Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

(Vocal Score). Italian and English. Critical Edition, edited by Corghi.Author: Gioachino RossiniISBN-10: 8875925194ISBN-13: 9788875925192Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/1998Pages: 628Format: PaperbackWeight: 3.45lbsSize: 10.50h x 7.90w x 1.50d

(Piano Collection). ANONYMOUS: Minuet in C minor, BWV Appendix 121 * C.P.E. BACH: March in G Major, BWV Appendix 124 * J. S. BACH: Bouree from Lute Suite No. 1 in E minor, BWV 996; Invention No. 14 in B-flat Major, BWV 785; Invention...

(Easy Piano Songbook). A great collection of must-know classics for all pianists. Each arrangement is simple and streamlined, yet still captures the essence of the music. Contents: Arabesque (Burgmuller) * Arioso (Bach) * Ave Maria (Schubert) * Can Can (Offenbach) * Canon in D...

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...

With more than 60 essential solo piano masterworks in their original form, this book guarantees a lifetime of exploration and challenge at the keys. Titles: The Avalance, Op. 45, No. 2 (Heller) * Bagatelle, Op. 5, No. 10 (Tcherepnin) * Ballade, Op. 100, No....

Tchaikovsky's enchanting Christmas fairy tale is his most popular work and, along with Swan Lake, the world's most frequently performed ballet. The work is a masterpiece of orchestration (including the historic first use of the celesta, in Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy) and is...

Those who choose to make the orchestra enterprise their life's work face a host of challenges that have beset orchestra managers since the very beginning of the art form, alongside new challenges that continue to arise in the twenty-first century. Written for those who...

Upon its first publication in 1995, Pumping Nylon became an instant classic and a must-have technique handbook for all classical guitarists---and many guitarists of other styles as well. This complete edition includes additional early intermediate through advanced repertoire. Scott Tennant's encouraging style, sense of...

One evening, journalist Eric Siblin attended a recital of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites and began an epic quest that would unravel three centuries of intrigue, politics, and passion. Winner of the Mavis Gallant Prize for Nonfiction and the McAuslan First Book Prize, The...

(Fake Book). A comprehensive reference for all classical music lovers, the second edition of this fake book features 250 pieces added since the last edition. Imagine having one handy volume that includes everything from Renaissance music to Vivaldi to Mozart to Mendelssohn to Debussy...

These 50 excellent and systematic exercises Czerny devised for developing finger dexterity are as useful today as when they were first written. Each exercise is preceded by a statement of specific goals. Exercises range from achieving even finger action with a quiet hand to...

I consider him a genius, remarked Arnold Schoenberg of the progressive early modernist Max Reger (1873-1916). In addition to his international renown as a teacher, conductor, and pianist, Reger wrote more than 1,000 works in virtually every musical genre. Many scholars and musicians credit...

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

Acclaimed composer, sought-after conductor, esteemed educator, tireless advocate for the arts--Tania Le's achievements encompass but also stretch far beyond contemporary classical music. Alejandro L. Madrid draws on oral history, archival work, and ethnography to offer the first in-depth biography of the artist. Breaking from...

Composer and virtuoso violinist Antonio Vivaldi is best known for his group of four violin concerti, each of which offers a musical expression of a season of the year. Written around 1716-17, they rank among the earliest examples of program music, or compositions with...

(BH Piano). Selections for intermediate to advanced level pianists, including Butterflying, Eliza Aria, Fast Blue Village, Russian Rag and more. "This beautiful collection of contemporary solo piano music by Elena Kats-Chernin, a prolific and celebrated Australian composer, is a feast for the intermediate to...

(Schott). Written to help teachers understand and adapt Dacroze techniques in the teaching of music. Part One introduces Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, the musician and teacher, and explains the three main areas of the approach * eurhythmics, ear training and improvisation. Part Two covers the use...

The third volume in Alan Walker's magisterial biography of Franz Liszt."You can't help but keep turning the pages, wondering how it will all turn out: and Walker's accumulated readings of Liszt's music have to be taken seriously indeed."--D. Kern Holoman, New York Review of...

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...

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...

(String Method). For unaccompanied violin.Author: Otakar SevcikISBN-10: 0793554373ISBN-13: 9780793554379Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.80w x 0.20d

(Piano Large Works). One of the first African-American women composers to achieve national recognition. Sonata in E Minor won First Prize in the 1932 Rodman Wanamaker music contest, the same year Price's Symphony in E Minor won overall honors.Author: Florence PriceISBN-10: 0793551307ISBN-13: 9780793551309Publisher: G....

Author: Franz WohlfahrtISBN-10: 0793525705ISBN-13: 9780793525706Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 24Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 11.50h x 8.70w x 0.20d

Titles: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach) * Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven) * Waltz in A Minor (Chopin) * Clair de Lune (Debussy) * Rhapsody in Blue (Theme) (George Gershwin) * The Masterpiece (Mouret) * Rondo Alla Turca (Mozart) * Theme from Concerto #21 (Mozart)...

(Vocal Collection). This edition presents 65 diverse songs by major composers of German art song, or lieder, and is the perfect one-volume lieder source for voice students. All the songs are new Vocal Library editions. Historical notes about the relevant history and background of...

