Art music, orchestral and formal music Books
Usborne Publishing Ltd The Animal Orchestra Plays Bach
Book SynopsisSam Taplin grew up in a beautiful valley in Yorkshire, where he dreamed of being a writer, and after three years reading other people's books at university he started writing his own for Usborne. He's been doing it ever since. When he's not writing about lonely rabbits or inquisitive bears, he likes doing card tricks, writing songs and playing long games of chess by the fire.
£11.69
Ebury Publishing Punk Rock
Book Synopsis''To see The Clash on the White Riot tour was like discovering how to be a rock star: you just did it yourself. You didn''t wait for someone to come and discover you. That was the most important thing that came out of punk... We came home and we cut our hair and bought skinny trousers. It was year zero. That was the moment for me'' Billy BraggPunk Rock is a book like no other. It is an oral history of a radical movement which exploded in Seventies Britain. With its own clothes, hair, artwork, fanzines and radical politics, Punk boasted a DIY ethos that meant anyone could take part. The scene was uniquely vibrant and energetic, leaving an extraordinary legacy of notorious events, charismatic characters and inspirational music. John Robb has spent over a year interviewing more than 100 contributors including Glen Matlock, Mick Jones, Don Letts, Slash, Billy Bragg, Hugh Cornwell and Captain Sensible. Now, for the first time, they give the inside view on evTrade ReviewJohn Robb is a great writer... and he is supremely qualified in my opinion to talk about punk rock -- Mick Jones, The ClashJohn Robb is as punk rock as The Clash -- Alan McGee
£19.80
Penguin Books Ltd Music in the Castle of Heaven
Book SynopsisJohann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who seems so ordinary, so opaque - and occasionally so intemperate?In this remarkable book, John Eliot Gardiner distils the fruits of a lifetime''s immersion as one of Bach''s greatest living interpreters. Explaining in wonderful detail how Bach worked and how his music achieves its effects, he also takes us as deeply into Bach''s works and mind as perhaps words can. The result is a unique book about one of the greatest of all creative artists.Trade ReviewGardiner has joined the select ranks of luminary musicians articulating their experience, with this long, sumptuously illustrated survey of Bach's life and times. The result is dazzling -- Iain Burnside * Observer *There could be no better-qualified guide to the mysteries behind Bach's music than the conductor who has breathed new life into its performance . . . As an exploration of Bach's labyrinthine thought-processes, and as an analysis of his music's overwhelming power, this book will now be required reading . . . for listeners and performers alike -- Michael Church * Independent *Gardiner weaves industrial-strength scholarship, musical analysis and performing insight into a highly readable narrative ... extraordinary -- Richard Morrison * The Times *
£17.09
Penguin Books Ltd Chopins Piano
Book Synopsis''Beguiling ... Limpidly written, effortlessly learned'' William Boyd, TLS, Books of the YearIn November 1838 Frédéric Chopin, George Sand and her two children sailed to Majorca to escape the Parisian winter. They settled in an abandoned monastery at Valldemossa in the mountains above Palma, where Chopin finished what would eventually be recognised as one of the great and revolutionary works of musical Romanticism - his 24 Preludes. There was scarcely a decent piano on the island (these were still early days in the evolution of the modern instrument), so Chopin worked on a small pianino made by a local craftsman, which remained in their monastic cell for seventy years after he and Sand had left.This brilliant and unclassifiable book traces the history of Chopin''s 24 Preludes through the instruments on which they were played, the pianists who interpreted them and the traditions they came to represent. Yet it begins and ends with the Majorcan pianino, which during the Second World War assumed an astonishing cultural potency as it became, for the Nazis, a symbol of the man and music they were determined to appropriate as their own.The unexpected hero of the second part of the book is the great keyboard player and musical thinker Wanda Landowska, who rescued the pianino from Valldemossa in 1913, and who would later become one of the most influential musical figures of the twentieth century. Kildea shows how her story - a compelling account based for the first time on her private papers - resonates with Chopin''s, while simultaneously distilling part of the cultural and political history of Europe and the United States in the central decades of the century. Kildea''s beautifully interwoven narratives, part cultural history and part detective story, take us on an unexpected journey through musical Romanticism and allow us to reflect freshly on the changing meaning of music over time.Trade ReviewA wonderful book about music, musicians, cultural similarities and differences, the blood and gore of revolutionary times and the compensations of high art. Kildea writes with elegance and wit, and displays the kind of scholarship that does not come from simply mugging up on a few books. ... A book that will, amongst other things, send the reader back with fresh ears to the delightful, tormented Pole, and hear the music he composed on a borrowed piano in a monastery cell in Mallorca one terrible winter -- Michael Henderson * The Times *Chopin's Piano takes the motif of this piano - "Out of date before it was completed"; its maker Juan Bauza unknown and possibly an amateur - and uses it to tie together various narrative strands in an original, constantly interesting format. As it does it tells the story of Chopin's work, the development of piano making, and how music became inextricably linked to atrocities in the 20th century. -- Jonathan McAloon * Financial Times *An episodic, picaresque tale, woven confidently - at times even pacily - by Kildea. He writes knowledgeably and approachably about music and sympathetically about his cast of characters. It is the story of an obsession, but it manages not to feel obsessional. ... I enjoyed it very much. -- Alan Rusbridger * Spectator *
£10.44
Penguin Books Ltd The Ring of Truth
Book Synopsis''The ideal interpreter of the Ring ... a fascinating and valuable study ... absorbing and convincing'' Sunday TimesThe Ring of the Nibelung is one of the greatest works of art created in modern times. Roger Scruton''s brilliant and passionate exploration of the drama, music, symbolism and philosophy of Wagner''s masterpiece - with its themes of love, death, sacrifice and freedom - shows how, ultimately, it expresses the truth about the human condition. ''Highly original and penetrating ... tremendous'' Tim Blanning, Literary Review''A rich, historical account ... After reading this book, only the most unadventurous reader would turn down the chance to see Wagner''s masterpiece'' Economist''A brilliant gallop through the master''s religious, musical and philosophical contexts'' Sue Prideaux, Spectator''Scruton is one of the finest philosopher-musicians since Schopenhauer'' Jonathan Gaisman, StandpointTrade Reviewa masterpiece, all told the best book on Wagner I have ever read -- Michael Tanner * Literary Review *After reading this book, only the most unadventurous reader would turn down the chance to see Wagner's masterpiece. * Economist *Roger Scruton is in many ways the ideal interpreter of the Ring -- Adam Lively * The Sunday Times *Highly original and penetrating ... he writes about the music authoritatively but comprehensibly... lucidly, cogently and even entertainingly -- Tim Blanning * Literary Review *Admirably lucid ... a perceptive and detailed account ... constantly enlightening commentary -- Lucy Beckett * Tablet *
£10.44
Penguin Books Ltd Cairns D Berlioz
Book SynopsisNo artist''s achievement connects more directly with early experience than that of Berlioz. David Cairns draws on a wealth of family papers to recreate in authentic and intimate detail the provincial milieu of Berlioz''s boyhood, showing how the son of a village doctor was already transforming himself into the composer of the Fantastic Symphony. Berlioz''s desperate attempts to win his father''s approval for his vocation, his struggles to establish himself on the Parisian musical scene, and his passionate pursuit of love are all brought vividly to life in this first volume of David Cairn''s award-winning biography.
