Charles Valentin Alkan

Author : Dr William Alexander Eddie
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781409493648

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Charles Valentin Alkan by Dr William Alexander Eddie Pdf

A 'conservative radical' is William Alexander Eddie's description of the French virtuoso composer-pianist Charles Valentin Alkan (1813-1888). Judaic culture, the French baroque and German classicism were the main influences on Alkan's musical style, with more radical musical tendencies found in many of the Esquisses op 63. This comprehensive survey takes as its focus a stylistic analysis of Alkan's compositions from the apprentice works to the later 'massed style' etudes; the latter are of considerable length and pianistic difficulty. There is also consideration of Alkan's achievements as pianist and teacher, and the sections on performance practice in Alkan will be of interest to pianists today. A full investigation of Alkan's reception history is also included and useful appendices provide a guide to further archival research. A list of works and basic discography complete this new study of an important French composer.

Author : WilliamAlexander Eddie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351572293

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Charles Valentin Alkan by WilliamAlexander Eddie Pdf

A 'conservative radical' is William Alexander Eddie's description of the French virtuoso composer-pianist Charles Valentin Alkan (1813-1888). Judaic culture, the French baroque and German classicism were the main influences on Alkan's musical style, with more radical musical tendencies found in many of the Esquisses op 63. This comprehensive survey takes as its focus a stylistic analysis of Alkan's compositions from the apprentice works to the later 'massed style' etudes; the latter are of considerable length and pianistic difficulty. There is also consideration of Alkan's achievements as pianist and teacher, and the sections on performance practice in Alkan will be of interest to pianists today. A full investigation of Alkan's reception history is also included and useful appendices provide a guide to further archival research. A list of works and basic discography complete this new study of an important French composer.

Author : Charles-Valentin Alkan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798672816296

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49 Esquisses (Op. 63) by Charles-Valentin Alkan Pdf

Charles-Valentin Alkan's 49 "Esquisses", true to the original work.

Author : WilliamAlexander Eddie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351572286

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Charles Valentin Alkan by WilliamAlexander Eddie Pdf

A 'conservative radical' is William Alexander Eddie's description of the French virtuoso composer-pianist Charles Valentin Alkan (1813-1888). Judaic culture, the French baroque and German classicism were the main influences on Alkan's musical style, with more radical musical tendencies found in many of the Esquisses op 63. This comprehensive survey takes as its focus a stylistic analysis of Alkan's compositions from the apprentice works to the later 'massed style' etudes; the latter are of considerable length and pianistic difficulty. There is also consideration of Alkan's achievements as pianist and teacher, and the sections on performance practice in Alkan will be of interest to pianists today. A full investigation of Alkan's reception history is also included and useful appendices provide a guide to further archival research. A list of works and basic discography complete this new study of an important French composer.

Author : Charles-Valentin Alkan
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798696475738

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12 Etudes in All the Minor Keys (Op. 39) by Charles-Valentin Alkan Pdf

Charles-Valentin Alkan's complete 12 Etudes in All the Minor Keys (Op. 39), Urtext Edition. Reproduces the original intention of the composer as exactly as possible, without any added or changed material.

Author : Charles-Valentin Alkan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798671994667

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25 Preludes (Op. 31) by Charles-Valentin Alkan Pdf

Contents : 1. Lentement, in C Major 2. Assez lentement, in F minor 3. Dans le genre ancien, in D-flat Major 4. Prière du soir, in F-sharp minor 5. Psaume 150me, in D Major 6. Ancienne mélodie de la synagogue, in G minor 7. Librement mais sans secousses, in E-flat Major 8. La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer, in A-flat minor 9. Placiditas, in E Major 10. Dans le style fugué, in A minor 11. Un petit rien, in F Major 12. Le temps qui n'est plus, in B-flat minor 13. J'étais endormie, mais mon coeur veillait, in G-flat Major 14. Rapidement, in B minor 15. Dans le genre gothique, in G Major 16. Assez lentement, in C minor 17. Rêve d'amour, in A-flat Major 18. Sans trop de mouvement, in C-sharp minor 19. Prière de matin, in A Major 20. Modérément vite et bien caractérisé, in D minor 21. Doucement, in B-flat Major 22. Anniversaire, in E-flat minor 23. Assez vite, in B Major 24. Étude de vélocité, in E minor 25. Prière, in C Major

