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All 19 Rhapsodies reproduced directly from an authoritative Russian edition. All headings, footnotes translated to English. Best one-volume edition available.Author: Franz LisztISBN-10: 0486247449ISBN-13: 9780486247441Publisher: Dover PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1984Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.16lbsSize: 11.15h x 8.36w x 0.48d

Richard Wagner put his supreme effort, as well as his earnings, into constructing the perfect festival theater in the Bavarian town of Bayreuth where his masterpiece, the four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, could be performed in a manner which would conform to his...

"It may be in fact that I have taken on a task that is too much for me: there is no precedent, so I am obliged to invent new forms." -- Claude Debussy.Unquestionably one of the most influential of modern composers, Claude Debussy (1862-1918)...

Sparkling, graceful and tinged with an ineffable melancholy, Chopin's waltzes succeed in conveying an air of mystery while retaining their ballroom splendor. His scherzos are truly novel metamorphoses of the form -- tumultuous emotional outpourings that frequently attain tragic heights. Prepared by Carl Mikuli,...

In 1978 the music world commemorated the 150th anniversary of Schubert's death, and his great symphonies were widely played and recorded. In this one volume are Schubert's four most popular and most often played symphonies in full score, including the Symphony No. 9, which,...

Gillespie discusses 350 composers and their works for harpsichord and piano, including Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and Debussy. Includes 116 musical examples, illustrations, and a glossary of musical terms.Author: John GillespieISBN-10: 048622855XISBN-13: 9780486228556Publisher: Dover PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/1972Pages: 512Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.51lbsSize: 9.19h x 6.49w x...

The perfect music gift from one of the most trusted names in continuing education. Learn how to better appreciate music in this guide that will unlock the knowledge you need to understand "the most abstract and sublime of all the arts." Whether you're listening...

Artur Schnabel's reputation as a pianist and teacher has grown steadily, and his innovative approach to the pianist's art has attracted increasing interest. This book--originally prepared while its author was studying with Schnabel, and supervised by the master himself--is unique for two reasons: it...

An essential resource for scholars and performers, this study by a world-renowned specialist illuminates the piano music of four major French composers, in comparative and reciprocal context. Howat explores the musical language and ethos of this repertoire, juxtaposing structural analysis with editorial and performing...

(Music Sales America). Six short pieces edited by Robin Wells.Author: Herbert HowellsISBN-10: 184609545XISBN-13: 9781846095450Publisher: Novello & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2003Pages: 22Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 11.90h x 9.00w x 0.50d

(Faber Piano Adventures ). An ample collection of complete sonatinas and selected movements. Contents include: Sonatina in F (Beethoven) * Sonatina in A Minor (Benda) * Sonatina in D (Camidge) * Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2 & 3 (Clementi) * Sonatina Op. 55 No....

(Faber Piano Adventures ). These sonatinas offer a path for developing finger dexterity. Contents include: Sonatina in F (Attwood) * Sonatina in G (Beethoven) * Sonatina Op. 36, No. 1 (Clementi) * Sonatina in F 1st Mvt (Diabelli) * Sonatina in C (Haslinger) *...

Robert Schumann's "Album for the Young, Op. 68", edited by Clara Schumann. Sheet music for the piano. This edition contains the following 43 pieces of music: 1. Melodie, C major2. Soldatenmarsch (Soldiers' march), G major3. Tr舁lerliedchen (Humming song), C major4. Ein Choral (Chorale), G...

(Vocal Collection). The complete FACES OF LOVE, Books 1-3 combined into one convenient and value-priced edition. Contents I Shall Not Live in Vain from THE FACES OF LOVE As Well as Jesus? from THE FACES OF LOVE If You Were Coming in the Fall...

(Ukulele). The Romantic Ukulele is a collection of 22 beloved pieces from the Romantic Era arranged for the ukulele by classical uke player, Tony Mizen. This includes well-known works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Satie, Debussy and Chopin. All arrangements are for GCEA-tuning and feature ukulele...

