Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). Includes practice tips and performance notes on each piece.Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10: 0851627072ISBN-13: 9780851627076Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2012Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 11.90h x 9.00w x 0.60d

(BH Piano). Includes arrangements of themes from Piano Concerto No. 2, selected Preludes, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Vocalise, theme from Symphony No. 3, and more. Contents: ALEKO: V. Women's dance * XI. Intermezzo * XII. Young gypsy's romance * ALL NIGHT VIGIL...

(BH Piano). 12 titles from the album by film and television composer Alexis Ffrench. The Secret Piano draws on influences as diverse as evocative classical minimalism, meditative trance and romantic lyricism. Intermediate Level.Author: Alexis FfrenchISBN-10: 0851626483ISBN-13: 9780851626482Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2012Pages: 48Format:...

(BH Piano). The definitive edition (1987) of the piano teaching classic. Includes an introduction by the composer's son Peter Bartok. (English/French/German/Hungarian text). In 1945 Bela Bartok described Mikrokosmos as a cycle of 153 pieces for piano written for "didactic" purposes, seeing them as a...

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). The latest addition to the best-selling Fiddler series focuses on the rich, diverse and pure folk tradition of Greece. A wide variety of styles is presented, featuring music from Crete, the Peloponnese, the Balkans, Asia Minor and mainland Greece....

Composers often write pieces in highly contrasting moods in very close proximity. But no composer took this process further than Beethoven. His famous Fifth Symphony, with an opening any child knows, became the standard for the Romantic, tragedy to triumph, "victory symphony." The sunny...

(Yorktown). Best loved songs, arias and folk tunes in easy piano arrangements as part of this continuing series of handsome editions encompassing a wide variety of styles from the classics to jazz.Author: Denes AgayISBN-10: 0825680999ISBN-13: 9780825680991Publisher: Music SalesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1998Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 11.87h...

(Music Sales America). The pieces and etudes you need to develop your first classical guitar repertoire. This book with access to online audio examples contains delightful repertory of pieces in both standard notation and tab for the beginning or intermediate player. The selections are...

In Women of Influence in Contemporary Music: Nine American Composers, Michael K. Slayton has collected essays, which focus on women who have made significant contributions to American music: Elizabeth Austin, Susan Botti, Gabriela Lena Frank, Jennifer Higdon, Libby Larsen, Tania Le, Cindy McTee, Marga...

During the late 1890s and early 1900s, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) was an important and popular British composer. Respected by such contemporaries as Sir Arthur Sullivan, Sir Edward Elgar, Gustav Holst, and Ralph Vaughan Williams, he attracted the attention of the British music critics, who...

With this volume, Howard Smither completes his monumental History of the Oratorio. Volumes 1 and 2, published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1977, treated the oratorio in the Baroque era, while Volume 3, published in 1987, explored the genre in the...

Bach's St. Matthew Passion is universally acknowledged to be one of the world's supreme musical masterpieces, yet in the years after Bach's death it was forgotten by all but a small number of his pupils and admirers. The public rediscovered it in 1829, when...

Bach's St. Matthew Passion is universally acknowledged to be one of the world's supreme musical masterpieces, yet in the years after Bach's death it was forgotten by all but a small number of his pupils and admirers. The public rediscovered it in 1829, when...

In a series of lively essays that tell us much not only about the phenomenon that was Franz Liszt but also about the musical and cultural life of nineteenth-century Europe, Alan Walker muses on aspects of Liszt's life and work that he was unable...

After considerable hesitation and soul-searching I have decided to publish the letters Dmitry Dmitriyevich Shostakovich wrote to me. This choice by the composer's close friend Isaak Glikman brought the tormented feelings of the musical genius into public view. Now those feelings resound in the...

This absorbing and award-winning biography tells the story of the tragedies and triumphs of Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896), a musician of remarkable achievements. At once artist, composer, editor, teacher, wife, and mother of eight children, she was an important force in the musical world...

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...

(Piano). Two Pianos, Four Hands. 2 Copies needed to perform. To see other NFMC selections, click here.Author: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartISBN-10: 0793564999ISBN-13: 9780793564996Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 84Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.90w x 0.20d

(Piano Solo). This publication includes the significant work 'Allegro Barbaro' as well as 5 other piano compositions utilizing many central European folk based melodies. All works are considered advanced repertoire.Author: Bela BartokISBN-10: 0793561795ISBN-13: 9780793561797Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 03/01/1996Pages: 88Format: OtherWeight: 1.55lbsSize: 11.90h x...

(String Solo). For 2 violins and orchestra (piano reduction).Author: Johann Sebastian BachISBN-10: 079355442XISBN-13: 9780793554423Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 24Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.20d

Author: Richard WagnerISBN-10: 0793553717ISBN-13: 9780793553716Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 10.36h x 6.70w x 0.14d

(Piano Collection). The beginning and elementary series by the best-selling authors of Keyboard Strategies . Economically organized, one page contains one new concept and an exciting song that employs the new idea. Each book contains 1 3 duets for teacher and student to sample...

(String Solo). This work is arranged for violin with a piano reduction of the orchestra.Author: Friedrich SeitzISBN-10: 0793552389ISBN-13: 9780793552382Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 16Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.30d

String SoloFor unaccompanied violin.Author: Jacob DontISBN-10: 0793552214ISBN-13: 9780793552214Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.40d

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...

(Vocal Collection). Compiled and edited by Steven Stolen and Richard Walters, this collection has been specifically compiled to be extraordinarily useful to student singers. 17 composers are represented with historical information and 34 songs. Contents: As I Walked Forth One Summer Day * Blow,...

Author: Aram KhachaturianISBN-10: 0793537800ISBN-13: 9780793537808Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 20Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 11.60h x 8.70w x 0.30d

(Vocal Collection). A major new critical edition of important standard repertory with 61 songs in 2 volumes. All songs are presented only in the original key, with no transpositions. All the song cycles and groupings appear in one of the two volumes. Years in...

(Piano Collection). Contents: Allegretto (Haydn) * Allegro (Mozart) * Bon Voyage, M. Dumolet * Bourree * The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) * Cradle Song * Drinking Song * Ecossaise No. 1 * Flemish Song * French Song * Gavotte and...

(Vocal Collection). 35 songs by Kentucky-born John Jacob Niles, one of the most loved American vocal composers, whose songs are a staple of contest solo lists. 11 songs have been added for the 2015 expanded edition. Includes Gambling Songs and a collection of Niles'...

(Vocal Collection). A must for any accompanist, this book contains the celebrated Schubert Ave Maria as well as the Bach/Gounod Ave Maria . After a history of both versions, each is presented in three keys with a choice of piano or organ accompaniment. Solo...

(Piano). Two Pianos, Four Hands. 2 Copies needed to perform. To see other NFMC selections, click here.Author: Sergei RachmaninoffISBN-10: 0793505003ISBN-13: 9780793505005Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.80w x 0.30d

How relevant is classical music today? The genre seems in danger of becoming nothing more than a hobby for the social elite. Yet Kent Nagano has another world in mind - one where everyone has access to classical music. In Classical Music: Expect the...

From Simon & Schuster, What to Listen for in Mozart is Robert Harris' essential introduction to the world's most popular composer. An introduction to the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart explores the essentials of his work, examining his place in the aristocratic society of...

(Music Sales America). The Trois Novelettes are typical of their composer's charm-with-a-twist and illustrate his accessible yet multi-layered piano writing. Edited by Millan Sachania, with introduction by Caroline Potter. Revised edition 1999.Author: Francis PoulencISBN-10: 0711978131ISBN-13: 9780711978133Publisher: Music SalesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/1998Pages: 16Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.21lbsSize: 11.94h...

A new look at the life, times, and music of Polish composer and piano virtuoso Fryderyk Chopin Fryderyk Chopin (1810-49), although the most beloved of piano composers, remains a contradictory figure, an artist of virtually universal appeal who preferred the company of only a...

While no one would dispute Wagner's ranking among the most significant composers in the history of Western music, his works have been more fiercely attacked than those of any other composer. Alleged to be an unscrupulous womanizer and megalomaniac, undeniably a racist, Wagner's personal...

The classic work on the philosophy of music--now available in English to a new generation of readers Vladimir Jankélévitch left behind a remarkable œbody of work steeped as much in philosophy as in music. His writings on moral quandaries reflect a lifelong devotion to...

Again available in paperback, this definitive work on the genius of Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) is the result of twelve years of devoted effort by America's foremost harpsichordist and one of the principal authorities on eighteenth-century harpsichord music. Mr. Kirkpatrick traveled extensively to collect material...

Maynard Solomon is the author of a classic biography of Beethoven which has become a standard work throughout the world, having been translated into seven languages. In Beethoven Essays, he continues his exploration of Beethoven's inner life, visionary outlook, and creativity, in a series...

Handel wrote over 100 cantatas, compositions for voice and instruments that describe the joy and pain of love. In Handel as Orpheus, the first comprehensive study of the cantatas, Ellen Harris investigates their place in Handel's life as well as their extraordinary beauty. The...

(Vocal Collection). Even more great solos for high school and college singers at the same level as The First Book of Solos and The First Book of Solos Part II, with a variety of over 30 classical songs per volume, and a completely different...

(Vocal Collection). Even more great solos for high school and college singers at the same level as The First Book of Solos and The First Book of Solos Part II, with a variety of over 30 classical songs per volume, and a completely different...

(Vocal). With both recorded full performances and orchestra accompaniments, this book presents the standard voice and piano reduction of each aria, a short plot summary and translation. Includes: 8 arias from Un ballo in maschera, I due Foscari, Edgar, La favorita, La forza del...

"Opera completa per canto e pianoforte"--Cover.Author: Giuseppe VerdiISBN-10: 063407122XISBN-13: 9780634071225Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2000Pages: 328Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.80lbsSize: 10.50h x 7.90w x 0.80d

(Piano Collection). Contents: Sonata K.189d * Sonata K.189e * Sonata K.189f * Sonata K.189h * Sonata K.205b * Sonata K.284b * Sonata K.300k * Sonata K.315c * Sonata K.533 * Sonata C Major K.545.Author: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartISBN-10: 0634069543ISBN-13: 9780634069543Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages:...

(Vocal Collection). This landmark series collects compelling, useful, singer-friendly arias from a distinctly American opera tradition. Each volume includes information about every opera and an aria plot note. A majority of the music in the four volumes has never before been available outside of...

(Richmond Music Instrumental). Alec Wilder's "Jazz Suite" for horn quartet, harpsichord, guitar bass and drums with four movements: Horns O'Plenty, Conversation Piece, Serenade, and Horn Belt Boogie. This suite was composed in 1951 at the instigation of Mitch Miller, a longtime friend of Wilder's...

(World's Greatest Classical Music). The "Waltz King" was one of Vienna's great musical masters of the 19th century. This outstanding collection in our acclaimed World's Great Classical Music Series presents intermediate to advanced solo piano transcriptions of his most famous music: 28 waltzes, polkas...

Author: John CoriglianoISBN-10: 0634011383ISBN-13: 9780634011382Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 12.10h x 8.70w x 0.30d