£17.99
Penguin Books Ltd Berlioz Servitude and Greatness 18321869
Book SynopsisBerlioz was one of the towering figures of Romanticism: not only was he a great and revolutionary composer, but also the finest composer of his day and an outstanding critic and writer. Yet throughout his life he struggled for money and his music was persistently reviled in his native France. With exceptional insight and sympathy, David Cairns draws together the major strands of Berlioz''s life: his tempestuous marriage to the actress Harriet Smithson; the genesis of his famous works, including the Requiem, Romeo and Juliet and his crowning masterpiece The Trojans; his friendships with Mendelssohn, Liszt, Princess Wittgenstein and Wagner; and, finally, his last years haunted once again by personal tragedy. Here, as never before, is Berlioz the artist - and the man.
£18.99
Oxford University Press Inc Ludwig van Beethoven
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBy altering the complex range of Beethoven's individuality through a series of cogently crafted perspectives, Mark Evan Bonds has created a captivating new account of Western music's most widely admired composer. This book will delight music lovers at all levels, for it can be read both as a stirring introduction and as a bracing reassessment. * Scott Burnham, Distinguished Professor of Music, Graduate Center, City University of New York *In Ludwig van Beethoven: A Very Short Introduction, Mark Evan Bonds employs categories such as Love, Money, and Deafness to examine the legends and biographical distortions that have encumbered our understanding of Beethoven. In doing so, he enhances rather than diminishes our appreciation of the man and the music. Bonds wears his erudition lightly, giving us prose that is graceful, forceful, and always a pleasure. * Garrick Ohlssohn, pianist *A genuinely new approach to Beethoven to satisfy the reader at any level of musical knowledge. The author's profound insights into the composer's art, life, and attitudes beyond 'the scowl' offer a multiplicity of surprising and rewarding perspectives on this musical superstar and his eventful era. * Elaine Sisman, Anne Parsons Bender Professor of Music, Columbia University *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Scowl 2. The Life 3. Ideals 4. Deafness 5. Love 6. Money 7. Politics 8. Composing 9. Early-Middle-Late 10. The Music 11. "Beethoven" References Further Reading Index
£9.49
Oxford University Press Inc The Beethoven Syndrome Hearing Music as
Book SynopsisThe Beethoven Syndrome: Hearing Music as Autobiography traces the rise, fall, and persistence of a radical new mode of listening from the middle of the eighteenth century to the present.Trade ReviewA tour de force of scholarship and argumentation. Reconstructing the changing discourses surrounding music in different decades of European history, Bonds boldly challenges commonly held beliefs about composers "expressing themselves" in music. * James Hepokoski, Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Music, Yale University *It is now common to link the tumults of Beethoven's life and the struggles that we hear in his music. In this revelatory book, Bonds draws on an astonishing range of writers to explain how this happened, and how it has affected listeners and composer ever since. * Christopher Reynolds, Distinguished Professor of Music, Emeritus, UC Davis *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Instrumental Self Part 1: The Paradigm of Objective Expression: 1770-1830 Chapter 1: The Framework of Rhetoric Chapter 2: Toward Subjective Expression Chapter 3: The Composer in the Work Part 2: The Paradigm of Subjective Expression: 1830-1920 Chapter 4: The Framework of Hermeneutics Chapter 5: First-Person Beethoven Chapter 6: After Beethoven Part 3: Dual Paradigms: Since 1920 Chapter 7: The Return of Objectivity Chapter 8: The Endurance of Subjectivity Conclusion: Tracking Comets Bibliography
£33.24
Oxford University Press Inc Rethinking Prokofiev
Book SynopsisRethinking Prokofiev looks at the background, context, and musical mechanics of Sergei Prokofiev's work, revealing much of what makes this composer an idiosyncratic genius and his music intriguing, often dramatic, and almost always beguiling.Trade Reviewthe reader is left with a thorough illustration of the vibrant world of Prokofiev research at the start of the third decade in the twenty-first century * Daniel Elphick, Transposition *This book is an important contribution to the literature on Prokofiev...Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. * D. Arnold, University of North Texas, CHOICE *It deserves a place in all serious libraries and on the shelves of music lovers everywhere. * Arnold McMillin, Slavonic and East European Review *the editors set out to complicate and contextualize a general perception of the composer as an ambition-compromised victim of Soviet power. The volume's list of contributors ranges in terms of both geography and professional focus; a refreshing number of the authors are practicing musicians ... There's a useful glossary of fundamental cultural and musical terms, but biographical identifications are in the texts. A foreword points readers to a website, on which more musical examples, illustrations and substantial appendices will appear -- a responsible, realistic scholarly model. * David Shengold, Opera News *This rich and insightful collection is essential reading for anyone interested in Prokofiev and the world in which he lived. The essays in Rethinking Prokofiev offer new insight into unfamiliar aspects of Prokofiev's work and fresh and compelling looks at some more familiar ones. * Kevin Bartig, Professor of Music, Michigan State University *A compelling reassessment of Prokofiev's career from start to finish that raises a poignant question: When we hear his music, do we hear what he heard? The answers here, derived from painstaking archival research, make plain a stark truth: Prokofiev was the most harrowed composer of the 20th century, and his music bears the marks of compromise, resistance, and resilience. * Simon Morrison, Professor Music and Slavic Languages and Literatures, Princeton University *Table of ContentsList of Contributors Acknowledgments About the Companion Website A Note on Archival Sources Rita McAllister Preface Simon Morrison Introduction: Why Re-Assess Prokofiev? Rita McAllister and Christina Guillaumier Part I Prokofiev and the Russian Models 1 Prokofiev and the Russian Tradition Marina Raku 2 Prokofiev and the Development of Soviet Composition in the 1920s and 1930s Patrick Zuk 3 Prokofiev and the Soviet Symphony Daniel Tooke Part II Prokofiev and his Contemporaries 4 'Monsieur Prokofieff': Prokofiev in the French Context Marina Frolova-Walker 5 Prokofiev and Shostakovich: A Two-Way Influence Ivana Medic 6 Prokofiev and Atovmian: The Story of a Unique Friendship Nelly Kravetz Part III Music and Text: Prokofiev's Relationship with his Literary Sources 7 The Sun-Sounding Scythian: Prokofiev's Musical Interpretation of Russian Silver-Age Poetry Polina Dimova 8 Editing Prokofiev's Seven, they are Seven: A Case Study Nicolas Moron 9 From Film Score to Art Music and Back: Prokofiev's Film Music in the Context of Text-Based Genres Julia Khait 10 Semyon Kotko and War and Peace: Prokofiev and His Collaborators Terry Dean Part IV Drama and Gesture 11 Staging Prokofiev's Early Ballet Jane Pritchard 12 Drama, Theatre and Gesture in the Operas of Prokofiev Christina Guillaumier 13 Audio-Visual Montage in Ivan the Terrible: Understanding Prokofiev's Film Score through Eisensteinian Sound Theory Katya Ermolaeva 14 'Yea, Though I Walk Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death..': An Introduction to Prokofiev's Thanatology Natalia Savkina Part V Identity and Structure 15 A Genealogy of Prokofiev's Musical Gestures from the Juvenilia to the Later Piano Works Christina Guillaumier 16 The Five Piano Concertos: The Pianist's Perspective Boris Berman 17 'Things in Themselves': An Analytical Study of Prokofiev's Music Notebooks Rita McAllister 18 Towards an Analysis of Prokofiev's Middle Period Works Konrad Harley Part VI The Reception and After-Life of the Music 19 Prokofiev's Reception in the United Kingdom: A Case Study Joseph Schultz 20 Prokofiev, Soviet Influence, and the Music World in Stalinist Central Europe David G. Tompkins 21 Prokofiev in the Popular Consciousness Peter Kupfer 22 Prokofiev's Problems - and Ours Richard Taruskin Glossary Index
