Casals And The Art Of Interpretation

Author : David Blum
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780520963511

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Casals and the Art of Interpretation by David Blum Pdf

"This is an immensely valuable book and one which is clearly designed to appeal to all musicians—not just string players...Mr. Blum has captured in great detail the little things that so often make a great teacher. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the Art of Interpretation."—Music Teacher "The volume belongs to an exceptional class of literature: it is to be welcomed as a significant contribution. In his Forward, Antony Hopkins in a most eloquent way makes us fully aware of our possible great loss had the subject material forming this book not been preserved for posterity...throughout the book one remains not only an absorbed reader, but very much an active participant."—Violoncello Society Newsletter "Now we have an authoritative guide to this great artist's approach to interpretation...a book which should be compulsory reading for every player, conductor and teacher."—Music Journal of the Incorporated Society of Musicians "Blum has elegantly combined precise music terminology with meticulous music examples to present lucid and revealing details of interpretation that can be quickly and easily grasped. Only superlatives apply to this book, and all serious musicians would find immense pleasure and musical profit from reading this work. Highly recommended at all levels."—Choice

Author : Eric Siblin
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780802197979

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The Cello Suites by Eric Siblin Pdf

An award-winning journey through Johann Sebastian Bach’s six cello suites and the brilliant musician who revealed their lasting genius. One fateful evening, journalist and pop-music critic Eric Siblin attended a recital of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cello Suites—an experience that set him on an epic quest to uncover the mysterious history of the entrancing compositions and their miraculous reemergence nearly two hundred years later. In pursuit of his musicological obsession, Siblin would unravel three centuries of intrigue, politics, and passion. Winner of the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction and the McAuslan First Book Prize, The Cello Suites weaves together three dramatic narratives: the disappearance of Bach’s manuscript in the eighteenth century, Pablo Casals’s discovery and popularization of the music in Spain in the late nineteenth century, and Siblin’s infatuation with the suites in the present day. The search led Siblin to Barcelona, where Casals, just thirteen and in possession of his first cello, roamed the backstreets with his father in search of sheet music and found Bach’s lost suites tucked in a dark corner of a store. Casals played them every day for twelve years before finally performing them in public. Siblin sheds new light on the mysteries that continue to haunt this music more than 250 years after its composer’s death: Why did Bach compose the suites for the cello, then considered a lowly instrument? What happened to the original manuscript? A seamless blend of biography and music history, The Cello Suites is a true-life journey of discovery, fueled by the power of these musical masterpieces. “The ironies of artistic genius and public taste are subtly explored in this winding, entertaining tale of a musical masterpiece.” —Publishers Weekly “Siblin’s writing is most inspired when describing the life of Casals, showing a genuine affection for the cellist, who . . . used his instrument and the suites as weapons of protest and pleas for peace.” —Booklist, starred review

Author : Pablo Casals,Albert Eugene Kahn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Cellists
ISBN : 0848822315

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Joys and Sorrows by Pablo Casals,Albert Eugene Kahn Pdf

Author : David McGill (Bassoonist)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Music
ISBN : 0253349214

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Sound in Motion by David McGill (Bassoonist) Pdf

David McGill has assembled an exhaustive study that uses the musical concepts of the legendary Marcel Tabuteau as a starting point from which to develop musical thought. McGill methodically explains the frequently misunderstood ""Tabuteau number system"" and its relationship to note grouping-the lifeblood of music. The controversial issue of baroque performance practice is also addressed. Instrumentalists and vocalists alike will find that many of the ideas presented in this book will help develop their musicianship as well as their understanding of what makes a performance ""musical.""

Author : Colin Durrant
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781136071386

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Choral Conducting by Colin Durrant Pdf

Choral Conducting is a resource for singers, teachers, and choral conductors, and a college-level text for students of choral conducting. It also includes an overview of what is involved in leading a choral group and examines theories of learning and human behaviour and the history of choral music together with conductor's role. The book also discusses issues of the conductor-vocalist relationship, the mechanics of singing, rehearsal strategies, and more.

