Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, a masterpiece that has influenced virutally every Western composer since its premiere, has become associated with the marking of momentous public occasions. In 1989, Chinese students played its finale through loudspeakers in Tiananmen Square, and Leonard Bernstein led a performance in...

The past 50 years have seen a tremendous arts boom in Seattle, which has given the city not only internationally recognized classical music institutions but also great performance halls to showcase their work and that of visiting artists. From Igor Stravinsky's presence as guest...

George Szell was the Cleveland Orchestra's towering presence for over a quarter of a century. From the boardroom to the stage, Szell's powerful personality affected every aspect of a musical institution he reshaped in his own perfectionist image. Marcia Hansen Kraus's participation in Cleveland's...

Best known for the challenging four-opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung, Richard Wagner (1813-83) was a conductor, librettist, theater director, and essayist, in addition to being the composer of some of the most enduring operatic works in history, such as The Flying Dutchman,...

At one time a star in her own right as a singer, Anna Magdalena (1701-60) would go on to become, through her marriage to the older Johann Sebastian Bach, history's most famous musical wife and mother. The two musical notebooks belonging to her continue...

"Playing in an orchestra in an intelligent way is the best school for democracy."--Daniel Barenboim The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has been led by a storied group of conductors. And from 1994 to 2015, through the best work of Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Bernard Haitink,...

One of the most idiosyncratic and charismatic musicians of the twentieth century, pianist Glenn Gould (1932-82) slouched at the piano from a sawed-down wooden stool, interpreting Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart at hastened tempos with pristine clarity. A strange genius and true eccentric, Gould was...

Without scenery, costumes, and stage action, an opera would be little more than a concert. But in the audience, we know little (and think less) about the enormous efforts of those involved in bringing an opera to life--by the stagehands who shift scenery, the...

In the course of the nineteenth century, four-hand piano playing emerged across Europe as a popular pastime of the well-heeled classes and of those looking to join them. Nary a canonic work of classical music that was not set for piano duo, nary a...

"Full of tasty morsels. A delightful book to arm one for the next dull cocktail party." --Chicago TribuneRick Beyer, author of the highly successful History Channel series The Greatest Stories Never Told returns with new historic tales from the world of music--ennobling, entrancing and...

(Music Sales America). This method and repertory for late beginner to early intermediate pianists was developed from the best-selling series by Denes Agay. Following on from the immensely popular First-Year book, the numerous pieces have been carefully selected, and are further supported by an...

Villa-Lobos and Modernism: The Apotheosis of Cannibal Music provides a new assessment of the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos in terms of his contributions to the Modernist Movement of the twentieth century. In this profound study, Ricardo Averbach elevates Cultural Cannibalism as a major manifestation...

(Easy Piano Personality). 15 favorite songs of the Fab Four are masterfully presented in a classical style for easy piano by Phillip Keveren. Includes: All My Loving * Can't Buy Me Love * Eleanor Rigby * A Hard Day's Night * I Want to...

(String Solo). Includes: J.S. BACH: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 * J.S. BACH: Sonata in G minor, BWV 1029 * BOCCHERINI: Sonata in A Major * CORELLI: Sonata in D minor * LOCATELLI: Sonata in D Major * MARCELLO: Sonata...

(Misc). Contents: ANONYMOUS: BWV App. 116 * BWV App. 121 * BWV App. 126 * BWV App. 132 * C.P.E. BACH: BWV App. 122 * BWV App. 124 * Solfeggietto, H. 220 * BACH: Prelude, BWV 846 * Prelude, BWV 924 * Prelude, BWV...

(Vocal Selections). Eight songs from the 1950 Broadway play with music, including: Who Am I? * My House * Captain Hook's Soliloquy * Dream with Me * and more. With detailed notes on the show and songs. Contents: Who Am I? * Pirate Song...

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). Includes practice tips and performance notes on each piece.Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10: 0851627102ISBN-13: 9780851627106Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2012Pages: 77Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.90w x 0.40d

(Opera). French/English. Standard Version with sung recitatives.Author: Georges BizetISBN-10: 0793526205ISBN-13: 9780793526208Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 56Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 10.52h x 6.76w x 0.15d

This set of three Mazurkas was a co-commisson by the Barbican Centre, Carnegie Hall, Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, San Francisco Symphony and Het Concertgebouw NV. The first performance was given by Emanuel Ax, at Carnegie Hall, New York on the 10th February 2010.Author: Thomas...

Author: Benjamin BrittenISBN-10: 0571517528ISBN-13: 9780571517527Publisher: Faber & FaberLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1998Pages: 999Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.14lbsSize: 11.26h x 8.86w x 0.04d

Paul McCartney was commissioned by The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra to compose a work to mark its 150th anniversary and collaborated with composer/conductor Carl Davis on this 90-minute classical piece, which features soloists Kiri Te Kanawa and Jerry Hadley in a vaguely autobiographical story...

Studies are an established part of every instrumentalist's training. They place technical problems in musical contexts, and can be invaluable aids to development. 80 Graded Studies for Oboe is two books that bring together a broad selection of repertoire in a variety of styles....

Author: Benjamin BrittenISBN-10: 0571509460ISBN-13: 9780571509461Publisher: Faber & FaberLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1998Pages: 16Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.16lbs

Britten's Elegy was first performed at The Maltings in Snape, Suffolk, by Nobuko Imai in 1984 as part of the 37th Aldburgh festival. This beautiful piece was originally sketched by Britten in 1930 upon leaving school at the age of sixteen.Author: Benjamin BrittenISBN-10: 0571508839ISBN-13:...

