Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

(Schott). These books delve into the important elements of the blues: the blues form, and blues scales and their typical melodic characteristics and phrasing. The progressively constructed exercises move from simple repetition step by step to the player's own improvisation. Blues Power Live invites...

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...

(Schott). With this tutor you can acquire solid basic knowledge, playing ability and theoretical expertise, step by step. Numerous pictures and interesting text provides plenty of background information about the flute. Most of the pieces are well known works from various eras. Many of...

(Schott). At last, a modern collection of folk pieces for the recorder The accompaniment on CD gives aural assistance in learning the music and makes lessons more enjoyable. Alas my love (Greensleeves) * Morning has broken * I've been a wild rover * Auld...

(Schott). Tom van der Geld's Eartraining is encyclopedic in its coverage from A to Z of the basics of jazz theory; it is systematic to such a degree that a student can work by him or herself with the book alone; it can be...

(Schott). Gerhard Graf-Martinez is a passionate flamenco guitarist and teacher. The wealth of his knowledge is captured in this two-volume work, which also reflects valuable experience gained from his activities as a tutor at national and international seminars and workshops. The CD included with...

(Schott). 23 pieces by Brahms, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens, Schubert, Schumann, and others. Intermediate Level.Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10: 3795745128ISBN-13: 9783795745127Publisher: SchottLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2011Pages: 60Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.80w x 0.40d

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). Double Bass method suitable for children and amateurs. Companion CD also includes printable piano parts.Author: Gerd ReinkeISBN-10: 3793140113ISBN-13: 9783793140115Publisher: Bote & BockLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2013Pages: 75Format: OtherWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 12.00h x 9.00w x 0.22d

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 powerful and thought provoking memoir from one of the world's most successful orchestral conductors, whose life story, talent and dedication to music is an inspiration to read. A tragic car accident when Welser-Moest was a student shaped both his career and approach to...

Offers an overview of Italian music of the modern era dealing with the composers and the music they wrote. This book includes full bibliographical references and an index.Author: Michael WebbISBN-10: 1871082897ISBN-13: 9781871082890Publisher: Kahn & AverillLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/31/2008Pages: 160Format: Paperback

Vlado Perlemuter had the privilege of studying all Ravel's solo piano music with the reclusive composer himself. The origins of this book lie in a series of programmes broadcast in 1950 by Radio Francaise in which Perlemuter played all Ravel's compositions for solo piano...

What does it mean to understand music? What, if anything, does music mean? Composers, performers, listeners, and academics may answer these questions differently, but what sense of music do they share? When music seems unfamiliar or unlike anything we have heard before, we may...

The French pianist, Marguerite Long, was closely associated with the music of Gabriel Faure and became a favourite interpreter of his music. She studied and worked for a decade alongside the composer and dedicated her long and successful career to the promotion of his...

(Music Sales America). This piece was first performed in April 1977. This is the Chester Music edition but the original publishers were Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne.Author: Henryk Mikolaj GoreckiISBN-10: 1847729509ISBN-13: 9781847729507Publisher: Chester MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2000Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 9.25h x 6.62w x 0.32d

Dr Whitwell's studies of Mozart began with his Ph.D. dissertation (1963) on the early symphonies of Mozart, which included an extensive study of pre-Classical composers and the early development of the sonata form. He was employed by Universal Edition in Vienna in 1968 to...

This book shows how over the hundred years between the Vienna Congress and the dissolution of the Empire, the waltz altered from signifier of upper-class artifice--covering with glitz and glamour the poverty and war central to the time--to the link between the three classes,...

Explores the world of women's professional and amateur musical activity as it developed on and beyond the island of Ireland. In a story which spans several centuries, the book highlights representative composers and performers in classical music, Irish traditional music, and contemporary art music...

A must-have for any conductor, conducting student and orchestral librarian. How does a conductor know whether the score they use is what the composer wrote? How do orchestral players know that their parts are reliable and reflect the latest scholarship? As Jonathan Del Mar...

This first full biography of Edward J. Dent (1876-1957), Cambridge Professor of Music and foremost musicologist, tells the story of a remarkable man who played a crucial role in the formation of twentieth-century culture and cultural institutions. Operating at both personal and international levels,...

'A beautiful and important book' - Marina MahlerGustav Mahler wrote some of the most challenging and cherished music of all time: eleven extraordinary symphonies that continue to fascinate, intrigue and infuriate music lovers around the world.In his dazzling new book, David Vernon celebrates these...

Unavailable in its complete form since Elgar's death, this delightful sequence of pieces will provide an invaluable source of performing material for organists of all abilities. The Voluntaries can be played on either manuals alone, as originally conceived, or with the optional pedal part....

The brooding melancholy that pervades many of Tchaikovsky's compositions is perhaps most concentrated in his Symphony No. 6, the "Path騁ique," a remarkably innovative, highly personal, and deeply emotional work. A perennial concert favorite since its premiere in 1893, this symphony is also characterized by...

Faced with the daunting legacy of Beethoven's symphonic works, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) took twenty years to shape his first symphony -- a masterpiece that premiered in 1876 to great critical acclaim.The expansive Symphony No. 1 in C Minor perfectly displays Brahms's ability to organize...

