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Author : Francis William Galpin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Old English Instruments of Music, Their History and Character written by Francis William Galpin and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Regan Walker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615978147
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (781 download)
Download or read book The Red Wolf's Prize written by Regan Walker and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Medieval romance at its best!" --Virginia Henley, NY Times Bestselling Author HE WOULD NOT BE DENIED HIS PRIZE Sir Renaud de Pierrepont, the Norman knight known as the Red Wolf for the beast he slayed with his bare hands, hoped to gain lands with his sword. A year after the Conquest, King William rewards his favored knight with Talisand, the lands of an English thegn slain at Hastings, and orders him to wed Lady Serena, the heiress that goes with them. SHE WOULD LOVE HIM AGAINST HER WILL Serena wants nothing to do with the fierce warrior to whom she has been unwillingly given, the knight who may have killed her father. When she learns the Red Wolf is coming to claim her, she dyes her flaxen hair brown and flees, disguised as a servant, determined to one day regain her lands. But her escape goes awry and she is brought back to live among her people, though not unnoticed by the new Norman lord. Deprived of his promised bride, the Red Wolf turns his attention to the comely servant girl hoping to woo her to his bed. But the wench resists, claiming she hates all Normans. As the passion between them rises, Serena wonders, can she deny the Norman her body? Or her heart?
Author : Ralph P. Locke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316298205
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)
Download or read book Music and the Exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart written by Ralph P. Locke and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the years 1500–1800, European performing arts reveled in a kaleidoscope of Otherness: Middle-Eastern harem women, fortune-telling Spanish 'Gypsies', Incan priests, Barbary pirates, moresca dancers, and more. In this prequel to his 2009 book Musical Exoticism, Ralph P. Locke explores how exotic locales and their inhabitants were characterized in musical genres ranging from instrumental pieces and popular songs to oratorios, ballets, and operas. Locke's study offers new insights into much-loved masterworks by composers such as Cavalli, Lully, Purcell, Rameau, Handel, Vivaldi, Gluck, and Mozart. In these works, evocations of ethnic and cultural Otherness often mingle attraction with envy or fear, and some pieces were understood at the time as commenting on conditions in Europe itself. Locke's accessible study, which includes numerous musical examples and rare illustrations, will be of interest to anyone who is intrigued by the relationship between music and cultural history, and by the challenges of cross-cultural (mis)understanding.
Author : Stefan Hagel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139479814
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Ancient Greek Music written by Stefan Hagel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-12-17 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book endeavours to pinpoint the relations between musical, and especially instrumental, practice and the evolving conceptions of pitch systems. It traces the development of ancient melodic notation from reconstructed origins, through various adaptations necessitated by changing musical styles and newly invented instruments, to its final canonical form. It thus emerges how closely ancient harmonic theory depended on the culturally dominant instruments, the lyre and the aulos. These threads are followed down to late antiquity, when details recorded by Ptolemy permit an exceptionally clear view. Dr Hagel discusses the textual and pictorial evidence, introducing mathematical approaches wherever feasible, but also contributes to the interpretation of instruments in the archaeological record and occasionally is able to outline the general features of instruments not directly attested. The book will be indispensable to all those interested in Greek music, technology and performance culture and the general history of musicology.
Author : Curt Sachs
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486171515
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)
Download or read book The History of Musical Instruments written by Curt Sachs and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-19 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a distinguished musicologist, this comprehensive history of musical instruments traces their evolution from prehistoric times in a fusion of music, anthropology, and fine arts. Includes 24 plates and 167 illustrations.
Author : Mark Everist
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108577075
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (85 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge History of Medieval Music written by Mark Everist and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning a millennium of musical history, this monumental volume brings together nearly forty leading authorities to survey the music of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. All of the major aspects of medieval music are considered, making use of the latest research and thinking to discuss everything from the earliest genres of chant, through the music of the liturgy, to the riches of the vernacular song of the trouvères and troubadours. Alongside this account of the core repertory of monophony, The Cambridge History of Medieval Music tells the story of the birth of polyphonic music, and studies the genres of organum, conductus, motet and polyphonic song. Key composers of the period are introduced, such as Leoninus, Perotinus, Adam de la Halle, Philippe de Vitry and Guillaume de Machaut, and other chapters examine topics ranging from musical theory and performance to institutions, culture and collections.
Author : John Grimes Younger
Publisher : Coronet Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Music in the Aegean Bronze Age written by John Grimes Younger and published by Coronet Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Walter Leinweber
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793625204
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)
Download or read book The Art of Ancient Music written by David Walter Leinweber and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the very beginning, music has helped us create our world – everything from language, to technology, to philosophy and religion. The Art of Ancient Music discusses the important role music has played in shaping human development. While emphasizing shared human themes, the text has a special focus on the rise of Western music in the ancient Near East, the Bible, and the Classical worlds. A final chapter provides a discussion of the way music helped bridge the gap between the ancient world and the Middle Ages, especially in the guise of Church music.
