Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

(BH Large Choral). for unaccompanied SSATB with SSATB solos also version for solo voices Text: W.H.Auden Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes Difficulty level: 4 This work had a long gestation as Britten had problems finding a suitable text. Auden was eventually asked and produced the...

(Essential Elements Guitar). The songs in Hal Leonard's Essential Elements Guitar Ensemble series are playable by multiple guitars. Each arrangement features the melody (lead), a harmony part, and a bass line. Chord symbols are also provided if you wish to add a rhythm part....

Can Talent be Explained? In this groundbreaking look into the world of "classical" music, David Jacobson interweaves his educative experiences at the Curtis Institute of Music with his quest to understand how performers such as Jascha Heifetz, Nathan Milstein, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Vladimir Horowitz, and...

(Schott). A new, complete method of instruction for the Recorder. Includes exercises, revisions, trill charts, ornaments and embellishments, duets, trios, and quartets.Author: The Trapp FamilyISBN-10: 0901938513ISBN-13: 9780901938510Publisher: SchottLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/1977Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 12.37h x 8.73w x 0.17d

The pieces in this book are selected and designed around the various techniques addressed in the best-selling book Pumping Nylon. They are offered as an extension of the exercises presented in that book, and to provide attractive and easy pieces in which to apply...

(Piano Method). Contents: Two-Part Inventions: Invention in C Major, BWV 772 * Invention in C minor, BWV 773 * Invention in D Major, BWV 774 * Invention in D minor, BWV 775 * Invention in E-flat Major, BWV 776 * Invention in E Major,...

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...

(PWM). Includes the Etudes of Op. 10 and Op. 25, and the three Etudes without opus number. Chopin's Etudes address aspects of piano performance by one of history's most noteworthy pianists. They are also masterwork miniature musical poems. The National Edition of the Works...

(Willis). The A Dozen a Day Songbook series contains wonderful easy classical hits that may be used as companion pieces to the memorable technique exercises in Edna Mae Burnam's A Dozen a Day series or as supplements with any piano method. The pieces have...

(Guitar Method). An outstanding source for the technique and repertoire of the classical guitar, this book continues where Vol. 1 leaves off. It teaches: all notes in the upper position; tone production; advanced techniques such as tremolo, harmonics, vibrato, pizzicato and slurs; practice tips;...

(Piano Collection). Contents: 12 Etudes, Op. 10 * 12 Etudes, Op. 25 * Trois Nouvelles EtudesAuthor: Frederic ChopinISBN-10: 079355313XISBN-13: 9780793553136Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 11.94h x 8.94w x 0.35d

(Piano). This newly expanded edition now includes a total of 26 rags including four previously unpublished selections from the original edition. Also includes a preface by Bolcom himself.Author: William BolcomISBN-10: 0634001825ISBN-13: 9780634001826Publisher: Edward B. Marks Music CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2000Pages: 160Format: OtherWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 12.14h x...

Altogether, a sensitive and tasteful document. -- Library JournalA series of themed essays rather than a traditional biography, this profile of the Polish composer and virtuoso pianist is the work of a legendary conductor and performer. Alfred Cortot taught at the Paris Conservatory of...

For several generations of performers and audiences, Medtner has lain overlooked somewhere between the genius of Rachmaninoff and Scriabin and the juggernaut of Prokofiev's 'modernist' masterpieces. But he is not just a quintessential Russian composer; he is a master for all, and now perhaps...

Aaron Shearer's Classic Guitar Technique has long been the core method used by generations of classic guitarists. Alfred Music is proud to present the third edition, and first major revision, of Volume 1 of this benchmark work. Completely re-edited and updated in collaboration with...

One of the greatest figures of the French classical school, Fran ois Couperin (1668-1733), called le grand, was royal organist at the court of Louis XIV and the leading French composer of his day. Trained early as an organist, he possessed solid contrapuntal skills...

Composed for celebrations from Christmas to Epiphany and first produced in Leipzig in 1734-35, Bach's Christmas Oratorio unfolds movingly in a set of six cantatas unified by a single narrative recounting the birth of Christ. Traditional passages from the Gospels of Luke and Matthew...

An] illuminating memoir. --Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, The New York TimesThe story of a composer's life in the Alaskan wilderness and a meditation on making art in a landscape acutely threatened by climate change In the summer of 1975, the composer John Luther Adams, then...

(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...

Author: Giuseppe VerdiISBN-10: 1480304875ISBN-13: 9781480304871Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/1988Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 11.90h x 9.00w x 0.30d

(Piano). Includes: Piano Concerto No. 1 * Piano Concerto No. 2 * and Piano Concerto No. 3.Author: Sergei RachmaninoffISBN-10: 1423489160ISBN-13: 9781423489160Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2010Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.37lbsSize: 11.90h x 9.00w x 0.47d

(Ensemble Collection). This classic series of duets for like instruments is recognizable to nearly everyone who has ever studied an instrument. The wealth of material supplements musical development and provides a rich experience for growing musicians. Duet playing is often a student's first form...

(Really Easy Piano). Easy piano arrangements of 16 favorites by Rachmaninoff. Complete with song background notes and playing hints and tips. Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and,...

Charles Ives is widely regarded as the first great American composer of classical music. But listening to his music is an adventure--hearing how a piece begins may not prepare you for what comes next, or how it ends. Knowing one Ives piece may not...

Book Prize Winner of the International Alliance for Women in Music of the 2022 Pauline Alderman Awards for Outstanding Scholarship on Women in MusicThe Heart of a Woman offers the first-ever biography of Florence B. Price, a composer whose career spanned both the Harlem...

