Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

(Guitar). A Modern Approach to Classical Guitar is designed for anyone just learning to play guitar. Written by one of the premier classical guitarists of our time and based on years of teaching students of all ages, this revised edition includes many new pieces...

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...

(Yorktown). A glorious mix of fabulous pieces for two This book contains easy arrangements of favorite and familiar melodies, for Piano Duet. Contents: Adeste Fideles * Adios Muchachos (Julio Sanders) * Arioso (Bach) * Arkansas Traveler * The Banjo Rag (Charles Drumheller) * Boogie...

Author: Giuseppe VerdiISBN-10: 0634072676ISBN-13: 9780634072673Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 252Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.70lbsSize: 10.60h x 7.90w x 0.80d

He lived in the shadow of death, painfully aware of the tuberculosis that would kill him prematurely. But Frédéric Chopin attained immortality with his piano works, which endure as pinnacles of the instrument's repertoire. This biography by one of the nineteenth century's foremost pianists...

Composed for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, The Rite of Spring premiered in 1913 at the Th tre des Champs-Elys es in Paris. Igor Stravinsky's harmonically adventurous score--along with a scenario of pagan sacrifice and Vaslav Nijinsky's unconventional choreography--excited both opposition and support, and the...

The greatest Renaissance creator of liturgical music, the revered sixteenth-century composer known as Palestrina wrote works that served for centuries as models of counterpoint. Until The Style of Palestrina and the Dissonance, theoreticians seldom closely analyzed the composer's work to discover its fundamental elements,...

Mozart's piano sonatas and fantasies comprise a body of work so central to the keyboard repertoire that a thorough acquaintance with them is as essential for every serious pianist as it is rewarding for piano students at all levels.This excellent edition contains all 19...

This beloved operatic work combines profound emotion and great comedy to tell the tale of a young knight and his struggle to become a Mastersinger. Wagner's only comedy, for which he wrote both the words and the music, offers an extraordinarily adept coupling of...

Wallace demystifies the narratives of Beethoven's approach to his hearing loss and instead explores how Beethoven did not "conquer" his deafness; he adapted to life with it. We're all familiar with the image of a fierce and scowling Beethoven, struggling doggedly to overcome his...

(Piano Method). Contents: Minuet in G Major, BWV App. 114 * Minuet in G minor, BWV App. 115 * Minuet in G Major, BWV App. 116 * Plonaise in G minor, BWV App. 119 * March in D Major, BWV App. 122 * Minuet...

(Vocal Collection). With a graceful gift for lyrical vocal writing, English composer Roger Quilter (1877-1953) created a rich body of art songs. Very few composers working in English have matched his achievement of a living body of beloved, relevant, literate repertoire. Contents: April *...

Conductor, composer, and writer Bruno Walter (1876-1962) worked closely with Gustav Mahler as the composer's assistant and prot g . His revealing recollections of Mahler were written in 1936, marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the composer's death. Walter first encountered Mahler more than 40...

An unabridged republication of the 1922 classic, Trait th orique et pratique du Violoncelle, this volume represents one of the most thorough explorations of cello playing and technique in the literature. In the course of his distinguished career, author Diran Alexanian played chamber music...

The piano music of Beethoven is an indispensable part of the repertoire of any serious pianist. Especially appealing are the variations, magnificent compositions second only to the sonatas and concertos in importance, and among the most recorded and performed music in the piano literature.This...

Translated from the Italian, Cosi fan tutte means "That's how all women act"; the libretto, the last of three Lorenzo da Ponte wrote for Mozart, concerns the behavior of women, particularly the behavior of young women in the throes of romantic love. Are they...

It's campy, it's cool, empty, intrusive, trite, and treacly. It's Big Brother singing. Call it what you will -- elevator music, Moodsong (R) easy listening, or Muzak (R). For a musical genre that was supposed to offend no one, it has a lot of...

An exploration of the question of greatness from the chief classical music critic of The New York Times Anthony Tommasini has devoted particular attention to living composers and overlooked repertory. But, as with all classical music lovers, the canon has remained central for him....

An Anthology of Latin American and Iberian art songs by Women composers including 23 songs in Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese by five composers from Argentina, Brazil, Catalunya, Cuba, and Colombia. The book includes a bilingual introductory study presenting the composers and poets, poetry translations,...

(Piano Collection). Contents: At Night on the River * Caprice * The Chase * Clowning * Cradle Song * Dance * Ditty * Dramatic Episode * Etude * Etude * Fairy Tale * Little Fable * A Little Prank * Lyric Piece * March...

This volume contains the complete music for solo piano written by Claude Debussy between 1888 and 1905. Beginning with Deux Arabesques (1888), it offers the Suite bergamasque (1890-1905), R verie (1890), Danse (1890), Ballade (1890), Pour le piano (1896-1901), D'un cahier d'esquisses (1903), Extampes...

(Music Sales America). Arranged here for violin with piano accompaniment, Rieding's Concerto in B Minor, Op. 35 is a spirited and relatively simple work, covering the first position on the violin. The solo violin part is also included on a separate insert.Author: Oscar RiedingISBN-10:...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Each of these pieces is a proven favorite with students and is easily accessible at this level. Contents: CLARKE: King William's March * PETZOLD: Minuet in G Major * RAMEAU: Menuet en Rondeau * SPEER: Air in D minor *...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). This book is a treasury of the most popular and most requested masterworks of Western music. The selections are taken from original non-keyboard sources and arranged to create a "big" sound while remaining within the intermediate level. Contents include: Arioso...