Author : David Blum
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0801437318

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Quintet by David Blum Pdf

"The essays grew out of conversations the musicians had with the late David Blum, who was himself distinguished both as a conductor and as an author of books and articles on musical subjects"--Jacket.

Author : David Blum,Guarneri Quartet
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Music
ISBN : 0801494567

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The Art of Quartet Playing by David Blum,Guarneri Quartet Pdf

These intelligent conversations will be greeted enthusiastically not only by string players and serious musicians but also by advanced listeners. A musicologist and conductor, Blum knows from experience what crucial questions to ask about the medium and its practice. The members of the Guarneri Quartet discuss their backgrounds, training, cooperative efforts, problems with specific repertoire, and reactions to composers and conductors, as well as such detailed matters as bowing, intonation, vibrato, pizzicato, dynamics and the use of the left hand. Enhanced by hundreds of music examples and a detailed analysis of Beethoven's Opus 131, this is arguably the best book on the subject and one of the most important books on music issued in recent years. Performing Arts Book Club selection.

Author : Paul Elie
Publisher : Union Books
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781908526410

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Reinventing Bach by Paul Elie Pdf

DIV Johann Sebastian Bach – celebrated pipe organist, court composer and master of sacred music – was also a technical pioneer. Working in Germany in the early eighteenth century, he invented new instruments and carried out experiments in tuning, the effects of which are still with us today. Two hundred years later, a number of extraordinary musicians have utilised the music of Bach to thrilling effect through the art of recording, furthering their own virtuosity and reinventing the composer for our time. In Reinventing Bach, Paul Elie brilliantly blends the stories of modern musicians with a polyphonic account of our most celebrated composer’s life to create a spellbinding narrative of the changing place of music in our lives. We see the sainted organist Albert Schweitzer playing to a mobile recording unit set up at London’s Church of All Hallows in order to spread Bach’s organ works to the world beyond the churches, and Pablo Casals’s Abbey Road recordings of Bach’s cello suites transform the middle-class sitting room into a hotbed of existentialism; we watch Leopold Stokowski persuade Walt Disney to feature his own grand orchestrations of Bach in the animated classical-music movie Fantasia – which made Bach the sound of children’s playtime and Hollywood grandeur alike – and we witness how Glenn Gould’s Goldberg Variations made Bach the byword for postwar cool. Through the Beatles and Switched-on Bach and Gödel, Escher, Bach – through film, rock music, the Walkman, the CD and up to Yo-Yo Ma and the iPod – Elie shows us how dozens of gifted musicians searched, experimented and collaborated with one another in the service of a composer who emerged as the prototype of the spiritualised, technically savvy artist. /div

Author : James Morgan Thurmond
Publisher : Meredith Music Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Music
ISBN : 0942782003

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Note Grouping by James Morgan Thurmond Pdf

(Meredith Music Resource). Fully explains through musical example, the concept of expressive musicianship as taught by Anton Horner, William Kincaid and Marcel Tabuteau. This book clearly illustrates how to teach students to play or sing with expression, musicianship and style and will help to make your performances "come alive".

Author : Margaret Campbell
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780571278015

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The Great Cellists by Margaret Campbell Pdf

The Great Cellists is a comprehensive and authoritative history of the lives and work of the cello's great performers and teachers, from the emergence of the solo instrument in the seventeenth century to the present day. In its early history, the cello was a genuine 'bass' violin that came in three sizes and from the thirteenth century was played side by side with viols and later violins. The instrument we know today came into general use by the time the great makers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries - such as Amati, Stradivari and Guarneri - brought their craft to perfection and made numerous of the instruments most sought after by today's virtuosi. Many of the earliest known professional cellists were employed as court musicians, but their names have not been widely known. The most familiar names belong to those early cellists who were also composers: Boccherini, Romberg, Piatti and Popper. In more recent times, the great Europeans Becker, Klengel and Salmond led to Feuermann, Piatogorsky, Fournier, Rostropovich, and above all to Casals; and they, in turn, have greatly influenced contemporary musicians such as the late Jacqueline du Pré and the manifold brilliant players from Russia, Japan and the USA. The Great Cellists reveals a splendid range of personalities from the conventional to the eccentric. Included also are the numerous less well-known cellists who were important as founders of the various national 'schools'. Margaret Campbell has interviewed many eminent musicians and had rich access to letters and private documents in her coverage of the last hundred years. Her absorbing book presents to the reader a rich vision of skills and traditions that have been handed down nationally through the generations, and developed internationally since the twentieth century. It is a book for string players, students, concertgoers and CD buffs - indeed, anyone who enjoys the sound of the cello.

