Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

"The joy of the book is to hear artists from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds...rhapsodizing about their relationship to Reich's music and how it influenced their own creative processes." --New York Times Book Review Steve Reich is a living legend in the world...

The 100 pieces in this piano collection have been favorites of music lovers throughout the years. Chosen from the four stylistic periods of piano, orchestral, and operatic literature, each selection has been carefully arranged for intermediate-level pianists. For performance ease, editorial markings such as...

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...

(String Method). For unaccompanied violin.Author: Nicolas LaoureuxISBN-10: 0793554403ISBN-13: 9780793554409Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 68Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.70w x 0.60d

(Vocal Score). Reduction for voice and piano based on the critical edition. Includes historical introduction and critical commentary.Author: Giovanni Battista PergolesiISBN-10: 8875929769ISBN-13: 9788875929763Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2015Pages: 58Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 10.75h x 7.75w x 0.32d

Additional title in caption: Dix feuillets de voyage.Author: Alexandre TansmanISBN-10: 1480393088ISBN-13: 9781480393080Publisher: Edward B. Marks Music CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2014Pages: 20Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 12.04h x 8.96w x 0.09d

This valuable assortment of teacher-student duets in their original form, written by teacher-composers during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, is a sequel to the Easy Classical Piano Duets for Teacher and Student series. The student parts are limited to a single five-finger...

This valuable assortment of teacher-student duets in their original form, written by teacher-composers during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, is a sequel to the Easy Classical Piano Duets for Teacher and Student series. The student parts are limited to a single five-finger...

This valuable assortment of teacher-student duets in their original form, written by teacher-composers during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, is a sequel to the Easy Classical Piano Duets for Teacher and Student series. The student parts are limited to a single five-finger...

(Boosey & Hawkes Voice). This collection, representing major composers, was compiled as an introduction to British song literature for collegiate age singers and advanced high school age singers. Britten: Come you not from Newcastle? * Britten: Nocturne * Britten: The Nurse's Song * Clarke:...

(Boosey & Hawkes Voice). A collection of works by major American song composers for voice students. Argento: Winter * Argento: Spring * Argento: Spring is like a perhaps hand * Bernstein: I hate music * Bernstein: Jupiter has seven moons * Chanler: These, My...

Sheet Music Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff6 Moments Musicals Op.16 Andantino in B flat minor Op.16, no.1 Allegretto in e flat minor Op.16, no.2 Andante Cantabile in B minor Op.16, no.3 Presto in E minor Op.16, no.4 Adagio Sostenuto in D flat major Op.16, no.5 Maestoso...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). Gorecki completed the short score for the symphony in 2006, and played it for his son on the piano that summer, commenting on many details. It fell to the son to complete the orchestration following his father's death in 2010....

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). Includes practice tips and performance notes on each piece. Now available with a CD.Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10: 0851627064ISBN-13: 9780851627069Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2012Pages: 82Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.80w x 0.40d

(Vocal Collection). Lovely, fresh, artistic arrangements that truly make art songs of Christmas carols. Accompaniment recordings include complete performances as well as accompaniments. Includes eight solos and two duets, with four of the carols requiring either flute or violin obbligato. Contains: I Saw Three...

The enormous popular appeal of Tchaikovsky's orchestral music rests on themes of touching eloquence and emotional power, on endlessly inventive textures, and on a masterful control of sheer symphonic sound -- surely one of the best in all of the nineteenth-century literature. Then there...

The expansive emotional expressions and monumental musical designs of Austrian composer Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) brought the Romantic era in music to its climax. A remarkable figure who strove for the highest perfection in his works, Mahler created a rare union of musical and spiritual...

Keyboard Music Before 1700 begins with an overview of the development of keyboard music in Europe. Then, individual chapters by noted authorities in the field cover the key composers and repertory before 1700 in England, France, Germany and the Netherlands, Italy, and Spain and...

