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HarperCollins Publishers Gareth Malones Guide to Classical Music
Book SynopsisHave you ever been carried away by a piece of classical music? In this funny, evocative, personal book, previously published as Music for the People: The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Classical Music', Gareth takes us on a journey of musical discovery that explains and entertains in equal measure.Have you ever been carried away by a piece of classical music? The sad song of a single violin might make us cry, but the idea of finding out more about classical music can often be intimidating. There are musical terms we don''t recognise, dead composers we can''t connect with, and a feeling that we were never given the right tools to appreciate, understand, and most importantly, enjoy classical music.So who better to cut through the misconceptions and the jargon than the star of BBC2''s Bafta award-winning series The Choir, Gareth Malone. Over the course of three series, Gareth has unearthed a passion for classical music in schoolchildren, reluctant teenage boys, and even a whole town. With his Trade Review'Why do we love Gareth? Seriously, you have to ask?'Daily Mail 'One of the most strangely beguiling presences television has ever uncovered: impish but laconic, funny and yet still resolute, reserved but shameless, camp but dignified - and clearly a bloody good choirmaster.'The Guardian About The Choir: 'As profoundly a moving piece of television as has ever been made'The Independent 'The mystery at the heart of The Choir is Malone's charisma'The Times
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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
£18.70
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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
£16.75
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
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Oxford University Press Inc Shostakovich
Book SynopsisFor this authoritative post-cold-war biography of Shostakovich''s illustrious but turbulent career under Soviet rule, Laurel E. Fay has gone back to primary documents: Shostakovich''s many letters, concert programs and reviews, newspaper articles, and diaries of his contemporaries. An indefatigable worker, he wrote his arresting music despite deprivations during the Nazi invasion and constant surveillance under Stalin''s regime. Shostakovich''s life is a fascinating example of the paradoxes of living as an artist under totalitarian rule. In August 1942, his Seventh Symphony, written as a protest against fascism, was performed in Nazi-besieged Leningrad by the city''s surviving musicians, and was triumphantly broadcast to the German troops, who had been bombarded beforehand to silence them. Alone among his artistic peers, he survived successive Stalinist cultural purges and won the Stalin Prize five times, yet in 1948 he was dismissed from his conservatory teaching positions, and many Trade Review"The rest of us can nevertheless be grateful for [Fay's] humble and herculean efforts, thanks to which Shostakovich can no longer be discussed in terms of black or white; her work has begun to make it possible to focus on the lasting inner life of the music and to think of the music's creator in fuller human terms."--The Boston Sunday Globe"The combined effects of scholarly incompetence, deliberate obfuscation, and the imposition of political agendas have made it nearly impossible to get a clear picture of the life of Shostokovich, one of the most fascinating figures in the cultural life of the twentieth century. Laurel Fay, the most patient of scholars, has done an amazing job of getting the material sorted out so as to be able to tell the compelling story of this troubled life. She is calm, bound by no political parti pris, and when even she has been defeated in her research she is not afraid to say 'I don't know'. Long awaited, this is an immensely important book and hugely welcome."--Michael Steinberg, author of The Symphony: A Listener's Guide and The Concerto: A Listener's Guide (OUP)."Fay's Shostokovich is not only the best biography in English or in any other West European language, it offers readers a factual accuracy and balanced perspective unmatched in post-Soviet era publications by Shostakovich specialists in the composer's homeland. Undaunted by the lurid debates surrounding Shostakovich's purported lifelong dissidence and the covert meaning of his music, Fay has produced exactly what we need at this stage in Shostokovich scholarship; a reliable and basic life and works--clear-eyed, straightforward, copiously researched, sympathetic, objective, and uncluttered by Cold-War and post-Cold-War myths."--Malcolm Hamrick Brown, Professor Emeritus of Music, Indiana University, and Founding Editor, Russian Music Studies
£20.24
OUP USA Jazz Anecdotes
Book SynopsisThis revised edition of Jazz Anecdotes comes with 150 new anecdotes about jazz musicians both classic and contemporary.Trade ReviewA scintillating omnium gathering of jazz talk. * Washington Post *Guarantees up to a thousand laughs...recommended without reservation. * Los Angeles Times *The intense sociological hothouse that was the jazz and commercial music world has cooled down greatly over the years, but it's important to have books like this to remind us how exciting and invigorating those days were....Don't let it slip by. * Allegro *Read this somewhere where you're not afraid to be seen laughing out loud....Everyone should be able to find something to like in this rich collection. * Library Journal *
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Oxford University Press Inc Music in the Early Twentieth Century The Oxford
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Oxford University Press Inc Shostakovichs Symphony No. 5
Book SynopsisThe book is devoted to Shostakovich''s most controversial symphony, composed at the height of Stalin''s Purges. It rescued Shostakovich from official disfavour and deeply moved audiences. The critics recognized it as a masterpiece, but they were perplexed by its ambiguities, especially at the end of the Symphony: some imagined it as the joyful final victory of socialism, while others heard the triumph instead of a sinister and oppressive force. The second interpretation was pushed into the background, but the controversy persisted, with the further complication of two very different tempo markings for the closing section, both of which seemed to be approved by the composer. The authors give an authoritative account of the tempo controversy and the effect of the different tempos on the reception of the work in the West. Shostakovich''s Symphony No. 5 delves into the history of the work''s composition, the pressures Shostakovich experienced at the time, and the cultural environment from the time the composer began work on Symphony through to the settling of its official critical reception. At the center of this exploration is the musical score itself, which is full of secrets that have taken decades to uncover, the most colorful of which is the case for Shostakovich''s extensive references to Bizet''s Carmen, and the connection between these and Shostakovich''s lover of the mid-30s, Lala Carmen (Elena Konstantinovskaya). The authors show how Shostakovich largely (but not entirely) set aside his influences from Mahler and German modernists, and in replacement absorbed Beethoven and Tchaikovsky with the same ingenuity as his previous influences. Shostakovich decided to make a virtue of a necessity, and created one of the richest of symphonic scores, allowing himself to retain his artistic pride while winning the official approval necessary for regaining his livelihood. These events all unfolded in the atmosphere of terror created by Stalin''s Great Purge. This book is the first to be devoted to this watershed symphony, and includes secrets of the score that took decades to uncover.
