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Conducting Favourite Concert Pieces

Author : Norman Del Mar
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198165583
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book Conducting Favourite Concert Pieces written by Norman Del Mar and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays on the interpretation of twenty-two unusual concert pieces was assembled partly with a view to more imaginative program planning. There are many composers who may have written only one or two masterpieces, yet failed to leave a worthy oeuvre; these sadly are often forgotten or overlooked when conductors assemble programs. This compilation spans a little over a hundred years from the 19th and 20th centuries and all the works are colorful and attractive. Once again Norman Del Mar brings his expertise in handling the orchestra to a wide variety of styles. His infectious enthusiasm and broad knowledge make him an invaluable guide to the aspiring conductor, the expert, and the music-loving listener. The essays range from Russia to Spain, from Schoenberg to Kodály, from Wolf to Poulenc, with such established favorites as the overture to La Forza del Destino with its unexpected tricky moments and the Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes for which Del Mar offers suggestions from Britten himself, with whom he worked for many years.

A Dictionary for the Modern Conductor

Author : Emily Freeman Brown
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810884011
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary for the Modern Conductor written by Emily Freeman Brown and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Titles in Dictionaries for the Modern Musician: A Scarecrow Press Music Series offer both the novice and the advanced artist key information designed to convey the field of study and performance for a major instrument or instrument class, as well as the workings of musicians in areas from conducting to composing. Unlike other encyclopedic works, contributions to this series focus primarily on the knowledge required by the contemporary musical student or performer. Each dictionary covers topics from instrument parts to playing technique, major works to key figures. A must-have for any musician’s personal library! Filling a vital need in the rapidly changing and complex field of conducting, A Dictionary for the Modern Conductor is a concise one-volume reference tool that brings together for the first time information covering a broad array of topics essential for today’s conductor to know. Author and conductor Emily Freeman Brown offers easy-to-read definitions of key musical terms, translated foreign terms, examples of usage from orchestral music and practical vocabulary in multiple languages. A Dictionary for the Modern Conductor includes biographies of major conductors and other individual important to the world of modern conducting, emphasizing throughout their contributions to the progress of the conducting professional; critical information on major orchestras, significant ensembles, key institutions and organizations, with a focus on the ways in which they preserve and advance today’s musical life; and practical entries covering baton and rehearsal techniques, bowing terms, information about instruments, voice types and much more. In a series of appendixes, A Dictionary for the Modern Conductor also covers such topics as orchestral works that changed the art and practice of conducting, a short historiography of conducting, a comprehensive bibliography, a look at conducting recitative, and a list of pitches, interval names, rhythmic terms, orchestral and percussion instrument names, and finally translations of all of these categories of information into French, German, Italian, and Spanish. A Dictionary for the Modern Conductor will appeal to aspiring conductors and seasoned professionals. It is an invaluable resource.

The Rest Is Noise

Author : Alex Ross
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1429932880
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Rest Is Noise written by Alex Ross and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2007-10-16 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism A New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the Year Time magazine Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2007 Newsweek Favorite Books of 2007 A Washington Post Book World Best Book of 2007 In this sweeping and dramatic narrative, Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker, weaves together the histories of the twentieth century and its music, from Vienna before the First World War to Paris in the twenties; from Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia to downtown New York in the sixties and seventies up to the present. Taking readers into the labyrinth of modern style, Ross draws revelatory connections between the century's most influential composers and the wider culture. The Rest Is Noise is an astonishing history of the twentieth century as told through its music.

The Violin

Author : Mark Katz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135576955
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book The Violin written by Mark Katz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-02-09 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The violin was first mentioned in a book in the sixteenth century. An abundant and diverse literature on the instrument has grown since then, and a complete general guide to these materials has not been produced in the modern era. The last, Edward Heron-Allen's De Fidiculis Bibliographia , was published in1894. This book fills that void, organizing and annotating information on the violin from a variety of fields and sources. It provides a comprehensive, though selective, guide to all facets of the instrument. The book is divided into 4 main parts: Reference and General Studies; Acoustics and Construction; Violin Playing, Performance Practice, and Music; and Violinists, Composers, and Violin Teachers. It will serve as a ready reference for students and scholars, and is a welcome addition to the esteemed Routledge Music Bibliography series.

Conducting with Feeling

Author :
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780634030291
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Conducting with Feeling written by and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2001 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Meredith Music Resource). A thought provoking collection of ideas by today's leading conductors on how a conductor develops feelings for a piece of music and communicates those feelings to an ensemble.

