Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

Leonard Bernstein is a household name. Most know him for his classic musical reworking of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet as Broadway's West Side Story. But Bernstein accomplished so much more as a composer, and his body of work is both broad and varied. He...

(Piano Large Works). Contents: Anitra's Dance * Arab Dance * Ase's Death * Gynt's Homecoming * In the Hall of the Mountain King * Morning * Rape of Bride * Solveig's Song.Author: Edvard GriegISBN-10: 079354517XISBN-13: 9780793545179Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 06/01/1995Pages: 44Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize:...

This annotated chronology of western music is the third in a series of outlines on the history of music in western civilization. It contains a 120-page annotated bibliography, followed by a detailed, documented outline that is divided into ten chapters. Each chapter is written...

In a distinguished 43-year recording career that began with the recording of two duets by Blangini and Leguerney in 1944, this remarkably versatile artist recorded more than 750 titles in at least 15 languages. These recordings, appearing on nearly 50 labels (more than 535...

This book is intended to provide the inquisitive listener with a guide to exploring the many layers of meaning found in Bach's Christmas Oratorio. The first section offers a general sketch of the specific context in which this composition was created at the end...

(Music Sales America). A compilation of the music composed for and played at the funeral of Queen Mary in Westminster Abbey on March 5th 1695. Edited and reconstructed by Bruce Wood.Author: Henry PurcellISBN-10: 0853605521ISBN-13: 9780853605522Publisher: Novello & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2003Pages: 30Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.50h...

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 simplified...

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...

Details the wide, integral and influential role played by 'amateur' participants in early nineteenth-century Vienna's musical life. During Franz Schubert's lifetime in early nineteenth-century Vienna, amateurs and dilettantes were a vital part of the music scene, so much so that Eduard Hanslick considered it...

New essays on the Mendelssohns and their circle, illuminating their lives, works, and influence.Perspectives on Mendelssohn presents newly commissioned essays by a group of distinguished international music historians on the Mendelssohns' life, work, and influence on their contemporaries. In four sections, the book addresses...

Where to Place the Grace Note? offers a glimpse into the world of classical piano music through a series of conversations between Lin Li, an amateur pianist and English Literature scholar, and her piano teacher Yu Chun Yee, who was Professor of Piano at...

Euphonium Sheet Music With Lettered Noteheads Book 1The Euphonium parts in this book are written in bass clef, there is also a treble clef version of this book for players who prefer to read treble clef, you can find this on my author page.20...

Parsifal: The Finding of Christ Through Art or Richard Wagner as Theologian is a book written by Albert Ross Parsons. The book explores the religious themes and symbolism present in the opera Parsifal, composed by Richard Wagner. Parsons argues that Wagner was not only...

A wonderful collection of festive carols for Christmas time. Originally published in 1900. Collection includes: The Heavenly Messenger - Silent Night - The Holy and the Ivy - Here is Joy for Every Age - God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen - The First Noel....

(Misc). Includes music by Amy Marcy Beach, Teresa Carreno, Cecile Chaminade, Louise Dumont Farrenc, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Margaret Ruthven Lang, Clara Gottschalk Peterson, and Clara Schumann. With composer biographies. Contents: BEACH: Secrets, Op. 25, No. 5 * Gavotte in D minor, Op. 36, No....

Although we have heard the music of J. S. Bach in countless performances and recordings, the composer himself still comes across only as an enigmatic figure in a single familiar portrait. In this award-winning biography, author Christoph Wolff presents a picture that brings to...

Immerse yourself in the majestic beauty of the Alps with this sweeping orchestral masterpiece by composer Richard Strauss. From the delicate serenity of the sunrise to the thundering power of the mountain storm, every note evokes the grandeur and majesty of these iconic peaks...