(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...

(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...

(String). Three of the most beloved violin concertos from the Romantic era, combined into a convenient and affordable collection. These repertoire staples belong in every violinist's music library. Includes: Bruch's Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 26, Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin in E...

(Schirmer Performance Editions). New music engravings, new English translations make this an informed, deluxe edition of the classic piano finger exercises. With historical and pedagogical articles by Matthew Edwards.Author: Charles-Louis HanonISBN-10: 1480367370ISBN-13: 9781480367371Publisher: SchirmerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2016Pages: 160Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 11.90h x 8.90w x 0.50d

(String Method). Combines both books of the popular Op. 74 studies in one value-priced edition.Author: Franz WohlfahrtISBN-10: 1476875685ISBN-13: 9781476875682Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2012Pages: 40Format: OtherWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.80w x 0.20d

Richard Wagner's devotees have ranged from the subtlest minds (Proust) to the most brutal (Hitler). The enduring fascination with his works arises not only from his singular fusion of musical innovation and theatrical daring, but also from his largely overlooked engagement with the boldest...

Beethoven scholar and classical radio host John Suchet has had a lifelong, ardent interest in the man and his music. Here, in his first full-length biography, Suchet illuminates the composer's difficult childhood, his struggle to maintain friendships and romances, his ungovernable temper, his obsessive...

Author: Franz WohlfahrtISBN-10: 0793554608ISBN-13: 9780793554607Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 68Format: OtherWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.30d

(String Method). For unaccompanied cello.Author: Johann Sebastian BachISBN-10: 0793554381ISBN-13: 9780793554386Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 20Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 11.60h x 8.70w 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...

(Instructional). This collection consists of two acclaimed series of study material for trumpet: Orchestra Etudes (which takes excerpts from the trumpet parts of well-known orchestral scores and develops them into study material), and Last Etudes (which consists largely of modulating scales). Both series are...

(Piano Collection). Contents: Ah, Mon Beau Chateau * All the Birds (German) * Autumn Song * Baa Baa Black Sheep * Berceuse * Bohemian Song * Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella * Cock-A-Doodle-Doo * Cradle Song * Dutch Tune * Early One Morning *...

(Vocal Collection). Contents: Mozart: O Isis und Osiris (Die Zauberflote) * In diesen heil'gen Hallen (Die Zauberflote) Rossini: La calunnia (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) * Miei rampolli femminini (La Cenerentola) C.M. von Weber: Schweig' schweig' damit dich Niemand warnt (Der Freischutz) Bellini: Vi ravviso...

(Vocal Collection). Contents: Mozart: O wie angstlich (Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail) * Frisch zum Kampfe (Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail) * Dalla sua pace (Don Giovanni) * Il mio tesoro (Don Giovanni) * Un' aura amorosa (Cosi fan tutte) * Dies Bildnis ist...

10 for 10 Sheet Music: Classical Piano Arrangements contains the most beloved melodies from the best composers of all-time. Arrangers include Carol Matz, Bruce Nelson, E.L. Lancaster, Mary K. Sallee, Tom Gerou, Jerry Ray and Robert Schultz. Titles: 1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky) * Cello Suite...

As a pianist, Glenn Gould was both a showman and a high priest, an artist whose devotion to music was so great that he eschewed the distractions of live performance. That same combination of flamboyance and aesthetic rigor may be found in this collection...

(Vocal Score). Italian/English. Translated by Kingston.Author: Giuseppe VerdiISBN-10: 0634071696ISBN-13: 9780634071690Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 486Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.65lbsSize: 10.50h x 7.80w x 1.20d

Here are two suites Debussy composed specifically for piano four hands, Petite Suite and Six pigraphes Antiques, plus Ravel's arrangement for four hands of Debussy's Pr lude l'Apr s-midi d'un Faune and a piano four hands version of Pr lude, Cort ge and Air...

Mahler's seventh symphony ranks among the composer's most popular and accessible works. Possessing neither a program nor a folk-song theme, it is a purely instrumental composition, both hopeful and romantic in mood, with a harmonic and stylistic structure that evokes the daily journey from...

The supreme melodic master of nineteenth-century Russian music, Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky employed his full powers of composition in his final symphonies. These transcriptions allow intermediate and advanced pianists to re-create the texture and grandeur of the composer's last three symphonic works: the Fourth Symphony...

Born in the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach, Domenico Scarlatti strongly influenced subsequent trends in keyboard music through his uniquely elegant, embellished, fleet virtuoso style. This new compilation of popular selections by the great master presents favorites drawn from his more than 500...

The foremost pianist-composer of his day, Franz Liszt unselfishly promoted the works of his fellow composers through his brilliant piano transcriptions of their music. Among his most inspired contributions to the literature were his legendary transcriptions of Franz Schubert's songs.This volume -- the third...

Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) is renowned for the unique originality of his music, based in large part on indigenous melodies and rhythms associated with Brazilian folk music. These native elements, as well as many other facets of his work, may be heard and...

Like Chopin, Scriabin made the piano the focus of his art. Among the supreme achievements of that art are the ten sonatas he composed between 1892 and 1913, works that abundantly display both his technical virtuosity and the exhilarating emotional gamut he ranged with...

It is one of the world's most beloved symphonic compositions -- a shimmering, evocative musical treatment of the legend of Scheherazade. Composed in 1888 by Nikolay Rimsky-Koraskov (1844-1908), Russian master of orchestration and luminous tone-painting, Scheherazade re-creates the legend of the Sultan Schahriar, who,...