Music scholarship's views of Franz Schubert's instrumental works continue to evolve. How might aesthetic values, historiographies, revisions to the composer's biography, and disciplinary commitments affect how we interpret his music?Schubert's Instrumental Music and Poetics of Interpretation explores the aesthetic positions and operations that underlie...

Since its first performance in 1724, J.S. Bach's St. John Passion has captured the spiritual and musical attention of audiences and congregations. Combining expert theological and musical analysis, this booklooks at this monumental work from a twenty-first century perspective, providing a new English translation...

Described by his contemporaries as the greatest pianist of the era, Josef Hofmann performed on world stages for more than fifty years, enjoying phenomenal success. Using previously unpublished letters, documents, interviews, and testimonies, Elizabeth Carr uncovers Hofmann's world from child prodigy to established artist...

(Rubank Book/Audio Products). This top-rated collection of solo literature from the celebrated Rubank catalog is known by teachers and students everywhere. Each edition offers a superb variety of solos customized for that instrument. Most state solo/ensemble contest lists include several solos from this collection....

First English-language publication of fascinating interviews with world-renowned musicians: composers (Gygy Ligeti), conductors (Claudio Abbado), singers (Elisabeth Schwarzkopf), instrumentalists (Yehudi Menuhin, Alfred Brendel), and more. B疝int Andr疽 Varga makes available here for the first time in English nineteen extended interviews with some of the...

Lauded by Verdi, Debussy, and other music legends, the celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini raised the standards of orchestral and operatic performance over an astonishing 69 years on the podium. But as he did so, he acquired a reputation as something of a tyrant, who...

Author: Steve ReichISBN-10: 154006350XISBN-13: 9781540063502Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2019Pages: 40Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 10.30h x 6.60w x 0.10d

Antiche Canzoni di Natale is an old traditional Italian Christmas Carol. his composition by Oreste Ravanello was originally published in the early 20th century. Classic Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works of music ever composed, reproduced from...

(Woodwind Method). These studies, a series of short etudes designed to improve technique and musicianship, are intended to supplement or follow any elementary method.Author: R. M. EndresenISBN-10: 142344521XISBN-13: 9781423445210Publisher: Rubank PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1991Pages: 24Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.70h x 11.80w x 0.20d

(Woodwind Method). The classic scale and arpeggio studies of Gabriel Pares were adapted in the 1940s for like-instrument study by Rubank's Harvey Whistler, and are now the standard for elementary scale instruction. Presenting all the major keys up to four flats/sharps (and the relative...

Christoph Neidher is Associate Professor in the Department of Music Research at McGill University. Peter Schubert is Professor in the Department of Music Research at McGill University.Author: Christoph Neidhofer, Peter SchubertISBN-10: 1438493258ISBN-13: 9781438493251Publisher: State University of New York PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2023Pages: 502Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.35lbsSize:...

Although a well-connected music teacher by profession, Charles Burney (1726-1814) gained greatest recognition for his writings on music. First published in 1771, this work recounts the 1770 journey that Burney undertook as one of two research trips for his General History of Music (1776-89)....

This book is a comprehensive biography of the great pianist and composer, Anton Rubinstein. Hervey's lively and engaging prose captures Rubinstein's larger-than-life personality and musical genius, and provides a fascinating glimpse into the world of 19th-century performance and culture. With insights into Rubinstein's relationships,...

MUSICAL SCALES that "sing" THE MAYAN CALENDAR Could they really exist?Indeed they do! And anyone holding this book can not only READ about them, but EXPERIMENT with them, since full tuning data is included here. As to their creator, JEREMY HALADYNA, here are clear...

Author: Malcolm ArnoldISBN-10: 0571506380ISBN-13: 9780571506385Publisher: Faber & FaberLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1998Pages: 999Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.60w x 0.20d

Author: Malcolm ArnoldISBN-10: 0571501877ISBN-13: 9780571501878Publisher: Faber & FaberLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1998Pages: 999Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 10.40h x 7.20w x 0.40d

Distinguished ethnomusicologist Philip V. Bohlman compiles Johann Gottfried Herder's writings on music and nationalism, from his early volumes of Volkslieder through sacred song to the essays on aesthetics late in his life, shaping them as the book on music that Herder would have written...

