Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) was a German musician and composer during the Baroque period. He based his work on existing German styles but often adopted and adapted textures, rhythms, and forms from other countries, especially from Italy and France. Although his music...

(Schirmer Performance Editions). 22 pieces by Berens, Beyer, Burgmuller, Duvernoy, Ellmenreich, Gurlitt, Heller, Kullak, Kunz, Oesten, Reinecke, Schumann, Streabbog and Tchaikovsky. Online audio is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary Contents: BERENS: Piece in C Major, Op. 70, No. 32 * BEYER: Piece in F Major, Op....

Fryderyk Chopin's career is intricately entwined with the piano. Although he made forays into orchestral and chamber work, the vast majority of Chopin's pieces feature the piano. While his relatively brief life shortened his potential contribution as a composer, the originality, richness, and quality...

(Schirmer Performance Editions). 18 pieces by Beethoven, Benda, Clementi, Czerny, Haydn, Mozart, Pleyel and Turk. Online audio is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary Contents: BEETHOVEN: German Dance in C Major, WoO 8, No. 1 * Ecossaise in E-flat Major, WoO 86 * Sonatina in G Major,...

(Schirmer Performance Editions). 20 pieces by 12 composers including CPE Bach, Blow, Couperin, Daquin, Duncombe, Handel, Pachelbel, Scarlatti and Telemann. Contents: ANONYMOUS: Minuet in G Major, BWV App. 116 * Musette in D Major, BWV App. 126 * Minuet in D minor, BWV App....

Scholars have long recognized Carl Maria von Weber as the father of the German Romantic and Nationalist music. The success of his opera Der Freisch?z almost single handedly brought German operatic style onto the world stage, competing with and challenging established operatic traditions in...

(Vocal Collection). This all-in-one package includes the original Arias for Soprano Volume 2 book from the G. Schirmer Opera Anthology along with two accompaniment CDs AND the corresponding Diction Coach book/two CD set. Diction Coach includes recorded diction lessons, IPA, and word for word...

In Chamber Music: An Extensive Guide for Listeners, Lucy Miller Murray transforms her decades of program notes for some of the world's most distinguished artists and presenters into the go-to guide for the chamber music novice and enthusiast. Offering practical information on the broad...

(Harp). The third book in the Sylvia Woods multi-level harp book series. It contains popular hymns and church music, wedding processionals and recessionals, and a special section of Jewish music for joyous occasions. There are about 50 pieces, each with 2 arrangements: an easy...

(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...

The first history of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to describe and document its origins in 1887 to the present day, relating its changing fortunes in light of the economic, demographic, and cultural history of the city of Detroit. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Grace, Grit,...

(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....

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...

(Piano Collection). Contents: Sonata No. 1 in C, Op. 1 * Sonata No. 2 in F Sharp Minor, Op. 2 * Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5 * Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9 * Variations on an Original...

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...

(Piano Duet Selections). Accessible, intermediate-level piano duet arrangements from Bernstein's Candide . Contents: The Best of All Possible Worlds * Bon Voyage * I am Easily Assimilated * Make our Garden Grow * Oh, Happy We * We are Women * Ballad of Eldorado...

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) began his Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19, as a concertino in 1915 but soon abandoned it to work on his opera, The Gambler. He returned to the concerto in the summer of 1917. It premiered on October...

Jean Sibelius (1865--1957) clearly enjoyed writing the six humoresques for violin and orchestra in 1916--1917. They were not performed until November 24, 1919 together with the first performance of the final version of the fifth symphony. The soloist for the Humoresques was Paul Cherkassky....

(Boosey & Hawkes Voice). This collection of 24 songs and arias draws on works that span the composer's lifetime, including his early experimental and mature Americana periods. Contents include: Four Early Songs, Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson, arias from The Tender Land and The...

(Guitar Solo). 22 Italian favorites arranged for solo guitar in notes and tab, including: Carnival of Venice * Come Back to Sorrento * Funiculi, Funicula * Italian National Anthem (Fratelli D'Italia) * La Donna E Mobile * La Paloma Blanca (The White Dove) *...

(Vocal Collection). Diction lessons on each aria in the series recorded by top language coaches from the Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School plus International Phonetic Alphabet and word for word translations With these book/audio packs that match the standard aria collections edited by...

Author: Georg Philipp TelemannISBN-10: 1581064152ISBN-13: 9781581064155Publisher: Southern Music CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/1973Pages: 8Format: OtherWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 11.73h x 8.43w x 0.47d

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: Johannes BrahmsISBN-10: 1408633108ISBN-13: 9781408633106Publisher: Davies...

(BH Piano). 9 piano works for solo piano or 2 pianos, 4 hands: Obsolete Objects (2 pianos, 4 hands) * Ellis Island (piano solo) * urban march (shadow) (2 pianos, 4 hands) * Tower (2 pianos, 4 hands) * Quarry Waltz (piano solo) *...

In 1981, Lawrence Mass was a 35-year-old physician, writer, and gay activist living in New York City. On his living room wall, among other opera memorabilia, there were five pictures of Richard Wagner, one of them a drawing by Mass himself. While researching what...

(Willis). Fifty etudes from the works of Berens, Bertini, Burgmuller, Czerny, Duvernoy, Heller, Kohler, Le Couppey, Lemoine, Loschhorn, Streabbog.Author: John ThompsonISBN-10: 1423463617ISBN-13: 9781423463610Publisher: Willis Music CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2005Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.80w x 0.30d

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...

