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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

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...

(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). Modeled on Stravinsky's "Le Chant du Rossignol," this 14-minute work for orchestra is an homage to the work and wit of Nicholas Slonimsky, the Russian eccentric literary genius who wrote The Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns (1947), from which...

(Instrumental Folio). This huge collection offers instrumentalists the chance to play 101 classical themes, including: Ave Maria * Bist du bei mir (You Are with Me) * Canon in D * Clair de Lune * Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy * 1812 Overture...

(Boosey & Hawkes Voice). Contents: Spring * Sleep * Winter * Dirge * Diaphenia * Hymn. Includes composer commentary and access to companion recorded piano accompaniments online for download or streaming.Author: Dominick ArgentoISBN-10: 1495009661ISBN-13: 9781495009662Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2015Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize:...

(Boosey & Hawkes Voice). A new, easier to read music engraving of these perennial voice studio favorites with recorded audio accompaniment for practice and historical introduction. Contents: The Vagabond * Let Beauty Awake * The Roadide Fire * Youth and Love * In Dreams...

(Guitar Solo). 22 songs from the Fab Four carefully arranged in standard notation and tablature, including: And I Love Her * Eleanor Rigby * Hey Jude * In My Life * Let It Be * Michelle * We Can Work It Out * Yesterday...

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). Revised EditionAuthor: Avrahm GalperISBN-10: 1480354104ISBN-13: 9781480354104Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2004Pages: 36Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.80w x 0.30d

(Piano Collection). Contents: Deux oeuvres de jeunesse (Valse ballet-Fantaisie-valse) * Trois sarabandes * Trois gymnopedies * Quatre preludes posthumes: Fete donnee par des chevaliers normands en l'honneur d'une jeune demoiselle, Prelude d'Eginhard, 1st prelude Nazareen, 2nd prelude Nazareen * Trois gnossiennes * 4th gnossienne...

(Piano). 2017-2018-2019-2020 National Federation of Music Clubs Choice. Two Pianos, Four Hands. 2 copies needed to perform.Author: Felix MendelssohnISBN-10: 1423495780ISBN-13: 9781423495789Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 44Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.20d

(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...

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). New edition and engraving with detailed notes on the music. Includes ossias from the 1948 manuscript.Author: Aaron CoplandISBN-10: 1423443373ISBN-13: 9781423443377Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2004Pages: 36Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.40d

(Schirmer Performance Editions). This collection features often-taught music spanning Mozart's entire career, pieces that prepare students for playing his sonatas. CONTENTS: Andantino in E-Flat Major, KV 236 (588b) * Minuet in F Major, KV 1d * German Dance in C Major, KV 605, No....

Drawing on previously unpublished sources, this groundbreaking biography of Robert Schumann sheds new light on the great composer's life and work. With the rigorous research of a scholar and the eloquent prose of a novelist, Judith Chernaik takes us into Schumann's nineteenth-century Romantic milieu,...

In this lyrical meditation on listening, Jean-Luc Nancy examines sound in relation to the human body. How is listening different from hearing? What does listening entail? How does what is heard differ from what is seen? Can philosophy even address listening, écouter, as opposed...

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) has been called the father of the symphony and the string quartet. A friend of Mozart and a teacher of Beethoven, "Papa" Haydn composed an amazing variety of music -- symphonies, string quartets, concerti, masses, operas, oratorios, keyboard works --...

(Piano Large Works). Contents: Autumn Song * Barcarolle * By the Hearth * Carnival * Christmas * Harvest Song * Hunter's Song * Sleigh Ride * Snowdrop * Song of the Lark * Song of the Reaper * Starlit Night.Author: Pyotr Il'yich TchaikovskyISBN-10: 0793572193ISBN-13:...

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...

(Guitar Method). Contents: All Through the Night * Allegretto (Giuliani) * Allegretto, Op. 44, No. 8 (Sor) * Alman (16th C.) * Amusement, Op. 18, No. 3 (Horetzky) * Andante (Sor) * Andante, Op. 6 (Molino) * Andantino (Sor) * Andantino (Carulli) * Andantino,...

(String Solo). For Violin and orchestra (piano reduction).Author: Johann Sebastian BachISBN-10: 0793554470ISBN-13: 9780793554478Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 24Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 11.70h x 0.50w x 0.10d

(Piano). Two Pianos, Four Hands. 2 Copies needed to perform. To see other NFMC selections, click here.Author: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartISBN-10: 0793553156ISBN-13: 9780793553150Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 60Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 11.90h x 8.80w x 0.20d

(Piano Collection). This edition brings together for the first time the three early ballets of Igor Stravinsky in versions for solo piano. Intended as both virtuoso performance pieces as well as study aids for musicians, they have been carefully proofread against the orchestral scores...

(Banjo). The Hal Leonard Banjo Method 2nd Edition is the newly updated and revised version of the original classic method. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide is designed for anyone just learning to play bluegrass-style 5-string banjo. Inside you'll find loads of techniques, tips,...

Among the world's instruments, the piano stands out as the most versatile, powerful, and misunderstood -- even by those who have spent much of their lives learning to play. In Piano Notes, a finalist for a 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award, Charles Rosen,...

Guides modern performers and scholars through the intricacies of German Baroque metric theory, via analyses of treatises and organ music by J.S. Bach and other leading composers, such as Buxtehude, Bruhns, and Weckman. Before the advent of the metronome ca. 1800, there was little...

A tale of passion and obsession from a philosophy professor who teaches himself to play Bach on the piano. Dan Moller grew up listening to heavy metal in the Boston suburbs. But something changed when he dug out his mother's record of The Art...