Elgar's Six Easy Pieces were first published in 1892. In this 1985 version, there are now 6 exercises and the opportunity has been taken to revise the original fingering and bowing indications and to remove a number of discrepancies of phrasing and dynamics.Author: Edward...

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 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...

Author: Louis-Claude DaquinISBN-10: 0571506526ISBN-13: 9780571506521Publisher: Faber & FaberLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2003Pages: 999Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.80w x 0.40d

Author: Benjamin BrittenISBN-10: 0571505910ISBN-13: 9780571505913Publisher: Faber & FaberLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1998Pages: 999Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbs

Dramatic cantata for mezzo-soprano and small orchestra.Author: Benjamin BrittenISBN-10: 057150521XISBN-13: 9780571505210Publisher: Faber & FaberLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1998Pages: 999Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.27lbs

Author: Malcolm ArnoldISBN-10: 0571503225ISBN-13: 9780571503223Publisher: Faber & FaberLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1998Pages: 999Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.08lbs

Malcolm Arnold's famous Fantasy for Horn.Author: Malcolm ArnoldISBN-10: 0571500307ISBN-13: 9780571500307Publisher: Faber & FaberLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1998Pages: 999Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.80w x 0.30d

Curlew River---A Parable for Church Performance (Op. 71) is the first of three Church Parables by Benjamin Britten. The work is based on the Japanese Noh play Sumidagawa (Sumida River) of Juro Motomasa (1395--1431), which Britten saw during a visit to Japan and the...

Beethoven's bagatelles are short compositions written over the span of the composer's lifetime, from the early to the late periods. Ranging from easy to intermediate level, these popular pieces display a wide variety of moods and musical ideas and are favorites with students and...

Liszt's reputation as the supreme pianist of the 19th century, and possibly of all time, has overshadowed many of his other achievements. It is less known, for example, that Liszt both championed the music of other composers and transcribed their works for the piano....

One of the country's most enduringly successful composers, Aaron Copland created a distinctively American style and aesthetic in works for a diversity of genres and mediums, including ballet, opera, and film. Also active as a critic, mentor, advocate, and concert organizer, he played a...

Twentieth-century music has been described as complex, vital, diverse, uncertain, experimental, self-conscious, innovative-the list is long and growing. Composers have been both credited with and accused of always searching for something "new," writing works that are mechanistic but romantic, meaningful but unskilled, beautiful but...

These two essays were written by Professor Blume for the monumental encyclopedia of which he was the editor, Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. In the first study he examines the concept of the term 'Renaissance, ' summing up the views of art historians...

"Number One" was a phrase my father--and, for that matter, my mother--repeated time and time again. It was a phrase spoken by my parents' friends and by their friends' children. Whenever adults discussed the great Chinese painters and sculptors from the ancient dynasties, there...

J. S. Bach's Suites for Unaccompanied Cello are among the most cherished and frequently played works in the entire literature of music, and yet they have never been the subject of a full-length music analytical study. The musical examples herein include every note of...

Spanish émigré guitarist Celedonio Romero gave his American debut performance on a June evening in 1958. In the sixty years since, the Romero Family--Celedonio, his wife Angelita, sons Celín, Pepe, and Angel, as well as grandsons Celino and Lito--have become preeminent in the world...

George Szell was the Cleveland Orchestra's towering presence for over a quarter of a century. From the boardroom to the stage, Szell's powerful personality affected every aspect of a musical institution he reshaped in his own perfectionist image. Marcia Hansen Kraus's participation in Cleveland's...

Great music arouses wonder: how did the composer create such an original work of art? What was the artist's inspiration, and how did that idea become a reality? Cultural products inevitably arise from a context, a submerged landscape that is often not easily accessible....

That Johann Sebastian Bach is a pivotal figure in the history of Western music is hardly news, and the magnitude of his achievement is so immense that it can be difficult to grasp. In About Bach, fifteen scholars show that Bach's importance extends from...

Beethoven's sixteen string quartets are some of the most extraordinary and challenging pieces of music ever written. Originally composed and performed between 1798 and 1826, they have inspired artists of all kinds--not only musicians--and have been subject to endless reinterpretation. But what is it...

(PWM). The Preludes of Op. 28 include all 24 major and minor tonalities arranged in a circle of fifths, with each major key being followed by its relative minor. Contrary to custom of using this type of piece as didactic material, Chopin's cycle was...

Strengthen Your Skill with These Essential ExercisesLearn from the professor who taught famed cellist Paul Tortelier. These daily exercises by Louis Feuillard cover the most important aspects of developing skill as cellist, and have been adopted as the standard repertoire of leaning this soulful...

(BH Piano). Intermediate to advanced level original piano pieces by Christopher Norton in pop/rock styles, with a companion CD of performances by the composer.Author: Christopher NortonISBN-10: 0851624758ISBN-13: 9780851624754Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2005Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.30d

(Vocal Collection). This is among the most widely used teaching repertoire for singers in the U.S. Over 30 songs in each book, including American and British art songs, folk song arrangements, sacred songs and a sampling of beginning songs in German, Italian, Spanish and...

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). Composed in 1917 for viola, string quartet and string orchestra and dedicated to Francis Purcell Warren, killed in World War I.Author: Herbert HowellsISBN-10: 1784541133ISBN-13: 9781784541132Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2015Pages: 12Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 11.50h x 9.00w x 0.32d