£42.27
Oxford University Press Inc Vaughan Williams Master Musicians Series
Book SynopsisIn Vaughan Williams, author Eric Saylor revisits the life and work of famed British musician Ralph Vaughan Williams, with particular attention to the relationship between his work and his life.Trade ReviewSaylor's writing style is eminently readable; it flows like a stream, but is carefully documented, chock-a-block full of details and info in rapid succession, dense though it is. He is good at piecing together a life of details and tidbits; like Sherlock Holmes, he teases out snippets everywhere. * Marvin J. Ward, CVNC *I had long believed that RVW was a highly under-appreciated composer, as well as somewhat misunderstood, & those concepts were hugely confirmed by this book; I had never imagined the breadth, depth, diversity, and extent of his works and his activities. * Marvin J. Ward, BA & MA, SUNY Albany; MA, Université Laval, Québec; Ph.D., UNC-CH, CVNC *the great value of the book is Saylor's intelligent view of the music, notably his analyses and interpretations of the symphonies and other major works * Simon Heffer *Vaughan Williams enthusiasts of all hues will want this; but prepare to be renedered breathless at the great man's astonishing energy * Andrew Green *... a ground-breaking biography... [Saylor] approaches his subject with fresh ears and a host of thoroughly researched and well-rounded insights that look set to change the discourse surrounding the composer... Saylor's measured contribution to our understanding of Vaughan Williams is welcome, and can only add to our understanding... * Hugh Morris, The Guardian *... a valuable study of Vaughan Williams's long life and multifarious work, one that will serve both the novice listener and the scholar. It is fair-minded and wide-ranging, both easy to read and unusually weighty for such a short book... recommended to anybody in search of information about this admirable man and creator. * Tim Page, Wall Street Journal *This new study demands the attention of admirers of the composer; it will come as a salutary correction to those who continue to deny the composer's genius * Robert Matthew-Walker, Musical Opinion *Few great twentieth-century composers are both as popular and as misunderstood as Ralph Vaughan Williams: a national icon whose broader significance for the music of his time, and ours, is only just beginning to be fully appreciated. And few artists pose as many challenges to the biographer and critic: an exceptionally long and rich life, a huge and varied body of work, and a reputation often based as much on mythology as fact. Eric Saylor's landmark new study is therefore especially impressive, as it elegantly weaves together a scrupulously researched yet always engaging account of Vaughan Williams's life and art, makes accessible the latest scholarship (including the revelatory rediscovery of the composer's early works), and offers along the way myriad new insights into a complicated personal life and iconic creations such as The Lark Ascending * Alain Frogley, University of Connecticut *Eric Saylor's new biography of Vaughan Williams, one of Britain's greatest composers, is the first to take full account of research published in the last twenty years, of the hitherto unfamiliar early works of the composer published for the first time in the last 25 years, and of the online corpus of some 5000 letters written by him only recently made accessible. Saylor pulls all this together to give us a far more complete picture of the man and his works than we have had before. His book is a fitting tribute to Vaughan Williams for the 150th anniversary of his birth. * Hugh Cobbe, Director of the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust *Saylor is generous and meticulous in his estimates of Vaughan Williams's writing,...Saylor shows us how Vaughan Williams wrote in almost every musical genre...Vaughan Williams's music speaks to Americans and to many others out of a particular national culture. * Allen C. Guelzo, Claremont Review of Books *A must resource for scholarship on Vaughan Williams. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. * Choice *A must-have resource for scholarship on Vaughan Williams. * J. E. Druesedow Jr., CHOICE *Saylor's biography is scrupulously researched yet thoroughly engaging, offering a fitting tribute on the 150th anniversary of his birth. * Mary Nemet, The Stringendo *An impressively rich and satisfying picture of Vaughan Williams's overall achievement as man and musician. * Julian Onderdonk, Music and Letters *Saylor has new things to say on a much-studied figure. Fresh angles and intelligent use of primary material mean there is value here for the expert, and his ability to throw information at the reader while telling an engaging story makes it admirably accessible for the novice. * Tiffany Hore, Folk Music Journal *Eric Saylor's Vaughan Williams will be at the centre of the ongo-ing debate and discussion. * Julian Onderdonk, West Chester University of Pennsylvania *Table of ContentsGuide to Abbreviations and Editorial Methods Preface 1 "This desperate attempt to get a living" (1872-1901) 2 Early Works (1890-1901) 3 "I think I am improving" (1902-1908) 4 The Music of 1902-1908 5 "The best thing I have done" (1909-1914) 6 The Music of 1909-1914 7 "Beyond powers of expression" (1914-1922) 8 The Music of 1914-1922 9 "New heights and depths and mysteries" (1923-1929) 10 The Music of 1923-1929 11 "An awful responsibility" (1930-1936) 12 The Music of 1930-1936 13 "One has to write as one feels" (1937-1943) 14 The Music of 1937-1943 15 "I live a very quiet life now" (1943-1951) 16 The Music of 1943-1951 17 "Worthy of the cause which he serves" (1951-1958) 18 The Music of 1951-1958 Appendices Index
£30.87
Oxford University Press Bach Transcriptions for Piano
Book SynopsisDemonstrating the range and popularity of Bach piano transcriptions during the early twentieth century, this collection contains exuberant fantasias and fugues, gentle transcriptions from instrumental works, and popular chorales. Includes introductory notes by the celebrated pianist and broadcaster David Owen Norris.Trade ReviewThis companion volume to A Bach Book for Harriet Cohen is an absolute gem . . . OUP are to be congratulated for re-issuing this amazing collection which pianists will enjoy adding to their repertoire of transcriptions. * Melvyn Cooper, Piano Professional, Autumn 2013 *Table of ContentsWachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers, Wake) ; Siciliano (Sonata in E flat for Flute and Harpsichord) ; Pastorella in F major, mov. 3 ; In dulci jubilo (In sweet rejoicing) ; Bist du bei mir (If thou art near) ; Christ lag in Todes Banden (Christ lay in death's bonds) ; Jesu, bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, joy of man's desiring) ; Seht, was die Liebe tut (See what his love can do) ; Sarabande (Cello Suite in D major) ; Ertodt' uns durch dein' Gute (Sanctify us by thy goodness) ; Pastorella in F major, mov. 4 ; Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (Beloved Jesu, we are here) ; Fugue in G minor ; Was Gott thut, das ist wohlgethan (What God hath done is rightly done) ; Adagio (Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C major) ; Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sein (When we are in greatest need) ; Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (Salvation now has come for all)
