Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

The Black Horn: The Story of Classical French Hornist Robert Lee Watt tells the story of the first African American French Hornist hired by a major symphony in the United States. Today, few African Americans hold chairs in major American symphony orchestras, and Watt...

(Vocal Collection). 3 new keys. Now available in 5 keys Newly researched and engraved collections, including the original Schirmer "24" plus four additional songs. With International Phonetic Alphabet, word for word translations, and historical information on each song and composer. CDs feature accompaniments and...

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). (2007) Asclepius, named after the Greek god of medicine, uses the pulse of a beating heart as a musical metaphor. This fanfare celebrates the men and women who dedicate their lives to the noble cause of medical research and...

(Classical Play-Along). The Hal Leonard Classical Play-Along series will help you play great classical pieces. Listen to the full performance tracks to hear how the piece sounds with an orchestra, and then play along using the accompaniment tracks. The audio CD is playable on...

(Rubank Solo Collection). This top-rated collection of solo literature from the celebrated Rubank catalog is known by teachers and students everywhere. Each edition offers a superb variety of solos customized for that instrument. Most state solo/ensemble contest lists include several solos from this collection....

(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...

(Ensemble Collection). Easy clarinet trios in score form. Suitable for contest, concert or church performance, these pieces appear on several state contest lists. Includes works by Billings, Corelli, Faber, Grieg, Handel, Mozart, Schubert, Tchaikovsky and others.Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10: 1423444981ISBN-13: 9781423444985Publisher: Rubank PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

(Piano Collection). Contents: Etude after Chopin * Rondo after von Weber * Presto after Bach (1st and 2nd versions) * Chaconne by Bach (arranged for the left hand) * Gavotte by Gluck * Impromptu by Schubert, Op. 90, No. 2 (Study for the left...

(Guitar Method). A great supplement to the Hal Leonard Classical Guitar Method (00697376), this songbook with online audio features 24 pieces ideal for students to play, including: Allegretto (Fernando Carulli) * Allegro (Wolfgang Mozart) * Andante (Matteo Carcassi) * Andante in C (Fernando Sor)...

(Vocal). First-time collection of Bernstein's theatre songs, with selections from Candide, Mass, On the Town, Peter Pan, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, West Side Story, Wonderful Town, and other shows. Includes songs cut from shows and other songs never before published. With extensive commentary. There are...

(Vocal). Leonard Bernstein is amply represented by selections from Candide, Mass, On the Town, Peter Pan, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, West Side Story, and Wonderful Town . Features 12 songs never before published, including cut songs from musicals. With a biography of the composer, and...

Brahms and the Shaping of Time brings together essays by leading music scholars, each of which analyzes the music of Brahms with a particular focus on the music's temporality. The volume reveals numerous ways in which Brahms manipulates such basic elements as rhythm and...

(Piano Collection). This unique piano solo collection contains 18 carols arranged in the style of the classical masters. Includes: Away in a Manger (Rachmaninoff) * Deck the Hall (Beethoven) * Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Haydn) * Joy to the World (Handel) * O...

In this groundbreaking book, prize-winning pianist and noted educator William Westney helps readers discover their own path to the natural, transcendent fulfillment of making music. Drawing on experience, psychological insight, and wisdom ancient and modern, Westney shows how to trust yourself and set your...

DVORAK ROMANTIC MUSIC'S MOST VERSATILE GENIUS.Author: David HurwitzISBN-10: 1574671073ISBN-13: 9781574671070Publisher: AmadeusLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2005Pages: 202Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50dAward: IndieFab awards - Honorable Mention

His fascinating exploration takes you inside the rich music and colorful lives of the world's greatest classical composers. From Bach to Stravinsky and beyond, you will learn how the unique life stories of these gifted composers are reflected in the musical masterpieces that we...

