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Book Synopsis Desire and Pleasure in Seventeenth-Century Music by : Susan McClary
Download or read book Desire and Pleasure in Seventeenth-Century Music written by Susan McClary and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Susan McClary examines the mechanisms through which seventeenth-century musicians simulated extreme affective states—desire, divine rapture, and ecstatic pleasure. She demonstrates how every major genre of the period, from opera to religious music to instrumental pieces based on dances, was part of this striving for heightened passions by performers and listeners. While she analyzes the social and historical reasons for the high value placed on expressive intensity in both secular and sacred music, and she also links desire and pleasure to the many technical innovations of the period. McClary shows how musicians—whether working within the contexts of the Reformation or Counter-Reformation, Absolutists courts or commercial enterprises in Venice—were able to manipulate known procedures to produce radically new ways of experiencing time and the Self.
Download or read book The Craftsman written by Gustav Stickley and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated monthly magazine in the interest of better art, better work and a better more reasonable way of living.
Download or read book The Symphony written by Michael Steinberg and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the symphony, with commentary on 118 works by 36 composers.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to the Symphony by : Julian Horton
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Symphony written by Julian Horton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few genres of the last 250 years have proved so crucial to the course of music history, or so vital to public musical experience, as the symphony. This Companion offers an accessible guide to the historical, analytical and interpretative issues surrounding this major genre of Western music, discussing an extensive variety of works from the eighteenth century to the present day. The book complements a detailed review of the symphony's history with focused analytical essays from leading scholars on the symphonic music of both mainstream composers, including Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven and lesser-known figures, including Carter, Berio and Maxwell Davies. With chapters on a comprehensive range of topics, from the symphony's origins to the politics of its reception in the twentieth century, this is an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in the history, analysis and performance of the symphonic repertoire.
Book Synopsis The Desire Symphony by : Reily Stones
Download or read book The Desire Symphony written by Reily Stones and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-06-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unveiling the forbidden secrets of seduction, The Desire Symphony: Mastering The Art of Seduction beckons you into a world where power, allure, and influence intertwine. Within these pages lies mesmerizing maneuvers and strategies, carefully crafted to captivate hearts and minds, shattering empires, winning elections, and enslaving the greatest intellects throughout history. Prepare to immerse yourself in the enigmatic dance of seduction, where subtlety reigns supreme and the art of persuasion becomes a symphony of desire. The Desire Symphony is your indispensable book, blending ancient wisdom with modern insight, to unlock the hidden depths of the human psyche and unleash your true potential as a seductive force. With every turn of the page, you will uncover the intoxicating allure of this ultimate form of power. From "Poeticizing Your Presence" to mastering "The Art of the Bold Move," you will learn how to craft an irresistible persona that captivates, intrigues, and enthralls. It's time to embrace the secrets of seduction, claim your place among the pantheon of seducers, and shape your destiny. Indulge your curiosity, succumb to temptation, and claim your copy of The Desire Symphony: Mastering The Art of Seduction today. Unleash the seducer within you and embark on a transformative journey. Let the symphony of desire guide you to unimaginable heights of influence and power. The stage is set, the audience awaits-don't miss your chance to become a master of seduction. Get your copy now
Book Synopsis The Music Bulletin (New York, N.Y.). by :
Download or read book The Music Bulletin (New York, N.Y.). written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Nature's Symphony, Or, Lessons in Number Vibration by : Mrs. L. Dow Balliett
Download or read book Nature's Symphony, Or, Lessons in Number Vibration written by Mrs. L. Dow Balliett and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis From Psalm to Symphony by : Nicholas E. Tawa
Download or read book From Psalm to Symphony written by Nicholas E. Tawa and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2001 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines for the first time New England's rich heritage of music making over a span of 350 years
Book Synopsis Pleasure and Meaning in the Classical Symphony by : Melanie Lowe