£21.80
Oxford University Press The Oxford Book of English Madrigals
Book SynopsisThis book presents 60 of the very best madrigals for SATB, chosen from the many hundreds of possible candidates. The major composers of the genre are each represented by several madrigals and the lesser figures by one or more.Table of ContentsThose Sweet Delightful Lilies ; All Creature Now ; Weep, O Mine Eyes ; Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby ; This Sweet and Merry Month of May ; Though Amaryllis Dance ; Come, Gentle Swains ; Poor is the Life ; Quick, Quick, Away, Dispatch! ; No Haste But Good! ; Fair Nymphs, I Heard One Telling ; Fair Phyllis I Saw ; Consture My Meaning ; Ah, Dear Heart ; Dainty Fine Bird ; O That the Learned Poets ; The Silver Swan ; Trust Not Too Much, Fair Youth ; What is our Life? ; Come Away, Sweet Love ; See What a Maze of Error ; April is in my Mistress' Face ; Fyer, Fyer! ; Hard by a Crystal Fountain ; I Love, Alas, I Love Thee ; Leave, Alas, This Tormenting ; My Bonny Lass She Smileth ; Now is the Month of Maying ; Sing We and Chant It ; Though Philomela Lost Her Love ; Whither Away So Fast? ; Sleep, Fleshly Birth ; Adieu, Ye City-Prisoning Towers ; Music Divine ; O Yes! Has any Found a Lad? ; See, See the Shepherds' Queen ; Too Much I Once Lamented ; Mother, I Will Have a Husband ; Sweet Suffolk Owl ; Come, Sable Night ; As Vesta Was ; Come, Sirrah Jack, Ho! ; Hark, All Ye Lovely Saints ; O Care, Thou Wilt Despatch Me ; Hence, Care, Thou Art Too Cruel ; Since Robin Hood ; Sing We At Pleasure ; Strike It Up, Tabor ; Thule the Period of Cosmography ; The Andalusian Merchant ; Thus Sings My Dearest Jewel ; Adieu Sweet Amaryllis ; Draw On, Sweet Night ; Flora Gave Me Fairest Flowers ; Lady, When I Behold ; O What Shall I Do? ; Sweet Honey-Sucking Bees ; Yet, Sweet, Take Heed ; Weep, Weep, Mine Eyes
£22.32
Oxford University Press Bach for Violin 14 pieces arranged for violin and
Book SynopsisBach for Violin contains a varied collection of 14 attractive and popular pieces arranged for upper-intermediate standard violinists (Grades 5-7), exploring a range of keys, finger patterns, styles, and moods. The collection covers simpler dance movements and chorale melodies, as well as the solo Gigue from the Partita in E major. Other popular pieces include arrangements of Jesu, Joy of Man''s Desiring and the Bach/Gounod Ave Maria. Each piece is accompanied by background footnotes explaining provenance and points of style.Trade ReviewKathy and David Blackwell have produced an entirely appropriate and beautiful collection for students of the violin to discover and enjoy . . . There are arrangements of arias . . . which contain passages that are so perfect for the violin that it is hard to believe they weren't originally conceived with the instrument in mind. . . . Audio files of the piano accompaniments are available to download (free of charge) from the Blackwells' website, which also contains - what a fantastic and generous idea - cello parts as an alternative or additional part for some of the pieces . . . This is an absolute gem of a book. It is beautifully set out and easy to read, the suggested fingerings are helpful and the choice of repertoire is stimulating and inspiring . . . it contains pieces which are accessible enough to inspire and enthuse, as well as those which will challenge and extend . . . In short, this is thoroughly recommended. * Celia Cobb, The Strad, March 2019 *
£16.62
Oxford University Press Folk Songs of the Four Seasons
Book Synopsisfor women''s chorus and piano. This cantata features sixteen highly-varied folk song settings, bound together in seasonal groupings to take the listener on an engaging journey through the year from Spring to Winter. The prologue implores us to ''sing and be merry'', and many of the songs facilitate this with their charmingly light-hearted melodies and imaginative orchestral accompaniment. There are also darker moments, such as the haunting and heart-rending setting of ''The Unquiet Grave'' in ''Autumn''. For this comprehensive new edition, the editor Graham Parlett has drawn on all available sources, providing an authoritative full score with critical commentary. This edition also makes available new materials for the version for string orchestra and piano, and a new vocal score.
£15.91
Oxford University Press For the beauty of the earth Reduced orchestration
Book Synopsisfor SATB and four-piece ensemble Four-piece chamber ensemble accompaniment to Rutter''s classic anthem. Pack includes full score and set of parts. Compatible with the SA, SATB, and TTBB vocal scores.
£30.35
Oxford University Press Look at the world Reduced orchestration
Book Synopsisfor SATB and four-piece ensemble (flute, oboe, harp, organ) Four-piece chamber ensemble accompaniment to Rutter''s lively harvest anthem. Pack includes full score and set of parts. Compatible with both the English-only and dual-language vocal score.
£30.35
Oxford University Press The Lord bless you and keep you Reduced
Book Synopsisfor SATB and four-piece ensemble (flute, oboe, harp, organ) John Rutter''s much-loved setting of the Aaronic Blessing (Numbers 6: 24). Compatible with SATB and SAB versions.
£30.35
Oxford University Press Oxford Solo Songs Secular
Book Synopsisfor low voice and piano This beautiful collection of 14 songs for low voice offers secular pieces by some of Oxford''s best-loved composers. Suitable for solo singers and unison choirs alike, each song is presented with piano accompaniment, and high-quality, downloadable backing tracks are included on a companion website. With a wonderful selection of pieces, including favourites such as Bob Chilcott''s ''The Lily and the Rose'' and John Rutter''s ''A flower remembered'', this is the perfect collection for use in recitals or for enjoying at home. Also available in a volume for high voice and piano.
£18.95
Oxford University Press There are angels hovring round Full score
Book Synopsisfor SATB chorus and orchestra This arrangement for choir and orchestra of a traditional American spiritual conjures a deep fervency, belying its simple appearance. The opening instruction is ''With hushed awe'', and that encapsulates perfectly the gentle radiance of the tender lyrics and the music''s highly singable lines.
£17.34
Oxford University Press Oxford Solo Songs Secular
Book Synopsisfor high voice and piano This beautiful collection of 14 songs for high voice offers secular pieces by some of Oxford''s best-loved composers. Suitable for solo singers and unison choirs alike, each song is presented with piano accompaniment, and high-quality, downloadable backing tracks are included on a companion website. With a wonderful selection of pieces, including favourites such as Bob Chilcott''s ''The Lily and the Rose'' and John Rutter''s ''A flower remembered'', this is the perfect collection for use in recitals or for enjoying at home. Also available in a volume for low voice and piano.
