Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

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...

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

(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...