Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

The Concerto for Accordion and Orchestra was commissioned in 1986 by the American Accordionists' Association as a test piece for the 1987 Coupe Mondiale competition. In three movements, the free-bass composition explores the diverse technical capabilities and tonal colors of the accordion in the...

This volume of Collected Songs by John Franceschina exhibits an assortment of musical settings, ranging from contemporary art songs to show business tunes, as diverse as the poetry provided by the seven authors represented. French libertine poet and novelist, Baron Jacques d'Adelswärd Fersen (1880-1923)...

Desire Under the Elms: Incidental Music for Orchestra was commissioned by the School of Theatre at Florida State University for the production of Eugene O'Neill's play, Desire Under the Elms, directed by Gil Lazier, opening at the Richard G. Fallon Theatre on 7 March...

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). String Method for Class or Individual Instruction.Author: Paul RollandISBN-13: 9798350106978Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2004Pages: 68Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.17d

Candida, Incidental Music for String Quartet was commissioned in 1985 by director Neal Kenyon for his production of George Bernard Shaw's nineteenth-century comedy Candida at the Richard G. Fallon Theatre in Tallahassee, Florida, during the 1985-1986 theatre season. To sustain the atmosphere of a...

Composed to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the liberation of Leiden on 3 October 1574 from Spain during the Eighty Years War, Joppenszoon is the musical depiction of events in the Netherlands during the summer and autumn of that year as seen through the...

Commissioned as a competition entry by "Sam" Falcetti for the Springfield Accordion Orchestra in 1985, Oroonoko: Rhapsody for Bayan Accordion Ensemble has been performed by virtuoso accordion ensembles in concerts and musical competitions around the world. Inspired by the 1688 novel, Oroonoko, by British...

Composed for the accordion ensemble, Alphen Opus 1 in 2018, the Leiden Suite presents a series of musical portraits of Leiden, Netherlands, the composer's home. Designed to be easily accessible to both performers and audiences, the suite consists of five short movements, each portraying...

Author: Carl Maria Von WeberISBN-10: 3795795591ISBN-13: 9783795795597Publisher: SchottLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/1986Pages: 24Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.80w x 0.20d

Author: Joseph R. LiloreISBN-10: 1938513088ISBN-13: 9781938513084Publisher: Lionhead PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/22/2012Pages: 36Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.07d

Author: Joseph R. LiloreISBN-10: 193851307XISBN-13: 9781938513077Publisher: Lionhead PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/22/2012Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.06d

Author: Joseph R. LiloreISBN-10: 1938513061ISBN-13: 9781938513060Publisher: Lionhead PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/22/2012Pages: 38Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.08d

Author: Joseph R. LiloreISBN-10: 1938513029ISBN-13: 9781938513022Publisher: Lionhead PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/22/2012Pages: 38Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.08d

A study score of the spectacular new setting for wind symphony. Simpson's orchestration is the first one for winds based upon the composer's manuscript instead of the flawed 1886 edition of the piano original. Edited by the eminent American composer of wind music, Alfred...

In August 1914, concert violinist Lucien Durosoir was on holiday with his mother Louise in Brittany, when the world changed, and he was called up. Swapping his instrument for a rifle, he was at the front a week later. Ma Chè re Maman -...

(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). HPS 852Author: Andre JolivetISBN-10: 1705103855ISBN-13: 9781705103852Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2004Pages: 180Format: Paperback

(LKM Music). Yevhen Stankovych is a pioneer in the rebirth of the neo-romantic style in the second half of the 20th century. At the beginning of the 1980s he developed his own musical system, which he calls "polyphony of layers." Dictum for piano and...

(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). This concerto won the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition in 1995, the most prestigious music prize in the world. In three movements, it is prime example of Adams as the most compelling contemporary master. The concerto was also choreographed as...

Author: Alberto E. GinasteraISBN-10: 1540046036ISBN-13: 9781540046031Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2004Pages: 94Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.23d

(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). HPS 934Author: Aaron CoplandISBN-10: 1540024806ISBN-13: 9781540024800Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2004Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 10.50h x 6.75w x 0.28d

(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). HPS 811Author: David del TrediciISBN-10: 1540082962ISBN-13: 9781540082961Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2004Pages: 116Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.62lbsSize: 10.50h x 7.00w x 0.31d

(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). Composed in 1976, the Third Symphony is unquestionably Gorecki's most famous work. They symphony is scored for orchestra with Soprano soloist. The first movement opens with a canon for strings that builds in intensity. At the heart of the movement...

(Piano Collection). Includes: Invention No. 1 in C Major, BWV 772 * Invention No. 2 in C minor, BWV 773 * Invention No. 4 in D minor, BWV 775 * Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779 * Invention No. 13 in A...

