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Author : Gervase Hughes,Herbert Van Thal
Publisher : Eyre & Spottiswoode
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Music
ISBN : UCAL:B4927377
Author : Robert Philip
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 969 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780300120691
An invaluable guide for lovers of classical music designed to enhance their enjoyment of the core orchestral repertoire from 1700 to 1950 Robert Philip, scholar, broadcaster, and musician, has compiled an essential handbook for lovers of classical music, designed to enhance their listening experience to the full. Covering four hundred works by sixty-eight composers from Corelli to Shostakovich, this engaging companion explores and unpacks the most frequently performed works, including symphonies, concertos, overtures, suites, and ballet scores. It offers intriguing details about each piece while avoiding technical terminology that might frustrate the non-specialist reader. Philip identifies key features in each work, as well as subtleties and surprises that await the attentive listener, and he includes enough background and biographical information to illuminate the composer's intentions. Organized alphabetically from Bach to Webern, this compendium will be indispensable for classical music enthusiasts, whether in the concert hall or enjoying recordings at home.
Author : Dannie Abse,Joan Abse
Publisher : Robson Books Limited
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034388657
Author : Charles Osborne
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 0300123736
Written by a well-known authority, this book consists of 175 entries that set some of the most popular operas within the context of their composer's career, outline the plot, discuss the music, and more.
Author : Robert Winter,Robert Martin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780520917507
While the Beethoven string quartets are to chamber music what the plays of Shakespeare are to drama, even seasoned concertgoers will welcome guidance with these personal and sometimes enigmatic works. This collection offers Beethoven lovers both detailed notes on the listening experience of each quartet and a stimulating range of more general perspectives: Who has the quartets' audience been? How were the quartets performed before the era of sound recordings? What is the relationship between "classical" and "romantic" in the quartets? How was their reception affected by social and economic history? What sorts of interpretive decisions are made by performers today? The Companion brings together a matchless group of Beethoven experts. Joseph Kerman is perhaps the world's most renowned Beethoven scholar. Robert Winter, an authority on sketches for the late quartets, has created interactive programs regarded as milestones in multimedia publishing. Maynard Solomon has written an acclaimed biography of Beethoven. Leon Botstein is the conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra as well as a distinguished social historian and college president. Robert Martin writes from his experience as cellist of the Sequoia Quartet. And the book is anchored by the program notes of Michael Steinberg, who has served as Artistic Advisor of the San Francisco Symphony and the Minnesota Orchestra.
Author : John Cage
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-20
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780819570550
Includes lectures, essays, diaries and other writings, including "How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse)" and "Juilliard Lecture."
Author : Jim Samson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521477522
Twelve essays by leading Chopin scholars provide a uniquely comprehensive guide to the composer and his music.
Author : Laurence Maslon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781416549543
Recounts the history of the Von Trapp family, traces the evolution of the popular musical from stage to screen, and describes the contributions of its composers, writers, and performers.
Author : Kathleen Kimball,Robin Petersen,Kathleen Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Music
ISBN : OCLC:1150802690
Author : Vera Mattlin Jiji
Publisher : Cello Playing for Music Love
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Cello
ISBN : 9781412095600
You can teach yourself to play the cello. This comprehensive, authoritative guide covers basics to Bach. Including 116 selections, it explains reading music, playing-by-ear and theory. Play-along CD.
Author : Jan Swafford
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1992-12-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780679728054
The most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music -- from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond. The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively -- and opinionated -- musical history and an insider's key to the personalities, epochs, and genres of the Western classical tradition. Among its features: -- chronologically arranged essays on nearly 100 composers, from Guillaume de Machaut (ca. 1300-1377) to Aaron Copland (1900-1990), that combine biography with detailed analyses of the major works while assessing their role in the social, cultural, and political climate of their times; -- informative sidebars that clarify broader topics such as melody, polyphony, atonality, and the impact of the early-music movement; -- a glossary of musical terms, from a cappella to woodwinds; -- a step-by-step guide to building a great classical music library. Written with wit and a clarity that both musical experts and beginners can appreciate, The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is an invaluable source-book for music lovers everywhere.
Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119497647
Author : John Whenham,Richard Wistreich
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 1139828223
Claudio Monteverdi is one of the most important figures of 'early' music, a composer whose music speaks powerfully and directly to modern audiences. This book, first published in 2007, provides an authoritative treatment of Monteverdi and his music, complementing Paolo Fabbri's standard biography of the composer. Written by leading specialists in the field, it is aimed at students, performers and music-lovers in general and adds significantly to our understanding of Monteverdi's music, his life, and the contexts in which he worked. Chapters offering overviews of his output of sacred, secular and dramatic music are complemented by 'intermedi', in which contributors examine individual works, or sections of works in detail. The book draws extensively on Monteverdi's letters and includes a select discography/videography and a complete list of Monteverdi's works together with an index of first lines and titles.
Author : Greil Marcus
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 1525 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-25
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781101661642
Now Available as an eBook Catch a train to the heart of rock ‘n’ roll with this essential study of the quintessential American art form. First published in 1975, Greil Marcus’ Mystery Train remains a benchmark study of rock ‘n’ roll and a classic in the field of music criticism. Focusing on six key artists--Robert Johnson, Harmonica Frank, Randy Newman, the Band, Sly Stone, and Elvis Presley--Marcus explores the evolution and impact of rock ‘n’ roll and its unique place in American culture. This sixth edition of Mystery Train includes an updated and rewritten Notes and Discographies section, exploring the evolution and continuing impact of the recordings featured in the book.
Author : Marcus Waithe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781108944694
In his short life, William Morris (1834-96) combined the roles of poet, author, painter, designer, translator, lecturer, political activist, journalist, weaver, bookmaker, and businessman. This volume draws together influential voices from different disciplines who have participated in the recent critical, political, and curatorial revival of his work, with essays exploring the contemporary resonance of his exceptional legacy. As a critic of capitalism, his thinking has thrived in these years of financial crisis; as a theorist of work and craftsmanship, his legacy interacts with a more recent ethics of making that questions the values of 'off-shored' production; and as a protector of landscape and buildings Morris's concern with what is precious strikes a chord in our age of environmental crisis. At the same time, a careful and scholarly approach observes the particularity of Morris's context, in a way that confounds the 'false friends' of hasty historical reception and reveals unexpected connections.
