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Author : Vytautas Bacevičius
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Sonata no. 2 opus 37 written by Vytautas Bacevičius and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Muzio Clementi
Publisher : Alfred Music
ISBN 13 : 9781457422201
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (222 download)
Download or read book Six Sonatas, Op. 4 (Op. 37, 38) written by Muzio Clementi and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over 100 years, Clementi's Six Sonatas, Op. 4 were published under the erroneous title, Sonatinas, Opp. 37 and 38. However, when Clementi first published these two-movement works, he called them Six Sonatas for Pianoforte or Harpsichord, Op. 4. These sonatas are excellent follow-up material to the Six Sonatinas, Op. 36, and provide intermediate students with an excellent introduction to the early Classical style. Interpretive suggestions are included.
Author : William Kinderman
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803227248
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (272 download)
Download or read book The second practice of nineteenth-century tonality written by William Kinderman and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1861, a half-century before Arnold Schoenberg's break with tonality, a young composer associated with Liszt saw a threshold to musical modernism as lodged in the "suspension of the main key." As the unified tonal perspective of earlier music yielded increasingly to dualistic key structures often laden with chromaticism, the language of music was transformed. In The Second Practice of Nineteenth-Century Tonality, nine prominent theorists and historians explore aspects of this musical evolution, from Schubert to the end of the nineteenth century. Many works discussed are masterpieces of the performance repertory, ranging from Chopin's piano pieces and Wagner's music dramas to the symphonies of Bruckner. The integration of analytical and historical approaches in the essays seeks to avoid narrow specialization as well as the polemic stance of some recent studies. A critical assessment of issues including inter-textuality, narrative, and dramatic symbolism enriches this investigation of what may be described as the "second practice" of nineteenth-century tonality.
Author : Stephen Downes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131701443X
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Szymanowski Companion written by Stephen Downes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Polish composer Karol Szymanowski is one of the most fascinating musical figures of the early twentieth century. His works included four symphonies, two violin concertos, the operas Hagith and King Roger, the ballet-pantomime Harnasie, the oratorio Stabat Mater, as well as numerous piano, violin, vocal and choral compositions. The profile and popularity of Szymanowski's music outside Poland has never been higher and continues to grow. The Szymanowski Companion constitutes the most significant and comprehensive reference source to the composer in English. Edited by two of the leading scholars in the field, Paul Cadrin and Stephen Downes, the collection consists of over 50 contributions from an international array of contributors, including recognized Polish experts. The Companion thus provides a systematic, authoritative and up-to-date compilation of information concerning the composer's life, thought and works.
Author : R. Craggs Stewart
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351125796
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)
Download or read book Alun Hoddinott written by R. Craggs Stewart and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alun Hoddinott is the most important living Welsh composer and one of the most distinguished and prolific composers of his generation internationally. His works have been performed in major centres as far afield as Tokyo and Berlin, Melbourne and Leipzig, New York and Venice as well as the major festivals in Wales and England. He is one of the very few composers to have been commissioned to compose a concerto for Mstislav Rostropovitch.Born in Bargoed, Glamorganshire, in August 1929, Alun Hoddinott started to play the violin and compose at an early age. Some of his works were performed and broadcast whilst he was a student at University College, Cardiff and he later studied with the Australian composer and pianist Arthur Benjamin. His first major success was his Clarinet Concerto No.1, given by Gervaise de Peyer and the Halle Orchestra under John Barbirolli at the 1954 Cheltenham Music Festival.This Source Book lists all Hoddinott's compositions from 1946 to 2005, almost 60 years of phenomenal output, and shows he has achieved a mastery of composition which embraces almost every musical medium. With information given on first performances, manuscript locations and recordings, in addition to details of composition dates, authors/librettists, durations, commissions and dedications amongst much else, this book is a key reference for all those interested in Alun Hoddinott and his music.
Author : Matthew Guerrieri
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0804170193
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)
Download or read book The First Four Notes written by Matthew Guerrieri and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A TIME Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2012 A New Yorker Best Book of the Year Los Angeles Magazine's #1 Music Book of the Year This revelatory book of music history examines what is perhaps the best known and most-popular symphony ever written—and its famous four-note opening. Reaching back before Beethoven’s time, Matthew Guerrieri uncovers premonitions of the opening notes in the rhythms of ancient Greek poetry and the music of the French Revolution. He discusses the Fifth’s impact when it premiered, tracing the artistic, philosophical, and political reverberations across Europe to China, Russia, and the United States, from Romanticism to ring tones, from propaganda to pop. This fascinating piece of musical detective work is a treat for music lovers of every stripe.