Download or read book Pleasure and Meaning in the Classical Symphony written by Melanie Lowe and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2007-02-07 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classical music permeates contemporary life. Encountered in waiting rooms, movies, and hotel lobbies as much as in the concert hall, perennial orchestral favorites mingle with commercial jingles, video-game soundtracks, and the booming bass from a passing car to form the musical soundscape of our daily lives. In this provocative and ground-breaking study, Melanie Lowe explores why the public instrumental music of late-eighteenth-century Europe has remained accessible, entertaining, and distinctly pleasurable to a wide variety of listeners for over 200 years. By placing listeners at the center of interpretive activity, Pleasure and Meaning in the Classical Symphony offers an alternative to more traditional composer- and score-oriented approaches to meaning in the symphonies of Haydn and Mozart. Drawing from the aesthetics of the Enlightenment, the politics of entertainment, and postmodern notions of pleasure, Lowe posits that the listener's pleasure stems from control over musical meaning. She then explores the widely varying meanings eighteenth-century listeners of different social classes may have constructed during their first and likely only hearing of a work. The methodologies she employs are as varied as her sources -- from musical analysis to the imaginings of three hypothetical listeners. Lowe also explores similarities between the position of the classical symphony in its own time and its position in contemporary American consumer culture. By considering the meanings the mainstream and largely middle-class American public may construct alongside those heard by today's more elite listeners, she reveals the great polysemic potential of this music within our current cultural marketplace. She suggests that we embrace "crosstalk" between performances of this music and its myriad uses in film, television, and other mediated contexts to recover the pleasure of listening to this repertory. In so doing, we surprisingly regain something of the classical symphony's historical ways of meaning.
Book Synopsis Music, Performance, Meaning by : Nicholas Cook
Download or read book Music, Performance, Meaning written by Nicholas Cook and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This selection of sixteen of Nicholas Cook's essays covers the period from 1987 to 2004 and brings out the development of the author's ideas over these years. In particular the two keywords of the title -Meaning and Performance- represent critical directions that expand to the point that, by the end of the book, they become coextensive: music is seen as social action and meaning as created by that action. Within this overall direction, a wide variety of topics is explored, ranging from Beethoven to Schenker, from Chinese qin music to jazz and rock, from perceptual psychology to sketch studies and analysis of record sleeves. A substantial introduction draws out the links (and differences) between the essays, sometimes critiquing them and always setting them into the developing context of the author's work as a whole.
Book Synopsis Berlioz on Music by : Katherine Kolb
Download or read book Berlioz on Music written by Katherine Kolb and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-11 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quintessential Romantic artist of his century, Hector Berlioz impressed Paganini and Liszt as "Beethoven's only heir" and dazzled the young Wagner as a composer, orchestra conductor, and critic. To Paris and all Europe, Berlioz was known as much for his writings as for his music, yet there has been no English-language anthology of his criticism available until now. Berlioz on Music plunges us into the Parisian music world during one of its most vibrant periods, the revolutionary years surrounding 1830, still resonant with memories of Napoleon and the French Revolution of only a few decades before. We follow Berlioz as he confronts the transition to a modern, commerce-driven society where music as high art has yet to find a place, using his pen to praise or scold, rouse or cajole performers, composers, managers, and the general public. The articles presented here-given in chronological order and, with a few exceptions, in their entirety-are accompanied by an introductory paragraph and notes that explain Berlioz's references to persons, musical and literary works, historical events, and more. The result is an engaging collection of Berlioz's lively prose, presented with scholarly rigor and rendered in accessible, graceful English. Scholars, lovers of Berlioz's music, history enthusiasts, and Francophiles will delight in this compelling introduction to one of the richest periods of French culture.
Book Synopsis The American Symphony by : Neil Butterworth
Download or read book The American Symphony written by Neil Butterworth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998, this volume is the first book to focus on the American symphony. Neil Butterworth surveys the development of the symphony in the United States from early European influences in the last century to the present day, and asks why American composers have shown such allegiance to a musical form which their European contemporaries appear to have discarded. An overview of the growth of musical societies in America during the eighteenth century and the establishment of the first professional orchestras during the early part of the nineteenth century is followed by chronological analyses of the works of those composers who have played important parts in the progress of symphony in the United States, from Charles Ives, Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein, to contemporary figures such as William Bolcom and John Harbison. Complete with a comprehensive catalogue of symphonies and an extensive discography, this book is an indispensable reference work.
