Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

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...

Hans Bischoff (1852--1889) was a German concert pianist and well-regarded music editor, who continues to be respected for his thorough research, attention to detail, and careful consideration of source materials. This newly engraved edition of the Six English Suites, BWV 806--811 is based on...

(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:...

(Max Eschig). 33 pieces in standard notation: Capricho arabe (Serenata) * Recuerdos de la Alhambra * Danza mora * Lagrima (Preludio) * Preludios (1-7) * Endecha (Preludio) * Alborada (Capricho) * Adelita (Mazurka) * Marieta (Mazurka) * Sueno (Mazurka) * Mazurka * Gran vals...

Author: Gaetano DonizettiISBN-10: 0634072048ISBN-13: 9780634072048Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/1988Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.60lbsSize: 10.48h x 8.02w x 0.66d

"It is hard to think of any music in which the composer is more spontaneous and masterful, and uncompromising in his thought." -- Olin Downes, Thompson's International Cyclopedia These revolutionary works brought a strikingly organic -- almost architectural -- unity to the symphony that...

Faced with decades of shifting styles and music trends that characterized the early decades of the twentieth centuries, Nikolai Medtner remained faithful to the classical masters' roots. This two-volume series of Medtner's complete sonatas includes a Preface by Eugene Istomin, Performance Notes by Geoffrey...

This compilation of music by Gary Lloyd Noland (1957-) represents a sampling of his compositions for piano spanning the last three decades of the 20th century until the time of this writing (2021). This is a multi-faceted collection of piano pieces ranging in level...

(Vocal Score). Italian only, with an introductory plot synopsis in English.Author: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartISBN-10: 1480353914ISBN-13: 9781480353916Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2006Pages: 432Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.60lbsSize: 10.50h x 7.90w x 1.10d

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...

After decades of anticipation, Alfred is proud to release the officially licensed, collectible sheet music companion folios to The Legend of Zelda(tm) video game series. The 33 arrangements in this intermediate-advanced piano edition are note-for-note transcriptions of instantly recognizable melodies beloved by generations of...

Julian Bream is recognised as one of the world's leading guitarists, some would say the greatest. He was certainly for many years Britain's senior ambassador as a guitarist and lutenist, touring more widely and more frequently than almost any other artist in the international...

An A-Z of ailments - physical, mental and spiritual - and the classical music that will cure the body and soothe the soul They say that music has charms to soothe a savage beast, but can it cure a broken heart? Oliver Condy takes...

(BH Piano). 29 pieces, including selections from Anna Magdalena's Note Book, The Little Clavier Book, and other suitable works for the beginning pianist.Author: Johann Sebastian BachISBN-10: 1617804967ISBN-13: 9781617804960Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2011Pages: 56Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.90w x 0.30d

(Boosey & Hawkes Voice). This landmark publication includes 61 songs, combining the contents of the seven published books of Britten folksong arrangements in High and Low Voice editions. Some of the songs have never before been transposed. The songs of Volume 6, for voice...

(Study Score). Paperback edition with new art cover.Author: Gaetano DonizettiISBN-10: 1423403487ISBN-13: 9781423403487Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2005Pages: 512Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.80lbsSize: 10.60h x 7.90w x 1.20d

As the social anchor in middle-class homes of the nineteenth century, the piano was simultaneously an elegant piece of drawing-room furniture, a sign of bourgeois prosperity, and a means of introducing the young to music. In this admirably balanced and leisurely account of the...

Renowned for the originality of his music and his gifts as a melodist, Henry Purcell (1659-1695) was the preeminent English composer of the seventeenth century and one of the greatest that nation has ever produced. His gifts are apparent not only in the vocal...

The volume presents two book by Walter Gieseking, foremost pianist of his generation, and his teacher for five years, Karl Leimer, that have long been sought after by students and teachers looking for a radical approach toward developing not only finger-technique but expression-technique. Emphasis...

"Padel's imagery and imagination took me deeper into Beethoven than many biographies I've read." --Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times A fascinating poetic journey into the mind and heart of a musical genius, from the author of the celebrated Darwin: A Life in Poems...

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...

Two symphonic masterworks employing vast orchestras, one powerfully portraying a day in the mountains, the other Strauss's day-to-day life at home with his wife, Pauline. Eine Alpensinfonie (1911-15) is nature painting on a grand scale, a magnificent showcase for Strauss's gifts for sumptuous orchestration....