Fantasy from the Opera by Georges Bizet, Op....

"An elegant anthology. The specialist will not miss the quiet sophistication with which the music has been selected and prepared. Some of it is printed here for the first time, and much of it has been edited anew." -- NotesThis treasury of 47 vocal...

Beginning with Debussy, the author traces growing freedom in the use of tonality and the different paths this emancipation took. Central to the book are the achievements of Schoenberg, Bart, Stravinsky, and an insistence on the important role of jazz. Webern, Hindemith, and Prokofiev...

Scholars, critics, and performers alike have long been fascinated by the distinctive blend of music and text in the German Lied. Covering works by Fanny Hensel, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, and Hugo Wolf, Songs in Motion synthesizes the most recent developments in...

This is a facsimile of the 1726 edition of "Book II. The 3d Edition very much Enlarg'd and Corrected; Also Three excellent Anthems, never before Printed, by Dr. Croft, the Late Dr. Blow, and Mr. Jer. Clarl."Author: Henry PurcellISBN-10: 1904331629ISBN-13: 9781904331629Publisher: Travis and Emery...

Did you ever wonder where all those great sounding arpeggio runs and bass lines came from? They come from the easily-playable material of great composers such as Carcassi, Bach, and Carulli. As the electric bass has become an immensely exciting and popular instrument, its...

(Piano Collection). 80 keyboard pieces of the Baroque Era, from composers including J.S. Bach, Couperin, Handel, Purcell, and Scarlatti. Contents: BACH: Italian Concerto, BWV 971 * Sarabande from English Suite No. 5, BWV 810 * French Suite No. 2, BWV 813 * French Suite...

(Piano Collection). Contents: Arabesque No. 1 * Arabesque No. 2 * Clair De Lune * Danse (Tarantelle Styrienne) * Hommage a Rameau (Images I) * Jardins Sous La Pluie * L'isle Joyeuse * La Soiree Dans Grenade * Masques * Mazurka * Passepied *...

The subjects of the monographs in this series are selected works of Beethoven relating to their creation origins and reception history.They incorporate contextual accounts of Beethoven and his contemporaries and estimations of his music as expressed by musicians and musicologist in the nineteenth century...

The first extensive study of the life and music of the Swiss composer, Richard Flury (1896-1967). The late-Romantic composer Richard Flury (1896-1967) was born in Biberist, a tiny town outside the Baroque city of Solothurn in northern Switzerland. He went to school in Solothurn,...

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...

(World's Greatest Classical Music). This new book in our World's Great Classical Music series features 36 solo pieces by one of the world's most highly regarded composers. Faithfully transcribed for intermediate to advanced piano, it contains many of Beethoven's beloved masterpieces, such as Piano...

The terms of structuralist and post-structuralist theory have been widely debated within the field of music analysis in recent years. However, very few analyses have attempted to address the repertoire of large orchestral works of the turn of the century - works which seem...

(Music Sales America). Chester Music edition. Viola/Violincello pull out part includedAuthor: Rebecca ClarkeISBN-10: 0711939446ISBN-13: 9780711939448Publisher: Chester MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2006Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.80w x 0.20d

Facsimile reprint of the 1743 English translation. Printed with two pages of original per page of this facsimile. Original facsimile text - i.e. no editorial changes.Author: Pier Francesco TosiISBN-10: 1904331521ISBN-13: 9781904331520Publisher: Travis and Emery Music BookshopLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/30/2010Pages: 118Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w...

Antony Hopkins was most instrumental in opening up classical music to a wider audience. To celebrate his 90th birthday in 2011 (21st March, same date as Bach but different year) we are republishing some of his works.Author: Antony HopkinsISBN-10: 1849550298ISBN-13: 9781849550291Publisher: Travis and Emery...

Aus Holbergs Zeit, Suite im alten Stil, Op.40 - now more commonly known as the Holberg Suite - was written in 1884 for the 200th anniversary celebration of playwright Ludvig Holberg's birth. Originally for piano, the composer scored it for strings the following year,...

Title: Symphony No. 3 Composer: Gustav Mahler Original Publisher: Weinberger The complete first edition orchestral score to Mahler's Symphony No. 3, as originally published by Weinberger in 1899. Performer's Reprints are produced in conjunction with the International Music Score Library Project. These are out...