Focusing his studies on the organ fugues, the 48, the Art of Fugues, and the choral fugues, Dickinson analyzes the polyphonic musical compositions before and after Bach.Author: Alan Edgar Frederic Dickinson,A. E. F. DickinsonISBN-10: 0837168171ISBN-13: 9780837168173Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/28/1979Pages: 292Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.14lbsSize: 8.50h x...

Product information not available.Author: Judith Lang Zaimont,UnknownISBN-10: 031322921XISBN-13: 9780313229213Publisher: GreenwoodLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/24/1981Pages: 355Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.53lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d

(Music Sales America). An oratorio for SSSSATBB soli, chorus and orchestra, written in 1748. This vocal score includes a piano accompaniment revised from that of the German Handel Society.Author: George Frideric HandelISBN-10: 0853605181ISBN-13: 9780853605188Publisher: Novello & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2004Pages: 197Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 9.70h x...

This highly captivating book takes readers on a journey through the history of classical music. However, author and music educator Vincent Sneed demonstrates that this history does not begin in Europe, but instead, the origins of classical music reside in places such as Africa,...

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 simplified...

From the world's great concert halls to Los Angeles's Skid Row, violinist Vijay Gupta's searing memoir of prodigy, ambition, collapse, and renewal reveals how music is not just performance but also survival, a lifeline of human connection when everything else falls away--for readers of...

Author: Charles BurneyISBN-10: 1904331769ISBN-13: 9781904331766Publisher: Travis and Emery Music BookshopLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2008Pages: 424Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.24lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.86d

(Misc). The Composer's Handbook 2 expands the do-it-yourself approach to composing by combining "tricks of the trade" with step-by-step guides to the composition of melody, harmony, form and textures. The book covers styles and techniques from serialism, minimalism, world music, rock, dance, music technology...

Revisit America's Golden Age of classical music through the witty and wildly popular reviews of our greatest critic-composer For fourteen memorable years Virgil Thomson surveyed the worlds of opera and classical music as the chief music critic for the New York Herald Tribune. An...

""The Life of George Frederick Handel"" is a biography of the famous composer written by William Smyth Rockstro and first published in 1883. The book provides a comprehensive account of Handel's life, from his birth in Germany in 1685 to his death in London...

Ralph Vaughan Willams is one of the most celebrated composers in British history, and this book explores his life and work in detail. With insightful analysis and a wealth of information on his compositions, Howes offers a comprehensive portrait of this iconic figure in...

(Music Sales America). Six pieces for organ, first published in 1953.Author: Herbert HowellsISBN-10: 0853604711ISBN-13: 9780853604716Publisher: Novello & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2003Pages: 44Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 10.80h x 8.20w x 0.20d

This work is a cantata for chorus and orchestra, with baritone solo, celebrating the pioneers who settled the American wilderness. In his poem, Green has given us the finer spirit of the ancestors of many native Americans throughout the republic. Charles Vardell has brought...

This collection is a tribute to the talent, teaching, and humanism of Alfred Einstein, whose scholarship and criticisms affirm his position as one of the foremost musicologists of the twentieth century. Written by a former student of Einstein's, this portrait draws on the influences...

This volume presents the life and works of Robert Russell Bennett, whose prolific career as composer and arranger spanned much of the twentieth century. George J. Ferencz chronicles how Bennett's concert works, orchestrations, and commercial scores both reflected and enhanced the musical vitality of...

Anton Rubinstein, a seminal figure in Russian music, was not only a great pianist but also a monumental influence in Russian music education. Rubinstein is responsible for laying the groundwork for Russia's tertiary educational system for the training of musicians and for establishing the...

Hungarian composer Béla Bartók declared his Cantata profana, composed in 1930 and premièred in London in 1934, his "credo," the composition of which was inseparable from the history of his involvement with folklore. Not only was Bartók one of the twentieth century's most important...

(Vocal Collection). 3 new keys. Now available in 5 keys Newly researched and engraved collections, including the original Schirmer "24" plus four additional songs. With International Phonetic Alphabet, word for word translations, and historical information on each song and composer. Online audio features accompaniments...

