Molto Agitato

Author : Johanna Fiedler
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781400032310

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Molto Agitato by Johanna Fiedler Pdf

If the opera world is full of “intrigue, double meanings, and devious dramatics,” then no place exemplifies this more than the world-famous Metropolitan Opera, where politics, ambition, and oversized egos have traditionally taken center stage along with some of the world’s richest music. Drawing on her fifteen years as its press representative, Johanna Fiedler explodes the traditional secrecy that surrounds the Met in this wonderfully entertaining account of its tumuluous history. Fiedler chronicles the Met’s early days as a home for legends like Toscanini, Mahler, and Caruso, and gives a fascinating account of the middle years when haughty blue-bloods battled stubborn adminstrators for control of a company that would emerge as America’s premiere opera house. She takes us behind the grand gold-curtain stage in more recent years as well, showing how musical superstars like Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, and Kathleen Battle have electrified performances and scandalized the public. But most revelatory are Fiedler’s portrayals of James Levine and Joseph Volpe and their practically parallel ascendancies—Levine rising from prodigy to artistic director, Volpe advancing from stagehand to general manager—and their once strained relationship. Weaving together the personal, economic, and artistic struggles that characterize the Met’s long and vibrant history, Molto Agitato is a must-read saga of power, wealth, and, above all, great music.

Author : N. Lee Orr
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780313343094

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Music of the Gilded Age by N. Lee Orr Pdf

America's Gilded Age was a time of great musical evolution. As the country continued to develop a musical style apart from Europe, its church and religious music and opera took on new forms. Music-as-entertainment also evolved, with marching bands at public events and the new musicals in theaters. This volume presents the composers, musicians, songwriters, instruments and musical forms that uniquely identify the Gilded Age. Chapters include: Concerts and Symphony orchestras; Grand Opera; Composers, Critics, and Conservatories; Amateurs and Music at Home; Sacred Music, Black and White; Ragtime, Vaudeville, and the American Musical Stage; Music, Politics, and the Progressive Movement; and Music Industries and Technology

Author : Johanna Fiedler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1050042730

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Molto Agitato by Johanna Fiedler Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : IND:30000080777224

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Cassell's Family Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Clive Brown
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 677 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004-05-20
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780195347241

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Classical and Romantic Performing Practice 1750-1900 by Clive Brown Pdf

The past ten years have seen a rapidly growing interest in performing and recording Classical and Romantic music with period instruments; yet the relationship of composers' notation to performing practices during that period has received only sporadic attention from scholars, and many aspects of composers' intentions have remained uncertain. Brown here identifies areas in which musical notation conveyed rather different messages to the musicians for whom it was written than it does to modern performers, and seeks to look beyond the notation to understand how composers might have expected to hear their music realized in performance. There is ample evidence to demonstrate that, in many respects, the sound worlds in which Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, and Brahms created their music were more radically different from ours than is generally assumed.

Author : Daniel Goldmark
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780486492865

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Sounds for the Silents by Daniel Goldmark Pdf

This unique collection features piano sheet music that accompanied silent movies. Derived from eight rare sources, the music includes compositions by J. S. Zamecnik, M. L. Lake, Joseph Carl Breil, and others.

Author : Michael K. Slayton
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780810877481

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Women of Influence in Contemporary Music by Michael K. Slayton Pdf

In this collection of essays and interviews, nine gifted composers openly discuss their work.

Author : William Carlos Williams
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0811202321

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Many Loves and Other Plays by William Carlos Williams Pdf

For this volume, originally published in cloth in 1961, William Carlos Williams collected, and revised, four full-length plays and the libretto of an opera on George Washington. As might be expected of the man who did most in our time to create a new and truly "American" idiom for poetry, Dr. Williams' writing for the stage challenges producers and actors to extend the range of modern drama.

