Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

PRIEST OF MUSIC THE LIFE OF DIMITRI MITROPOULOSAuthor: William R. TrotterISBN-10: 0931340810ISBN-13: 9780931340819Publisher: AmadeusLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2003Pages: 530Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.33lbsSize: 9.27h x 6.32w x 1.57dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 08/07/1995 pg. 454Booklist 09/01/1995 pg. 27Kirkus Reviews 09/01/1995 pg. 1267

(BH Large Choral). Gloria was premiered in London on July 11, 2010, by The Really Big Chorus (2,500 voices).Author: Karl JenkinsISBN-10: 0851625983ISBN-13: 9780851625980Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2010Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 10.26h x 7.22w x 0.25d

From the 1920s to the 1950s, neoclassicism was one of the dominant movements in American music. Today this music is largely in eclipse, mostly absent in performance and even from accounts of music history, in spite of--and initially because of--its adherence to an expanded...

A Conductor's Guide to Nineteenth-Century Choral-Orchestral Works, the fifth in the ongoing series of books, addresses works of the Romantic era, from composers such as Beach, Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorák, Fauré, Mendelssohn, Puccini, Rossini, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Scriabin, and Verdi. Jonathan D. Green has amassed a...

(String Solo). For violin and orchestra (piano reduction).Author: Friedrich SeitzISBN-10: 0793554578ISBN-13: 9780793554577Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 16Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.70w x 0.30d

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...

(Vocal). Corigliano's Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan was a commission by The Carnegie Hall Corporation for Sylvia McNair and was premiered at her Carnegie Hall recital given March 15, 2002 with Martin Katz at the piano. Corigliano, who had never encountered...

Knowledge of just what recordings of classical music have been issued in the Soviet Union has been very limited to date, since only a small number of such recordings have been licensed for production and sale by West European and American companies. . ....

Commissioned by Serge Diaghilev for the Ballets Russes, Stravinsky's score for the ballet Petrushka was an immediate sensation at its Paris premiere in 1911. Brilliantly orchestrated in bold, unheard-of instrumental colors, this work is filled with Russian folksongs as well as new and striking...

Twenty-eight titles, including Adieu To The Piano, Bagatelle, Contra-Dance, Fur Elise, Minuet In G, Rondo In C, Sonata Pathetique, and Turkish March.Author: Ludwig Van BeethovenISBN-10: 0825651379ISBN-13: 9780825651373Publisher: AshleyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/31/1970Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 12.10h x 8.90w x 0.47d

In his nearly forty-year career, Johann Scheibe became Leipzig's most renowned organ builder and one of the late Baroque's masters of the craft. Johann Sebastian Bach and Johann Kuhnau considered Scheibe a valued colleague. Organists and civic leaders shared their high opinion, for Scheibe...

Acclaimed pianist Robert Taub offers the insights of a passionate musician who performs all 32 of Beethoven's well-loved piano sonatas in concert worldwide, bringing a "fresh perspective on Beethoven " as the New York Times put it. In this book, he shares his intimate...

This convenient volume contains Mahler's three great song cycles in piano-vocal score, reprinted from authoritative German and Austrian editions. All three complete scores offer singers and musicians the opportunity to study and savor the compelling musical qualities of these famous works at the piano.Songs...

Though central to our concert and recording repertory, and crucial to the history of the symphony, the four symphonies of Johannes Brahms have proved surprisingly resistant to critical analysis. In this brief, elegant book, a premier musicologist conducts us through the Second Symphony to...

Beginning pianists of all ages will cherish this excellent compilation of classics. Each piece was carefully selected and simplified to help students develop their skills. Many of the greatest composers -- J. S. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, and others --...

In 1893 the composer Anton? Dvor疚 prophesied a "great and noble school" of American classical music based on the "negro melodies" he had excitedly discovered since arriving in the United States a year before. But while Black music would foster popular genres known the...

(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...

On May 27th, 1784, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart met a flirtatious little starling in a Viennese shop who sang an improvised version of the theme from his Piano Concerto no. 17 in G major. Sensing a kindred spirit in the plucky young bird, Mozart bought...

Legendary maestro Leonard Slatkin provides personal insights and offers his ideas to solve the current dilemmas of classical music.As the new millennium poses some of the greatest challenges to the relevance of the art form, Slatkin reflects on the modern evolution of classical music...

(PWM). Includes the Nocturnes, Op. 9-62. In accordance with the tradition of the genre, these are characterized by emotion, intimacy and programmatic tendencies. There is often a turbulent middle section and a richly ornamented reprise. The National Edition of the Works of Fryderyk Chopin...

Jean Cocteau labeled this revolutionary work "a pastorale of the prehistoric world" at its premiere in Paris in 1913, when interest in primitivism was at its zenith among the avant-garde. These "Scenes of Pagan Russia" did indeed inspire primitive reactions among their opening night...

(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...

Beginning pianists of all ages will cherish this excellent compilation of beloved piano classics. Each piece has been carefully selected and simplified to help students develop their skills. The special arrangements also offer novices the pleasure and satisfaction of playing music that's usually beyond...

(Gentry Publications). Diane Bish has carefully selected some of her most loved organ selections and made them available in one wonderful collection. Songs include: Adagio in G minor (Thomaso Albinoni) * Canon in D (Pachelbel) * Overture (from Handel's Royal Firework Music ) *...

(Guitar). Easy arrangements with tab for 36 beloved pieces, including: Air on the G String * Ave Maria * Canon in D * Clair de Lune * Fur Elise * Ode to Joy * Surprise Symphony * and more. The audio is accessed online...

Musicians of Asian descent enjoy unprecedented prominence in concert halls, conservatories, and classical music performance competitions. In the first book on the subject, Mari Yoshihara looks into the reasons for this phenomenon, starting with her own experience of learning to play piano in Japan...

(Guitar). Covering music from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classic and Romantic eras, this fabulous collection includes 50 solos in notes and tab from Bach, Carcassi, Dowland, Giuliani, Handel, Sor, Tarrega and other acclaimed composers.Author: Howard WallachISBN-10: 1575609509ISBN-13: 9781575609508Publisher: Cherry Lane Music CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2007Pages: 112Format:...

Conductors John Yaffé and David Daniels have created a one-stop sourcebook for orchestras, opera companies, conductors, and librarians who research and/or prepare programs of vocal excerpts--such as solos, ensembles, and choruses--for concert performance. In this book, readers will find detailed information on a vast...

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). Written in 2003 for the opening of Disney Hall in Los Angeles, The Dharma at Big Sur draws influence from Kerouac's novel Big Sur and the electric violin playing of Tracy Silverman.Author: John AdamsISBN-10: 1476814295ISBN-13: 9781476814292Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes...

(Vocal Collection). with IPA and word for word translations and CDs of recorded diction lessons This is a companion to The Lieder Anthology, edited by Virginia Saya and Richard Walters, with 65 songs by 13 composers. The diction lessons were recorded by Irene Spiegelman,...

A look beyond the virtuosity of Romanticism's piano superstar.Pianist Paul Roberts recasts Franz Liszt as a composer of poetic feeling rather than just a purveyor of technical brilliance. Reading Franz Liszt: Revealing the Poetry behind the Piano Music immerses readers in Liszt's world through...

Featuring multidisciplinary research by an international team of leading scholars, this volume addresses the contested aspects of arabesque while exploring its penchant for crossing artistic and cultural boundaries to create new forms. Enthusiastically imported from its Near Eastern sources by European artists, the freely...

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 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...

(Music Sales America). Arranged here for violin with piano accompaniment, Kuchler's Concertino in D, Op. 12 is a delightful and relatively simple work, covering the first and third positions on the violin. The solo violin part is also included on a separate insert. With...

(String Solo). Ten easy pieces in first position for student cellists. This book includes access to online audio of piano accompaniments. Online audio is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary.Author: Johann Sebastian BachISBN-10: 1617806390ISBN-13: 9781617806391Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2011Pages: 20Format: OtherWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.80w x...

(PWM). Includes Mazurkas Op. 6-41, Op. 42A and 42B, Chopin composed his "Mazurkas" continuously from 1825 to 1849. Inspired by Polish folk dance, Chopin's mazurkas gradually became compositions of meditative lyricism, and the most personal statement of expression. Of the variants in musical notation,...

Beginning pianists can experience the pleasure and satisfaction of playing Mozart with this collection of special arrangements. It offers students of all ages the opportunity to charm listeners with familiar melodies from The Magic Flute, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Don Giovanni, and other popular works.My...

In this penetrating volume, Harvey Sachs, acclaimed biographer and historian of classical music, takes readers into the hearts of ten extraordinary works of classical music in ten different genres, showing both the curious novice and the seasoned listener how to recognize, appreciate, and engage...

The most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music -- from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond. The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively...

A celebrated instructor explains his philosophy of teaching and practice methods, including the appropriate combination of technique and interpretation. Ivan Galamian, a longtime Juilliard professor, incorporates aspects of both the Russian and French schools in a system both ingenious and logical. His tutelage has...

(PWM). In his "Ballades" Chopin created a new, typically Romantic genre not known in earlier instrumental music. Includes the four Ballades: No. 1 in minor, Op. 23; No.2 in F major, Op. 38; No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47; No. 4 in F...

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 unique Companion to J S Bach's iconic Cello Suites from internationally-renowned cellist Steven Isserlis Bach's 6 Suites for solo cello are among the most cherished of all the works in the classical music literature. Shrouded in mystery - they were largely unknown for...

(Woodwind Solo). For unaccompanied clarinet.Author: Pietro Francesco CavalliniISBN-10: 1480304816ISBN-13: 9781480304819Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/1987Pages: 70Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.90w x 0.10d

Author: Johann Sebastian BachISBN-10: 0825635896ISBN-13: 9780825635892Publisher: Boston MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2003Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 11.93h x 8.68w x 0.14d

Author: Jan SwaffordISBN-10: 006243361XISBN-13: 9780062433619Publisher: Harper PerennialLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/07/2021Pages: 832Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.30w x 2.00d

In the early years of the twentieth century, when vital new forces were revolutionizing the arts, Russian-born Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) was among the visionary pioneers who sought a new musical language. Scriabin began the process of a complete break with all musical conventions at...

"La Boh鑪e is perhaps Puccini's most nearly perfect opera." -- Hughes, Famous Puccini Operas.It has long been one of the world's most beloved musical works -- an instantly enchanting blend of charm, warmth, gaiety, and pathos, brought to vibrant life by Puccini's sparkling, lighthearted...

Mozart's beloved comic romp, reprinted from a late (C. F. Peters, 1941) edition, which preserves Mozart's autograph manuscript and early translations of the libretto and includes passages that are often cut in other editions.Author: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartISBN-10: 0486237516ISBN-13: 9780486237510Publisher: Dover PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/1979Pages: 448Format:...