Bedrich Smetana (1900) is a book written by F. V. Krejei that provides a comprehensive biography of the famous Czech composer Bedrich Smetana. The book covers Smetana's life from his childhood in Bohemia to his rise as one of the most prominent composers of...

(BH Piano). 10 magnificent tangos and other characteristic pieces by the Argentinian master of tango nuevo, arranged for accordion.Author: Astor PiazzollaISBN-10: 0851625797ISBN-13: 9780851625799Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2009Pages: 39Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.30d

(Piano Collection). A fascinating anthology of the great solo piano versions of J.S. Bach's most beloved works. 26 transcriptions by celebrated pianist/composers including Brahms, Liszt, Busoni, Rachmaninoff and others.Author: Johann Sebastian BachISBN-10: 0793557062ISBN-13: 9780793557066Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1987Pages: 56Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 11.70h x...

(Vocal Collection). Most voice teachers and singers still prefer the pianistic, wonderfully gratifying arrangements of this early Italian material made by Alessandro Parisotti in the 1880s. This new edition, newly researched and engraved, includes the original Schirmer "24" plus four additional songs: Sento nel...

Although the music of Franz Liszt is becoming ever more popular in the concert-hall and the subject of much recent research, there are few books available for a general reader that present up-to-date scholarship on the composer. Written by leading specialists in the field,...

Drawing on primary documents as well as interviews and letters, the authors have created a fascinating portrait of one of America's most distinguished and prolific composers whose creative output spans more than half a century. With its well organized, carefully annotated and indexed bibliography,...

William Howard Schuman, a celebrated figure in 20th-century music, was a composer and a copious writer on music and music education. Early on, as a composer, he received the attention of several musicians and writers such as Nathan Broder, Elliott Carter, and Leonard Bernstein....

This first book-length study to focus on Peggy Glanville-Hicks, the important twentieth-century composer and critic who was born in Australia in 1912 and who established her reputation in the U.S. in the late 1940s and 1950s, documents the composer's music, performances, and critical writings,...

This book offers a deep analysis of Handel's Twelve Grand Concertos, Op. 6, a part of Handel's repertoire which has remained relatively understudied. Bringing together an analytical approach to the concertos with their historical context, the author shows how studying these concertos offers new...

Author: E. C. MasterworksISBN-10: 9974932017ISBN-13: 9789974932012Publisher: E. C. MasterworksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/05/2025Pages: 60Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.12d

A Celebration of Beauty, an Invitation to the Great ComposersThis extraordinary volume presents Dietrich von Hildebrand in a mode unlike any of his other published works-neither philosophy nor theology, neither biography nor personal appreciation, these essays achieve something rarer: to capture the true spirit...

This is a facsimile of the origial 1776 edition, not the Victorian reprint. This is volume 5 of 5. See other ISBN entries for the other 4 volumes.Author: John HawkinsISBN-10: 190685758XISBN-13: 9781906857585Publisher: Travis and Emery Music BookshopLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/31/2009Pages: 544Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.12lbsSize: 9.69h x...

This is a facsimile of the original 17776 edition, not the Victorian reprint. This is volume 3 of 5. See other ISBN entries for the other 4 volumes.Author: John HawkinsISBN-10: 1906857547ISBN-13: 9781906857547Publisher: Travis and Emery Music BookshopLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/31/2009Pages: 544Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.12lbsSize: 9.69h x...

Author: Wilfrid MellersISBN-10: 1904331742ISBN-13: 9781904331742Publisher: Travis and Emery Music BookshopLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2008Pages: 188Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.40d

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). Contents: The principles of music * Fingerings, embouchure, tone, reeds, etc. * Scales and Exercises * Forty Progressive Melodies * Sonata No. 1 * Sonata No. 2 * Sonata No. 3 * Sonata No. 4 * Fifteen Grand Studies...