Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

Author: S. ShlifsteinISBN-10: 0898751497ISBN-13: 9780898751499Publisher: University Press of the PacificLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2000Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.17lbsSize: 8.94h x 6.08w x 0.90d

The Song That I Am: On the Mystery of Music is a short but full-to-the-brim essay on the decisive role that great music (whether Bach, Tavener, or Gregorian chant) ought to play in the spiritual life. With admirable restraint ﾉlisabeth-Paule Labat shares her interior...

(Music Sales America). A complete guide to classical guitar, this book covers everything from choosing an instrument to basic harmony. It includes many exercises and pieces.Author: John MillsISBN-10: 0861751701ISBN-13: 9780861751709Publisher: Music SalesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/1992Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 12.10h x 8.92w x 0.22d

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...

(Music Minus One). This long-awaited re-release of a Music Minus One classic features a fresh new edition of 17 famous solo cello works, complete with helpful tips for cellists playing them for the first time. It includes demonstration and backing track tracks online, for...

One of Gershwin's most popular compositions, Rhapsody in Blue was commissioned in 1924 for solo piano and jazz band, combining elements of classical music with jazz from the era. The piece premiered in the concert "An Experiment in Modern Music" and established Gershwin's reputation...

Richard Wagner's magnum opus meets the celebrated translator of Jules Verne novels in this colorful and original work.Frederick Paul Walter makes The Rhine Gold accessible not only to scholars and opera buffs but also to fans of Tolkien, Star Wars, and Hogwarts through a...

An invaluable guide for lovers of classical music designed to enhance their enjoyment of the core orchestral repertoire from 1700 to 1950 Robert Philip, scholar, broadcaster, and musician, has compiled an essential handbook for lovers of classical music, designed to enhance their listening experience...

This pioneering book by an acclaimed expert is the first to discuss all of Bach's unaccompanied pieces in one volume, including an examination of crucial issues of style and composition type and the options open to interpretation and performance. David Ledbetter, a leading expert...

WE SANG BETTER consists of two volumes of very clear advice about singing from great singers of the past. Volume 2 (ISBN 978-84-940477-9-4) is entitled 'Why it was better' and contains further evidence and reasoning from singers 1800 to 1960. This volume is 260...

During the nineteenth century, nearly one hundred symphonies were written by over fifty composers living in the United States. With few exceptions, this repertoire is virtually forgotten today. In Orchestrating the Nation: The Nineteenth-Century American Symphonic Enterprise, author Douglas W. Shadle explores the stunning...

Did you ever leave an opera performance wondering why the singers use so much vibrato? Or a symphony, wondering who decided where on stage the orchestra members should sit, or why they tune their instruments to an oboe rather than an electronic tuner? Why...

Includes download card giving online access to demonstration performances by Jerry Willard.Author: Scott JoplinISBN-10: 1783054409ISBN-13: 9781783054404Publisher: Music SalesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/30/2015Pages: 64Format: OtherWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 11.90h x 9.00w x 0.20d

Constant Lambert's witty and provocative study of classical music in the early part of the twentieth-century was first published in 1934. In his introduction the author wrote 'This book makes no attempt to be an ordnance survey of modern music or a study of...

(LKM Music). A logical and thoughtful addition to the previously published 24 Etudes, Op. 15 of Joachim Andersen edited by Carol Wincenc and Bryan Wagorn, the Op. 33 set of 24 Etudes explores and solidifies the rudimentary building blocks found in Andersen's earlier opus....

This narrative of how stringed instruments evolved in Western Europe focuses on names, playing styles, sizes, tunings, stringings and construction basics, within a chronological framework. The influences of previous instruments and technological developments are outlined. New insights are offered into the early development of...

Updated and expanded, this collection of special arrangements helps beginning pianists experience the pleasure and satisfaction of playing Mozart. It offers students of all ages the opportunity to charm listeners with familiar melodies from The Magic Flute, "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik," Don Giovanni, The Marriage...