In addition to his skills as a violinist and composer, Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) was a musicologist and a dedicated scholar of Italian music of the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. Respighi's interest in the works of Monteverdi, Vivaldi, and other composers was expressed in his...

Il Barbiere di Siviglia is one of the very greatest of all comic operas. Verdi wrote of it: For the abundance of true musical ideas, for its comic verve and the accuracy of its declamation, it is the most beautiful opera buffa there is....

"Ravel is one of the rare French composers who have left so strong an imprint on their art that music after them can never be the same." -- Alexis Roland-Manuel. Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) ranks as one of the most original French composers of his...

This classic of music analysis by a noted musicologist offers revealing insights into Beethoven's personality and music. George Grove, the founding editor of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, interweaves fascinating background information on the composer's historical era with quotations, letters, and anecdotes. He...

As editor of the Guardian, one of the world's foremost newspapers, Alan Rusbridger abides by the relentless twenty-four-hour news cycle. But increasingly in midlife, he feels the gravitational pull of music--especially the piano. He sets himself a formidable challenge: to fluently learn Chopin's magnificent...

(PWM). Called Concerto No. 2, it was written before what is known as Concerto No. 1 (Op. 11). The piece is also available in its conventional form in the Urtext National Edition. 00132242 is the 2 pianos/4 hands version. 00132241 is the full score....

(Schott). An approach based on self-learning and the recognition of rhythmic and melodic patterns.Author: John KemberISBN-10: 184761132XISBN-13: 9781847611321Publisher: SchottLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2004Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.80w x 0.20d

(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...

(BH Piano). 40 tangos by the revolutionary tango musician and composer Astor Piazzolla, arranged for solo 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 early advanced player. Contents:...

(Piano Collection). Contents: Consolation No. 1 In E Major * Consolation No. 2 In E Major * Consolation No. 3 In D-Flat Major * Consolation No. 4 In D-Flat Major * Consolation No. 5 In E Major * Consolation No. 6 In E Major...

(Schott). Originally published in the 1940s, Paul Hindemith's remakable textbooks are still the outstanding works of their kind. In contrast to many musical textbooks written by academic musicians, these were produced by a man who could play every instrument of the orchestra, could compose...

Volume 1 of Classic Guitar Technique presented a systematic approach for gradual musical and technical development toward mastery of this noble instrument. No effort has been spared in study, research, and experiment to continue the same approach in Volume 2. The full value of...

(Guitar). This multi-volume method was developed to allow students to study the art of classical guitar within a new, more contemporary framework. For private, class or self-instruction. Book One features an all-new format that incorporates chord frames and symbols and introduces beginning fingerboard technique...

(String Method). For unaccompanied violin.Author: Heinrich Ernst KayserISBN-10: 0793554349ISBN-13: 9780793554348Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.20d

(String Method). A must-have for the serious violin student, these famous exercises are standard repertoire for the intermediate to early advanced player. Edited by Singer. (LB230)Author: Rodolphe KreutzerISBN-10: 0793525942ISBN-13: 9780793525942Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 04/01/1987Pages: 72Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.80w x 0.40d

Yuletide favorites by twenty-four different composers are gathered in this compilation of traditional and classical organ works. Assembled by noted musicologist and organist Rollin Smith, these holiday classics will enchant beginners as well as their audiences.All of Paris, according to legend, flocked to church...

Reputed to be one of the composer's favorite works, the Serenade in C enjoys immense popularity among both performers and listeners. This handsome volume also features Suite No. 4, known as Mozartiana, a delightful orchestral suite inspired by four pieces by Mozart. Both pieces...

Beethoven's symphonies are among this greatest works -- in the opinion of many, the greatest orchestral compositions in the history of music. Perfect in their fusion of emotion and form, filled with drama and great beauty, they are among the best-known and best-loved works...

Edited by Chopin's student and teaching assistant Carl Mikuli, this edition includes highly authoritative versions of these favorite pieces: Ballades -- No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23; No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38; No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47; No. 4...

This guide introduces concertgoers, serious listeners, and music students to Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony, one of the composer's most popular and most powerful works. It examines the symphony from several perspectives: Mahler's struggle to create what he called the New Symphony; his innovative approaches...

The Brazilian Art Song Anthology presents 25 art songs for voice and piano composed within a span of about one hundred and fifty years, between 1800 and 1950 approximately. The album provides the phonetic transcription of sung Brazilian Portuguese (BP) and the translation into...

A comprehensively illustrated reference to musical instruments and the history of the orchestra, and a guide to 100 classical composers from Bach to Xenakis, in a newly updated large-format edition.Author: Max Wade-Matthews, Wendy ThompsonISBN-10: 0754835022ISBN-13: 9780754835028Publisher: Lorenz BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/07/2020Pages: 512Format: HardcoverWeight: 5.40lbsSize: 11.20h...

(Choral Large Works). Cantico for 2 SATB Choirs and Double Orchestra. English and Latin Text.Author: Antonio VivaldiISBN-10: 1480304727ISBN-13: 9781480304727Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/1987Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 10.40h x 7.70w x 0.30d