Author : Charles Rosen
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674779341
Total Pages : 748 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (793 download)
Download or read book The Romantic Generation written by Charles Rosen and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1998-09-15 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanied by a sound disc (digital; 4 3/4 in.) by the same name which is available in Multimedia : CD 6.
Author : Foster White
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480816515
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Music by the Hearth written by Foster White and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost from the beginning of their existence, family units would gather by the warmth of the hearth and enjoy some form of music. Throughout human history, music in many forms played a significant role in social development. In this study, author Foster White presents his assessment of this important aspect of music history through the lens of his own familys story of musical development and ingenuity. Exploring music as it related to family life and home entertainment in the time prior to radio, television, and the Internet, White shares a saga beginning in Caernarfon Wales in the mid-1500s and ending rather tragically by the Atlantic Ocean on the Massachusetts coast in September 1938. Along the way, he recounts the intriguing history of the development of the player piano and the Artrio Angelus Reproducing Piano. The story of the Strong/White family and the Wilcox and White Organ Company is one of creativity, dedication, musical skills and the ability to adapt to change and survive the difficult situations presented in life. Full of intriguing historical detail, Music by the Hearth offers a consideration of one familys contribution to music over the course of more than three centuries.
Author : Kenneth Drake
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253011531
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book The Beethoven Sonatas and the Creative Experience written by Kenneth Drake and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1994-04-22 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive study of Beethoven’s piano sonatas is “remarkable as an insider’s account of the works in an individual perspective.” (European Music Teacher) In “one of the most interesting, useful and even exciting books on the process of musical creation” (American Music Teacher), Kenneth O. Drake groups the Beethoven piano sonatas according to their musical qualities, rather than their chronology. He explores the interpretive implications of rhythm, dynamics, slurs, harmonic effects, and melodic development and identifies specific measures where Beethoven skillfully employs these compositional devices. An interpreter searching for meaning, Drake begins with Beethoven’s expressive treatment of the keyboard—the variations of touch, articulation, line, color, use of silence, and the pacing of musical ideas. He then analyzes individual sonatas, exploring motivic development, philosophic overtones, and technical demands. Hundreds of musical examples illustrate this exploration of emotional and interpretive implications of “the 32.” Here musicians are encouraged to exercise intuition and independence of thought, complementing their performance skills with logical conclusions about ideas and relationships within the score.
Author : Joseph Banowetz
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253053145
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book The Performing Pianist's Guide to Fingering written by Joseph Banowetz and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Performing Pianist's Guide to Fingering, the much-anticipated companion to Joseph Banowetz's The Pianist's Guide to Pedaling, provides practical fingering solutions for technical musical passages. Banowetz contends that fingering choices require much thought and consideration and that too often these choices are influenced by historical traditions and ideas rather than by actual performance conditions. By returning to the unedited original compositions, he strives to help the advanced pianist think through the composer's musical intent and the actual performance tempo and dynamics when selecting the fingering. Banowetz also includes valuable contributions by Philip Fowke, who examines redistributions by Benno Moiseiwitsch in Rachmaninoff's compositions, and Nancy Lee Harper, who explores the often very different approaches to fingering found in keyboard music of the Baroque era. The Performing Pianist's Guide to Fingering will be useful to the advanced pianist and to instructors looking to guide students in improving this important art.
Author : Alistair Wightman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351561375
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)
Download or read book Karol Szymanowski written by Alistair Wightman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The music of the Polish composer Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) has enjoyed a resurgence of interest in recent years. Despite wide recognition in his own lifetime, Szymanowski‘s works were somewhat overlooked in the decades following his death. Outside Poland, changing fashions militated against acceptance of his achievement, and subsequent generations of Polish composers regarded his music as too reactionary to provide a basis on which to found a national musical identity. In this full-scale study of Karol Szymanowski‘s life and music, Alistair Wightman explores the composer‘s position as a constant outsider in his own country, yet agood European in the ways in which he responded positively to a diverse range of musical talents, in particular as Stravinsky, Strauss, Berg, Hindemith, Prokofiev and Ravel. The book throws light on Szymanowski‘s relationship to the Polish musical establishment, the reception of his works at home and abroad, his work as an educationalist, and the essentially European dimension of his art, drawing on letters, polemical writings, verse, theatrical sketches and the memoirs of family, friends and contemporaries. All of Szymanowski‘s significant works are discussed, illustrated with nearly 140 music examples. Evaluation is made of the close links existing between the composer‘s musical and literary works from the earliest stages of his career, as well as the various ideological strands that went together to form the unique, humanistic synthesis, characteristic of his mature work.