Author : Clemency Burton-Hill
Publisher : Headline Home
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781472251831

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YEAR OF WONDER: Classical Music for Every Day by Clemency Burton-Hill Pdf

As featured in the Telegraph and on Radio 4's Today programme. 'A magnificent treasury . . . a fascinating tour de force.' Observer 'Year of Wonder is an absolute treat - the most enlightening way to be guided through the year.' Eddie Redmayne Classical music for everyone - an inspirational piece of music for every day of the year, celebrating composers from the medieval era to the present day, written by award-winning violinist and BBC Radio 3 presenter Clemency Burton-Hill. Have you ever heard a piece of music so beautiful it stops you in your tracks? Or wanted to discover more about classical music but had no idea where to begin? Year of Wonder is a unique celebration of classical music by an author who wants to share its diverse wonders with others and to encourage a love for this genre in all readers, whether complete novices or lifetime enthusiasts. Clemency chooses one piece of music for each day of the year, with a short explanation about the composer to put it into context, and brings the music alive in a modern and playful way, while also extolling the positive mindfulness element of giving yourself some time every day to listen to something uplifting or beautiful. Thoughtfully curated and expertly researched, this is a book of classical music to keep you company: whoever you are, wherever you're from. 'The only requirements for enjoying classical music are open ears and an open mind.' Clemency Burton-Hill Playlists are available on most streaming music platforms including Apple Music.

Author : Tracy Marks
Publisher : Nicolas-Hays, Inc.
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780892545933

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The Art of Chart Interpretation by Tracy Marks Pdf

Learn how to determine and interpret the essential personality traits indicated by the birth chart. Interpreting a horoscope effectively and determining an individual’s primary qualities, strengths, and weaknesses requires skill in collecting and organizing astrological information. The Art of Chart Interpretation presents a practical system for amateur and professional astrologers confused by the many details of the birth chart. With clarity and insight, Tracy Marks provides a comprehensive method for collecting and evaluating astrological data. Her step-by-step techniques and worksheets aid astrology students in developing their abilities to analyze and synthesize the many facets of the chart and to grasp the essential features of the personality.

Author : Louis Potter
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1995-11-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781457400353

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The Art of Cello Playing by Louis Potter Pdf

The author's stated purpose in writing The Art of Cello Playing is to present a progressive sequence of commentary and material as a basis for acquiring a sound technical foundation and basic playing competence to prepare the player for exploring the rich solo, orchestral, and chamber music literature of the instrument. To that end he has produced a comprehensive textbook and reference manual on beginning to advanced cello technique with emphasis on the vital beginning foundation. Louis Potter Jr., is particularly well qualified to make this contribution from his wide experience in teaching both classes and individuals at Michigan State University and at National Music Camp, Interlochen, Michigan.

Author : Arnold Jacobs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Brass instruments
ISBN : UOM:39015080802583

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Also Sprach Arnold Jacobs by Arnold Jacobs Pdf

Author : Barbara Hammer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Art
ISBN : 3777429929

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Barbara Hammer by Barbara Hammer Pdf

Barbara Hammer: Evidentiary Bodies' is a multifaceted exhibition-project that delves into the life?s work and resonating impact of lesbian feminist artist and filmmaker Barbara Hammer. Known to most as a pioneer in queer cinema, this occasion marks the first where a large breadth of Hammer?s work can be witnessed and studied side-by-side.00Exhibition: Leslie - Lohman Museum, New York, USA (07.10.2017-28.01.2018).