Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

(Piano Large Works). Contents: Almost Too Serious * At the Fireside * Blindman's Bluff * A Child Falling Asleep * Curious Story * Frightening * Important Event * The Knight of the Rocking-Horse * Of Strange Lands and People * Perfectly Contented * Pleading...

(Piano Collection). Contents: Ballade No. 1, Op. 23 * Ballade No. 2, Op. 38 * Ballade No. 3, Op. 47 * Ballade No. 4, Op. 52Author: Frederic ChopinISBN-10: 0634069985ISBN-13: 9780634069987Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.20d

(Opera). 19 arias from 8 operas. Including all the major soprano arias from Manon Lescaut, La boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La fanciulla del West, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, and Turandot . Contents: Che tua madre dovra * Non la sospiri * Donde lieta *...

(Vocal Collection). American composer Celius Dougherty (1902-1986) is best remembered for his art songs. Gracious and witty, they show a love of words, with texts ranging from the most elite English and American poets to a dictionary entry ("Love in the Dictionary"). With a...

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...

(Study Score). Rossini was a master of the opera overture. This volume offers six of his best-known overtures, from the operas La scala di seta, Il Signor Bruschino, L'italiana in Algeri, Il barbiere di Siviglia, La gazza ladra and Guillaume Tell (the "Lone Ranger"...

(Beginning Piano Solo Songbook). 8 timeless pieces: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart) * Fur Elise (Beethoven) * In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg) * March (Tchaikovsky) * Minuet in G Major (Bach) * Ode to Joy (Beethoven) * Pachelbel's Canon * Pomp and...

(Vocal Collection). An essential new edition for every singer and voice studio This is the most comprehensive multi-volume collection of Mozart opera arias ever published, with 31 to 41 arias per volume. Includes historical and plot notes about each opera and aria, and English...

(Brass Ensemble). This superb collection lets you play along with the Canadian Brass on 15 intermediate-level pieces: Amazing Grace * Canon (Pachelbel) * Go Down Moses * Grand March from Aida * Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho * My Lord, What a Morning...

(Big Note Songbook). Accessible even to early-level pianists, these big-note arrangements capture the magic of Tchaikovsky's holiday classic. This collection includes: Arabian Dance * Chinese Dance * Dance of the Reed-Flutes * Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy * March * Overture * Russian...

(Instrumental Play-Along). Who needs a singer? With Play Puccini, instrumentalists can bathe themselves in luxurious Italian melody These ten opera arias are among the composer's most famous and distinctive achievements, here transcribed for intermediate level solo instrument and piano. The book includes a biography...

(Vocal Collection). This landmark series collects compelling, useful, singer-friendly excerpts from the best of a distinctly American musical tradition. Plot notes and basic information about each opera are included. Opera composers such as Samuel Barber, William Bolcom, Douglas Moore, Virgil Thomson and Kurt Weill...

(Vocal Collection). This landmark series collects compelling, useful, singer-friendly excerpts from the best of a distinctly American musical tradition. Plot notes and basic information about each opera are included. Opera composers such as Samuel Barber, William Bolcom, Douglas Moore, Virgil Thomson and Kurt Weill...

(Piano). Russian Piano Classics Authentic EditionAuthor: Sergei ProkofievISBN-10: 0634034626ISBN-13: 9780634034626Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2001Pages: 168Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 12.00h x 9.10w x 0.60d

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 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...

(Fretted). This Berklee Workshop is for bassists beyond beginning methods who now seek comprehensive knowledge of all basic and extended chords. Features exercises for developing technique and melodic sense in and out of the upper register, to help bassists play faster, higher and more...

(Piano). Used in the movie SHINE . Two Pianos, Four Hands. 2 Copies needed to perform.Author: Sergei RachmaninoffISBN-10: 0634006169ISBN-13: 9780634006166Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.30d

(Piano Duet). 10 easy piano duets: Alleluia * Ave Maria * Canon * Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy * Hallelujah * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring * Morning * Ode to Joy * Panis Angelicus * The Swan.Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10: 063400297XISBN-13: 9780634002977Publisher:...

The first modern editions of three attractive eighteenth-century cello sonatas of moderate technical ability. Together, they offer an invaluable introduction to the literature of a period that saw a great flowering in the cello's development. These practical performing editions provide suggested ornamentation for cello,...

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...

This thoughtful, delicate, dramatic and at times joyful Stabat Mater, is the vocal work that established Haydn throughout Europe as a great composer of religious music.Author: Franz Joseph HaydnISBN-10: 0571505007ISBN-13: 9780571505005Publisher: Faber & FaberLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1998Pages: 999Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 7.60h x 10.90w x 10.00d

Do you enjoy classical music but wish you knew more about it? Do you buy CDs, tune in to radio programs, go to concerts, and sometimes wonder just what, precisely, all those Italian musical terms mean? In this wonderfully engaging guide, Miles Hoffman demystifies...

An original study of the history of the symphony in Vienna during Beethoven's lifetime, this 2006 book explores the context in which the composer worked. Based on an extensive study of the wider symphonic repertoire of the period and of the characteristics of musical...

This new biography of Elgar draws on letters and documents which have become available over the last twenty-five years. Michael Kennedy, a leading scholar of British music as well as a distinguished musical biographer, uses the new material (including Elgar's vast personal correspondence) to...

Several generations before Schubert, the Lied emerged as domestic entertainment destined to move beyond the home to the symphony hall. This introductory chronicle of this fascinating genre analyzes the Lied in its musical, literary, and cultural contexts--with chapters devoted to focal composers; influence of...

