Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

After spending many years in abeyance, there are clear signs that the organ is making a welcome return to Roman Catholic liturgical life. Parishes across the country are installing new organs and hiring professional organists, and Diocesan Music Directors are providing training and support...

The book contains 21 compositions which were cretaed and played in the Czech area during the Medieval. Vast majority of pieces is sacred but there are four secular compositions, too and two instrumental music. Wishinh you lovely time with Medieval music. The are in...

The mini-essays in this book are drawn from the South Carolina Public Radio program A MINUTE WITH MILES. Personal, down to earth, often funny, always fascinating--since 2011 the "Minutes" have been brilliantly illuminating the world of classical music and taking us into that world....

Author: Steve ReichISBN-10: 1540083330ISBN-13: 9781540083333Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2020Pages: 12Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 11.90h x 8.10w x 0.20d

George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) was a German baroque composer. He spent most of his career in London and became famous for his oratorios, operas, anthems, and organ compositions. Handel was born in the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti,...

George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) was a German baroque composer. He spent most of his career in London and became famous for his oratorios, operas, anthems, and organ compositions. Handel was born in the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti,...

This volume presents the complete score for Johann Sebastian Bach's "Cello Suite No.3 in C Major, BWV 1009". This suite belongs to some of the most frequently performed and recognisable solo cello compositions ever written. "Cello Suite No.3 in C Major" was composed during...

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) was a German musician and composer during the Baroque period. He based his work on existing German styles but often adopted and adapted textures, rhythms, and forms from other countries, especially from Italy and France. Although his music...

Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15, was written in 1795, then revised in 1800. It has three movements: 1. Allegro con brio, 2. Largo and, 3. Rondo. Allegro scherzando. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) was a seminal...

Life Of Chopin. 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: Franz LisztISBN-10:...

German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen was arguably the most influential figure of the European postwar avant-garde and unquestionably the most elusive and enigmatic musical thinker of a generation that includes Pierre Boulez, John Cage, and Luciano Berio. His radically new electronic and instrumental music converted...

The life and music of Beethoven still fascinate classical music lovers, new and old. His many symphonies, sonatas, concertos, string quartets, and his one opera enchant audiences, challenge performers, engage students, and support scholars in their work. In Experiencing Beethoven, music historian Geoffrey Block...

During his lifetime and for at least a century after his death, Robert Schumann and his music were commonly misunderstood. His long struggle with mental illness was well known, and as a result some of the most original and innovative features of his work...

Performer's Edition's publication of Johann Sebastian Bach's 15 Inventions and Sinfonias for keyboard (BWV 772-801) contains a new edition of these famous pieces. This edition is based on original Bach manuscripts with original ornamentation and no modern dynamic markings. Performer's Editions are designed for...

Author: Ludwig Van BeethovenISBN-10: 1476816301ISBN-13: 9781476816302Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2012Pages: 40Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.80w x 0.40d

Jacques Ibert's Le vent dans les ruines (The Wind in the Ruins), written in 1915, demonstrates the early 20th-century composer's fascination with the character piece, undoubtedly influenced by Chabrier, Satie, and Debussy. This three-minute work, inspired by the effects of World War I and...

Beethoven, by George Alexander Fischer, is an intimate biography of Ludwig van Beethoven and remains among the finest accounts of the great composer's life. Ludwig van Beethoven, baptised 17 December 1770 - 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure...

(EMB). 146 short pieces for the progressing classical guitarist, with music from the Renaissance to the 20th century.Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10: 1423401905ISBN-13: 9781423401902Publisher: Editio Musica BudapestLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2005Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.90w x 0.30d

Originally published in 1919, this guide is addressed - '.not to students and connoisseurs, but to plain simple people who like music but are a little bewildered by its complexity and by the pace at which it passes across their attention. He opens the...

Messiah, Handel's massive drama of human redemption, was his most famous work, and indeed the most popular oratorio in the history of Western music. After more than 250 years, it has the power to move listeners spiritually and musically. Drawing from both Testaments of...

In Making Light Raymond Knapp traces the musical legacy of German Idealism as it led to the declining prestige of composers such as Haydn while influencing the development of American popular music in the nineteenth century. Knapp identifies in Haydn and in early popular...

String players face a bewildering array of terms related to their instruments. Because string playing is a living art form, passed directly from master to student, the words used to convey complex concepts such as bow techniques and fingering systems have developed into an...

When we speak of "classical music" it often refers rather loosely to serious "art" music but at the core is really the music of the classical period running from about 1730 to 1800, give or take. This was truly one of the most glorious...

Franco Alfano: Transcending Turandot is the first fully documented biography in any language of Italy's last verismo composer, Franco Alfano (1875-1954), the composer chosen to complete Giacomo Puccini's swansong, Turandot, in 1924. Alfano remains one of the most undervalued composers, despite arguably representing the...

A Manual for the Performance Library is a guide for organizing and operating a library of music performance materials for orchestra, band, chorus, jazz ensemble, and chamber music.Author: Russ GirsbergerISBN-10: 0810858711ISBN-13: 9780810858718Publisher: Scarecrow PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/18/2006Pages: 182Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 8.80h x 6.18w x 0.53dReview...

Contains biographical data on hundreds of composers from Latin America: dates of birth and death, information on their background and training, a selective listing of their works, and sources for further study, with an index of composers by country.Author: Miguel FicherISBN-10: 0810845172ISBN-13: 9780810845176Publisher: Scarecrow...