Author : Jim Samson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139824996
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (398 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Chopin written by Jim Samson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-12-08 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Companion to Chopin provides the enquiring music-lover with helpful insights into a musical style which recognises no contradiction between the accessible and the sophisticated, the popular and the significant. Twelve essays by leading Chopin scholars make up three parts. Part 1 discusses the sources of Chopin's style in the music of his predecessors and the social history of the period. Part 2 profiles the mature music, and Part 3 considers the afterlife of the music - its reception, its criticism and its compositional influence in the works of subsequent composers.
Author : Leon Block
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1458498352
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (584 download)
Download or read book Beethoven for Guitar (Songbook) written by Leon Block and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1984-03-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Guitar Book). A marvelous collection of music for guitar arranged at the easy to intermediate level of difficulty. All pieces are arranged for flat picked style guitar. Contents: Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 37 * Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72A * Violin Concerto, Op. 61 * Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 * Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 * Symphony No. 6, Op. 68 * Coriolan Overture, Op. 49, No. 1 * Piano Sonata, Op. 49, No. 1 * Piano Sonata, No. 14, Op. 27 * Die Ehre Gottes In Der Natur, Op. 48, No. 4 * Piano Sonata, No. 8, Op. 13 * Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15 * Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 19 * Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15 * Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 2, No. 1 * Ich Liebe Dich * An Die Ferne Geliebte, Op. 98, No. 3.
Author : Ning Zhang
Publisher : Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1639851291
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (398 download)
Download or read book Hero's Destiny written by Ning Zhang and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-05-17 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a monograph on Western classical music written by a Chinese American. It contains the results of the author's years of work, i.e., more than two hundred thousand words of Beethoven-themed essays in the form of poems, essays, prose, and reviews. The book covers all aspects of the great composer Beethoven's life and career from his birth experience to his emotional life, from the background of the times to his ideology, from the review of his works to the analysis of music appreciation. The book is rich in historical information, rigorous in argumentation, incisive in commentary, and fluent in sentiment and reason. As a nonacademic scholar of Beethoven, this book is characterized by a distinctive personality, free from the constraints of traditional rules and regulations. Based on a comprehensive and profound understanding of the historical figure and his works, the author presents his original arguments and opinions on some important professional topics and fields.
Author : Lincoln Ballard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442232625
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book The Alexander Scriabin Companion written by Lincoln Ballard and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collaboration between a musicologist and two pianists – all experts in Russian music – takes a fresh look at the supercharged music and polarizing reception of the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. From his Chopin-inspired miniatures to his genre-bending symphonies and avant-garde late works, Scriabin left a unique mark on music history. Scriabin’s death centennial in 2015 brought wider exposure and renewed attention to this pioneering composer. Music lovers who are curious about Scriabin have been torn between specialized academic studies and popular sources that glamorize his interests and activities, often at the expense of historical accuracy. This book bridges the divide between these two branches of literature, and brings a modern perspective to his music and legacy. Drawing on archival materials, primary sources in Russian, and recently published books and articles, Part One details the reception and performance history of Scriabin’s solo piano and orchestral music. High quality recordings are recommended for each piece. Part Two explores four topics in Scriabin’s reception: the myths generated by Scriabin’s biographers, his claims to synaesthesia or “color-hearing,” his revival in 1960s America as a proto-Flower Child, and the charges of anti-Russianness leveled against his music. Part Three investigates stylistic context and performance practice in the piano music, and considers the domains of sound, rhythm, and harmony. It offers interpretive strategies for deciphering Scriabin’s challenging scores at the keyboard. Students, scholars, and music enthusiasts will benefit from the historical insights offered in this interdisciplinary book. Armed with this knowledge, readers will be able to better appreciate the stylistic innovations and colorful imagination of this extraordinary composer.
Author : Cameron McGraw
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253020964
Total Pages : 735 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Piano Duet Repertoire written by Cameron McGraw and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-09 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1981 publication of the first edition, Cameron McGraw's Piano Duet Repertoire has been a trusted guide for duet performers. This second edition, edited and substantially expanded by Christopher and Katherine Fisher, brings the volume into the 21st century, adding over 500 new or updated composer entries and nearly 1,000 new work entries to the volume, a testament to the renewed interest in piano duet playing. Entries are arranged alphabetically by composer and include both pedagogical and concert repertoire. The annotations and the grade-level indications provide piano teachers a wealth of instructional guidance. The book also contains updated appendices listing collections and duet works with voice and other instruments. This new edition features a title index and a list of composers by nationality, making it a convenient and indispensable resource.
Author : Alberto Bachmann
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486318249
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (863 download)
Download or read book An Encyclopedia of the Violin written by Alberto Bachmann and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1925, this renowned reference remains unsurpassed as a source of essential information, from construction and evolution to repertoire and technique. Includes a glossary and 73 illustrations.