(Piano). Turina's two sets of Danses gitanes are among his best-loved piano works. The characteristic rhythms of these ten pieces provide an authentic Spanish feel.Author: Joaquin TurinaISBN-10: 1495011992ISBN-13: 9781495011993Publisher: Editions SalabertLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2014Pages: 40Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.80w x 0.30d

(Schirmer Performance Editions). This new edition combines the contents of both books of the timeless Bach/Carroll Schirmer Library volume. Contents: Minuet in G Major, BWV App. 114 * Minuet in G minor, BWV App. 115 * Minuet in G Major, BWV App. 116 *...

(Piano). Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) was one of the great French composers for piano, following in the tradition of Debussy and Ravel. Contents: Valse (l'Album des Six) * Troisieme Improvisation * Cinquieme Improvisation * Valse-Improvisation * Sixieme Improvisation * Septieme Improvisation * Villageoises (Petites pieces...

Beginning pianists will treasure this collection of fun-to-play, pedagogically sound, easy piano arrangements. Twenty-six traditional songs of faith include Amazing Grace, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Gimme That Ol'-Time Religion, This Train, Go Down, Moses, Rock of Ages, Were You There?, Deep River, Go Tell...

It is no secret that the opera industry is contracting and that there are fewer professional opportunities. But what causes one singer to be in demand over another is not exclusively a special instrument or exceptional vocal technique--rather, the ability to interpret the music...

Born in a small town near Warsaw, Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) was a musical prodigy who began giving public concerts and composed his first piano pieces at the age of seven. Following studies at the Warsaw Conservatory, he left his native Poland in 1830, eventually...

Author: Richard WagnerISBN-10: 3795763371ISBN-13: 9783795763374Publisher: EulenburgLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2005Pages: 563Format: HardcoverWeight: 3.05lbsSize: 10.50h x 7.80w x 1.60d

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...

From humble beginnings as a student of music in the Bronx to the founding of one of New York City's iconic performing arts organizations, Eve Queler ventured into the male-dominated world of orchestral conducting in the 1960s when there were few, if any, women...

(Vocal Collection). Every voice studio and serious singer will need these new volumes, which are a happy complement to the G. Schirmer Opera Anthology . This impressive series takes a serious look at opera in Italian, resulting in the largest anthologies of arias ever...

(Guitar Method). A modern method ideal for all beginning guitarists, studying individually or in a class. Technique and reading skills are developed through two-, three- and four-part ensemble arrangements of traditional and newly composed music. Also includes an introduction to chord playing. Also available:...

There is more to sound recording than just recording sound. Far from being simply a tool for the preservation of music, the technology is a catalyst. In this award-winning text, Mark Katz provides a wide-ranging, deeply informative, consistently entertaining history of recording's profound impact...

Volume I of this multi-part treatise features precise but creative exercises for serious pianists looking to build flexibility and skill. All of these original exercises were written specifically for this book by world-famous masters -- including Leopold Godowsky, Joseph Lhevinne, Ignaz Friedman, Ernst von...

This beginner's piano book spotlights the music of one of the Romantic movement's most influential composers, Robert Schumann. Its easy-to-play renditions of Schumann's beloved works progressively increase in difficulty and are accessible to novices of all ages. Contents include selections from Forest Scenes, Scenes...

Dedicated to the memory of Franz Liszt, the composer's friend and mentor, Saint-Sa?s' Symphony No. 3 (Organ) ranks among the most important works in French symphonic music. In this work, Saint-Sa?s achieves a synthesis of the traditional four-movement symphony with Liszt's characteristic thematic metamorphosis...

One of the few English musicians whose fame as a composer spread throughout Europe during his lifetime, John Dowland (1563-1626) was also unsurpassed in his day as a lute virtuoso. The composer of 88 lute songs, Dowland had twice applied for the position of...

The witty and rollicking tale of a young man apprenticed to a band of pirates too kindhearted for their own good, The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty remains one of Gilbert and Sullivan's most beloved and frequently revived works. This newly...