£18.95
Oxford University Press Old English Organ Music for Manuals Book 6
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsDiapason Movement ; Voluntary in G ; In nomine ; Voluntary in A minor ; Hymnus ; Versus ; Lento ; Trumpet Voluntary ; Voluntary in D minor ; Cornet Voluntary ; Diapason Movement ; A Poyncte ; Voluntary in D ; A short voluntary ; Three Interludes
£15.91
Oxford University Press Conducting Technique For Beginners and
Book SynopsisThis book starts at the very beginning and ends with some remarkably profound insights on conductorial subtleties. An experienced conductor is one in whom detection, diagnosis, and remedy take place simultaneously; as he hears the error, he realizes where the fault lies and what to do about it. This book gives valuable hints about these three basic conductorial functions from the viewpoint of chorus and orchestra alike. McElheran leads the student toward mastery of the problems at hand, with firmness and gentle humour.Table of ContentsForeword ; Preface to the third edition ; Preface to the revised edition ; Preface to the first edition ; Inspiration ; Other studies ; Conducting technique - general ; The baton ; Odds and ends ; Beat patterns - theory ; Beat patterns - specific ; The left hand ; Dynamics, accents, phrasing, tempo, character ; Cues ; Off-beat cues, accents, and syncopations ; Conducting to records ; More odds and ends ; Starts and stops ; Subdivision and 'merging' ; Moulding the music ; Fermatas ; Ears ; Nerves ; Thoughts and interpretation ; Some rehearsal suggestions ; Solos and recitatives ; Changing beat units ; The avant-garde ; The concert ; Non-musical chores ; On teaching conducting ; Additions and amplifications for the third edition ; Index
£21.38
Oxford University Press Music in North India Experiencing Music
Book SynopsisThis title provides an overview of the many styles of North Indian music, from the chants of the ancient Vedas to modern devotional singing; from the serious and meditative rendering of raga to the concert-hall excitement of the modern sitar, sarod and tabla.Table of ContentsForeword: Preface: CD Track List: 1. Modernity and Tradition A Culture of Bewildering Variety Threads to Follow in this Text The Devotional Component: Fixed Composition and Improvisation: The Verbal Syllable: Rhythmic Jatis Syllables for Pitch Names The Old and New in an Ancient Land Indian Music on the Move 2. Affect Religious Connotations Sacred Texts Verbal Syllables The Vocal Genre of dhrupad The Vocal Genre of Tarana Song Texts A Musician's Practice The Nine Moods Extramusical Effects Conclusion 3. Teaching, Learning, and Performing Music Teaching and Learning Music Old Traditions in New Packages 4. Rhythm and Drumming Tala: Theka: The Tal as a Succession of Drum Sounds Counting Patterns in Tal The Tabla Kayda: Tihai: Other Drumming Traditions Conclusion 5. Song and Performance Composition and Improvisation What is a Raga? Raga in Performance The On-the-spot Development of the Composition Bara khyal Vistar Tan Khyal and Instrumental Styles Song Texts in Classical Styles Other Song Genres Conclusion 6. Instruments, Melodic and Rhythmic Drone Instruments Melody Instruments The Rise of Instrumental Music: The Sitar and the Sarod Other Melody Instruments Ensembles Conclusion 7. The Old World Joins the New The Postcolonial Era The Effect of the New Democracy on Music Electronics: Preserving and Spreading the Traditions Glossary: Resources: Index:
£81.69
Oxford University Press The Oxford Companion to Music
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Companion to Music is one of the most famous music reference works of all time. This invaluable Companion now reappears in a completely new edition. Over a million words in length, it is the biggest, most authoritative, and most up to date single-volume music reference book available. The new edition draws on both the classic Oxford Companion to Music by Percy Scholes, first published in 1938, and the two-volume New Oxford Companion to Music, edited by Denis Arnold (1983), but is thoroughly revised and reimagined for the 21st century. Alison Latham has assembled a distinguished team of over 120 international contributors, bringing their distinctive voices to an exceptionally broad sweep of musical subjects ranging from composers, performers, conductors, individual works, instruments and notation, and forms and genres, to music scholarship and aesthetics, music education, broadcasting and publishing, all aspects of music theory, and performance practice, as well as jazz, popuTrade ReviewA well-loved friend returns ... The latest incarnation is in one volume, sports a stellar contributors' list and more than matches the authority of its immediate predecessor ... probably the best one-volume music reference book going. * Times Educational Supplement *Table of ContentsPreface ; Acknowledgements ; Contributors ; Abbreviations ; Oxford Companion to Music ; Index of people
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd The Classical Music Book
Book SynopsisLearn about the world''s greatest classical compositions and musical traditions in The Classical Music Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Classic Music in this overview guide to the subject, brilliant for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Classical Music Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic through eye-catching graphics and diagrams to immerse yourself in. This captivating book will broaden your understanding of Classical Music, with:- More than 90 pieces of world-famous music - Packed with facts, charts, timelines and graphs to help explain core concepts- A visual approach to big subjects with striking illustrations and graphics throughout- Easy to follow text makes topics accessible for people at any level of understandingThe ClassicaTrade ReviewIt really is a fantastic book. * Steve Wright BBC Radio 2 *An engaging and informative read. * BBC Music Magazine *If you enjoy classical music and want to know more, The Classical Music Book is for you. * People's Friend *
£18.99
Dorling Kindersley Ltd The Complete Classical Music Guide
Book SynopsisJohn Burrows, OBE (foreword writer) is a concert promoter and organizer who has worked with many of the world's leading orchestras and artists, including Luciano Pavarotti, Leonard Bernstein, and Yehudi Menuhin. He established the Capital Radio Music Festivals and has been Director of the Classic FM Summer Music Festival. John is an Honorary Member of the Royal College of Music. He lives in Hampshire.