(BH Piano). Embark on a voyage of discovery with this stunning collection of 14 original Latin Preludes from the creator of Microjazz, inspired by the musical styles and rhythms of Latin America. Soak up the vibrant Brazilian carnival atmosphere with the Samba and the...

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...

(Piano). Two Pianos, Four Hands. 2 Copies needed to perform.Author: Pyotr Il'yich TchaikovskyISBN-10: 1423465954ISBN-13: 9781423465959Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 100Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.80w x 0.30d

(Brass Solo). Solos appropriate for advanced high school or college players, this collection presents staples of the standard trumpet literature complete with access to online recordings of full demonstration tracks and accompaniment-only tracks. Contents: The Maid of the Mist (Clarke) * Legende (Enescu) o...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Glenn Gould (1932-1982) was a giant of twentieth-century classical music, but one whose eccentricities have sometimes obscured the moral seriousness of his approach to art. Countering this common misperception, Partita for Glenn Gould is an eloquent tribute to the artist that illuminates his versatile...

(Music Sales America). This version of Handel's Air and Rondo is edited and arranged by Evelyn Rothwell. 'Air' is grade 3 standard, while the 'Rondo' is grade 5 standard.Author: George Frideric HandelISBN-10: 0711941858ISBN-13: 9780711941854Publisher: Chester MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1992Pages: 6Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 11.60h x 8.80w...

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...

The chanson Doulce memoire, by Pierre Regnault, "dit Sandrin" (ca. 1490-1561), is a simple melody elegantly wedded to poetry that evokes nostalgia for something everyone has experienced--a consuming, passionate love that exists only in bittersweet memory. This chanson was so popular that it was...

Revised and expanded, A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth Century Music is a comprehensive reference guide for students and professional musicians. The book contains useful material on vocal and choral music and style; instrumentation; performance practice; ornamentation, tuning, temperament; meter and tempo; basso continuo; dance;...

Central to the repertoire of Western art music since the 18th century, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultimate compositional challenges. In his five-volume series The Symphonic Repertoire, the late A. Peter Brown explores the symphony from its 18th-century...

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was the most influential composer for the organ in the 20th century. Shaped by French tradition as well as the innovations of Debussy, Stravinsky, and Bartók, Messiaen developed a unique style that would become his signature. Using Messiaen's own analytical and...

Sergei Rachmaninoff--the last great Russian romantic and arguably the finest pianist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries--wrote 83 songs, which are performed and beloved throughout the world. Like German Lieder and French m駘odies, the songs were composed for one singer, accompanied by...

Allan Evans's groundbreaking biography of Ignaz Friedman gives the reader the behind and the between of the life and career of this extraordinary pianist. Friedman's repertory emphasized the major works of Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt, and Brahms, but he was perhaps best known for his...

The years of the Great Depression, World War II, and their aftermath brought a sea change in American music. This period of economic, social, and political adversity can truly be considered a musical golden age. In the realm of classical music, Aaron Copland, Samuel...

As soloist, master class teacher, and pianist of the world-renowned Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler can boast of four Grammy nominations, three honorary doctorates, more than 80 recordings, and lifetime achievement awards presented by France, Germany, and Israel. Former Pressler student William Brown traces...

Debussy's Late Style explores Claude Debussy's musical responses to World War I. This period of composition encompasses the duration of the war and the last four years of Debussy's life. The works that emerged during this time reflect both wartime events and the composer's...

From Yakima, Washington, to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Donald Peck's journey as a flutist has been extraordinary. Here, Peck offers an insider's view of the inner workings of one of the most prestigious orchestras in the country. Peck, like many artists, did not select...

Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina (1931- ) has achieved international acclaim for her unique musical oeuvre which draws on Eastern and Western musical traditions and reflects a deep-rooted belief in the mystical and religious qualities of music. Kurtz's biography of Gubaidulina is the first in...

The second part of the third volume to appear in the magnum opus of A. Peter Brown continues the geographical tour of the mid-19th-to early-20th-century symphony begun in Vol. 3A. Brown discusses works from England, Russia, and France--including those by Potter, Bennett, Stanford, Elgar,...

The first modern biography in English of Russian composer-pianist Anton Rubinstein, this book places Rubinstein within the context of Russian and western European musical culture during the late 19th century, exploring his rise to international fame from humble origins in Bessarabia, as well as...

The third volume to appear in the magnum opus of A. Peter Brown takes as its topic the European symphony ca. 1800-ca. 1930 and is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the symphonies of Germany and the Nordic countries and discusses...

Saint Lambert's Nouveau traité de l'accompagnement de clavecin, de l'orgue, et des autres instruments of 1707 supplements his earlier harpsichord treatise, Les Principes du clavecin of 1702. The Nouveau traité is a method book specifically designed for the accompanist rather than the solo performer....

A History of Baroque Music is an exhaustive study of the music of the Baroque period, with particular focus on the 17th century. Individual chapters consider the work of significant composers, including Monteverdi, Corelli, Scarlatti, Sch?z, Purcell, Handel, Bach, and Telemann, as well as...

Central to the repertoire of Western art music since the 18th century, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultimate compositional challenges. Surprisingly, heretofore there has been no truly extensive, broad-based treatment of the genre, and the best of the...