Sixteen essays by leading experts introduce the lay reader to issues that have concerned scholars over the past twenty years regarding Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). They provide an introduction to the composer's life and works, covering such problematic areas as his relationship to Vienna; the...

This Companion is an accessible introduction to Schumann: his time, his temperament, his style and his oeuvre. An international team of scholars explores the cultural context, musical and poetic fabric, sources of inspiration and interpretative reach of key works from the Schumann repertoire ranging...

This comprehensive, accessible guide to Bart k and his music contains up-to-date research by a new generation of Bart k scholars. Part I sets the cultural, social and political background in Hungary at the beginning of the twentieth century, and considers Bart k's research...

Anton Bruckner's Eighth Symphony (1890), one of the last of the great Romantic symphonies, is a grandly complex masterpiece. This book explores this many-faceted work from several angles. It documents the complicated and often misunderstood history of the symphony's composition and revision and provides...

The Rite of Spring is Stravinsky's most revolutionary work. This comprehensive guide tells in vivid detail the story of its inception and composition, of the stormy rehearsals that led to the scandalous premiere in 1913, and of Stravinsky's later betrayal of the ballet's first...

This Companion contains essays by eminent scholars on Berlioz's place in nineteenth-century French cultural life, on his principal compositions (symphonies, overtures, operas, sacred works, songs), on his major writings, (a delightful volume of memories, a number of short stories, large quantities of music criticism,...

This Companion provides a comprehensive view of Beethoven and his work. The first part of the book presents the composer as a private individual, as a professional, and at the work-place, discussing biographical problems, Beethoven's professional activities when not composing and his methods as...

The Rhapsody in Blue (1924) established Gershwin's reputation as a serious composer and has since become one of the most popular of all American concert works. In this guide the author considers the piece as musical work, historical event and cultural document. He traces...

Divided into three sections, this Companion explores Edward Elgar's early career, his major musical achievements, and the reception, performance and interpretation of his work. Placed in this wider perspective, Elgar emerges as a pivotal figure in the British cultural imagination at a defining historical...

Brahms's First Symphony has been hailed as Beethoven's Tenth. Its controversial status and relationship in the Beethovenian tradition is considered alongside other important issues in the early reception history of this key work in the symphonic repertory. David Brodbeck begins with an account of...

This book is the first comprehensive guide to Holst's orchestral suite The Planets. It considers the music in detail and places the work in its historical context, describing the circumstances of its composition and its meteoric rise to popular acclaim. Starting with Holst's particular...

This is the first individual study of Beethoven's Violin Concerto. It explores the work's background and the influences that combined in its creation, and describes its indifferent initial reception. It considers the numerous textual problems that confront the performer, including discussion of Beethoven's adaptation...

Chopin's E minor and F minor Piano Concertos played a vital role in his career as a composer-pianist. This Handbook reevaluates them so that their many outstanding qualities can be fully appreciated. It describes their genesis, Chopin's own performances and his use of them...

La Mer stands at the center of Debussy's achievement. Described by the composer as "a seascape without figures," it is arguably the greatest and most original French symphony. In this study, La Mer is considered in the context of Debussy's personal and musical development....

After the death of Mahler in 1911 the great Austro-German symphonic line was carried on mainly in England, America, Scandinavia and Russia. The Fifth Symphony of Carl Nielsen, a Danish composer, was composed in 1921. David Fanning discusses its place within the symphonic tradition...

Sibelius's Fifth is one of the great late-Romantic symphonies. In this searching account, based on a wealth of new information, James Hepokoski takes a fresh look at the work and its composer. His findings have implications beyond Sibelius himself into the entire repertory of...

Described by Aaron Copland as "among the finest creations of the modern repertoire," Berg's Violin Concerto has become a twentieth-century classic. In this authoritative and highly readable guide the reader is introduced not only to the concerto itself but to all that surrounded and...

Berlioz's "dramatic symphony" Rom駮 et Juliette is regarded by many as his finest work; it is certainly among the most original. This book summarizes the complex genesis of the work before examining the music closely and always with a view to understanding its dramatic...

Donald Burrows brings many new insights to this fascinating account of one of the favorite works of the concert hall. He traces the course of Messiah from Handel's initial musical response to the libretto, through the oratorio's turbulent first years to its eventual popularity...

Sibelius Studies presents a new portrait of this popular and prolific composer. Sibelius's symphonies often have been mentioned in the same breath with Beethoven's; indeed, in the twentieth century, they have enjoyed a commensurate popularity. The book contextualizes Sibelius' symphonies and tone poems in...

This study is a comprehensive assessment of J. S. Bach's use of articulation marks (i.e. slurs and dots) in the large body of primary sources. Dr Butt analyses the role of such markings within the compositional process, how they relate to the norms of...

Bach's spectacular Goldberg Variations represent a high point in the repertory of keyboard music, particularly for the harpsichord. This book takes a detailed look at how these variations originated, especially in relation to all Bach's Clavier bung volumes and late keyboard works, what their...

This guide to the orchestra and orchestral life combines orchestral repertory history with critical thought. It includes topics such as the art of orchestration, scorereading, conducting, international orchestras, recording, and becoming an orchestral musician, educator or informed listener.Author: Colin LawsonISBN-10: 0521001323ISBN-13: 9780521001328Publisher: Cambridge University...

Stravinsky in the Americas explores the "pre-Craft" period of Igor Stravinsky's life, from when he first landed on American shores in 1925 to the end of World War II in 1945. Through a rich archival trove of ephemera, correspondence, photographs, and other documents, eminent...