£19.00
Dover Publications Inc. A first book of great composers
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Faber Music Ltd The Essential Film Collection
Book SynopsisSometimes pianists would love to play the 'pops' they enjoy, but finding quality arrangements that work for the instrument can be a real challenge. The author takes classic film songs from across the decades and makes well-crafted and satisfying arrangements for intermediate pianists.Trade ReviewThe arrangements are satisfyingly effective, and provide ideal browsing/alternative material for the older teenager or adult learner. Piano Professional, Spring 2009 This is a stupendous collection of 28 film classics arranged for piano solo, ranging from Lawrence of Arabia to Pirates of the Caribbean, The Magnificent Seven to Ghostbusters, Harry Potter to The Exorcist and Chariots of Fire to The English Patient. I have to say that once I started playing, I could not stop. The same thing happened when I gave the book to a reluctant sight reader for some quick practice; i had to shut it and promise more later. Certain films and film music tend to evoke times and occasions in our lives and as my pupil and I played through our favourites we recalled the film and the circumstances under which we had seen it. She also commented that each arrangement 'worked' and sounded genuine. The writing of some were more richly orchestral (Gladiator and Blade Runner), others were just fun (The Flintstones and the James Bond Theme). The arrangements are approximately Grade 3-6 standard and satisfyingly, they all sound absolutely true to the originals. There is something for every pianist here. While it is important and rewarding to master playing all styles of music and none should be neglected, pieces in popular styles are useful, in that they very often engage the struggling pupil, give street cred to the teenager and provide relaxation and enjoyment to pianists of all ages. The very best will give both pleasure and progress. Music Teacher, January 2009 Arranged for intermediate piano solo, this is as fine a compendium of good tunes for the flowering learner (or terminal intermediate) as any available. Mi Pro Magazine, June 2008Table of ContentsLord Of The Rings (Main Theme: The Ring Goes South); Star Wars (Imperial March Theme); Gladiator (Main Theme: The Battle); Harry Potter (Hedwig's Theme); Chariots of Fire (Main Theme); The Lion King (Song: Circle Of Life); The Great Escape (Main Theme); The English Patient (Main Theme); The Deer Hunter (Theme: Cavatina); Blade Runner (Main Theme): Dances With Wolves (Main Theme); James Bond (Main Theme); James Bond (Goldfinger theme); The Exorcist (Theme: Tubular Bells); The Mission (Theme: Gabriel's Oboe); Lawrence Of Arabia (Main Theme); Midnight Cowboy (Main Theme); Superman (Main Theme); Ghostbusters (Song: Ghostbusters); Batman (Main Theme); The Flintstones (Main Theme); The Wizard Of Oz (Over The Rainbow); Rocky (Main Theme); The Magnificent Seven (Main Theme); American Beauty (Theme: Any Other Name); Pirates Of The Caribbean ('He's A Pirate'); Cinema Paradiso (Main Theme); Jean de Florette (Verdi - La Forza Del Destino)
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Faber Music Ltd Yiruma SOLO Easy
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsSometimes Someone; Destiny of Love; Lost in Island; Shining Smile; Spring Waltz; River Flows in You; Joy; 27 May; The Sunbeams, They Scatter; I; If I Could See You Again; It’s Your Day; Kiss The Rain; Lord Hold My Hand
£16.14
Faber Music Ltd Yiruma SOLO Original
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsSometimes Someone; Destiny of Love; Lost in Island; Shining Smile; Spring Waltz; River Flows in You; Joy; 27 May; The Sunbeams, They Scatter; I; If I Could See You Again; It’s Your Day; Kiss The Rain; Lord Hold My Hand
£15.19
Kjos (Neil A.) Music Co ,U.S. Essential Piano Repertoire Prep Level
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£7.79
Kjos (Neil A.) Music Co ,U.S. Classic Themes by the Masters
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£7.67
Kjos (Neil A.) Music Co ,U.S. Satie Three Gymnopedies Three Gnossiennes
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£7.79
Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Duo Two Violins Book 2
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Headline Publishing Group Another Year of Wonder
Book Synopsis''Clemency Burton-Hill makes classical music absolutely accessible, magical and medicinal. Another Year of Wonder is, indeed, another wonder.'' Dolly Alderton, broadcaster, writer and bestselling author''Clemmie''s recommendations have broadened my mind, sharpened my imagination, tugged on my heartstrings and given me a song for every mood. Read this book and let yourself float away for a moment or two. What a gift.'' Emma Gannon, bestselling author and host of the Ctrl Alt Delete podcastANOTHER YEAR OF WONDER IS A CAREFULLY CURATED COLLECTION OF CLASSICAL MUSIC OFFERING ONE PIECE TO LISTEN TO EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR.WITH A FOREWORD BY ELIZABETH DAYIn this follow-up to her much-loved Year of Wonder, award-winning broadcaster, journalist and violinist Clemency Burton-Hill continues her mission to demystify and open up the world of classical music to everyone, offering up one extraordinary piece of musicTrade ReviewClemency Burton-Hill makes classical music absolutely accessible, magical and medicinal. Another Year of Wonder is, indeed, another wonder -- Dolly Alderton, broadcaster, writer and bestselling author of Everything I Know About LoveClemmie is single-handedly the reason I have multiple classical music playlists, having always assumed that it wasn't for me. In Clemmie's world, everyone is invited to the classical party and that's what makes her books so beautiful and her words so welcoming. Clemmie's recommendations have broadened my mind, sharpened my imagination, tugged on my heartstrings and given me a song for every mood. Read this book and let yourself float away for a moment or two. What a gift. -- Emma Gannon, bestselling author and host of the Ctrl Alt Delete podcastAnother Year of Wonder is a gorgeous compendium of a piece of classical music for every day of the year. The perfect start to 2022, which we all hope will be brighter than the last two. -- Elizabeth Day, bestselling author and host of the How to Fail podcastClemmie writes about each piece of music with such energy and passion that you can't help but immediately want to stop what you're doing and seek it out. It's a fascinating book which I hope many will enjoy. -- Eddie Redmayne
£14.24
Penguin Books Ltd Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century
Book SynopsisPaul Kildea's Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century is the definitive biography of Britain's greatest modern composer - now in paperbackBenjamin Britten was Britain's greatest twentieth-century composer, who broke decisively with figures such as Elgar and Vaughan Williams and recreated English music in a fresh, modern, European form. Paul Kildea's biography has been acclaimed as the definitive account of Britten's extraordinary life, exploring his deeply held and controversial pacifism; his complex forty-year relationship with Peter Pears; and his creation of an artistic community in Aldeburgh. Above all, however, this book helps us understand the relationship of Britten's music to his life, and takes us as far into its unique alchemy as we are ever likely to go.PAUL KILDEA is a writer and conductor who has performed many of the Britten works he writes about, in opera houses and concert halls from Sydney to Hamburg. His previous books include Selling Britten (2002) and (as editor) Britten on Music (2003). He was Head of Music at the Aldeburgh Festival between 1999 and 2002 and subsequently Artistic Director of the Wigmore Hall in London, and lives in Berlin.'Must now rank as the standard work' Financial Times'Indispensable ... This is a masterly, highly readable account and the most comprehensive to date of the life and work of one of the 20th century's great musical figures' Barry Millington, Evening Standard'[A] wise, cautious, challenging book ... Kildea's verbal explorations of the music are done with level-headed sensitivity leavened by a quirky lightness of touch' Alexandra Harris, New StatesmanTrade ReviewIndispensable ... This is a masterly, highly readable account and the most comprehensive to date of the life and work of one of the 20th century's great musical figures -- Barry Millington * Evening Standard *[A] wise, cautious, challenging book ... Kildea's verbal explorations of the music are done with level-headed sensitivity leavened by a quirky lightness of touch -- Alexandra Harris * New Statesman *
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Omnibus Press Really Easy Piano: 50 Popular Songs
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HarperCollins Publishers The Last Party