In the history of Western music, J. S. Bach is unsurpassed in mastery of technique and profundity of thought. He was also a devout Lutheran with a broad knowledge of Scripture and theology. Given Bach's combination of musical prowess, personal devotion, and theological depth,...

Gypsy music has long been one of the most powerful influences on all styles of guitar music, from classical to jazz. This great collection contains ten classic eastern European Gypsy melodies, arranged for the guitar by Russian guitar master Alexander Gl klikh. Each of...

Feel the Baroque period come alive with The Baroque Spirit as you are given an overall view of that era through an integrated arts approach. Repertoire from both familiar and lesser-known composers are included along with commentary about the composers' lives and social changes...

(Music Sales America). Kaija Saariaho is the most successful of contemporary Finnish composers, having won a number of international compositions, and has become best known for her works which exploit electronics. The inspiration for writing NoaNoa came at the time of writing the music...

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) has a reputation as one of the leading composers of the twentieth century. But the story of his controversial role in history is still being told, and his full measure as a musician still being taken. This collection of essays goes...

This new investigation of the Brandenburg Concertos explores musical, social, and religious implications of Bach's treatment of eighteenth-century musical hierarchies. By reference to contemporary music theory, to alternate notions of the meaning of "concerto," and to various eighteenth-century conventions of form and instrumentation, the...

Millions of people adore classical music. Millions of other people want to, but simply don't know how or where to start--so many composers, so many pieces, so many versions, so much music! In either case, this book is for you. In this informal and...

Battles was written for the restoration of the epic 1927 silent film The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands, and was commissioned by the British Film Institute (BFI) in 2013. The work presents eight contrasting scenes as a continuous sequence: War, Introduction of Admiral...

Richard Wagner's magnum opus meets the celebrated translator of Jules Verne novels in this colorful and original work.Frederick Paul Walter makes Siegfried accessible not only to scholars and opera buffs but also to fans of Tolkien, Star Wars, and Hogwarts through a dazzling new...

Richard Wagner's magnum opus meets the celebrated translator of Jules Verne novels in this colorful and original work.Frederick Paul Walter makes Twilight for the Gods accessible not only to scholars and opera buffs but also to fans of Tolkien, Star Wars, and Hogwarts through...

This study stems from discoveries in a trove of documents belonging to Charles-Henri de Lorraine, prince de Vaud駑ont, who served as governor of Milan under the Spanish crown from 1698 to 1706. These documents, together with a mass of other sources - letters, diaries,...

Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Song Cycles: Analytical Pathways Toward Performance presents analyses of fourteen song cycles composed after the turn of the twentieth century, with a focus on offering ways into the musical and poetic structure of each cycle to performers, scholars, and students alike....

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...

(Instrumental Folio). The companion CD includes demonstration and backing tracks. Highlights include: Nocturne No. 11 (Chopin) * Clair de Lune (Debussy) * Pavane pour une infante defunte (Ravel) * Traumerei (Schumann) * Ride of the Valkyries (Wagner) * and more.Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10: 1847610331ISBN-13:...

Along with Beethoven's sonatas and the purely idiomatic works for piano of Chopin and Debussy, the solo keyboard music of Johann Sebastian Bach represents the heart of the pianist's repertory; in the more specialized field of music for the organ, Bach's primacy seems beyond...

A classic Christmas carol composed by John Sebastian Matthews, originally published in 1908. Classic Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works of music ever composed, reproduced from authoritative editions for the enjoyment of musicians and music students the...

Most articles written about performance practice deal with relatively small areas (trills, over dotting, etc.) placing emphasis on citing original sources or collating several original sources in order to support a given position. There is not sufficient information in these articles to deal with...

"Informed listening demands knowledge, context, and meditative practice. Even in ideal circumstances, imparting the musical knowledge required for engaged listening is a challenge not easily met. It is refreshing to encounter a well-reasoned and clearly written guide for all those who seek to experience,...

This volume brings together analyses of works by thirteen Russian composers from across the twentieth century, showing how their approaches to tonality, modernism, and serialism forge forward-looking paths independent from their Western counterparts. Russian music of this era is widely performed, and much research...

(Piano). Khachaturian extracted and arranged five movements of incidental music he composed for the 1941 play Masquerade, which has become a popular concert suite. Acclaimed pianist Katsuma Nakajima has arranged this suite for piano.Author: Aram KhachaturianISBN-10: 4111609368ISBN-13: 9784111609369Publisher: Zen-OnLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2009Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize:...

(Schott). Preface -.- Scheherazade: * I. The Sea and Sindbads Ship * II. Die Geschichte vom Prinzen Kalender * III. Der junge Prinz und die junge Prinzessin * IV. Das Fest in Bagdad-Das Meer-SchiffbruchAuthor: Nikolay Rimsky-KorsakovISBN-10: 3795764939ISBN-13: 9783795764937Publisher: EulenburgLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/1986Pages: 263Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize:...

Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936) was a Dutch composer whose life was spent mostly in England. A respected but controversial composer (his admirers included the Sitwell brothers, Peter Warlock, Cecil Gray, Constant Lambert and Kaikhosru Sorabji) his music was little performed in his...

A complete new edition of Beethoven's conversation books, now translated into English in their entirety for the first time. Covering a period associated with the revolutionary style of what we call "late Beethoven", these often lively and compelling conversations are now finally accessible in...

(Piano Solo Personality). The original Einaudi pieces featured in this 64-page collection have been selected for their simplicity and ease of playing. Over the years the distinguished Italian pianist and composer has worked in many different styles, some of them quite challenging for the...