Author : Curt Sachs
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486466612
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The Rise of Music in the Ancient World, East and West written by Curt Sachs and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eminent scholar explores the evolution of music, from the ecstatic singing of early civilizations to the development of more structured styles in Egypt, East Asia, Rome, and other regions.
Author : Hector Berlioz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book A Treatise Upon Modern Instrumentation and Orchestration written by Hector Berlioz and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Francis William Galpin
Publisher : New York, John de Graff
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Textbook of European Musical Instruments written by Francis William Galpin and published by New York, John de Graff. This book was released on 1937 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeremy Yudkin
Publisher : Pearson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Music in Medieval Europe written by Jeremy Yudkin and published by Pearson. This book was released on 1989 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical survey of music in medieval Europe, from the end of Antiquity to the beginning of the fifteenth century. Historical survey of music in medieval Europe, from the the end of Antiquity to the beginning of the fifteenth century;from plainchant to late medieval polyphonic song. Clearly presented and explained.
Author : Voichita Bucur
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319320807
Total Pages : 977 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (193 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Materials for String Musical Instruments written by Voichita Bucur and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 977 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses core questions about the role of materials in general and of wood in particular in the construction of string instruments used in the modern symphony orchestra – violins, violas, cellos and basses. Further attention is given to materials for classical guitars, harps, harpsichords and pianos. While some of the approaches discussed are traditional, most of them depend upon new scientific approaches to the study of the structure of materials, such as for example wood cell structure, which is visible only using modern high resolution microscopic techniques. Many examples of modern and classical instruments are examined, together with the relevance of classical techniques for the treatment of wood. Composite materials, especially designed for soundboards could be a good substitute for some traditional wood species. The body and soundboard of the instrument are of major importance for their acoustical properties, but the study also examines traditional and new wood species used for items such as bows, the instrument neck, string pegs, etc. Wood species’ properties for musical instruments and growth origins of woods used by great makers such as Antonio Stradivari are examined and compared with more recently grown woods available to current makers. The role of varnish in the appearance and acoustics of the final instrument is also discussed, since it has often been proposed as a ‘secret ingredient’ used by great makers. Aspects related to strings are commented.As well as discussing these subjects, with many illustrations from classical and contemporary instruments, the book gives attention to conservation and restoration of old instruments and the physical results of these techniques. There is also discussion of the current value of old instruments both for modern performances and as works of art having great monetary value.The book will be of interest and value to researchers, advanced students, music historians, and contemporary string instrument makers. Musicians in general, particularly those playing string instruments, will also find its revelations fascinating. It will also attract the attention of those using wood for a variety of other purposes, for its use in musical instruments uncovers many of its fundamental features. Professor Neville H. FletcherAustralian National University, Canberra
Author : Ashmolean museum (Oxford, GB).
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780956767905
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)
Download or read book Musical Instruments in the Ashmolean Museum written by Ashmolean museum (Oxford, GB). and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : D. R. M. Irving
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197632203
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (976 download)
Download or read book The Making of European Music in the Long Eighteenth Century written by D. R. M. Irving and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-09-03 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musical representations of Europe in myth and allegory are well known, but when and under what circumstances did the words "European" and "music" become linked together? What did the resulting term mean in music before 1800 and how did it evolve into the label "Western music," which features so prominently in pedagogical and scholarly discourses? In The Making of European Music in the Long Eighteenth Century, author D. R. M. Irving traces the emergence of such large-scale categories in Western European thought. Beginning in the 1670s, Jesuit missionaries in China began to refer to "European music," and for the next hundred years the term appeared almost exclusively in comparison with musics from other parts of the world. It entered common use from the 1770s, and in the 1830s became synonymous with a new concept of "Western music." Western European writers also associated these terms with notions of "progress" and "perfection." Meanwhile, changing ideas about "modern" Europe's cultural relationship with classical antiquity, together with theories that systematically and condescendingly racialized people from other continents, influenced the ways that these scholars imagined and interpreted musical pasts around the globe. Irving weaves his analyses throughout the book's historical examinations, suggesting that "European music" originates from self-fashioning in contexts of intercultural comparison outside the continent, rather than from the resolution of national aesthetic differences within it. He shows that "Western music" as understood today arose in line with the growth of Orientalism and increasing awareness of musics of "the East." All such reductive terms often imply homogeneity and essentialism, and Irving asks what a reassessment of their beginnings might mean for music history. Taken as a whole, the book shows how a renewed critique of primary sources can help dismantle historiographical constructs that arose within narratives of musical pasts involving Europe.
Author : Salim T. S. Al-Hassani
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426209347
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)
Download or read book 1001 Inventions written by Salim T. S. Al-Hassani and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern society owes a tremendous amount to the Muslim world for the many groundbreaking scientific and technological advances that were pioneered during the Golden Age of Muslim civilization between the 7th and 17th centuries. Every time you drink coffee, eat a three-course meal, get a whiff of your favorite perfume, take shelter in an earthquake-resistant structure, get a broken bone set or solve an algebra problem, it is in part due to the discoveries of Muslim civilization.
Author : Carl Engel
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385525977
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)
Download or read book Musical Instruments. With Numerous Woodcuts written by Carl Engel and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-06-23 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
