Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

Disability and Accessibility in the Music Classroom provides college music history instructors with a concise guide on how to create an accessible and inclusive classroom environment. Author: Alexandria Carrico, Katherine GrennellISBN-10: 1032119373ISBN-13: 9781032119373Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/26/2024Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d

This book responds to recent debates on cultural participation and the relevancy of music composed today with the first large-scale audience experience study on contemporary classical music. Author: Gina EmersonISBN-10: 0367696843ISBN-13: 9780367696849Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/26/2024Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.51d

This book is a collection of interviews with some of the most famous vocalists of the 20th century, conducted by a noted voice teacher and music critic. The singers offer their insights on such topics as breath control, interpretation, and repertoire selection, and provide...

This collection of six studies for piano is an ideal way to improve your technique and musicianship. Carl Czerny and Clemens Schultze have designed exercises that will challenge you to develop your playing in terms of dexterity, musicality, and style. Each piece includes detailed...

Title: Songs Without Words (Lieder ohne Worte) Composer: Felix Mendelssohn Original Publisher: Peters The complete Songs Without Words (Lieder ohne Worte), Op. 19(b), 30, 38, 53, 62, 67, 85 & 102, as originally published by Peters in 1895. Performer's Reprints are produced in conjunction...

(Boosey & Hawkes Concert Band). With piano accompaniment Contents: Lazy Days * Forest Walk * Sad Moments * Panda Stomp * Blues * Night Walk * Good Time Rag * Martial Arts * Bicycle Ride * Summer * Fanfare and March * Chanson de...

As a work of musical theory, or meta-theory, Music's Making draws extensively on work done in philosophy and literary criticism in addition to the scholarship of musicologists and music theorists. Music's Making is divided into two large parts. The first half develops global attitudes...

In Iceland in the 1930s, classical music was only beginning to be seriously practiced, at the same time when musicians of Jewish heritage were fleeing Nazi Germany and Austria. Despite the country's strict immigration policy, three outstanding young musicians were allowed to settle there:...

This is a rich and varied collection of keyboard music from the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical eras. The pieces are intended for the virginal, spinet, harpsichord, and clavichord, and include works by composers such as Purcell, Handel, and Mozart. The book provides a glimpse...

Revealing much about the workings of the musical world, these conversations will not only be essential reading for composers and composition students, but also contemporary music lovers more generally Julian Anderson is renowned internationally as one of the leading composers of his generation. This...

The writings of David Cairns have played a major part in the relatively recent acceptance of Berlioz as a central figure in western classical music. Discovering Berlioz collects articles, lectures and other texts from several decades of advocacy, throwing new light on this outsize...

(Schott). This book sets out to build on the initial aspects of singing at sight in reading both the rhythm and pitch accurately, as begun in Sight-Singing 1. Sight-Singing 2 is divided into two parts: Part 1 comprises 95 exercises in either single or...

No one composer is at the centre of this fascinating story, but a larger picture emerges of a shift in musical scenery, from the world of the innocent Romanticism of Berlioz and Schumann to the more potent musical politics of Wagner, and of his...

How Franz Schubert and his compositions were viewed in nineteenth-century European criticism, literature, and the visual arts, from Schumann to George Eliot to Whistler. In Schubert in the European Imagination, Volume 1: The Romantic and Victorian Eras, Scott Messing examines the historical reception of...

Illuminates unexplored dimensions of the music-literature relationship and the sometimes unrecognized talents of certain famous writers and composers. This book deals with three aspects that have been neglected in the burgeoning field of music and literature. The "First Movement" of the book considers writers...

(Mandolin Play-Along). The Mandolin Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the written music, listen to the audio to hear how the mandolin should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. Standard notation and...

The music of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky in an advanced piano duo arrangement as recorded by Martha Argerich and Nicolas Economou on Deutsche Grammophon. Titles: Overture * March * Danse de la F e Drag e * Danse Russe Trepak * Danse Arab * Danse...

Composed in 1905 this volume of Images, comprised of three contrasting pieces, demonstrates conciseness, deep dramatic content and colorful tonal imagery. Debussy established Impressionism as a pianistic style and used evocative terms to shed light on the mood or character of each piece. Maurice...

A revealing look at French composer and virtuoso Camille Saint-Sa ns Camille Saint-Sa ns--perhaps the foremost French musical figure of the late nineteenth century and a composer who wrote in nearly every musical genre, from opera and the symphony to film music--is now being...

Aspects of beauty in the music of Mozart It is a common article of faith that Mozart composed the most beautiful music we can know. But few of us ask why. Why does the beautiful in Mozart stand apart, as though untouched by human...

(Opera). This classic oratorio, premiered in 1938, has not had chorus parts in the original French text available for sale until this new release.Author: Arthur HoneggerISBN-10: 0634095439ISBN-13: 9780634095436Publisher: Editions SalabertLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2005Pages: 75Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 12.00h x 8.90w x 0.20d

(EMB). This volume includes three pieces: "Quartettino" by Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805), "Gavotte in Old Style" by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) and "Elegie" by Josef Werner (1837-1922). Vols. 1 (50510615) and 2 (50510614) also available.Author: Edvard GriegISBN-10: 0634080156ISBN-13: 9780634080159Publisher: Editio Musica BudapestLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2004Pages: 40Format: PaperbackWeight:...

The Faber Early Organ Series is among the most comprehensive anthologies of early organ music ever published. In 18 volumes it spans two centuries and six geographical regions, presenting a broad and balanced view of the main forms, styles and composers. Within each geographical...

