Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

(Vocal Collection). Aria Book/Diction Coach/Accompaniment CDs combined Diction Coach includes IPA, word for word translations, and diction lessons recorded by a professional, native speaker coach. Accompaniment CDs were recorded by professional vocal coach. Contents: THE BALLAD OF BABY DOE: Dearest Mama * I CAPULETI...

(Piano Collection). Contents: Sonata K.300d * Sonata K.457 * Sonata K.547a * Sonata K.576 * Sonata in A K.300i * Sonata in B Flat K.498a * Sonata in C K.300h * Sonata in D K.284c * Sonata in D K.475 * Sonata in E...

(Music Sales America). The Piano Treasury of Classical Music is designed to be the cornerstone of your personal music library. This tremendous piano collection contains 400 pages of great music literature, specially selected and edited for the pianist who loves classical music. No other...

(Music Sales America). Over 125 great masterpieces from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern eras. Contents: RENAISSANCE & BAROQUE: BACH: Two-Part Inventions: No. 1, No. 4, & No. 8 * Three-Part Invention No. 9 * Prelude and Fugue in C * Chorale * Sarabande...

The clarinetist Rebecca Rischin has written a captivating book.... Her research dispels several long-cherished myths about the 1941 premiere.... Rischin lovingly brings to life the other musicians--ﾉtienne Pasquier, cellist; Henri Akoka, clarinetist; and Jean Le Boulaire, violinist--who played with Messiaen, the pianist at 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...

(Piano Collection). Contents: Album Leaf * Arietta * At Your Feet, Op. 68, No. 3 * Ballad, Op. 65, No. 5 * Bell Ringing, Op. 54, No. 6 * Berceuse * Brooklet, Op. 62, No. 4 * Butterfly, Op. 43, No. 1 * Cradle...

(Music Sales America). A compendium of over 100 of the world's most beloved masterpieces by the great composers. Contains preludes by Bach, waltzes by Chopin and Strauss, minuets by Mozart and Handel, and themes from symphonies and piano concertos of Schubert, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and...

(String). This convenient publication in Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics collects Mozart's most often-played violin concertos in one affordable volume.Author: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartISBN-10: 0634096818ISBN-13: 9780634096815Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2007Pages: 104Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.19lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.90w x 0.50d

Polish-born prodigy Theodor Leschetizky (1830-1915) studied with Carl Czerny and went on to an international career as both a pianist and conductor. His greatest fame lies in his teaching method: the most celebrated piano instructor of his era, he taught at the St. Petersburg...

The greatest piano virtuoso of the 19th century, Franz Liszt possessed an astonishing ability to recreate orchestral fabric at the keyboard, enabling pianists to reproduce the texture and grandeur of symphonic works. This volume is the second of Dover's two-part set of Liszt's piano...

This unique anthology samples the vast repertoire available for the beginning and intermediate guitarist. A number of these pieces have never appeared in a modern edition, while others have found their place among the world's best-loved compositions.Many periods and musical styles are reflected --...

Finland's greatest composer and a dominant figure in the history of Scandinavian music, Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) is acknowledged worldwide for his mastery of symphonic forms and for his innovative, highly personalized orchestral scoring. His genius for thematic development and for capturing a sense of...

Masterpiece of sacred music is a vast symphony structured around the five divisions of the Ordinary of the Catholic Mass. Too monumental for ordinary liturgical purposes but a work that stands with Bach's Mass in B Minor as a sublime vision of faith --...

Authoritative full-score edition of the oratorio that is the best known, most beloved, most performed large-scale musical work in the English-speaking world. Edited by Alfred Mann.Author: George Frideric HandelISBN-10: 0486260674ISBN-13: 9780486260679Publisher: Dover PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/1989Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.42lbsSize: 11.91h x 9.06w x 0.50d

Practice is indeed the soul of piano technique and this concise handbook -- by a noted pianist and teacher -- tells you how to get the most out of it. It is a working manual, containing technical studies, excerpts from the works of the...

Beethoven's quartets show a technical mastery, depth of thought, and intensity of musical inspiration unsurpassed by any other composer. This brilliant survey, by one of America's leading musical scholars, has already achieved classic status.Author: Joseph KermanISBN-10: 0393009092ISBN-13: 9780393009095Publisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

(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...

Celebrate Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th birthday with an anthology of comics inspired by the maestro's life and music. Fantasy and History. Fables and Ghost Stories. Adventure and Romance. This tome of tales is written by Brandon Montclare and Frank Marraffino and features a dozen...

Sounds Beyond charts the origins of Arvo P舐t's most famous music, which was created in dialogue with underground creative circles in the USSR. In Sounds Beyond, Kevin C. Karnes studies the interconnected alternative music and art scenes in the USSR during the second half...

(Music Sales America). The vocal score for this classic work, with Latin and English text, edited and arranged for SSA and piano by Desmond Ratcliffe.Author: Gabriel FaureISBN-10: 0853603006ISBN-13: 9780853603009Publisher: Novello & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2004Pages: 56Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 9.50h x 6.40w x 0.20d

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...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Includes the easier sonatas of Beethoven, Mozart, and Haydn. Contents include: Sonatina Op. 36, Nos. 4 & 6 (Clementi) * Sonatina Op. 54 No. 1 (Gurlitt) * Sonatina (Keller) * Sonatina Op. 88 Nos. 1 & 3 (Kuhlau) * Sonata...