Author : Ben Arnold
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2002-06-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780313092145

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The Liszt Companion by Ben Arnold Pdf

Franz Liszt is most well-known for his compositions for piano and orchestra, but his influence is also strong in chamber music, choral music, and orchestral transcriptions. This new collection of essays presents a scholarly overview of all of the composer's work, providing the most comprehensive and current treatment of both his oeuvre and the immense amount of secondary literature written about it. Highly regarded critics and scholars write for both a general and academic audience, covering all of Liszt's major compositions as well as the neglected gems found among his choral and chamber works. Following an outline of the subject's life, The Liszt Companion goes on to detail Liszt's critical reception in the German press, his writings and letters, his piano and orchestral works, his neglected secular choral works, and his major organ compositions. Also explored here are his little-known chamber pieces and his songs. An exhaustive bibliography and index of works conclude the volume. This work will both elucidate aspects of Liszt's most famous work and revive interest in those pieces that deserve and require greater attention.

Author : Maurice Hinson,Wesley Roberts
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 1215 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780253010230

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Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire by Maurice Hinson,Wesley Roberts Pdf

Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire continues to be the go-to source for piano performers, teachers, and students. Newly updated and expanded with more than 250 new composers, this incomparable resource expertly guides readers to solo piano literature and provides answers to common questions: What did a given composer write? What interesting work have I never heard of? How difficult is it? What are its special musical features? How can I reach the publisher? New to the fourth edition are enhanced indexes identifying black composers, women composers, and compositions for piano with live or recorded electronics; a thorough listing of anthologies and collections organized by time period and nationality, now including collections from Africa and Slovakia; and expanded entries to account for new material, works, and resources that have become available since the third edition, including websites and electronic resources. The "newest Hinson" will be an indispensible guide for many years to come.

Author : Joan DeVee Dixon
Publisher : Pendragon Press
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0945193122

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George Rochberg by Joan DeVee Dixon Pdf

This is the first and only scholarly book to date on George Rochberg (b. 1918), the pre-eminent post-WWII American composer and essayist. It was compiled with his assistance and gathers into one volume previously scattered and hard-to-find material by and about the composer. Included are traditional types of scholarly information on Rochberg, e.g., his WORKS (date of composition, publisher, timing, commission, premiere, instrumentation, program notes by the composer, etc.), DISCOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY (a chronological listing of his compositions and the major events of his life), AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS & DOCUMENTS (housed in public collections/libraries), TEXTS (used in the works with voice), and BIBLIOGRAPHY (books, articles, and reviews by and a bout Rochberg). This is an essential guide for any performer, scholar, critic, or student of George Rochberg's music.

Author : Frédéric Chopin
Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Music
ISBN : 073904754X

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Preludes for the piano by Frédéric Chopin Pdf

The 24 Preludes, one in each major and minor key, are among Chopin's most masterful works. Ranging from miniatures for intermediate-level students to lengthier works for advanced pianists, the Preludes were written in a monastery during the winter of 1839. The preface to this historically informed edition contains a thorough discussion of pedaling, tempo, ornamentation and rubato in Chopin's piano music in general and the preludes specifically. Also included is an outstanding CD recording from the Naxos label by internationally renowned artist Idil Biret. She has made more than 70 recordings and has received numerous awards including: Lily Boulanger Memorial, Boston; Harriet Cohen - Dinu Lipatti gold medal, London; Chevalier de l'Ordre du Merite, France; State Artist, Turkey and many others.

Author : Ashton Jonson
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Music
ISBN : 9783955079291

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A Handbook to Chopin's Works by Ashton Jonson Pdf

Jonson's book consists of an account of each Chopin composition, its place among the composer's work, its distinguishing features, notes of any special point of interest attaching to it and an epitome of comments and criticisms that have been made upon it. It is supplemented by biographical details and socio-historical information. The author gives a very detailed overwiew of the composer's life and work which deserves special attention in the field of Chopin studies. Reprint of the original edition from 1905.

Author : Frí©dí©ric Chopin,Willard A. Palmer
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005-05-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 1457442787

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Preludes by Frí©dí©ric Chopin,Willard A. Palmer Pdf

The 24 Preludes, one in each major and minor key, are among Chopin's most masterful works. Ranging from miniatures for intermediate-level students to lengthier works for advanced pianists, the Preludes were written in a monastery during the winter of 1839. The preface to this historically informed edition contains a thorough discussion of pedaling, tempo, ornamentation and rubato in Chopin's piano music in general and the preludes specifically.

Author : University of Michigan. School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1074 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Concert programs
ISBN : UOM:39015057465232

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Programs by University of Michigan. School of Music, Theatre & Dance Pdf