This unique volume of Alexander Scriabin's piano music combines all of the Russian composer's widely admired Po mes, which exude the richness and complexity of his later style, with virtually all of the earlier, more Chopinesque Mazurkas and all eight Impromptus. The complete collection...

Music scholarship's views of Franz Schubert's instrumental works continue to evolve. How might aesthetic values, historiographies, revisions to the composer's biography, and disciplinary commitments affect how we interpret his music?Schubert's Instrumental Music and Poetics of Interpretation explores the aesthetic positions and operations that underlie...

The perfect answer for broken fingers, broken arms, sprained wrists, fingers with band-aids, and arms with casts. Titles are: Can't Help Singing * Silvery Waves * Deep Valley * Rolling Along * Plus and Minus * Sunset Waltz * Out of the Past *...

Studies of concert life in nineteenth-century America have generally been limited to large orchestras and the programs we are familiar with today. But as this book reveals, audiences of that era enjoyed far more diverse musical experiences than this focus would suggest. To hear...

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). 14 of Astor Piazzolla's most famous tangos are now playable for budding instrumentalists in this collection featuring solo arrangements and great-sounding demonstration and backing tracks available online for download or streaming. Songs include: Ausencias * Chanson De La Naissance...

Classical guitarists---both students and professional performers---require the same high-quality editions that their pianist colleagues have come to expect from Alfred Music. Our Classical Guitar Masterworks Editions continue the Alfred Music tradition of providing carefully edited, beautifully presented music for practice and performance. This edition...

(Vocal Collection). The companion accompaniment recordings to the best-selling series in the G. Schirmer Opera Anthology. Each aria is recorded by a professional coach/accompanist working in the opera world. Contents: Ach, Ich Fuhl's (The Magic Flute) * Adieu, Notre Petite Table (Massenet) * Ah...

(Woodwind Method). These studies, a series of short etudes designed to improve technique and musicianship, are intended to supplement or follow any elementary method.Author: R. M. EndresenISBN-10: 1423445228ISBN-13: 9781423445227Publisher: Rubank PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/1989Pages: 24Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.70h x 11.80w x 0.20d

This volume includes eleven divertissements in various forms suitable for recital, teaching or church use. They range in duration from 1-1/2 to 4-1/2 minutes and in difficulty from easy to challenging."Three Celebratory Toccatas", composed in the centuries-long tradition as playful and flamboyant demonstrations of...

(BH Piano). 15 magnificent tangos and other characteristic pieces by the Argentinian master of tango nuevo, arranged for intermediate piano solo, and now in print for the first time.Author: Astor PiazzollaISBN-10: 0851625541ISBN-13: 9780851625546Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2009Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 8.70h x...

In 1812, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote three letters to an unnamed woman, whom he called "Immortal Beloved." The letters were discovered after Beethoven's death and ever since their discovery, there has been speculation regarding whom that Immortal Beloved might have been. In Beethoven's Immortal...

The most exhaustive study of the double bass violone accessible to English-speaking musical enthusiasts. This book includes lists of terminology, the most comprehensive bibliography to date, and 48 illustrations that make this a complete compendium of string bass research.Author: Alfred Planyavsky, James BarketISBN-10: 0810834480ISBN-13:...

(Piano Large Works). Contents: BACH: Preludes and Fugues, BWV 846-869Author: Johann Sebastian BachISBN-10: 0793553105ISBN-13: 9780793553105Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 124Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.93lbsSize: 11.94h x 8.92w x 0.31d

Considered as one of the masterworks of 20th century piano literature, this critical edition utilizes interpretive clues from such noted French pianists and pedagogues as Casadesus, Perlemuter, and Ciampi, who knew Ravel and studies this piece with him. The original Durand score has not...