Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

Mozart's collaborations with the librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte led to the composition of three of the great masterpieces of opera. This book, designed to guide the reader to a deeper understanding and appreciation of these enigmatic works, charts the musical, cultural, and social context...

The power of music, the way it works on the mind and heart, remains an enticing mystery. Now two noted writers on classical music, Michael Steinberg and Larry Rothe, explore the allure of this melodious art--not in the clinical terms of social scientists--but through...

Michael Steinberg's highly successful listener's guides--The Symphony and The Concerto--have been universally praised for their blend of captivating biography, crystal clear musical analysis, and delightful humor. Now Steinberg follows these two greatly admired volumes with Choral Masterworks, the only such guide available to this...

Each entry in this New Grove series of composers and their operas is based on articles in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, that feature information on the lives of individual composers, their works, their librettists and interpreters, and the places where they performed....

J. S. Bach's sonatas and partitas for solo violin have been central to the violin repertoire since the mid-eighteenth century. This engaging volume is the first comprehensive exploration of the place of these works within Bach's music: it focuses on their structural and stylistic...

In this penetrating study, Russell Stinson explores how four of the greatest composers of the nineteenth century--Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, and Johannes Brahms--responded to the model of Bach's organ music. The author shows that this quadrumvirate not only borrowed from Bach's organ...

The attempt to play music with the styles and instruments of its era--commonly referred to as the early music movement--has become immensely popular in recent years. For instance, Billboard's "Top Classical Albums" of 1993 and 1994 featured Anonymous 4, who sing medieval music, and...

The past ten years have seen a rapidly growing interest in performing and recording Classical and Romantic music with period instruments; yet the relationship of composers' notation to performing practices during that period has received only sporadic attention from scholars, and many aspects of...

A world-renowned conductor and composer who has lead most of the major orchestras in North America and Europe, a talented musician who has played under the batons of such luminaries as Toscanini and Walter, and an esteemed arranger, scholar, author, and educator, Gunther Schuller...

Systematic, practical, and thorough, Basic Techniques of Conducting offers a clear instructional strategy and a basic methodology for teaching the physical gestures and concepts essential for the development of a convincing conducting technique. Taking a competency-based approach, this text provides a clear, step-by-step system...

Samuel Barber (1910-1981) is one of the most admired and honored American composers of the twentieth century. An unabashed Romantic, largely independent of worldwide trends and the avant-garde, he infused his works with poetic lyricism and gave tonal language and forms new vitality. His...

The thirty-two Piano Sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven form one of the most important segments of piano literature. In this accessible, compact, and comprehensive guidebook, renowned performer and pedagogue Stewart Gordon presents the pianist with historical insights and practical instructional tools for interpreting the...

Bach & God explores the religious character of Bach's vocal and instrumental music in seven interrelated essays. Noted musicologist Michael Marissen offers wide-ranging interpretive insights from careful biblical and theological scrutiny of the librettos. Yet he also shows how Bach's pitches, rhythms, and tone...

The "Beethoven Syndrome" is the inclination of listeners to hear music as the projection of a composer's inner self. This was a radically new way of listening that emerged only after Beethoven's death. Beethoven's music was a catalyst for this change, but only in...

A biography of the greatest musical mind in Western history Mozart's unshakable hold on the public's consciousness can only be strengthened by historian and biographer Peter Gay's concise and deft look at the genius's life. Mozart traces the development of the man whose life...

It was a great pleasure both to host and to participate in an international conference that brought together musicologists, composers, performers, and literary artists in stimulating and thought-provoking discourse. The collaboration of our colleagues from Queen's University, Belfast, was particularly welcome and appreciated; they,...

"Informed listening demands knowledge, context, and meditative practice. Even in ideal circumstances, imparting the musical knowledge required for engaged listening is a challenge not easily met. It is refreshing to encounter a well-reasoned and clearly written guide for all those who seek to experience,...

(Piano). Selected works from the 19th century to the present, around the subject of night and dreams. Includes: Reverie (Debussy) * Fantastic Duet of Two Trees at the Window, Op. 15 (Hindemith) * Lullaby, Op. 124 (Schumann) * Sweet Reverie, Op. 39 (Tchaikovsky) *...

Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10: 1423406559ISBN-13: 9781423406556Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2009Pages: 56Format: OtherWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.40d

Daniels' Orchestral Music is the gold standard for all orchestral professionals--from conductors, librarians, programmers, students, administrators, and publishers, to even instructors--seeking to research and plan an orchestral program, whether for a single concert or a full season.This sixth edition, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of...

Learn about the world's greatest classical compositions and musical traditions in The Classical Music Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Classic Music in this overview guide...

An essential exploration of Nordic composers and musicians, and the distinctive culture that continues to shape them Once considered a musical backwater, the Nordic region is now a musical powerhouse. Conductors from Denmark and Finland dominate the British and American orchestral scene. Interest in...

Demonstrates the profound impact of The Poems of Ossian on composers of the Romantic Era and later: Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Massenet, and many others. Beyond Fingal's Cave: Ossian in the Musical Imagination is the first study in English of musical compositions inspired by...

Steve Reich is a living legend in the world of contemporary classical music. He is one of the pioneers of the minimalist movement in the 1960s and his works have become central to the musical landscape worldwide, influencing generations of younger artists and musicians....

Winner of the 2019 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for Outstanding Musical Biography Vincent Persichetti: Grazioso, Grit, and Gold is the first critical biography of this esteemed American composer, bringing together thorough scholarship by Andrea Olmstead and contributions by prominent performers. Olmstead weaves a captivating narrative...

Combining approaches from reception studies and historical musicology, this book demonstrates how the representation of music at exhibitions drew the press and public into debates about music's role in society. International exhibitions were among the most significant cultural phenomena of the late nineteenth century....