The piano music of Maurice Ravel is among the most thrilling, the most colorful, and, for pianists, the most challenging of the repertoire. This book is about how performers and listeners can discover it and relate to it - how it sounds and feels...

(E-Z Play Today). A unique collection of classical melodies, movie themes and enduring popular songs are featured in this collection, all in our famous E-Z Play Today notation. Includes 75 songs: And So It Goes * Be My Love * Clair de Lune *...

(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). "Appalachian Spring" was composed in 1943-44 as a ballet for Miss Martha Graham on a commission from the Elisabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation. It was first performed by Miss Graham and her company at the Coolidge Festival in the Library of...

(Piano Solo Songbook). 15 Disney favorites arranged for classical piano: Beauty and the Beast * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Chim Chim Cher-ee * Colors of the Wind * A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes * God Help the Outcasts...

In Leningrad: Siege and Symphony, Brian Moynahan sets the composition of Shostakovich's most famous work-his seventh symphony- against the tragic canvas of the siege itself and the years of repression and terror that preceded it. Using a wealth of new material, Moynahan tells 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...

Author: Niccolo PaganiniISBN-10: 0793559308ISBN-13: 9780793559305Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 10.30h x 8.80w 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...

(Piano Collection). Contents: 3 Nocturnes, Op. 9 * 3 Nocturnes, Op. 15 * 2 Nocturnes, Op. 27 * 2 Nocturnes, Op. 32 * 2 Nocturnes Op. 37 * 2 Nocturnes, Op. 48 * 2 Nocturnes, Op. 55 * 2 Nocturnes, Op. 62 * Nocturne...

(String Method). For unaccompanied violin.Author: J. TrottISBN-10: 0793525993ISBN-13: 9780793525997Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 24Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.80w x 0.20d

(Piano Collection). Contents: The Adieu * Agitation * Boat-Song * The Brook * Confidence * Consolation (Still, Still With Thee) * Contemplation * Delirium * The Departure * Duet, Op. 38, No. 6 * Elegy * The Evening Star * Faith * The Fleecy...

(Guitar Method). The Hal Leonard Classical Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play classical guitar. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide by renowned classical guitarist and teacher Paul Henry uses the music of the master composers to teach you the basics...

(Vocal Collection). This series of 5 book/audio packs is an introduction to art song in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Each volume has a different song list, and includes 30 selections in appropriate keys. Beyond art song, each collection includes two carefully chosen...

(Vocal Collection). With 45 songs by 22 composers, this is the most comprehensive single volume of art songs composed by women ever published. It includes biographical information about the composers and historical information about each song, with songs in English, French, German and Italian....

Author: P. MascagniISBN-10: 0634071963ISBN-13: 9780634071966Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 316Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.65lbsSize: 10.80h x 7.90w x 0.80d

(Piano Collection). Contents: French Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV 812-817Author: Johann Sebastian BachISBN-10: 0634069993ISBN-13: 9780634069994Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 60Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.20d

According to Bach's first biography, the Goldbergs were written for one of the composer's most talented pupils, who used them to entertain and soothe his insomniac master during bouts of sleeplessness. Subsequent historians have had their doubts about the story's authenticity, but the composer...

This new gathering of the world's greatest classical themes follows Bergerac's highly successful My First Book of Classical Music. Here are ever-popular themes from the symphonies, concertos, and operas of such masters as Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Mozart, Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, and many others,...

Inspired by the richness of Eastern folk music, Mily Balakirev composed the oriental fantasy Islamey in 1869. Based on themes from Armenia and the Caucasus region, this scintillating work is known worldwide as a supreme example of virtuoso piano writing at its best.Other favorite...

Vivaldi's violin concertos called The Four Seasons are among the best-known and most-loved collections of string music. Their programmatic nature, based on the lines of sonnets printed along with the music, brings seasonal sights and sounds readily and delightfully to the ear: the bird...

In his Fifth Symphony, Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) moved on from the song-oriented works of his "Wunderhorn" period to take up the challenges of the purely instrumental symphony. It was a move that brought to the fore the Austrian composer's genius for discovering fresh and...

The Requiem was not only one of Mozart's most inspired works, it was one of his last. It was commissioned in the summer of 1791 to memorialize the deceased wife of Count Walsegg-Stuppach, an amateur musician who was in the habit of ordering works...

Style -- the distinctive manner of presentation, construction, and execution in any art -- is a topic of primary importance in music history. This highly regarded text by noted musicologist Richard Crocker (University of California, Berkeley) takes a much-needed fresh look at the subject...

Few composers have achieved the widespread and lasting popularity of Antonin Dvoř疚. He was a master of instrumentation and symphonic form, composing a total of nine symphonies. His most celebrated work, Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" (composed during Dvoř疚's three-year stay in...

It is of great importance, Bart k wrote, that anyone who is involved with music should be able to obtain composers'] works in editions which interpret precisely the author's intentions, not of such kind that may have been arbitrarily modified or forged by some...

The piano sonatas of Franz Schubert are characterized by the supremely lyrical greatness that distinguishes all of this composer's work. The unfailing melody, the fresh modulations, and the emotional range -- from blissful contentment to pensive melancholy -- of these works place them firmly...

A snakeful of critical venom aimed at the composers and the classics of nineteenth- and twentieth-century music. Who wrote advanced cat music? What commonplace theme is very much like Yankee Doodle? Which composer is a scoundrel and a giftless bastard? What opera would His...