Author : Robert D. Kaplan
Publisher : Random House
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780399591044

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Adriatic by Robert D. Kaplan Pdf

“[An] elegantly layered exploration of Europe’s past and future . . . a multifaceted masterpiece.”—The Wall Street Journal “A lovely, personal journey around the Adriatic, in which Robert Kaplan revisits places and peoples he first encountered decades ago.”—Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker In this insightful travelogue, Robert D. Kaplan, geopolitical expert and bestselling author of Balkan Ghosts and The Revenge of Geography, turns his perceptive eye to a region that for centuries has been a meeting point of cultures, trade, and ideas. He undertakes a journey around the Adriatic Sea, through Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, and Greece, to reveal that far more is happening in the region than most news stories let on. Often overlooked, the Adriatic is in fact at the center of the most significant challenges of our time, including the rise of populist politics, the refugee crisis, and battles over the control of energy resources. And it is once again becoming a global trading hub that will determine Europe’s relationship with the rest of the world as China and Russia compete for dominance in its ports. Kaplan explores how the region has changed over his three decades of observing it as a journalist. He finds that to understand both the historical and contemporary Adriatic is to gain a window on the future of Europe as a whole, and he unearths a stark truth: The era of populism is an epiphenomenon—a symptom of the age of nationalism coming to an end. Instead, the continent is returning to alignments of the early modern era as distinctions between East and West meet and break down within the Adriatic countries and ultimately throughout Europe. With a brilliant cross-pollination of history, literature, art, architecture, and current events, in Adriatic, Kaplan demonstrates that this unique region that exists at the intersection of civilizations holds revelatory truths for the future of global affairs.

Author : Ronald Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015048369741

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Alkan by Ronald Smith Pdf

Alkan: lonely 19th century genius, virtuoso pianist and also composer of some of the most difficult and disturbingly powerful piano music. After a long period of neglect his piano music is being discovered by an ever-widening public and played and recorded by some of the world's leading pianists. This edition, in two parts, was originally published in two separate volumes - the first dealth with the man, and the second was devoted solely to his music. With this reprint in one volume the books have been extensively revised, with two extra appendices added, and new bibliographies and discographies included.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028497399

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Charles Valentin Alkan by Anonim Pdf

Author : Susan Tomes
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : MUSIC
ISBN : 9780300253924

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The Piano by Susan Tomes Pdf

A fascinating history of the piano explored through 100 pieces chosen by one of the UK's most renowned concert pianists "Tomes . . . casts her net widely, taking in chamber music and concertos, knotty avant-garde masterworks and (most welcome) jazz."--Richard Fairman, Financial Times, "Best Books of 2021: Classical Music" "[One of] the most beautiful books I got my hands on this year. . . . About the shaping of this maddening, glorious, unconquerable instrument."--Jenny Colgan, Spectator, "Books of the Year" An astonishingly versatile instrument, the piano allows just two hands to play music of great complexity and subtlety. For more than two hundred years, it has brought solo and collaborative music into homes and concert halls and has inspired composers in every musical genre--from classical to jazz and light music. Charting the development of the piano from the late eighteenth century to the present day, pianist and writer Susan Tomes takes the reader with her on a personal journey through 100 pieces including solo works, chamber music, concertos, and jazz. Her choices include composers such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Gershwin, and Philip Glass. Looking at this history from a modern performer's perspective, she acknowledges neglected women composers and players including Fanny Mendelssohn, Maria Szymanowska, Clara Schumann, and Amy Beach.