(Woodwind Solo). Piano accompaniments to exercises in Method Books 1 and 2 of the Let's Play Flute series.Author: Elizabeth WeinzierlISBN-10: 1495012638ISBN-13: 9781495012631Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2015Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.60w x 0.30d

(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). Inspired by two pieces by the band Radiohead, Reich has composed this five-movement work for Flute, Clarinet, 2 Vibraphones, 2 Pianos, Electric Bass, and String Quartet.Author: Steve ReichISBN-10: 1495008630ISBN-13: 9781495008634Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2014Pages: 148Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbs

(Schirmer Performance Editions). Beethoven composed 24 bagatelles by definition short trifles in a light vein during his lifetime. This collection contains 14 pieces, including the famous "Fur Elise," which are appropriate for intermediate to early advanced pianists.Author: Ludwig Van BeethovenISBN-10: 1423431693ISBN-13: 9781423431695Publisher: G. Schirmer,...

(Vocal Collection). Ben Moore (b. 1960) writes lovely, lyric songs that are gratifying to perform. Many of the songs in this collection were recorded by Deborah Voigt and Brian Zeger on the recently released All My Heart: Deborah Voigt Sings American Songs . Includes...

Too often the study of great composers is limited to either a musical analysis of their compositions, or biographical scrutiny of their personal lives. Yet, particularly in the case of the Romantic composers, the artistic and personal sides of their lives are not separate...

(Brass). Tuba parts edited and recorded by Canadian Brass virtuoso Charles Daellenbach, piano parts edited and recorded by Bill Casey. Arrangements by Bill Boyd. Contents: Arietta * Colline's Aria * Drinking Song * Italian Street Song * The Pale Young Curate * Prayer *...

(Vocal Collection). Contents: Beginning My Studies * A Clear Midnight * An Immortality * Jabberwocky * Lady of the Harbor * The Lamb * She Tells Her Love * The Shepherd * To an Isle in the Water * What If... * Where the...

This guide to Mozart's two most popular piano concertos--the D minor, K. 466, and the C major, K. 467 (the so-called "Elvira Madigan")--presents the historical background of the works, placing them within the context of Mozart's compositional and performance activities at a time when...

Brahms's First Symphony has been hailed as Beethoven's Tenth. Its controversial status and relationship in the Beethovenian tradition is considered alongside other important issues in the early reception history of this key work in the symphonic repertory. David Brodbeck begins with an account of...

From the 1920s to the 1940s, Leo Sowerby created popular secular works while his sacred compositions led admirers to call him the "dean of American church musicians." Yet in time, Sowerby's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Canticle of the Sun and the rest of his corpus...

"A shattered-mirror insight into the bizarre world of hitting things with sticks." -- Neil Peart, bestselling author, lyricist and drummer for Rush "By turns reflective and dramatic, poignant and hilarious, Sticking It Out offers an irresistible portrait of the artist as a young percussionist."...

(Willis). A collection of early elementary piano solos compiled and edited by noted composer William Gillock.Author: William GillockISBN-10: 1540033996ISBN-13: 9781540033994Publisher: Willis Music CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2005Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.70w x 0.20d

(Rubank Book/Audio Products). This compilation of 11 flute solos from the legendary Rubank educational library now includes online access to: * Full-performance and accompaniment-only audio tracks * PDF piano accompaniment files * PLAYBACK+ A multi-functional audio player that allows you to adjust tempo without...

(Piano). 13 works from the popular 1996 album complete with a CD of original tracks. Intermediate Level.Author: Ludovico EinaudiISBN-10: 1476813183ISBN-13: 9781476813189Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2012Pages: 62Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.30d

Expertly arranged Violin with Piano Accompaniment music by Edouard Lalo from the Kalmus Edition series. This is from the Romantic era.Author: Edouard LaloISBN-10: 1458426505ISBN-13: 9781458426505Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.50d

""Anton Dvorak"" is a biographical book written by Paul Stefan that explores the life and work of the famous Czech composer Antonin Dvorak. The book delves into Dvorak's childhood, education, and musical career, including his rise to fame and his collaborations with other notable...

In this beautiful collection of Schubert fantasies, Arthur Foxton and Gottfried Jolsdorf provide expert translations of some of Schubert's greatest works. Their insightful commentaries and detailed analyses will be appreciated by both music lovers and music scholars.This work has been selected by scholars as...