The Brilliant Bassoon Book of Moonlight and Roses for Mini-Bassoon is a little bit different. Combining a brilliant collection of classical and traditional pieces arranged as solos, duets (with bassoon) and pieces with easy piano accompaniment especially for the fluent beginner player, it is...

Neither Spem in alium, the widely acclaimed 'songe of fortie partes' by Thomas Tallis, nor Alessandro Striggio's forty-part Mass is the largest-scale counterpoint work in Western music. The actual winner is Gregorio Ballabene, a relatively unknown Roman maestro di cappella, a contemporary of Giovanni...

The founding in 1777 of the Journal de Paris, France's first daily and distinctly commercial paper, represents an early use of disinformation as a tool for political gain, profit, and societal division. To attract a large readership and bar competition for C.W. Gluck's works...

Easy Classic Oboe Duets includes 27 great classical melodies arranged for two oboes with one part very easy and the other more difficult. All are in easy keys. Ideal for the beginner and intermediate player or even for teacher and pupil. Brilliant for sight-reading...

Felice Giardini and Professional Music Culture in Mid-Eighteenth-Century London explores Giardini's influence on British musical life through his multifaceted career as performer, teacher, composer, concert promoter and opera impresario. The crux of the study is a detailed account of Giardini's partnership with the music...

This anthology of arias 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 invaluable resource for professional singers....

In 1921, insurance executive Charles Ives sent out copies of a piano sonata to two hundred strangers. Laden with dissonant chords, complex rhythm, and a seemingly chaotic structure, the so-called Concord Sonata confounded the recipients, as did the accompanying book, Essays before a Sonata....

Composers like Charles Ives, Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich created works that indelibly commemorated American places. Denise Von Glahn analyzes the soundscapes of fourteen figures whose "place pieces" tell us much about the nation's search for its own voice and about...

These previously unpublished lectures by Elliott Carter date to the summer of 1967, when the acclaimed composer taught at the Contemporary Music Workshop held by the University of Minnesota. Leading an introductory course on orchestra repertoire, Carter gave nine hours of lectures covering principal...

Author: Michael DaughertyISBN-10: 1705132308ISBN-13: 9781705132302Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2021Pages: 112Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 11.90h x 8.90w x 0.60d

(Music Sales America). Beethoven's magnum opus for SATB soli and chorus, with piano reduction of the orchestral score. Revised by Michael PilkingtonAuthor: Ludwig Van BeethovenISBN-10: 0853609640ISBN-13: 9780853609643Publisher: Novello & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2004Pages: 148Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 10.80h x 7.60w x 0.40d

(Music Sales America). The Maccabaean Revolt in the second century B.C. provided the background to the story that unfolds in Judas Maccabaeus . It is part of the history of the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires. This oratorio follows the story from the death of...

(Music Sales America). Most of the English-speaking choral singers who make up their country's thriving choirs and choral societies will have sung Bach's great Passions in English at some time or other. This edition is in both English and German, giving the individual choir...

(Music Sales America). The Music Makers is a delightful ode set for Alto solo, SATB chorus and orchestra accompaniment, using words by Arthur O'Shaughnessy. This edition is the Vocal Score with a Piano reduction of the Orchestra score.Author: Edward ElgarISBN-10: 0853605130ISBN-13: 9780853605133Publisher: Novello &...

(Music Sales America). For SAATBB soli, SSAATB chorus and instruments. Edited by Peter Dennison. This vocal score includes a piano reduction of the instrumental score.Author: Henry PurcellISBN-10: 0853604843ISBN-13: 9780853604846Publisher: Novello & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2003Pages: 88Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 9.53h x 6.46w x 0.32d

(Music Sales America). A sacred oratorio, written in 1738 arranged for SSATBB, edited, and the piano accompaniment arranged by Mendelssohn.Author: George Frideric HandelISBN-10: 0853604835ISBN-13: 9780853604839Publisher: Novello & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2003Pages: 175Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.70h x 6.60w x 0.40d

(Music Sales America). Psalm 48. Anthem for SATB and organ or orchestra. First performed in Westminster Abbey, 16 July 1912. Full score and orchestral material on hire.Author: Edward ElgarISBN-10: 0853604134ISBN-13: 9780853604136Publisher: Novello & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2003Pages: 26Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 10.10h x 0.20w x 0.40d

Drawing on newly available archival material, key works, and correspondence of the era, Australian Music and Modernism defines "Australian Music" as an idea that emerged through the lens of the modernist discourse of the 1960s and 70s. At the same time that the new...

The purpose of this book is to simplify the process of learning the positions of the notes in music and on the guitar fingerboard.Author: Aaron ShearerISBN-10: 0769282768ISBN-13: 9780769282763Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/1985Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 12.19h x 8.39w x 0.10d

This collection of Debussy's popular intermediate pieces includes Clair de lune," "Reverie," "Le petit n鑒re," the complete "Children's Corner Suite" and other works. The introductory pages discuss symbolist poetry, French Impressionist painters and Debussy's musical style. A variety of photographs taken throughout the composer's...

(BH Piano). The great Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera (1916-83) is considered one of foremost talents of the twentieth century. Among his many compositions for piano, Danzas argentinas is probably the most performed by students and professionals around the world. The suite was composed in...

This long-awaited study of the life and music of Anglo-Irish composer Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950) finally provides a full biography of the last senior figure in early twentieth-century British Music to have been without one. This long-awaited study of the life and music of...

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...

A great collection of 30 popular traditional Vietnamese songs that piano and guitar players will enjoy.Do you want to play the best Vietnamese traditional songs for piano or guitar? In this book you will find easy piano sheet music to learn the best Vietnamese...