(LKM Music). The idea for the Heifetz Scale Book was to present all the great master violinist Jascha Heifetz's scale routines that were developed over his long career, but never written down. This edition by Heifetz's protege and world-class violinist Endre Granat is a...

(EMB). Liszt Separate Editions are published with scholarly authenticity and are based on the New Liszt Edition. Their musical scores and presentation correspond to the complete edition, yet their extent is far smaller and they cost much less than the larger volumes of the...

(Schott). This book is intended for those who want detailed, practical assistance in how and why to use Orff techniques and materials in the classroom. Goals are outlined and the best ways to achieve them are explored, but the principal focus is on the...

(String Method). For unaccompanied violin.Author: Otakar SevcikISBN-10: 0793548004ISBN-13: 9780793548002Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 24Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.80w x 0.10d

(Vocal Collection). Special advisor to the edition: Evelyn Lear, renowned Strauss interpreter. A newly researched, edited and engraved edition of this major, standard art song literature. There are historical notes included for each song describing pertinent circumstances of composition and first performances. Line by...

(Vocal Collection). Contents: Bach: Cantata No. 21 (Seufzer, Thranen, Kummer, Noth) * Cantata No. 68 (Mein glaubiges Herze) * St. Matthew Passion (Blute nur, du liebes Herz, Ich will dir mein Herze schenken) * St. John Passion (Zerfliesse mein Herze, Ich folge dir gleichfalls)...

(Vocal Collection). Contents: Mozart: Hai gia vinta la causa ...Vedro mentr'io sospiro (Le Nozze di Figaro) * Fin ch'an dal vino (Don Giovanni) * Deh vieni alla finestra (Don Giovanni) * Donne mie, la fate a tanti (Cosi fan tutte) * Der Vogelfanger bin...

Previously available only in three separate books, Howard Shore's award-winning music for The Lord of the Rings trilogy is now available as a deluxe single volume of Piano/Vocal sheet music. Adorned with gorgeous color stills from the motion pictures, this is the ultimate musical...

(Piano Collection). Contents: The Doll's Burial * Folk Dance * German Song * The Handorgan Man * The Hobby Horse (Le Petit Cavalier) * In Church * Italian Song * Mamma * March of the Soldiers * Mazurka * Morning Prayer * Neapolitan Dance-Song...

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...

(Piano Solo Songbook). 100 classics in intermediate level arrangements, with music by the great composers. Contents: ALBINONI: Adagio in G min * BACH: Air on the G String * Bist du bei mir * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring * Prelude in C Maj...

In this groundbreaking, all-encompassing work, an eminent musicologist explores the evolution of music. It ranges from the ecstatic singing and Shaman songs of early civilizations to the development of more structured styles in Egypt, East Asia, India, Greece, Rome, the Middle East, and Europe....

The demands of tuning (attaining the perfect scale) and temperament (the compromises necessary for composing in every key) have challenged musicians from the earliest civilizations onward. This guide surveys these longstanding problems, devoting a chapter to each principal theory and offering a running account...

Considered the greatest lute virtuoso and composer of the English school in the early 17th century, John Dowland (1563-1626) composed over 80 pieces of solo lute music. His peerless skills as an instrumentalist were hailed by poet Richard Barnfield, who referred to Dowland as...

This treasury of more than fifty no ls, or carols, features the works of three renowned eighteenth-century French organ composers. It consists of twelve pieces by Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772), twenty-six pieces by Jean-Fran ois Dandrieu (1682-1738), and two suites--a total of thirteen pieces--by Claude-B...

The entire corpus of Brahms's short piano pieces is contained in this volume: the delightful and familiar Waltzes; the effective Scherzo in E-flat Minor; the satisfying Eight Pieces; the two Rhapsodies; the Fantasies -- among the most perfectly finished works Brahms ever wrote --...

In 1973, Western music was banned in the People's Republic of China. But in a remarkable breakthrough cultural exchange, the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted a tour of closed-off China, becoming the first American orchestra to visit the communist nation. Jennifer Lin's Beethoven in Beijing provides...

In the decades leading up to the Civil War, most Americans probably encountered European classical music primarily through hymn tunes. Hymnody was the most popular and commercially successful genre of the antebellum period in the United States, and the unquenchable thirst for new tunes...

(Piano Collection). This compilation of favorite finger exercises includes The School of Velocity, Op. 299; The Art of Finger Dexterity, Op. 740; and 30 New Studies in Technics, Op. 849.Author: Carl CzernyISBN-10: 1495004260ISBN-13: 9781495004261Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 03/31/2015Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.29lbsSize: 11.84h x...

(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). Revised 1947 versionAuthor: Igor StravinskyISBN-10: 0851622003ISBN-13: 9780851622002Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2004Pages: 184Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 11.90h x 8.90w x 0.60d

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...

With the Harry Potter film series now complete, Alfred Music and Warner Bros. Entertainment are proud to present big note piano arrangements from the eight epic films together in one collectible volume. For the first time ever, 36 sheet music selections by John Williams,...

Finland's greatest composer created imaginative, individualistic works for keyboard, drawing upon the wealth of folkloric traditions associated with his native land. This unique compilation presents the best of Sibelius' piano music in one convenient, inexpensive volume. Carefully chosen selections include original piano transcriptions by...

This volume contains the original full scores of three of the most popular modern violin concertos. Included are Sibelius's Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 -- among the most played and recorded of all violin concertos; Elgar's Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op....

When Giacomo Puccini saw Sarah Bernhardt in a production of La Tosca by French playwright Victorien Sardou, he knew immediately that its highly dramatic plot, turning on lust, revenge, and betrayal, was made for opera. When he heard that Verdi was interested in the...