(String). Parts only for: 2 violins, viola and cello.Author: Ernest BlochISBN-10: 149509281XISBN-13: 9781495092817Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.22d

(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). Philharmonia PH 463Author: Bela BartokISBN-10: 1495009203ISBN-13: 9781495009204Publisher: Universal EditionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2004Pages: 192Format: Paperback

(Brass Ensemble). Arranged by Howard Cable, who wrote over 60 works especially for the Canadian Brass.Author: Howard CableISBN-10: 149506400XISBN-13: 9781495064005Publisher: Canadian BrassLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2016Pages: 24Format: Paperback

(Vocal Collection). Joan Boytim has selected some of the easiest songs in English from The First Book of Solos series and transposed them for a different voice type for many of the selections in Introduction to Art Song, making the songs available to more...

Author: Claude VivierISBN-10: 1480390933ISBN-13: 9781480390935Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2005Pages: 8Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 12.00h x 9.00w x 0.05d

(String). Includes newly engraved score with pull-out parts plus extensive critical commentary.Author: Antonio VivaldiISBN-10: 1480314900ISBN-13: 9781480314900Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2013Pages: 17Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 10.40h x 7.70w x 0.30d

Author: Antonio VivaldiISBN-10: 1480345776ISBN-13: 9781480345775Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2013Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.80w x 0.40d

(Vocal Large Works). For narrator, baritone solo, chorus and orchestra.Author: Gunther SchullerISBN-10: 1480363154ISBN-13: 9781480363151Publisher: AssociatedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 112Format: Paperback

(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). HPS 818Author: David del TrediciISBN-10: 1480350893ISBN-13: 9781480350892Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2004Pages: 128Format: Paperback

Author: Franz LisztISBN-10: 1458423654ISBN-13: 9781458423658Publisher: SchottLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2012Pages: 40Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 11.90h x 9.00w x 0.30d

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). Intermediate to advanced literature from the Romantic era to the 20th century. Special study paid to various state high school contest solo repertory lists. Contents: Gavotte and Musette from Divertimento (Alwyn) * Chants populaires tristes from Suite Paysanne Hongroise...

Author: Robert C. BagarISBN-10: 1258211645ISBN-13: 9781258211646Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2011Pages: 92Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.19d

Author: Walter James TurnerISBN-10: 1258212226ISBN-13: 9781258212223Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2011Pages: 142Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.30d

An original study of the history of the symphony in Vienna during Beethoven's lifetime, this 2006 book explores the context in which the composer worked. Based on an extensive study of the wider symphonic repertoire of the period and of the characteristics of musical...

(Transcribed). Includes 70 Reinhardt classics for classical guitar. Each song lists its date of recording and other important information relating to the song and recording session.Author: Django ReinhardtISBN-10: 0793525160ISBN-13: 9780793525164Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/1985Pages: 112Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.90w x 0.40d

(String Solo). George Antheil was an American composer (1900-1959) whose most famous works include the "Airplane" Sonata for piano and the Ballet Mecanique . His distinctly modern compositions were landmark in the avant garde movement in Paris in the 1920's, and his influences included...

Acclaimed pianist and writer Charles Rosen explores music's profound ability to convey emotion through sound How does a work of music stir the senses, creating feelings of joy, sadness, elation, or nostalgia? Though sentiment and emotion play a vital role in the composition, performance,...

Around the middle of the eighteenth century, the leading figures of the French Enlightenment engaged in a philosophical debate about the nature of music. The principal participants-Rousseau, Diderot, and d'Alembert-were responding to the views of the composer-theorist Jean-Philippe Rameau, who was both a participant...

This is the first book-length study of the composition, reception, extramusical implications, and stylistic eclecticism of Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony, a staple of the nineteenth-century musical canon. Cooper devotes extensive attention to the differences between the posthumously published familiar version of the work and the...

Author: Anna Marie StirrISBN-10: 180064941XISBN-13: 9781800649415Publisher: Open Book PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/10/2026Pages: 486Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.49lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.98d

Composing Modernism is the first book-length study to tell the fascinating story of a key strain of American composition during the Cold War. The Princeton School set aspirations for postwar music composition and discourse. Milton Babbitt especially sought a scientific conception of the composing...

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). Until recently, the wind quintet from 1957 published here for the first time seemed to be the only work in this formation in Hans Winterberg's (1901-1991) extensive catalog of chamber music gems. In the meantime, another piece in the...

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). *15 distinctive pieces *perfect for developing violinists of all ages *inventive progressive repertoire for players of grade 4-8 standard *informative tips on style and technique for every piece *audio demonstrations by Lynda O Connor and the composerAuthor: Ailbhe McDonaghISBN-10:...

In the last decade, digital media technologies and developments have given rise to exciting new forms of ludic, or playful, engagements of citizens in cultural and societal issues. From the Occupy movement to playful city-making to the gameful designs of the Obama 2008 and...

(Schott). 2 violins, cello, and basso continuo.Author: Henry PurcellISBN-10: 3795763827ISBN-13: 9783795763824Publisher: Eulenburg London (Schott)Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/1981Pages: 46Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 7.20h x 5.20w x 0.40d

(Schott). For descant or treble recorder.Author: Gudrun HeyensISBN-10: 3795756014ISBN-13: 9783795756017Publisher: SchottLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2001Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.90w 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...