The journal Source: Music of the Avant-garde was and remains a seminal source for materials on the heyday of experimental music and arts. Conceived in 1966 and published to 1973, it included some of the most important composers and artists of the time: John...

Though the term Irish music typically evokes images of fiddles, flutes, and Riverdance, Ireland and its culture have also given rise to a wealth of orchestral music, including compositions ranging from string quartets to operas. In this important new work, author Axel Klein provides...

For this authoritative post-cold-war biography of Shostakovich's illustrious but turbulent career under Soviet rule, Laurel E. Fay has gone back to primary documents: Shostakovich's many letters, concert programs and reviews, newspaper articles, and diaries of his contemporaries. An indefatigable worker, he wrote his arresting...

A collection of essays and short object lessons on the composer Hector Berlioz, published in collaboration with the Bard Music Festival. Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) has long been a difficult figure to place and interpret. Famously, in Richard Wagner's estimation, he hovered as a "transient,...

This engaging biography of the famous Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi offers a detailed look at his life and career, with a particular focus on his time in England. Filled with fascinating anecdotes and insights into Verdi's creative process, it provides a comprehensive portrait of...

For centuries, the sea and those who sail upon it have inspired the imaginations of British musicians. Generations of British artists have viewed the ocean as a metaphor for the mutable human condition - by turns calm and reflective, tempestuous and destructive - and...

Celebrated Violinists: Past And Present is a book written by A. Ehrlich and published in 1897. The book is a comprehensive guide to the most famous and influential violinists of the past and present. It covers the lives and careers of over 150 violinists,...

(Piano Solo Songbook). 8 wonderful piano solo arrangements of one of the world's most recognizable works. Featuring: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy * March * Russian Dance ("Trepak") * Waltz of the Flowers * and more.Author: Pyotr Il'yich TchaikovskyISBN-10: 1423431677ISBN-13: 9781423431671Publisher: Hal Leonard...

Shostakovich's music is often described as being dynamic, energetic. But what is meant by 'energy' in music? After setting out a broad conceptual framework for approaching this question, Michael Rofe proposes various potential sources of the perceived energy in Shostakovich's symphonies, describing also the...

Song-Craft is a comprehensive guide to songwriting, written by W. H. Harrison in 1906. The book contains practical advice and techniques for creating popular songs, covering topics such as melody, harmony, rhythm, and lyrics. It also provides historical context for the evolution of popular...

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). Contents: Adieu * Apres un reve * Au Bord De L'eau * Au Cimetiere * Aurore * C'est L'extase * Clair De Lune * Dans Les Ruines D'une Abbaye * En Priere (In Prayer) * En Sourdine * Fleur Jetee * Green...

The Mendelssohn Companion represents a collection of advanced scholarly research in Mendelssohn studies that examines the composer's life and music. In recent decades, studies of his music manuscripts have discovered much previously overlooked work, and a reconsideration of his biography has permitted a more...

"Robert Hatten's new book is a worthy successor to his Musical Meaning in Beethoven, which established him as a front-rank scholar . . . in questions of musical meaning. . . . [B]oth how he approaches musical works and what he says about them...

Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) was a composer with an individual, expressive style. She was also an excellent violinist, a very fine pianist, and a talented author. She studied composition at the Conservatory in Warsaw with Kazimierz Sikorski, violin with J?zef Jarzębski, and piano with J?zef...

This program provides details on a concert given by the Philharmonic Society, including a list of pieces performed, biographical information on the performers, and notes on the history and context of the music. This is a fascinating glimpse into the world of classical music...

This is a collection of personal letters and recollections of the composer Felix Mendelssohn, as translated by Meleisande von Glehn. It provides insights into Mendelssohn's life, music, and relationships with other notable figures of the Romantic era, such as Goethe and Wagner.This work has...

(Guitar Solo). 15 of Mozart's timeless compositions: Ave Verum (Jesu, Word of God Incarnate) * Eine Kleine Nachtmusik * Laudate Dominum * Minuet in G Major, K. 1 * Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major * Piano Sonata in A * Rondo in...

(Vocal). 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' Appalachian...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

Author: VernonISBN-10: 1739659945ISBN-13: 9781739659943Publisher: Candle Row PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/05/2024Pages: 510Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.21lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.14d

This collection of beautiful piano pieces provides a unique way for pianists to reach a state of mindfulness by sharpening their musical focus towards their internal and external experiences within the present moment. With the help of Einaudi, Debussy, Beethoven, Vaughan Williams, and Satie,...

Among the most widely performed choral works in the repertoire, the Faur Requiem is generally considered the greatest achievement of its highly influential French composer. Written in memory of Faur 's father, the work was first performed at La Madeleine in 1888. Although it...

Author: David W. BarberISBN-10: 1998904083ISBN-13: 9781998904082Publisher: Indent PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/13/2024Pages: 104Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.22d

The Invisible Force of Music' is not just a guide; it's a journey to discovering one's true artistic capabilities and connecting with the mystical dimension of music. It's a must-read for anyone eager to explore the deeper realms of musical art and its impact...

This is a definitive biography of the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck by one of the foremost musicologists of the twentieth century. Alfred Einstein provides a detailed analysis of Gluck's life and works, including his most famous operas such as Orfeo ed Euridice and Alceste....

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). The Grade By Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalog of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt, and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional...