Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

Explorations in Schenkerian Analysis is a collection of fifteen essays dedicated to the memory of Edward Laufer, an influential advocate of Schenker's method. The chapters are presented in chronological order by composer, opening with Charles Burkhart's contribution, which is presented as a letter to...

Music in Evolution and Evolution in Music by Steven Jan is a comprehensive account of the relationships between evolutionary theory and music. Examining the 'evolutionary algorithm' that drives biological and musical-cultural evolution, the book provides a distinctive commentary on how musicality and music can...

(Instrumental Play-Along). These outstanding packs feature solo arrangements of a dozen Beethoven pieces, plus a great-sounding play-along CD! Includes: Fur Elise * Piano Concerto No. 3, First Movement * Piano Sonata No. 14 ("Moonlight") * Piano Trio No. 7 ("Archduke") * Symphony No. 5,...

An exemplary "entry-level" introduction to Beethoven's life and music, this little book is still in print* almost a century after its first publication. Sullivan rarely assumes musical knowledge or expertise on the part of the reader but discusses Beethoven's major works in terms of...

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). New collection featuring works by the most prominent Boosey & Hawkes composers, including Bernstein, Britten, Copland, Maxwell Davies, Rorem, Stravinsky, Tull, and others. Special study was paid to state contest solo lists, making these ideal collections for advanced high...

(Guitar Collection). A top-notch resource for every guitarist, this 111-song collection assembles songs in all musical genres and guitar styles. Contains everything from pop/rock hits to jazz standards, Motown masterpieces to movie classics, traditional tunes, country favorites, Broadway blockbusters and beyond Features note-for-note transcriptions...

Sheet Music Piano Sonatas Volume 2, from 10 to 18Composer Wolfang Amadeus MozartContent: Piano Sonata No.10 in C major, K.330/300hPiano Sonata No.11 in A major, K.331/300iPiano Sonata No.12 in F major, K.332/300kPiano Sonata No.13 in B-flat major, K.333/315cPiano Sonata No.14 in C minor, K.457Piano...

The Polish-born, British-based pianist André Tchaikowsky (1935-82) saw himself principally as a composer- one of several conflicting elements in his personality, charted by the diaries he kept between 1974 and 1982. André Tchaikowsky was only 46 when he died, internationally renowned as a pianist...

(Guitar Collection). Contains 3 Gymnopedies and 3 Gnossiennes.Author: Erik SatieISBN-10: 0793555434ISBN-13: 9780793555437Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 24Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.90w x 0.30d

Picturing Rachmaninoff presents recordings of Sergei Rachmaninoff's 9 Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39 for piano in combination with masterpieces of painting and literature. Though he titled the included works 'Etudes-Tableaux' or 'Picture Studies, ' Rachmaninoff did not publish specific descriptions of the images he meant to...

The Journey explores the ascent of a wanderer, everyman, toward a better world. The journey is facilitated by unique epistemological understandings of life that have a rich history and found important expression in German genius 200 years ago. This genius reached a highpoint in...

With an insider's knowledge but an outsider's perspective Sarah MacDonald lifts the lid on a choral tradition which is admired worldwide but mysterious in its inner workings to most of those not involved in it. How do you train a liturgical choir-whether its members...

For the first time in print, the author shares insider information of a chamber music festival's ascent from the brink of closure to the heights of artistic achievement while coping with the repercussions of the 2008 economic downturn. A personal account of the most...

(BH Large Choral). (1999, 63 minutes) This is a powerful and compelling account of the descent into war and its terrible consequences. Dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo conflict, this work is a contemporary example of a mass based on the 15th-century French...

(Schirmer Performance Editions). Pedagogical in nature, these editions offer insightful interpretive suggestions, pertinent fingering, and historical and stylistic commentary. Muzio Clementi (1752-1832), a renowned piano teacher in his day, is today best-known for this set of six Sonatinas, Opus 36. It is a tribute...

Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004) was the greatest conductor of his generation. His reputation is legendary, and yet astonishingly, in his five decades on the podium, he conducted only 89 concerts, some 600 opera performances, and produced 12 recordings. How did someone who worked so little...

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

(BH Piano). Christopher Norton's acclaimed "microjazz" series has won worldwide popularity with teachers and students alike for its stimulating blend of contemporary genres and classical values. This edition features 20 jazzy interpretations of traditional Christmas carols in styles such as jazz, blues, swing, rock...

Gabriel Faur 's m lodies offer an inexhaustible variety of style and expression that have made them the foundation of the French art song repertoire. During the second half of his long career, Faur composed all but a handful of his songs within six...

Scottish Romantic Guitar is a collection of intermediate and advanced pieces for classical guitar by leading composers of the 19th century, inspired by Scotland. While these pieces have previously been available from different sources, they are compiled here for the first time, in corrected...

(Schott). Celtic music is enjoying a well-deserved revival. This revival may have been inspired by historical Hollywood epics, by popular dance acts such as "Riverdance" or purely by the emotional power of Celtic melodies. The songs all tell stories that have been passed down...

An essential compendium for any guitarist, this collection includes all of Johann Sebastian Bach's solo cello music, transcribed by Jade Synstelien for solo guitar. It is an exceptional tool for guitarists of any genre or skill level to sharpen their finger picking technique, improve...

The music dramas of Richard Wagner have, for the last 150 years, thrilled and amazed listeners everywhere. In Wagner Moments, author J. K. Holman has assembled 100 such moments, from the living and dead, famous and not so famous, from Charles Baudelaire to Placido...

FROM TOURETTE'S TO TRIUMPH. FROM CANCER TO CURE. FROM THE SEGREGATED SOUTH TO COMMANDING STAGES AROUND THE WORLD, JAZZ MASTER, MICHAEL WOLFF'S JOURNEY BEGINS WITH PURE GRIT AND ENDS IN PERFECT VICTORY.Award winning jazz musician Michael Wolff's journey nearly ended six years ago at...

(Music Sales America). 113 Variations On Hymn Tunes arranged for organ.Author: George Thalben-BallISBN-10: 1846095379ISBN-13: 9781846095375Publisher: Novello & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2003Pages: 100Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 11.50h x 8.20w x 0.30d

UNLOCKING THE MASTERS - THE GREAT INSTRUMENTAL WORKS BK/CDAuthor: M. Owen LeeISBN-10: 1574671170ISBN-13: 9781574671179Publisher: AmadeusLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2005Pages: 282Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 9.02h x 6.08w x 0.70dReview Citation(s): American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2006 pg. 510

MICHAEL RABIN: AMERICA'S VIRTUOSO VIOLINISTAuthor: Anthony FeinsteinISBN-10: 157467109XISBN-13: 9781574671094Publisher: AmadeusLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2005Pages: 272Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.28lbsSize: 9.18h x 6.32w x 0.96d

(Music Sales America). A fantastic volume of superb Spanish melodies by Venezuelan Rodrigo Riera. Contains eight pieces for intermediate guitarists: Cancion Carorena * Choro * Danza a Maracaibo * Elorac * Merengue Venezolano * Nana * Preludio Criollo * Serenta Ingenua.Author: Rodrigo RieraISBN-10: 1844498484ISBN-13:...

(BH Piano). A newly researched and engraved edition with extensive performance notes and a composer biography. Includes access to online video piano lessons with editor Immanuela Gruenberg addressing topics in Bartok's Ten Easy Pieces . "Gruenberg's Bela Bartok: Ten Easy Pieces is a must-have...

(Music Sales America). A unique collection for guitar solo by the celebrated Spanish composer and guitarist. Contents: Canto de Vida y Esperanza * Contrapunto Para una Melodia Ingenua * Fantasia Americana * Fantasia Espanola * Homenaje a Villa Lobos * Lamentos de Andalucia *...

This volume contains the complete scores for three toccatas and fugues for solo organ by Johann Bach. They include: BWV 538, BWV 565, BWV 540. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) was a German musician and composer during the Baroque period. He based his...

The first full-length study devoted to Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870), pianist, conductor and composer. This book, the first full-length study devoted to Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870), explores how the son of middle-class Jewish parents in Prague became one of the most important musicians of his era,...

This volume presents the scores for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Minuets" 1-6 for solo piano, composed between 1762 and 1789. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) was an extraordinarily prolific and seminal composer during the Classical era. He displayed astonishing musical ability from a very...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Ludwig Van BeethovenISBN-10: 1443788821ISBN-13: 9781443788823Publisher:...

The definitive study of the LaSalle Quartet, for forty years the premier exponent of 'the new music' for string quartet. The LaSalle Quartet (1946-1987) was the premier exponent of 'the new music' for string quartet. Founded in 1946 at the Julliard School in New...

(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....

Presents a first analytical study that looks at the overarching designs of Benjamin Britten's John Donne, Thomas Hardy and William Blake solo song cycles. By questioning when a group of songs ought to be understood not merely as a collection, but as a cycle,...

(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). Composed in 2015, Stabat Mater was commissioned by the Genesis Foundation for Harry Christophers and The Sixteen. Scored for mixed chorus and string orchestra it is a long-awaited sequel to the early masterpiece Seven Last Words from the Cross (1993),...

Too often the study of great composers is limited to either a musical analysis of their compositions, or biographical scrutiny of their personal lives. Yet, particularly in the case of the Romantic composers, the artistic and personal sides of their lives are not separate...

The first book-length study of musical education and culture in twentieth-century Oxford. Music has always played a central role in the life of Oxford, in both the city and university, through the great collegiate choral foundations, the many amateur choirs and instrumentalists, and the...

This volume draws together a collection of Robin A. Leaver's essays on Bach's sacred music, exploring the religious aspects of this repertoire through consideration of three core themes: liturgy, hymnology, and theology. Rooted in a rich understanding of the historical sources, the book illuminates...

Practical Method for Beginners, Op. 599. Czerny's piano exercises have been revered since they were created. Together with Hanon's The Virtuoso Pianist and Czerny's own The School of Velocity, Czerny's Practical Method for Beginners on the Pianoforte is among the most widely practiced set...

The first English translation of Bizet's letters and journals from his stay in Italy, with explanatory texts from one of the leading authorities on the composer's life and music. In 1857, Georges Bizet (1838-1875) won the prestigious Prix de Rome scholarship which allowed him...

A riotous, rambling and incomplete history of classical music, complete with leg measurementsAuthor: Stephen Fry, Tim LihoreauISBN-10: 0330438565ISBN-13: 9780330438568Publisher: Pan PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/02/2005Pages: 322Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.90d

Witold Lutoslawski was one of the most important composers of the twentieth century, whose significance extends far beyond his native Poland. His vita is just as captivating as his compositionally path-breaking music.Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994) was one of the most important composers of the twentieth...

A complete new edition of Beethoven's conversation books, now translated into English in their entirety for the first time. Covering a period associated with the revolutionary style of what we call "late Beethoven", these often lively and compelling conversations are now finally accessible in...

90 pages of questions and answers on all topics to do with the Bach cello suitesPart 1: The Suite before Bach - the models, background and inspirationPart II: The Suite in Bach's Time - their place in Bach's life and householdPart III: Performing the...

Cello Online String Sampler Study Guide explains the history, style, and musical form of the 54 cello pieces featured in the Cello Online String Sampler Cello Sheet Music (sold separately). This study guide provides a brief overview of the various styles, music history periods,...

This book takes advantage of new and often surprising biographical research on the Loder family as a whole and its four main figures, using them to illustrate aspects of music history in the 19th century. Musicians of Bath and Beyond: Edward Loder (1809-1865) and...

(Music Sales America). Featuring an extensive foreword by Terry Riley himself, this is not just a collection of sheet music, it's almost a work of art: beautifully engraved music along with words by a genius composer. Includes introductory performance notes for each piece by...