(String Solo). Accompaniment CD for the book.Author: Johann Sebastian BachISBN-10: 1617806404ISBN-13: 9781617806407Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2011Pages: 8Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 11.50h x 8.60w x 0.20d

(Piano Collection). This piano solo songbook features 41 classical favorites, including: Air on the G String (Bach) * Allegro (Boyce) * Ave Maria (Schubert) * Be Thou with Me (Bach) * Canon in D (Pachelbel) * Hallelujah Chorus (Handel) * Jesu, Joy of Man's...

(Music Minus One). Italian Baroque Master Tomaso Albinoni is sometimes overlooked due to his fellow countryman Vivaldi's immense popularity, but this collection demonstrates the immense gifts which Albinoni exhibited as a composer. These three concerti are representative of his beautiful Baroque style. Includes a...

(Music Minus One). Performed by Kevin Class, piano. Accompaniment: Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Emil Kahn Long popular with audiences and performers alike, the Schumann concerto is felt by many to be one of the greatest concerted piano works. In the words of noted authority...

(LKM Music). Violinist Endre Granat incorporates a new urtext solo part, with piano score, and analytical studies by the famous pedagogue Otakar Sevcik. This edition brings his effective, thorough method to today's violinists after being out of print for over 75 years. 2-book set.Author:...

(Vocal Score). Based on the critical edition. Includes historical notes, an overview on the sources, and critical commentary.Author: Gaetano DonizettiISBN-10: 8875928673ISBN-13: 9788875928674Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2009Pages: 596Format: PaperbackWeight: 3.30lbsSize: 10.50h x 7.70w x 1.40d

(PWM). Includes Impromptu in A-flat Major, Op. 29; Impromptu in F-sharp Major, Op. 36; and Impromptu in G-flat Major, Op. 51. The central section of each is characterized by the cessation of movement and effusive lyricism. The opening and closing sections, though full 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...

(Schott). Manuel Barrueco, famous international guitar virtuoso, has transcribed three of Bach's solo violin sonatas for guitar. This edition corresponds to his new EMI Classics recording on CD.Author: Johann Sebastian BachISBN-10: 3795795559ISBN-13: 9783795795559Publisher: SchottLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/1998Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.90w x 0.30d

(Schott). Contents: Vorwort * Von der Notenschrift * Von der Bratsche * Zeichenerklarung * Die ersten Bogenubungen auf leeren Saiten * Ubungen fur den Saitenwechsel * Das Aufsetzen der Finger der linken Hand in der ersten Griffstellung * Erste Ubungen zum gleichzeitigen Greifen und...

(Schott). Following the very successful piano method published in two volumes between 1958 and 1962, the three-volume "European Piano Method" represents a new textbook which takes into account the development of modern piano pedagogy. Winning features of the Emonts Method: songs from many European...

Wonderful combination of two well-known pieces by prolific composer Isaac Albeniz. This reprint of Iberia is based on the original Paris edition from Edition Mutuelle, 1906-08 Plate E. 3083-3086. A must have for any pianist.Author: Paul M. Fleury, Isaac AlbenizISBN-10: 1986353591ISBN-13: 9781986353595Publisher: Createspace Independent...

Francesco Geminiani: The art of playing on the violin: containing all the rules necessary to attain to a perfection on that instrument, with great variety of compositions which will also be very useful to those who study the violoncello, Harpsichord etc. Contains 24 examples...

Author: Edmund S. J. Van Der StraetenISBN-10: 1904331688ISBN-13: 9781904331681Publisher: Travis and Emery Music BookshopLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2008Pages: 828Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.39lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.64d

The Dutch composer, Louis Andriessen, has been writing and talking about his own work and everything which is directly, indirectly, or nothing at all to do with it, for many years now and The Art of Stealing Time is a collection of these articles,...

(Music Sales America). An excellent set of bowing exercises that will help all violinists to develop their bowing styles, speed, control and rhythms.Author: Otakar SevcikISBN-10: 1847721710ISBN-13: 9781847721716Publisher: Music SalesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2004Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.60w x 0.30d

(Music Sales America). A selection of songs from Einaudi's 2007 album, specially transcribed for solo piano. The composer writes, In this folio you will find most of the music from the Divenire album. There are a number of pieces in this book, particularly those...

A leading radical intellectual tackles the many controversial interpretations of Wagner's workFor over a century, Richard Wagner's music has been the subject of intense debate among philosophers, many of whom have attacked its ideological--some say racist and reactionary--underpinnings. In this major new work, Alain...

An authoritative survey of music and its context in the Renaissance. The sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries - the so-called Golden Age of Polyphony - represent a time of great change and development in European music, with the flourishing of Orlando di Lasso, Palestrina,...

Debussy's M駘isande examines the colourful lives of Georgette Leblanc, Mary Garden and Maggie Teyte, and their involvement with Debussy's Pell饌s et M駘isande, illustrating the prejudices and difficulties women singers of their era faced. The three women presented here were not only remarkable for the...

Notes for Violists: A Guide to the Repertoire offers historical and analytical information about thirty-five of the best-known pieces for the instrument, making it an essential resource for professional, amateur, and student violists alike. With engaging prose supported by fact-filled analytical charts, the book...

Harmony Through Melody: The Interaction of Melody, Counterpoint, and Harmony in Western Music, Second Editionoffers a robust, composition-based approach to tonal music theory, ranging from early modality to recent film and popular music. Charles Horton, David A. Byrne, and Lawrence Ritchey develop techniques and...

J. S. Bach composed some of the best-loved and most moving music in Western culture. Surviving mostly in manuscript collections, his music also exists in special and unique publications that reveal much about his life and thoughts as a composer. In this book, Peter...

Recording Orchestra and Other Classical Music Ensembles explores techniques and methodologies specific to recording classical music. Whether a newcomer or a seasoned engineer looking to refine their skills, this book speaks to all levels of expertise and covers every aspect of recording symphonic and...

Not content with having hilariously skewered the lives of great composers in Bach, Beethoven and the Boys, in If It Ain't Baroque . . . musical humorist David W. Barber takes aim at their works as well. From symphonies to solo songs, from motets...

"The Mozart Anthology" is a celebration of Mozart's music, offering five arrangements, fantasies, and showpieces as performed by the Anderson & Roe Piano Duo. Each work translates the spirit of Mozart's original vision to the keyboard in a highly pianistic manner, making attractive additions...

(Schott). How can I form a curriculum that addresses my students' needs? How can I choose the best materials for my lessons from the abundance of materials avaliable? How can I plan lessons from the abundance of materials avaliable? How can I plan lessons...

(Transcribed). Enjoy 8 of Kottke's greatest hits and personal favorites in notes and tab. Contents: Bean Time * Blue Dot * The Fisherman * Jack Fig * Machine 3 * Mona Ray * Ojo * Three Walls and Bars.Author: Leo KottkeISBN-10: 0881885363ISBN-13: 9780881885361Publisher: Hal...

The ultimate guide to classical composers and their music-for both the novice and the experienced listener Music, according to Aaron Copland, can thrive only if there are gifted listeners. But today's listeners must choose between classical and rock, opera and rap, and the choices...

(BH Piano). 19 late intermediate to advanced selections, including: 2 Moments musicaux, 4 Preludes, 3 Etudes-tableaux, opus 3 (complete), 2 transcriptions of works by other composers, and more.Author: Serge RachmaninoffISBN-10: 0851629326ISBN-13: 9780851629322Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2014Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.90w...

(BH Piano). Authentic Edition Contents: Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42 * Oriental Sketch * Fragments * Piano Piece in D minor, Op. Posth. * Daisies, Op. 38, No. 3. Transcriptions: Suite from the Violin Partita in E (Bach) * Minuet from...

Author: Sergei RachmaninoffISBN-10: 0851627331ISBN-13: 9780851627335Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2014Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.70w x 0.90d