Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

Why is Ludwig van Beethoven considered by many to be history's greatest composer? Noted Beethoven scholar Professor Ludwig Nohl reveals the answer in this special Sea Raven Press reprint of his classic Victorian biography, Life of Beethoven.In this brief but dense five-chapter volume, Nohl...

For the past four decades, the concept of hypermeter has been routinely applied to eighteenth-century music. But was this concept familiar in the eighteenth century? If so, how is it reflected in writings of eighteenth-century music theorists? And how does it relate to their...

A fantastic collection of favourite melodies by Bach, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Handel, Chopin, Mozart, Rossini, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, Elgar, Paganini, Dvoř疚, Saint-Sa?s, Schumann, Strauss and more, arranged especially for the intermediate to advanced soprano/descant recorder player, starting with the easiest. All are...

The Scottish cellist and antiquarian John Gunn (1766-1824) is unique among British writers on music in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Learned and practical, at home in classical and modern languages, knowledgeable in a wide range of musical topics and with even...

This anthology of arias for bass and baritone singers drawn from Oratorios and Cantatas is beautifully presented and clear to read. Wherever an aria was composed with a preceding recitative this has also been included. An essential collection for students and teachers, and an...

This research into the tempo implications of Bach's notation answers the age-old question of Bach's tempos, providing insight into Bach's intended musical effects. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was a very busy man. At times he composed a new church piece every week, often barely...

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

Timeless classics include the opening movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata and Pachelbel's "Canon" as well as pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach, B駘a Bart, Claude Debussy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and other legendary composers. Editor David Dutkanicz has provided fingerings, notes, and performance suggestions....

Classical music is a vast field spanning more than five centuries so it can be difficult to get an overview of many composes and their countless works. This introduction to classical music is built upon more than 250 biographies of the most important composers...

This text provides the first comprehensive examination of pictographic notation. Pictographic musical notation represents the relevant instruments themselves rendered visually rather than verbally. Used most extensively in contemporary publications between the 1950s and 1980s, its popularity has waned in recent years. This expertly researched...

The harp is both the oldest and the newest of instruments. It has existed in some form in nearly all cultures since man has made music. The contemporary concert instrument has been known since the mid-19th century. This work is a compendium of the...

-- Stanley Persky, City University of New YorkAuthor: Felix Salzer, Carl SchachterISBN-10: 023107039XISBN-13: 9780231070393Publisher: Columbia University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/20/1989Pages: 477Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.91lbsSize: 6.91h x 9.93w x 1.08d

The conductor--tuxedoed, imposingly poised above an orchestra, baton waving dramatically--is a familiar figure even for those who never set foot in an orchestral hall. As a veritable icon for classical music, the conductor has also been subjected to some ungenerous caricatures, presented variously as...

Aging and creativity can seem a particularly fraught relationship for artists, who often face age-related difficulties as their audience's expectations are at a peak. In Four Last Songs, Linda and Michael Hutcheon explore this issue via the late works of some of the world's...

The connections between a great artist's life and work are subtle, complex, and often highly revealing. In the case of Beethoven, however, the standard approach has been to treat his life and his art separately. Now, Barry Cooper's new volume incorporates the latest international...

The first history of keyboard improvisation in European music in the postclassical and romantic periods, Fantasies of Improvisation: Free Playing in Nineteenth-Century Music documents practices of improvisation on the piano and the organ, with a particular emphasis on free fantasies and other forms of...

The Fantasia in F minor (Opus. 103 D. 940) by Franz Schubert is a piece originally composed for piano four-hands, in 1828 (from January to March). Premiered on May 9 by the composer himself and Franz Lachner, it was dedicated to the Countess Caroline...

A dazzling appraisal of the definitive classical music performances available today For classical music lovers, there is nothing more beguiling and exciting than the range of technique and emotion that can capture or transform the great works in the hands of a conductor and...

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...

Author: Giuseppe VerdiISBN-10: 0793570131ISBN-13: 9780793570133Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 68Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 10.30h x 6.50w x 0.60d

(Vocal Collection). Ten lyric arias with recorded accompaniments (Robert L. Larsen, pianist). Edited by Robert L. Larsen and Richard Walters. With historical notes, plot synopses, and translations (by Martha Gerhart) for study. Contents: Aprite Un Po' Quegli * Deh, Vieni Alla Finestra * Der...

(String Solo). Contents: La Bandoline (Couperin) * Two Old Dances (Marais) * La Milanese (d'Hervelois) * Chants Russes (Lalo) * Melodie (Massenet) * Allegro Appassionata (Saint-Saens) * Elegy (Faure) * Papillon (Faure) * Apres un Reve (Faure) * Reverie (Debssy) * Menuet (Debussy).Author: Hal...

(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,...

(Piano Collection). Edited, revised and fingered by Rafael Joseffy with historical and analytical comments by James Huneker. Contents: 24 Preludes, Op. 28Author: Frederic ChopinISBN-10: 0793525918ISBN-13: 9780793525911Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 64Format: OtherWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.70w x 0.20d

(Piano). Out of print for quite some time, books 2 and 3 of Tansman's Happy Time trilogy are again available. Wonderful companion pieces to the pedagogical works of Kabalevsky. Book 2 includes elementary arrangements of: Caravan * Choral * Chorale and Variation * Dancing...

(Music Sales America). This Sonata For Flute and Piano is a virtuosic flute solo by renowned influential French composer Francis Poulenc. Written in 1956-57, this is an elegant, dreamy chamber work and he has demonstrated his obvious compositional skill, also highlighting the French affinity...

(Music Sales America). Essential short pieces for the cello selected and edited by Julian Lloyd Webber in one attractive volume.Author: Julian Lloyd WebberISBN-10: 071192998XISBN-13: 9780711929982Publisher: Chester MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/1992Pages: 54Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 11.88h x 9.00w x 0.19d

No nineteenth-century composer had more diverse ties to his contemporary world than Franz Liszt (1811-1886). At various points in his life he made his home in Vienna, Paris, Weimar, Rome, and Budapest. In his roles as keyboard virtuoso, conductor, master teacher, and abb ,...

(Piano Collection). This value-priced new collection in Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics includes 6 sonatinas and 18 sonatas. Numbering systems for Clementi works have changed. Further, some pieces at one time identified as Sonatinas are actually Sonatas. This edition presents the correct and current...

(Editions Durand). This clean, new engraving of this beloved piano piece is an affordable paperback edition, excerpted from the Complete Works of Debussy series. This music may be familiar to some as the theme from the PBS show Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer.Author: Claude DebussyISBN-10:...

(Vocal). This edition presents 21 songs in two keys, adding material to the previously published 15 composizioni da camera . It includes a substantial preface and extensive historical notes on each song in English and Italian, along with English translations and a guide to...

The name Giuseppe Verdi conjures images of Italians singing opera in the streets and bursting into song at political protests or when facing the firing squad. While many of the accompanying stories were exaggerated, or even invented, by later generations, Verdi's operas--along with those...

Intermediate and experienced organists will prize this appealing original collection of organ works in slow tempo. Its forty-three adagios range from the Baroque era to modern times, offering a tremendous variety of pieces for public and private performance.Highlights include works by such celebrated composers...

An instant and overwhelming success upon its first performance in 1893, H舅sel and Gretel has captivated audiences of all ages ever since. Engelbert Humperdinck combined the simplicity of German folk tunes with the sophistication of Wagnerian technique in a fairy-tale opera, based on the...

These 25 pieces beloved by pianists and listeners alike include the Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight); Sonata in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 (Tempest); 32 Variations in C Minor; Andante in F Major; Rondo Capriccio, Op. 129; Fantasia, Op....

Completed in 1824, three years before the composer's death, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony occupies a special place at the summit of Classical literature -- the peak of Beethoven's orchestral output and, for generations of composers, the supreme model of extended symphonic form. The finale is...

The least schooled of the great German musicians, Franz Schubert (1797-1828) amply compensated for his lack of formal training with his keen musical intuition and limitless melodic invention. Remarkably prolific in the course of his short life, Schubert's output included hundreds of songs, a...

Ravel originally conceived of his "choreographic poem" La Valse (The Waltz) as a tribute to Johann Strauss and "a sort of apotheosis of the Viennese waltz." But this is a waltz far removed from the urbane gaiety of old Vienna. A masterpiece of lush...

Pianists at all levels will enjoy having this treasury of the world's best-loved piano pieces in one handy, inexpensive volume. Included are 83 all-time favorites by 40 composers -- from Alb niz to Tchaikovsky -- ready for you to play: Alb niz: Tango in...

A prolific composer and virtuoso pianist, Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was the most lionized musical personality of his time. His compositions for solo piano continue to be loved and admired by pianists and their audiences for their lush Romanticism and technical fireworks. They remain among...

Beethoven's five sonatas for cello and piano are basic works of the cello repertoire, and his three sets of variations -- on themes by Mozart and Handel -- are perennial favorites of chamber-music programs as well. This volume contains all eight works, carefully reproduced...

A?a is one of Verdi's greatest gifts to grand opera. It magnificently combines high drama, stage spectacle, and a musical score that is one of the glories of operatic writing. A great success from its first performance over a century ago, it continues to...

Gabriel Faur (1845-1924) enriched the literature of the piano with freshly melodic, elegantly wrought compositions that embody the aristocratic qualities of the French tradition. This superbly produced volume brings together in one authoritative playing edition one of the most important segments of his works...

Among the best-loved and most performed of Chopin's piano compositions are his mazurkas. This volume includes 51 works -- remarkable for their wide emotional appeal, advanced choromatic techniques and pianistic devices, and ranging in difficulty from relatively easy, for advanced beginnings, to quite challenging,...

Perhaps the greatest of all composers for the organ, Bach brought characteristic invention, innovative harmony, and virtuosity to his compositions for that instrument. This volume contains 19 compositions, including such early works as the Fugue in C Minor on a Theme of Legrenzi, BWV...

Completed in 1892, Tchaikovsky's entertaining masterpiece is one of the most popular pieces ever created for ballet. A perennial favorite in theaters and concert halls -- especially at Christmastime -- The Nutcracker vividly displays the composer's virtuosity in creating varied orchestral colors.Exhibiting immense charm...

"Mozart's treatment of the concerto... may justly be regarded as his chief contribution to the growth of the instrumental forms." -- Grove's Dictionary of Music and MusiciansThe wind concerti are among Mozart's most popular and often performed works -- masterful compositions in which the...

"He [Wagner] has been much criticized for this strongly personal statement of a religious subject, which mingles the concepts of sacred and profane love; but in the light of modern knowledge, his insight into the relationship between religious and sexual experience can only seem...

This volume contains a selection of delightful and enduring four-hand pieces very rarely anthologized and very difficult to find elsewhere. Chosen from the works of the great nineteenth-century masters, the compositions below will enhance your understanding and appreciation of an extremely enjoyable musical format.Beethoven:...

This is a complete, unabridged republication of the standard Bach-Gesellschaft editions of the six Brandenburg Concertos and four Orchestral Suites of Johann Sebastian Bach.Among the most frequently performed and recorded works in the entire repertoire, these compositions are provided in full scores with original...