Author : Tim Rayborn
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781510712720

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Beethoven's Skull by Tim Rayborn Pdf

Beethoven’s Skull is an unusual and often humorous survey of the many strange happenings in the history of Western classical music. Proving that good music and shocking tabloid-style stories make excellent bedfellows, it presents tales of revenge, murder, curious accidents, and strange fates that span more than two thousand years. Highlights include: A cursed song that kills those who hear it A composer who lovingly cradles the head of Beethoven’s corpse when his remains are exhumed half a century after his death A fifteenth-century German poet who sings of the real-life Dracula A dream of the devil that inspires a virtuoso violin piece Unlike many music books that begin their histories with the seventeenth or eighteenth centuries, Beethoven’s Skull takes the reader back to the world of ancient Greece and Rome, progressing through the Middle Ages and all the way into the twentieth century. It also looks at myths and legends, superstitions, and musical mysteries, detailing the ways that musicians and their peers have been rather horrible to one another over the centuries.

Author : Maurice Hinson,Wesley Roberts
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780253047342

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The Pianist's Dictionary by Maurice Hinson,Wesley Roberts Pdf

From A to Z to middle C: An “essential reference” for piano students, teachers, players, and music lovers, with hundreds of definitions (E.L. Lancaster, Alfred Music). The Pianist’s Dictionary is a handy and practical reference dictionary aimed specifically at pianists, teachers, students, and concertgoers. Prepared by Maurice Hinson and Wesley Roberts, this revised and expanded edition is a compendium of information gleaned from a combined century of piano teaching. Users will find helpful and clear definitions of musical and pianistic terms, performance directions, composers, pianists, famous piano pieces, and piano makers. The authors’ succinct entries make The Pianist’s Dictionary the perfect reference for compiling program and liner notes, studying scores, and learning and teaching the instrument. “This new edition is a go-to source for piano scholars and students for quick information on musical terms, pianists, major works in the piano repertoire, piano manufacturers, and more . . . comprehensive, easy to use.” —Jane Magrath, University of Oklahoma

Author : Samantha Ward
Publisher : Schott Music
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9783795720278

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Relax with Meditative Piano by Samantha Ward Pdf

A new addition to the best-selling series, the 40 pieces in Relax with Meditative Piano have been selected and edited by the British concert pianist and educator Samantha Ward for their calming properties.

Author : Robert Rimm
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781574670721

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The Composer-pianists by Robert Rimm Pdf

"The recordings made by Marc-Andre Hamelin in recent years have cast new light on an extraordinary group of composers - Alkan, Busoni, Feinberg, Godowsky, Medtner, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, and Sorabji - whose works heralded a Golden Age of virtuosic writing for the piano." "The Eight, as author Robert Rimm has termed these composer-pianists, have much in common, traits shared in our own age with Marc-Andre Hamelin, their foremost interpreter. For all their evident differences of age, nationality, and philosophy, they each created music of unprecedented ingenuity - often complex and of immense scale - that stretched the limits of the piano's capabilities. And all were genuine virtuosos with the technical resources to play these demanding works in public." "The volume includes rare photographs and concludes with an extensive bibliography, listings of the complete solo piano works of The Eight, and discographies of their solo piano recordings. In exploring the art of those who knew their instrument both as composers and as pianists, this book serves, in the words of pianist Stephen Hough, "both as a fascinating, exhaustive study of the riches of the past and as a stimulating inspiration for the future.""--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Jim Samson
Publisher : Routledge & Kegan Paul Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015048016060

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The Music of Chopin by Jim Samson Pdf

The lasting popularity of Chopin's music has reached "from salon to slum." He captured and expressed the spirit of the age of Romanticism, its ardour and idealism, its longing and restlessness, its love of spontaneity, with an authority his contemporaries immediately recognized and which successive generations have admired and loved. Much of the Chopin literature in English is biographical, but this book is a critical study of the music itself and of the creative process which is central to the life of any composer. Samson provides a detailed analysis of the style and structure of the music in the light of recent Chopin scholarship on the one hand and recent analytical methods on the other. The early chapters deal mainly with the sources and the characteristic profile of Chopin's musical style, relating his music to a wider context in social and stylistic history. Later chapters look rather at the structure of his music and how it functions, with many examples highlighting the discussion.