Book Synopsis'The loveliest and certainly the most human book about pop music I've ever read A delightful and humane soap opera, a real page-turner, full of rounded and entirely recognisable characters.' Jon Ronson, Daily TelegraphTrade Review‘THE LAST PARTY is a title that deserves to stick around the book charts.' Mark Lawson, Guardian 'THE LAST PARTY is that rare thing, a book principally about rock musicians that is a compulsive page-turner.’ The Sunday Times 'Compelling … it reminds us what a corrosive and mean place the pop world can be.' Mojo 'A fine, bittersweet read.' Q Magazine
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HarperCollins Publishers Chopin
Book SynopsisA new edition of Adam Zamoyski's definitive biography of Chopin, first published in 1979 and unavailable in English for many years.Few composers elicit such strong emotions as Chopin. Few have been more revered and cherished. And few have had so much sentimental nonsense written about them.Published to coincide with the bicentenary of Chopin''s birth, Adam Zamoyski''s compelling new biography cuts through the mass of anecdote and myth that has sprung up around the composer''s life and the ebullient and striking personalities of Romantic Paris among whom he lived, including Liszt, Berlioz, Victor Hugo and George Sand, in search of the real Chopin.Zamoyski brings to the subject an unrivalled knowledge of the historical, social and cultural background of the composer''s native Poland as well as of the France in which he spent most of his creative life. He has scoured the archives of Warsaw, Krakow, Paris and London in his quest for the truth, and has based his account exclusively on primaTrade Review'A close, intimate and thoroughly absorbing portrait … Zamoyski has written a thoughtful, lively and moving account of an extraordinary and exceptional man.' Mail on Sunday 'Those seeking to revisit the genius of the man who Camille Saint-Saens described as "the sweet evening star that shone for only a moment" could do no better than to have this book at their side.' Daily Telegraph 'A fine study of the composer's life and career … Zamoyski's highly readable account brings non-technical insights into the music itself and he is superb at conveying what is known as Chopin's own playing.' Sunday Telegraph 'As ever, the historian writes with absolute assurance about the politics and culture of his ancestral homeland … Zamoyski recounts the private life, and public events, with ringing authority.' Independent 'Zamoyski is terrific at probing the subtle contradictions of Chopin.' Evening Standard
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Nothin to Lose
Book SynopsisAn indelible and irresistible portrait of the crucial formative years of the legendary rock band KISS and the music scene they changed forever—culminating with the groundbreaking success of their classic 1975 album Alive! and the smash single "Rock and Roll All Nite"Including original interviews with: Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss, Bob Seger, Alice Cooper, and Ted Nugent, as well as members of Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Rush, Slade, Blue Öyster Cult, Mott the Hoople, Journey, REO Speedwagon, Styx, Raspberries, the James Gang, the New York Dolls, Iggy & the Stooges, the Ramones, Suzi Quatro, Argent, and Uriah Heep.Trade Review"Nothin' to Lose brought back great memories of our days touring with KISS in the '70s. The book is an incredible ride through KISS's early days and a must read for any KISS fan!" -- Don Powell, Slade "Like taking a time machine back to the '70s, Nothin' to Lose is a wild and no holds barred look at the rise of KISS." -- Eric Carmen, Raspberries "In Nothin' to Lose you witness first-hand the extraordinary transformation of four struggling musicians from New York City overcoming almost insurmountable odds to become worldwide superstars. This is the definitive account of KISS's early years." -- Kevin Cann, author of David Bowie: Any Day Now "The KISS boys will go down in history for their indefatigable work ethic, spirit, and insatiable appetite for all things honest-to-God outrageous rock 'n' roll. KISS is the real deal and this book is the real story of the American rock 'n' roll dream." -- Ted Nugent "Nothin' to Lose is an electrifying look at a band that changed the course of rock and roll history by sticking to their guns and blazing their own trail of heavy metal thunder. I couldn't put it down. Two thumbs up!" -- Joe Perry, Aerosmith "Rises above the standard cookie-cutter anecdotes... [for] a unique look at the origins of one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Anyone who wants to know what it was like to make it in rock 'n' roll in the seventies will need to pick this up." -- Dale Sherman, author of Black Diamond: The Unauthorized Biography of KISS "Told with complete accuracy and attention to detail... Mandatory reading for every new artist. This is a masterpiece!" -- Kenny Kerner, Co-producer of KISS and Hotter Than Hell "A joyous and mesmerizing exploration of the early history of the 'Hottest Band in the World'... This book is addictive. You won't be able to put it down!" -- Julian Gill, author of the Kiss Album Focus series "From KISS's earliest days playing crummy bars in front of 50 people to headlining arenas, Nothin' to Lose is a gripping look at the underbelly of rock 'n' roll. And as one of the members of KISS's original road crew, I should know, I was there." -- Peter "Moose" Oreckinto, KISS roadie (1973-1976) "The ultimate KISS book... Nothin' to Lose gives the insider's perspective any KISS fan must have -- Charles R. Cross, author of Heavier than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain "Even casual fans will be enthralled." -- Robert Rodriguez, author of Revolver: How The Beatles Reimagined Rock 'N' Roll "Revel in the roar of the greasepaint and the smell of the crowd as they share it all, blow-by-blow, first hand." -- Paul Myers, author of A Wizard A True Star: Todd Rundgren In The Studio "A fascinating read about one of rock's most outrageous bands." -- Simon Kirke, Bad Company/Free "I found the story of KISS's fanatical determination, shockingly rare matter-of-fact common sense, raw luck, exquisite timing-not to mention the sheer brinksmanship of the whole lunatic enterprise-exhilarating and inspiring." -- Binky Philips, My Life in the Ghost of Planets: The Story of a CBGB Almost-Was "A vivid oral history of the early days of one of rock's most outrageous and enduring bands, Nothin' to Lose makes every reader an eyewitness to the dawn of Kiss. Here's a book that screams out: C'mon and read me." -- David Browne, author of Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth "An incredibly vivid and gripping oral history that illustrates how Kiss went through a slow and steady transformation from a loft party band to the hottest concert attraction capable of blowing anybody and everybody off the stage." -- Daniel Siwek, House of Blues "If you thought you knew everything there was to know about KISS ... well, you'd be wrong... Buy this book or just KISS off!" -- Alice Cooper "A fascinating chronicle of the construction of a multimedia phenomenon." -- Publishers Weekly A rollicking oral history. -- Kirkus Does the world really need another KISS book? Perhaps not, but the world really needs Sharp's ... KISS book... Full of extraordinary primary-source material that will keep KISS fans up at night, Sharp's excellent work should serve as a blueprint for future rock oral histories." -- Library Journal (starred review)
£11.39
Indiana University Press Bachs Cello Suites Volumes 1 and 2
Book SynopsisTrade Review. . . these volumes are a fascinating, comprehensive, and incredibly detailed look into the solo cello works of Bach. Recommended for those who like theory and in-depth, analytical discussions of Bach's music.April 1, 2009 -- G. P. * Strings Magazine *Table of ContentsVolume IContentsForeword PrefaceChapter 1: Historical BackgroundChapter 2: The Preludes Chapter 3: The AllemandesChapter 4: The CourantesChapter 5: The SarabandesChapter 6: The Optional DancesChapter 7: The GiguesChapter 8: Summary and ConclusionsAppendix: Analytical DesignationsNotesBibliographyIndexAppendix: Analytical DesignationsVolume IIContentsTable of Contents for Volume II: Music ExamplesPrefaceChapter 1: Music Examples for the Historical BackgroundChapter 2: Music Examples for the Preludes Chapter 3: Music Examples for the AllemandesChapter 4: Music Examples for the CourantesChapter 5: Music Examples for the SarabandesChapter 6: Music Examples for the Optional DancesChapter 7: Music Examples for the Gigues
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Yale University Press Music for Silenced Voices