Book Synopsis Making Music in Selznick's Hollywood by : Nathan Platte
Download or read book Making Music in Selznick's Hollywood written by Nathan Platte and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the fascinating story of the evolution of David O. Selznick's style through the many artists whose work defined Hollywood sound.
Book Synopsis Themes in the Philosophy of Music by : Stephen Davies
Download or read book Themes in the Philosophy of Music written by Stephen Davies and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-02 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is music a language of the emotions? How do recorded pop songs differ from works created for live performance? Is John Cage's silent piece, 4'33", music? Stephen Davies's new book collects some of his most important papers on central topics in the philosophy of music. As well as perennial questions, Davies addresses contemporary controversies, including the impact of modern technology on the presentation and reception of both new and old musical works. These essays, two ofthem new and previously unpublished, are self-standing but thematically connected, and will be of great interest to philosophers, aestheticians, and to theorists of music and art.
Book Synopsis Musical Courier and Review of Recorded Music by :
Download or read book Musical Courier and Review of Recorded Music written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Starlit Symphony written by OJ LEIGH and published by OJ LEIGH. This book was released on 2023-09-08 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mesmerizing world of music, where harmony weaves its enchanting spell, a renowned orchestra stands as a beacon of artistic brilliance. Within the heart of this symphonic paradise, two exceptional souls find themselves entangled in a tale of creative clash and impassioned romance. Meet Eden Piper, a gifted violinist whose soul ignites with every stroke of her bow, and Louis Mitchell, a conductor whose baton orchestrates the very emotions of the musicians he leads. In Symphony Sinfonia, their paths collide, sparking a tempestuous journey that will forever change the course of their lives. At first glance, their personalities appear as discordant as clashing notes, their visions for music seeming worlds apart. Yet, beyond the surface lies a common thread, an unyielding passion for the art that unites them in an unspoken desire. As they battle their differences amid the crescendos and decrescendos of rehearsal, Eden and Louis discover that the melodies they create together mirror the symphony of their hearts. With each encounter, the boundaries between professionalism and romance blur, weaving a complex tapestry of emotions. Amidst the harmonies and dissonances of their lives, they find solace in each other's company, revealing vulnerabilities hidden beneath the polished veneers of their musical virtuosity. A torrential downpour brings them closer, granting a glimpse into the secrets they hold, and the melodies they yearn to share. However, their burgeoning romance faces challenges, as jealousy and rumor cast a shadow over their newfound unity. The once-harmonious orchestra stands divided, and their relationship hangs in the balance. Yet, this tale is not just about two musicians finding love; it is a journey of growth, forgiveness, and resilience. As Symphony Sinfonia faces a turning point, Eden and Louis must summon the courage to embrace their love openly and transform discord into an ever-lasting symphony. With every note they play, their love crescendos to a celestial height, transcending the boundaries of music and passion. Together, they create a Starlit Symphony, a symphony that will echo in the hearts of those who witness their melodic union. In this captivating tale, the power of music serves as a conduit for romance, and the audience will be swept away on a lyrical journey, captivated by the harmony of love that unfolds. So, let the curtains rise on this enchanting symphony, and let the melodies guide us through a world where music and love intertwine in perfect harmony.
Book Synopsis Five Operas and a Symphony by : Boris Gasparov
Download or read book Five Operas and a Symphony written by Boris Gasparov and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this eagerly anticipated book, Boris Gasparov gazes through the lens of music to find an unusual perspective on Russian cultural and literary history. He discusses six major works of Russian music from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, showing the interplay of musical texts with their literary and historical sources within the ideological and cultural contexts of their times. Each musical work becomes a tableau representing a moment in Russian history, and together the works form a coherent story of ideological and aesthetic trends as they evolved in Russia from the time of Pushkin to the rise of totalitarianism in the 1930s. Gasparov discusses Glinka’s Ruslan and Ludmilla (1842), Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov (1871) and Khovanshchina (1881), Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin (1878) and The Queen of Spades (1890), and Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony (1934). Offering new interpretations to enhance our understanding and appreciation of these important works, Gasparov also demonstrates how Russian music and cultural history illuminate one another.
