Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

Author: Lengyel PejtsikISBN-10: 1480304980ISBN-13: 9781480304987Publisher: Editio Musica BudapestLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2003Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 11.90h x 9.00w x 0.30d

(Piano Collection). Combines English Suites Book 1 and 2 with the French Suites in a convenient, value-priced edition. Contents: English Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV 806-811 * French Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV 812-817Author: Johann Sebastian BachISBN-10: 1458421252ISBN-13: 9781458421258Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2012Pages: 174Format: PaperbackWeight:...

(String Method). New complete edition combines books 1 and 2 into one value-priced edition.Author: Jean-Louis DuportISBN-10: 1458421074ISBN-13: 9781458421074Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2012Pages: 72Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.60w x 0.60d

(Piano Collection). This affordable and convenient collection features sonatas, variations, sonatinas, bagatelles, and more from one of the most revered composers of all time. Contents: Sonata in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1 * Sonata in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1 * Sonata...

(BH Piano). Available for the first time in one volume, this collection features 14 piano pieces by Igor Stravinsky. It includes easier works for the intermediate pianist and concert works for the seasoned performer. Contents: Chant du Rossignol * Chorus from the Prologue to...

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 Score). Italian Only Cloth Score.Author: Gaetano DonizettiISBN-10: 0634072056ISBN-13: 9780634072055Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/1987Pages: 280Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.05lbsSize: 10.60h x 8.20w x 0.90d

Inspired by Richard Dehmel's poem Verkl舐te Nacht (Transfigured Night), this 1899 work for string sextet is very much in the late-Romantic tradition. Schoenberg deftly translates the poem's pathos into a monumental work of chamber music.The work is reproduced here from an authoritative edition, complete...

The music of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) continues to enjoy great popularity around the world. Indeed, the title piece of this collection is one of the most widely performed and recorded compositions in the modern era. Now the complete score of the...

A contemporary of Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, and Telemann, Jean-Phillipe Rameau (1683-1764) was a notable theorist and innovator and the preeminent French composer of his day. The depth and power that characterize his music are in ample evidence in this volume of all 63 of...

Josef Hofmann (1876-1957) was a master of piano technique and an artist who had few equals at the keyboard. A student of Anton Rubinstein and a leading exponent of the works of Chopin, Liszt, and Schumann, he always balanced his virtuoso playing with a...

September 12, 1910: The world premiere of Gustav Mahler's Eighth Symphony and the artistic breakthrough for which the composer had yearned all his life. Munich's new Musik Festhalle was filled to capacity on two successive evenings for the performances, which were received with rapturous...

Composed in 1906-1908 to a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Elektra scandalized audiences of the day with its horrific retelling of the Greek story and its startling level of dissonance. Today, with the shock of the new worn off and the once-fearful dissonance now...

Throughout history, few musical crazes have hit with such impact, had such a heyday and lingered so hauntingly as ragtime. Ragtime arrived on the upswing of Tin Pan Alley, when the popularity of pianos in the home was reaching its peak and an endless...

(Instrumental Folio). This huge collection offers instrumentalists the chance to play 101 classical themes, including: Ave Maria * Bist du bei mir (You Are with Me) * Canon in D * Clair de Lune * Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy * 1812 Overture...

(Guitar Solo). Bring the world of classical music to guitarists of all levels This collection features classical guitar technical studies from Sor, Tarrega, Guiliani, Carcassi, and Aguado, as well as presenting fresh guitar arrangements of well-known classical masterpieces. Repertoire compositions are included from the...

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

(Instrumental Folio). This huge collection offers instrumentalists the chance to play 101 classical themes, including: Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod & Schubert) * Bist du bei mir (You Are with Me) (Stozel) * Canon in D (Pachelbel) * Clair de Lune (Debussy) * Dance of the...

(Vocal Collection). The world's most trusted source for authentic editions of theatre music for singers has expanded with yet another volume. Many of the songs are found in no other collections. The 40 songs in each volume are in the original keys, excerpted from...

These special arrangements offer beginning pianists the pleasure and satisfaction of playing Bach. Students of all ages will delight in these easy, pedagogical piano arrangements of familiar melodies such as "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," "Sheep May Safely Graze," and the haunting opening from...

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...

One of the most delightful facets of his particular talent is seen in the Fantasies. . . . These Rococo miniatures have a lively opening section with light and clear-textured writing, a brief slow section in homophonic style, and then a return to the...

The tone poems of Richard Strauss rank with the finest orchestral compositions ever created. This volume conveniently brings together for the first time three of these major works, reproduced from complete and authentic first editions. Never before have these important works been available in...

(Piano Collection). The most Bach for your buck available This gigantic 648 page comb-bound volume from the prestigious Schirmer Library of Musical Classics includes the complete Inventions, Sinfonias, English Suites, French Suites, Goldberg Variations, Partitas 1-3, The Well-Tempered Clavier Books 1 and 2, Chromatic...

(Piano). Inspired by a visit to the pavilion of exotic music at the 1889 Universal Exhibition, these seven piano pieces are simple, pretty ruminations. The seventh gnossienne is little-known, and published here with the other six for the first time.Author: Erik SatieISBN-10: 1476899975ISBN-13: 9781476899978Publisher:...

(Vocal Collection). The world's most trusted source for authentic editions of theatre music for singers has expanded with yet another volume. Many of the songs are found in no other collections. The 40 songs in each volume are in the original keys, excerpted from...

(String). The Wohlfahrt Op. 45 Studies are a mainstay of violin study. Book 1 (50256580) and Book 2 (50256590) are bestsellers in the Schirmer Library. The entire set, Books 1 and 2 combined, is available in this new complete publication.Author: Franz WohlfahrtISBN-10: 0634074032ISBN-13: 9780634074035Publisher:...

Despite his vast output (105 masses, over 250 motets), Giovanni de Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) maintained an extraordinary level of quality in his music. With Byrd and Lassus, he ranks among the greatest composers of the last sixteenth century and a study of his work...

(Schott). Carl Orff devoted much of his life to music for children. His pioneering work continues under the guidance of teachers and educators in many countries. The five basic German volumes of "Music for Children" by Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman were published between...

(Piano Collection). 12 well-known pieces, including the most often played Sonatas, Rondo in D Major K. 485, Sonatina in C Major, and Twelve Variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman." Contents: Rondo in D Major, K. 485 * Piano Sonata in F Major, K. 332...

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). Finzi's Five Bagatelles are a staple of the clarinet literature, appearing on several contest solo lists in the United States. This edition features newly engraved music, a Finzi biography, and notes on his music. Includes access to online audio...

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). 25 tangos by the revolutionary tango musician and composer Astor Piazzolla, arranged for cello and piano. These crowd-pleasing tangos borrow from classical, jazz, and Latin traditions. Includes Piazzolla's most famous tangos "Libertango" and "Oblivion." Appropriate for the intermediate to...

(Piano Collection). 78 pieces of great Russian piano music by Kabalevsky, Mussorgsky, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, and Tchaikovsky. Contents: KABALEVSKY: Clowns, Op. 39, No. 20 * Sonata No. 3, Op. 46 * MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition * PROKOFIEV: Prelude, Op. 12, No. 7 *...

(String Solo). Contains the Complete Sonatas and Partitas (BWV 1001-1006) * Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 * Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042 * Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 (second violin part included) * Concerto in G minor, BWV...

(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...