Book SynopsisLeads the reader through the personal, political, and professional events that shaped the music composer Dmitri Shostakovich's singular, emblematic twentieth-century life.Trade Review“Music for Silenced Voices is a sensitive and enlightening meditation. . . . Lesser, in other words, is giving Shostakovich back to his listeners.”—Paul Mitchinson, Washington Post -- Paul Mitchinson * The Washington Post *“Riveting.”—Laurence Vittes, The Huffington Post -- Laurence Vittes * The Huffington Post *“This book is a paean to Shostakovich’s quartets and their significance. In her listening, Lesser…is literate, sensitive, and imaginative.”—Edward Rothstein, The New York Times Book Review -- Edward Rothstein * The New York Times Book Review *"An essential companion for anyone planning to hear the quartets."—Ed Vuillamy, Guardian -- Ed Vuillamy * Guardian *"We need to find new approaches in order to bring music into the mainstream of general culture, where it belongs. Music for Silenced Voices helps to show that this can be done, and done well."—Jessica Duchen, Standpoint -- Jessica Duchen * Standpoint *"An elegant, thought-provoking synthesis of the current state of knowledge and ideas about one of the most celebrated and controversial composers of the twentieth century. It is a delight to read, and reread."—Laurel E. Fay -- Laurel E. Fay"Lesser moves between looking at the life as a way of understanding the quartets, and using the music of the quartets as a way of comprehending the complexities of Shostakovich and the manner in which he both negotiated and was pushed through the history of Stalin’s Soviet Union. The always imprecise links between a life and the work that comes out of it are beautifully elucidated. The idea of the quartets as songs for not singing resonates with many other elements of Shostakovich’s contradictory life."—William Kentridge -- William Kentridge“Wendy Lesser has written a fantastic book that is as exciting as a detective story. Music for Silenced Voices is a book for those who love Shostakovich and also for those who are going to love Shostakovich after they read it. A must read.”—Menahem Pressler -- Menahem Pressler“Thoughtful and appealing…[Lesser’s] commitment to Shostakovich is so intense that she achieves what every critic must hope for: Lesser sends us straight back to the quartets, to see if we can hear what she hears.”—Adam Kirsch, The Barnes and Noble Review -- Adam Kirsch * Barnes and Noble Review *“The book does not disappoint….The cumulative effect of the book is to send us back to the music with renewed enthusiasm and enhanced insight; and the impression of Shostakovich and his world as conveyed in its pages lingers in the mind long after the cover is closed.”—Jessica Duchen, Standpoint -- Jessica Duchen * Standpoint *"It is clear that no other analyst could do better . . . Lesser has acquitted herself very well indeed, and we should hope for more from her in future."—R.J. Stove, The American Conservative -- R.J. Stove * The American Conservative *"A sensitive biography. . . . Her enthusiasm for the quartets is infectious."—Michael O'Donnell, The Nation -- Michael O'Donnell * The Nation *"What makes Lesser's book such a ripping good read, in addition to deeply considered music appreciation, is her intelligently personal involvement with the subject."—Jonathan Kiefer, SF Weekly -- Jonathan Kiefer * SF Weekly *"A sensitive and enlightening meditation. . . . Lesser is giving Shostakovich back to his listeners."—Paul Mitchinson, The Washington Post -- Paul Mitchinson * The Washington Post *“Written with the general reader in mind, it is an altogether remarkable book; a deeply serious and scholarly yet astutely accessible and rewarding portrait of a man caught and confined within a murderous maelstrom whose response was music in which the personal and the political are indelibly, and perhaps intractably, intertwined.”—Michael Quinn, Classical Music -- Michael Quinn * Classical Music *“This is a brilliant and fascinating book.”—The Weekly Standard * The Weekly Standard *“…..It is hard not to be swept up in the stories behind the Shostakovich cycle and by the zeal of Wendy Lesser’s advocacy. The cumulative impact of Music for Silenced Voices is considerable.”—John Greening, Times Literary Supplement -- John Greening * Times Literary Supplement *“….this is a study that has much to offer to all who know and love Shostakovich’s quartets, and there should be few performers, critics or musicologists who would read it without profit.”—David Fanning, Gramophone -- David Fanning * Gramophone *“A book of musical and biographical insight.”—Jewish Book World * Jewish Book World *Winner of the 2011 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) in the Performing Arts category, as given by the Association of American Publishers -- PROSE Award in Music and the Performing Arts * Association of American Publishers *“Lesser’s elegant prose brings the music and the man vividly to life.”—Katie Owen, The Sunday Telegraph -- Katie Owen * The Sunday Telegraph *"An enriching read."—Helen Wallace, Financial Times -- Helen Wallace * Financial Times *"An enormously gripping read… [Wendy Lesser] has that rare capacity to illuminate the music through the written word… Her absorbing reflections stimulate you to think afresh about some of the most profound and disturbing music written in the last hundred years… skilful interweaving of the music against a narrative that explores Shostakovich's tortured personality and his troubled relationship with the Soviet regime."—Erik Levi, BBC Music Magazine -- Erik Levi * BBC Music Magazine *“A rich blend of biographical anecdote and interpretation of the personal man…and the public man. Lesser…presents a complex man who was aware that he was making terrible compromises to protect himself and his family.”—Library Journal * Library Journal *“Lesser has written a sensitive biography…a generous reflection on his life and chamber music.”—Michael O’Donnell, The Nation -- Michael O'Donnell * The Nation *
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Yale University Press Gustav Mahler
Book SynopsisThe definitive biography of the celebrated composer, published in English to coincide with the centenary of his deathTrade Review“Sympathetic . . . evocative . . . original and refreshingly opinionated.”—John Adams, New York Times Book Review -- John Adams * New York Times Book Review *"[A] superb, multi-faceted biography. . . . Fischer's superb study does full justice to the complexity of its subject."—Adam Lively, The Sunday Times -- Adam Lively * The Sunday Times *
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Yale University Press Ludwig van Beethoven
Book SynopsisA comprehensive and immersive survey of thirty-five Beethoven piano sonatas
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Faber & Faber Structural Functions of Harmony
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1948, Structural Functions of Harmony is Schoenberg''s last theoretical work and contains his ultimate thoughts on classical and romantic harmony. The opening chapters are a resume of the basic principles of the early Theory of Harmony; the subsequent chapters demonstrate the concept of ''monotonality'', whereby all modulations to different keys within a movement are analysed not in relation to each other but in terms of the irrelationship to one central tonality (tonic) as the centre of all harmonic change. Schoenberg''s music examples range from the entire development sections of classical symphonies to analyses of the harmonic progressions of Strauss, Debussy, Reger, and his own early music.
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Faber & Faber On Playing the Flute
Book SynopsisJohann Joachim Quantz''s On Playing the Flute has long been recognized as one of the primary sources of information about eighteenth-century performance practice. In spite of its title, it is not simply a tutor for the flute, but a fully-fledged programme for training musicians of all types, with detailed information on intonation, ornamentation, dynamics, the ''duties'' of the various accompanying performers, including the leader of the orchestra, and the principal forms and styles (French, Italian and German) of the time. Although Quantz is most often identified as the teacher of Frederick the Great, his musical roots were in Dresden, the most brilliant musical establishment in Germany; and his travels and studies in Italy, France and England gave him direct experience of most phases of European musical life in the 1720s and 30s. This reissue of the second edition provides a wonderfully complete and detailed picture of musical taste and performance practice in th
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Faber & Faber Rip it Up and Start Again Postpunk 19781984
Book SynopsisIn this, the first book to take a big-picture view of the entire post punk period, acclaimed author and music journalist Simon Reynolds recreates a time of tremendous urgency and idealism in pop music. Full of anecdote and insight, and featuring the likes of Joy Division, The Fall, Pere Ubu, PiL and Talking Heads, Rip It Up And Start Again stands as one of the most inspired and inspiring books on popular music ever written.Trade Review"'I had never expected there to be a book on this subject; had I done so, I would never have dared to hope it could be as good as this.' Nicholas Lezard, Guardian Book of the Week"
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