Sometimes termed the "Romantic Classicist," Brahms successfully merged the seemingly contradictory qualities of romanticism and classicism, blending poetry with elegance, balance, and restraint.This treasury of 38 works for solo piano, spanning forty years of Brahms's long and prolific life, includes the famous "Edward" ballade;...

This volume contains two of Beethoven's most loved and widely performed piano concertos, printed in the traditional format for two pianos: Piano I is the solo part; Piano II, a piano reduction of the orchestral score.Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58, composed...

Chopin's piano works, renowned for their technical brilliance, also invariably project the composer's mercurial moods. Their complex emotional content often lies close to the surface: a sparkling and graceful passage may be tinged with melancholy, a dark moment may be crowned with a note...

Early in his career, Bach began to transcribe for the keyboard a number of concertos for violin, oboe, and other instruments by such baroque masters as Vivaldi and Telemann. His purpose: to study and explore the works of other composers as well as to...

Although Franck's output for the organ was small, it was influential; his work is considered to have laid the foundation of the French school of organ music. This volume includes all his best-known works for organ: the Six Pi鐵es (Liszt ranked them with the...

In this playing edition of Sousa's great marches, Lester S. Levy has included 23 favorites that have continued to enjoy universal appeal to this day. Here are the great standards that are everyone's favorites The Stars and Stripes Forever (both piano transcription and song...

Dangerous Melodies vividly evokes a time when classical music stood at the center of twentieth-century American life, occupying a prominent place in the nation's culture and politics. The work of renowned conductors, instrumentalists, and singers--and the activities of orchestras and opera companies--were intertwined with...

Long admired for his interpretation of Bach's six Sonatas and Partitas for unaccompanied violin, Jaap Schrer, a leading international soloist, here provides a detailed but informal guide to their performance. Bach's sublime solo violin works have long been central to the baroque music repertoire....

Bach's 'Well-tempered Clavier' (the 48 Preludes and Fugues) stands at the core of baroque keyboard music and has been a model and inspiration for performers and composers ever since it was written. This invaluable guide to the 96 pieces explains Bach's various purposes in...

Analyzing Classical Form builds upon the foundations of the author's critically acclaimed Classical Form by offering an approach to the analysis of musical form that is especially suited for classroom use. Providing ample material for study in both undergraduate and graduate courses, Analyzing Classical...

Enriched by biographical detail, historical background, musical examples, and many finely nuanced observations, this volume is a treasury of insight and information. Readers will find illuminating discussion of the complete symphonies of Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Sibelius, and Mahler, as well as of the most...

"Brilliant....This book is a perfect marriage--or should one say, duet--of subject and author, every word as masterly as the notes of the artist it illuminates." -- Christopher Buckley, Forbes"This is not just criticism but poetry in itself, with the additional--and inestimable--merit of being true."...

Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10: 1495054578ISBN-13: 9781495054570Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2016Format: OtherWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.30d

Hamilton Harty (1879-1941) was a prolific art-song and orchestral composer as well as a world-renowned conductor. With this edition, you gain access to some of his best-known and most critically acclaimed songs. It is an essential purchase for high voices looking for Romantic songs...

The book "Rājapūjita ramyam" - stuti gītams contains 101 sanskrit compositions (with notations) of Madhurai Sri.G.S.Mani. The organization of content in the book is as follows. Song lyrics is given first in Sanskrit with transliteration and meaning in English followed by notation for all...

Author: Steve ReichISBN-10: 1705140246ISBN-13: 9781705140246Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2021Pages: 112Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 10.50h x 6.70w x 0.30d

How can we better understand the past, present and future of Social Action through Music (SATM)?This ground-breaking book examines the development of the Red de Escuelas de M俍ica de Medell匤 (the Network of Music Schools of Medell匤), a network of 27 schools founded in...

A fun and easy way to learn to play the piano or keyboard, with helpful instruction on classic and favorite songs. Written by the author of the best-selling Build It! series in collaboration with an experienced piano teacher, the Play It! books teaches how...