This kaleidoscopic collection reflects on the multifaceted world of classical music as it advances through the twenty-first century. With insights drawn from leading composers, performers, academics, journalists, and arts administrators, special focus is placed on classical music's defining traditions, challenges and contemporary scope. Innovative...

Music that showcases the utter joyousness of four-hand piano playing. This arrangement of Bach's third Brandenburg concerto features a labyrinth of choreographed hand crossings designed to serve two purposes: to bring the conversational, antiphonal spirit of the nine-voiced original to life and to equitably...

(World's Greatest Classical Music). 52 newly-engraved intermediate to advanced piano pieces by Chopin printed on eye-pleasing cream-colored paper. Includes: 12 Preludes, 16 Mazurkas, 9 Nocturnes, 5 Polonaises, 9 Waltzes, and the Fantaisie-Impromptu. 228 pages. Contents: PRELUDES: A minor, Op. 28, No. 2 * E...

(BH Piano). Transcriptions and original piano works from the composer of Wild Swans Suite and Book of Rags . Easy to Intermediate level.Author: Elena Kats-CherninISBN-10: 1423466438ISBN-13: 9781423466437Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2008Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 8.50h x 11.70w x 0.20d

Monstrous challenges await. A concert fantasy based on Georges Bizet's beloved opera "Carmen," this show-stopper for two pianos treats its source material with reverence, creativity, and unadulterated joy. Made famous by the Anderson & Roe Piano Duo. "Carmen Fantasy for Two Pianos, based on...

(Schott). The best way to learn any instrument is to have lessons from a good, experienced teacher. Although the number of such teachers is constantly growing, the recorder is still frequently taught by enthusiastic but inexperienced teachers and many players start by teaching themselves....

(World's Favorite (Ashley)). A collection of the best solos from renowned composer-guitarists, including: Sor, Tarrega, Coste, Giuliani, Carcassi, and others.Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10: 0825650356ISBN-13: 9780825650352Publisher: Ashley PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/1996Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.96lbsSize: 11.92h x 8.30w x 0.38d

(Guitar). 20 studies for the classical guitar written by Beethoven's contemporary, Fernando Sor, revised, edited and fingered by the great classical guitarist Andres Segovia. These essential repertoire pieces continue to be used by teachers and students to build solid classical technique. Features 50 minutes...

(Stylistic Method). A graded anthology of solo pieces (easy to intermediate) that serves as a supplement to Books Two and Three of A Modern Approach To Classical Guitar. Features compositions by: Milan * Sor * Carcassi * DeVisee * Mouret * Diabelli * Duncan...

(Vocal Collection). Contents: Bach: Qui sedes, ad dextram, Agnus Dei (Mass in b minor) * Bluss und Reu, Erbarme dich, mein Gott, Konnen Tranen meiner Wangen (St. Matthew Passion) * Von den Stricken meiner Sunden, Est ist vollbracht (St. John Passion) * Bereite dich,...

Author: Richard WagnerISBN-10: 0793514363ISBN-13: 9780793514366Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 68Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 10.20h x 6.50w x 0.50d

(Music Sales America). Camille Saint-Saens' Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 167, as edited by Paul Harvey. The solo clarinet part is also included on a separate insert.Author: Camille Saint-SaensISBN-10: 0711920222ISBN-13: 9780711920224Publisher: Chester MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1992Pages: 36Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.60w x 0.20d

Sviatoslav Richter was a dazzling performer but an intensely private man. Though world famous and revered by classical music lovers everywhere, he guarded himself and his thoughts as carefully as his talent. Fascinated, author and filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon tried vainly for years to interview...

When Bach's cantatas, masses, passions, and chorales were originally performed under the composer's direction, which instruments played the basso continuo, the line that establishes the harmonic framework? Bach's Continuo Group answers this and other fundamental questions and probes the rationale behind Baroque performance conventions.Author:...