The Musical Herald and Tonic Sol-fa Reporter

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Musical Herald and Tonic Sol-fa Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Leonard Bernstein Letters

Author : Leonard Bernstein
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300186541
Total Pages : 903 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Leonard Bernstein Letters written by Leonard Bernstein and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 903 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “With their intellectual brilliance, humor and wonderful eye for detail, Leonard Bernstein’s letters blow all biographies out of the water.”—The Economist (2013 Book of the Year) Leonard Bernstein was a charismatic and versatile musician—a brilliant conductor who attained international superstar status, and a gifted composer of Broadway musicals (West Side Story), symphonies (Age of Anxiety), choral works (Chichester Psalms), film scores (On the Waterfront), and much more. Bernstein was also an enthusiastic letter writer, and this book is the first to present a wide-ranging selection of his correspondence. The letters have been selected for the insights they offer into the passions of his life—musical and personal—and the extravagant scope of his musical and extra-musical activities. Bernstein’s letters tell much about this complex man, his collaborators, his mentors, and others close to him. His galaxy of correspondents encompassed, among others, Aaron Copland, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Robbins, Thornton Wilder, Boris Pasternak, Bette Davis, Adolph Green, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and family members including his wife Felicia and his sister Shirley. The majority of these letters have never been published before. They have been carefully chosen to demonstrate the breadth of Bernstein’s musical interests, his constant struggle to find the time to compose, his turbulent and complex sexuality, his political activities, and his endless capacity for hard work. Beyond all this, these writings provide a glimpse of the man behind the legends: his humanity, warmth, volatility, intellectual brilliance, wonderful eye for descriptive detail, and humor. “The correspondence from and to the remarkable conductor is full of pleasure and insights.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) “Exhaustive, thrilling [and] indispensable.”—USA Today (starred review)

Bibliographic Guide to Music

Author : New York Public Library. Music Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 896 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Bibliographic Guide to Music written by New York Public Library. Music Division and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Norman Del Mar

Author : Richard Alston
Publisher : Conran Octopus
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Norman Del Mar written by Richard Alston and published by Conran Octopus. This book was released on 2000 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Conducting Berlioz

Author : Norman Del Mar
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198165590
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book Conducting Berlioz written by Norman Del Mar and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Berlioz, the enfant terrible of music if ever there was one, was always a favorite of the late Norman Del Mar. In this volume (seen through the press by his son Jonathan) Norman Del Mar brings all his wide experience to the explanations and elucidation of the more difficult points of conducting these works. The most imaginative orchestrator ever is treated with wisdom and perception and many doubtful technical points are clarified in this invaluable handbook. Anyone wanting to know more about Berlioz's works, be they student or music-loving listener, will find their enjoyment enhanced after reading this indispensable study. The three extraordinary symphonies are considered in detail, followed by six overtures, and other important works. The volume culminates in chapters on the Grande Messe des morts and Te Deum which give true insight into these major choral pieces. Del Mar's writing style is easily approachable and carries the reader along in eager anticipation as understanding is assimilated from his own infectious enthusiasm.

George Smart and Nineteenth-century London Concert Life

Author : John Carnelley
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783270640
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book George Smart and Nineteenth-century London Concert Life written by John Carnelley and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2015 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full length study of Sir George Thomas Smart (1776-1867), musical animateur and early champion of the music of Beethoven

The Musical Times

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Musical Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Musical Times and Singing-class Circular

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Musical Times and Singing-class Circular written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Journal of the Conductors' Guild

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Journal of the Conductors' Guild written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Life and Works of Andrzej Panufnik (1914–1991)