(Piano Collection). Contents: Minuet in C * Minuet in F * Minuet and Trio * Little Dance * Allegro in B Flat * Minuet * Little Song * Minuet in B Flat * Allegro * Minuet * Air * Minuet in F * Air...

An essential high culture institution, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has both supported and molded American musical culture. Denise Von Glahn examines the Foundation and its immense influence from the organization's prehistory and origins through the onset of World War II. Funded by...

Author: Jean SibeliusISBN-10: 951757679XISBN-13: 9789517576796Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2004Pages: 17Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 10.10h x 6.30w x 0.30d

An essential high culture institution, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has both supported and molded American musical culture. Denise Von Glahn examines the Foundation and its immense influence from the organization's prehistory and origins through the onset of World War II. Funded by...

The BBC Proms is the world's biggest and longest-running classical music festival and one of the jewels in the crown for the BBC. Held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, it is one of the strongest brand names in the music...

The transition from the valveless natural horn to the modern valved horn in 19th-century Paris was different from similar transitions in other countries. While valve technology was received happily by players of other members of the brass family, strong support for the natural horn,...

Chopin Frederic SHEET MUSIC Solo Piano MiscellaneousVariations Brillantes in B flat major Bolero in A minor Tarantelle in A flat major Allegro de Concert in A major Fantasie in F minor Berceuse in D flat major Barcarolle in F sharp major Marche Funebre in...

In the 1940s it was unheard of for women to be members of a professional orchestra, let alone play "masculine" instruments like the bass or trombone. Yet despite these formidable challenges, the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra (MWSO) became the only all-women orchestra in Canadian...

(String Solo). Nos 1 22. For unaccompanied cello.Author: S. LeeISBN-10: 1458426467ISBN-13: 9781458426468Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.20d

Some of Chopin's best-loved works are contained in this volume. More advanced than 14 of His Easiest Piano Selections, familiar preludes, waltzes and mazurkas are joined by Fantaisie-Impromptu," "Etude in E Major" and "Polonaise in A Major." This versatile collection could be used over...

(Music Sales America). Carl Nielsen's Koncert from Opus 57 is a work for clarinet and orchestra. This edition features a piano reduction of the original orchestral score with clarinet solo part. Originally composed in 1928, this edition is based on the revised score published...

(Schott). This method book teaches self-learning and recognition of rhythmic and melodic patterns through 149 carefully graduated pieces in a range of musical styles. Includes teacher/student duets. For beginners through intermediate players.Author: John KemberISBN-10: 1902455541ISBN-13: 9781902455549Publisher: SchottLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2005Pages: 92Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 11.80h x...

(Music Minus One). Performed by Ivajlo Djourov, bass-baritone Accompaniment: Orchestra of the Sofia National Opera Conductor: Nayden Todorov This collection of Bass-Baritone arias presents a wide variety from Mozart's greatest operas. Listen to master bass-baritone Ivajlo Djourov work his magic, then he stands aside...

The Classics for the Advancing Pianist series provides motivating, enjoyable literature of substantial quality for developing keyboard artists. The pieces in these books, written by Edward MacDowell and ordered in a logical progression from volume to volume, help the performer work within his or...

The composer and pedagogue Adolph von Henselt (1814--1889) can truly be considered one of the founding fathers of the Russian School of piano playing. He counted among his pupils Nicolai Sergeyvich Zverev, the teacher of Rachmaninoff and Scriabin. Rachmaninoff considered Henselt's Etudes the equal...

This captivating book provides an in-depth look at the history and musical legacy of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The author chronicles key milestones, from the founding of the orchestra in 1881 to its current position as one of the world's most renowned ensembles. Filled...

(Vocal Collection). Contents: Voi avete un cor fedele * Ah, lo previdi * Alcandro, lo confesso...Non so d'onde viene * Basta, vincesti...Ah non lasciarmi * Popoli di Tessaglia * Kommet her, ihr frechen sunder * Ma che vi fece * Stelle...Sperai vicino il lido...

Author: Giuseppe VerdiISBN-10: 0793526183ISBN-13: 9780793526185Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 56Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 10.44h x 6.79w x 0.22d

Author: August Joseph FranchommeISBN-10: 0757909310ISBN-13: 9780757909313Publisher: Kalmus PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/1985Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 11.60h x 8.90w x 0.30d

This volume contains 12 famous works by Debussy as edited and performed by Joseph Banowetz. A complete preface describing compositional and performance notes on each piece is included along with audio performances recorded by Banowetz. Titles: Arabesques No. 1 and No. 2 * La...

'I couldn't put it down' - Joanne Lumley'Propelled by Glover's clear passion for the subject, the narrative captivates' Publishers WeeklyAt thirteen years old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a child prodigy who had captured the hearts of northern Europe, but his father Leopold was now...

This superb edition of Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, one of the greatest masterpieces in the operatic repertoire, is reprinted complete and unabridged from a rare, limited, and numbered edition approved by Strauss and prepared by his publisher, Adolph F rstner, prior to the opera's...

Carl Czerny was a prolific composer who wrote approximately 1,000 published works. As a pupil of Beethoven and the teacher of Franz Liszt, he was a transmitter of ideas from one great master to another. His many collections of exercises and studies range from...