(Vocal Collection). This series of five book/online audio access 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...

Author: Alfredo CatalaniISBN-10: 0634072838ISBN-13: 9780634072833Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1988Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 10.50h x 7.80w x 0.50d

(Vocal Collection). An essential new edition for every singer and voice studio This is the most comprehensive multi-volume collection of Mozart opera arias ever published, with 31 to 41 arias per volume. Includes historical and plot notes about each opera and aria, and English...

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...

This indispensable manual for present-day players of the one-keyed flute is the first complete method written in modern times. Janice Dockendorff Boland has compiled a manual that can serve as a self-guiding tutor or as a text for a student working with a teacher....

A concise history of classical music from c. 1750 to c. 1830, from Gluck to BeethovenAuthor: Julian RushtonISBN-10: 0500202109ISBN-13: 9780500202104Publisher: Thames & HudsonLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/17/1986Pages: 194Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.93lbsSize: 8.24h x 5.98w x 0.53d

This full-score miniature edition contains a treasury of orchestral works by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, including The Moldau and From Bohemian Fields and Groves from Mā vlast (My Fatherland) in addition to the Overture and three dances -- Polka, Furiant, and Dance of the...

This new edition of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 unites both works for the first time in a single score. In addition to a difficult-to-find version of Tchaikovsky's original Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, this edition features Alexander Siloti's suggested...

Schumann declared that it was Brahms' destiny to create orchestral works. Although it took the composer fifteen years to finish and present his first symphony, Brahms was quickly hailed as the successor to Beethoven. These transcriptions of the great Romantic classicist's symphonies for piano...

For organists who prefer to play manuals without pedals, this extensive collection provides a wealth of works. Highlights include J. S. Bach's Partite Diverse, "O Gott, du frommer Gott!"; Best's Prelude on a Chorale by Thomas Tallis; Buxtehude's Fugue in C; the charming Four...

This collection of 50 brief liturgical works by a brilliant French composer offers organists a practical resource of selections ideally suited to church services and recitals. A tremendous variety of music for sacred occasions appears here, including offertories, preludes, postludes, marches, meditations, and music...

In 1910, innovative young Russian composer Igor Stravinsky was commissioned by Serge Diaghilev, director of the Ballets Russes, to create a completely new score. The dazzling result was The Firebird, which brought overnight success to its creator and distinguished him as the most gifted...

Of all the composers of piano music, it is Chopin whose works are most frequently performed. Musicians and music lovers delight in his lovely melodies, rich harmonies, captivating rhythms, and command of total keyboard sound.This generous collection contains 46 of Chopin's most important and...

In 1843, Franz Liszt made the handsome gesture of absorbing the costs for a monument to Beethoven in Bonn. The spiritual affinity he felt for Beethoven also moved this great piano virtuoso to pay an even finer tribute, a superlative set of piano transcriptions...

A great and lasting favorite in the vast symphonic literature, Anton? Dvoř疚's New World Symphony is among the composer's most enduring and appealing works, exceptionally popular worldwide ever since its premiere in 1893. The work rose out of the composer's three-year stay in the...

The consummate craftsmanship, elegance, and originality of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) define this collection of masterly compositions for the piano. Here, in one volume are Ma m鑽e l'Oye ("Mother Goose"), Valse nobles et sentimentales, Le Tombeau de Couperin, and three shorter pieces for piano: Pr鑞ude,...

This brilliant inquiry into tonal, textural, and rhythmic structures in music, filled with original formulations and provocative ideas, has become one of the most widely read and studied works in music theory, frequently adopted in college and university curricula, and often cited in scholarly...

Das Rheingold, the first opera in Wagner's celebrated four-part Ring Cycle, blends the powerful imagery of Norse and Teutonic mythology with glorious, robustly inventive music to produce a dramatic allegory of greed and lust for power. Despite its popularity, however, Das Rheingold has long...