Author : Beata Boles?awska
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351542923
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Works of Andrzej Panufnik (1914–1991) written by Beata Boles?awska and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Andrzej Panufnik was born in Warsaw and studied in the newly independent Poland in the 1930s, as well as in Vienna and Paris just before the outbreak of the Second World War. During the German occupation he formed a piano duo with his friend and fellow composer Witold Lutoslawski, and they performed in caf around Warsaw. After the war, Panufnik quickly established himself as a leading Polish composer, and as a conductor he played a significant role in the re-establishment of first the Krak nd then the Warsaw Philharmonic. Although he was considered Polands leading composer for some years after the war, Panufnik was subsequently put under intolerable pressure both musically and politically. Frustrated by the continuing rejection of his compositions and the unending political demands inflicted on him by the country‘s post-war Communist regime, he made a daring escape to England in 1954. He briefly became Principal Conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, a post he relinquished after two years to devote all his time to composition. His works were in demand by major figures such as Leopold Stokowski who conducted the first performances of Sinfonia Elegiaca, Katyn Epitaph and Universal Prayer, Yehudi Menuhin who commissioned the Violin Concerto, Seiji Ozawa in Boston and Sir Georg Solti in Chicago who both commissioned symphonies for the centenaries of their famous orchestras; also Mstislav Rostropovich with the London Symphony Orchestra, who together commissioned the Cello Concerto. Beata Boleslawska has written the first book on the life and artistic output of Panufnik, setting his significance alongside the political and cultural scene of twentieth-century Europe. The account of the composer‘s life is based on numerous archival documents, as well as the personal accounts contributed by his family and friends. Panufnik‘s compositional style and techniques are also analysed. This book will be of interest not only to those devoted

The Life and Works of Andrzej Panufnik (1914?991)

Author : Beata Boles?awska
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351542915
Total Pages : 555 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Works of Andrzej Panufnik (1914?991) written by Beata Boles?awska and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Andrzej Panufnik was born in Warsaw and studied in the newly independent Poland in the 1930s, as well as in Vienna and Paris just before the outbreak of the Second World War. During the German occupation he formed a piano duo with his friend and fellow composer Witold Lutoslawski, and they performed in caf?around Warsaw. After the war, Panufnik quickly established himself as a leading Polish composer, and as a conductor he played a significant role in the re-establishment of first the Krak?nd then the Warsaw Philharmonic. Although he was considered Poland?s leading composer for some years after the war, Panufnik was subsequently put under intolerable pressure both musically and politically. Frustrated by the continuing rejection of his compositions and the unending political demands inflicted on him by the country?s post-war Communist regime, he made a daring escape to England in 1954. He briefly became Principal Conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, a post he relinquished after two years to devote all his time to composition. His works were in demand by major figures such as Leopold Stokowski who conducted the first performances of Sinfonia Elegiaca, Katyn Epitaph and Universal Prayer, Yehudi Menuhin who commissioned the Violin Concerto, Seiji Ozawa in Boston and Sir Georg Solti in Chicago who both commissioned symphonies for the centenaries of their famous orchestras; also Mstislav Rostropovich with the London Symphony Orchestra, who together commissioned the Cello Concerto. Beata Boleslawska has written the first book on the life and artistic output of Panufnik, setting his significance alongside the political and cultural scene of twentieth-century Europe. The account of the composer?s life is based on numerous archival documents, as well as the personal accounts contributed by his family and friends. Panufnik?s compositional style and techniques are also analysed. This book will be of interest not only to those devoted

The Memory of Music

Author : Andrew Ford
Publisher : Black Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1863959491
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (639 download)

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Download or read book The Memory of Music written by Andrew Ford and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this evocative and moving book, composer and broadcaster Andrew Ford shares the vivid musical experiences – good, bad and occasionally hilarious – that have shaped his life. Ford’s musical journey has traversed genres and continents, and his loves are broad and deep. The Memory of Music takes us from his childhood obsession with the Beatles to his passion for Beethoven, Brahms, Vaughan Williams, Stockhausen and Birtwistle, and to his work as a composer, choral conductor, concert promoter, critic, university teacher and radio presenter. The Memory of Music is more than a wonderful memoir – it also explores the nature and purpose of music: what it is, why it means so much to us and how it shapes our worlds. The result is a captivating work that will appeal to music lovers everywhere. ‘Andrew Ford’s wide-ranging musical autobiography is a pleasure to read. Accessible, informative and packed with anecdotes, it’s an excellent guide to the life of a composer: what it entails, what matters, and how and why it happened in the first place.’ —Steven Isserlis ‘I love discovering how people become who they are. Andrew Ford’s book took me into a new world: composition. His insight into how we talk about music and what it brings up for people is fascinating.’ —Julia Zemiro ‘Andrew Ford is one of the greatest music broadcasters around – and not just in Australia – yet The Memory of Music shows that he is much more than that. What is most striking is the extraordinary honesty in the way that he opens up how a composer really works and thinks, and the detail of a composer’s everyday concerns – the ways that real life impinges on the artistic process. Having spent a lifetime in music myself, this book rings more true than anything else I have read. It’s beautifully written, the prose flows effortlessly, and it’s from the heart.’ —Gavin Bryars