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Oxford University Press Inc A Performers Guide to Transcribing Editing and
Book SynopsisA Performer''s Guide to Transcribing, Editing, and Arranging Early Music provides instruction on three important tasks that early music performers often undertake in order to make their work more noticeable and appealing to their audiences. First, the book provides instruction on using early sources-manuscripts, prints, and treatises-in score, parts, or tablature. It then illuminates priorities behind basic editorial decisions-determining what constitutes a version of a musical piece, how to choose a version, and how to choose the source for that version. Lastly, the book offers advice about arranging both early and new music for early instruments, including how to consider instruments'' ranges and various registers, how to exploit the unique characteristics of period instruments, and how to produce convincing textures of accompaniment. Drawing on methods based on early models (for example, how baroque composers arranged the music of their contemporaries), Alon Schab pays tribute to thTrade ReviewA comprehensive and insightful examination of the origins of the historical performance phenomenon, what it has become today, and where it might be going in the future. Highly recommended. * Mark Kroll, Harpsichordist and Fortepianist; Professor Emeritus, Boston University; Editor, The Cambridge Companion to the Harpsichord *Alon Schab urges performers of early music to cultivate a 'historic curiosity.' His book should inspire many to do so. With well-chosen examples and lucid explanations, Schab gets readers into the inner workings of processes often taken for granted to the detriment of truly knowledgeable and committed music-making. No one who follows him on the paths he sets forth will fail to come out with greater enlightenment * whether playing Van Eyck's recorder solos, recapturing the spirit of Ortiz's glosadas, reading critical editions critically, or mediating between new and old with arrangements and even original compositions.Joshua Rifkin, Director, The Bach Ensemble *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Historical Sources on the Concert Stage 2. The Musical Text as a Point of Departure 3. Different Works, Different Versions, Neither or Both? 4. "The ear must be chief umpire" (Intuition and Critical Editing) 5. Historically Informed Arrangement 6. Writing for Early Instruments Today Bibliography
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Oxford University Press Inc Music for Inclusion and Healing in Schools and
Book SynopsisContemporary popular musics such as hip hop, techno, grime, EDM, drill, house and so on are among the most listened to in the world and yet, typically, they are barely covered in the music classroom if at all. This needs to be better reflected in educational, cultural, and social terms. In wider society, these musics are often treated as if they are the causative for the social dysfunction that, in fact, they merely reflect. At the same time, projects, programmes and practices of such contemporary popular musics can and have supported wellness and healing. Editors Pete Dale, Pamela Burnard, and Raphael Travis Jr. argue that there is huge potential here for enhanced inclusion. Music for Inclusion and Healing in Schools and Beyond explains that when this music is included in the school curriculum or utilised in therapeutic contexts, huge leaps in healing and wellness can be achieved, as well as educational attainment and enjoyment in school contexts. This unique book seeks to account for those positive impacts, theorise them and help to extend and advance their impact. Contributing authors invite readers to re-think the possibilities and potentials for contemporary popular musics to gain the prestige that their actual popularity would suggest they should already command. The various contributors of this book are from diverse ethnic, social and academic backgrounds, and this title includes several chapters from practitioners who have not written about the work they do before now. Readers will learn not only about the impact of projects that utilize such music but also ideas about how that impact can best be measured.Table of ContentsForeword Introduction List of Contributors Glossary Part One: Curriculum and Music Education 1. Beat(s) For Blame: UK Drill Music, 'Race' and Criminal Injustice Lambros Fatsis 2. DJ School UK and Beyond: My Journey As a DJ and DJ Educator Jim Reiss 3. 'Bildung Life' - Holistic Ideals of Hip Hop Education Johan Söderman 4. Technology and the Music Curriculum: Maximising Inclusion, Diversifying Options Pete Dale 5. Musical Futures and Music Technology in Mainstream Music Education Fran Hannan & Martin Ainscough 6. Rethinking the curriculum with Future DJs and Virtuoso Austen Smart & Scott Smart Part Two: Healing and Wellness 7. Power and Connection Rawz 8. Intentional Uses of Music: Hip Hop, Healing, and Empowerment for Youth Self-Care and Community Well-Being Raphael Travis, Alex Crooke, and Ian Levy 9. Becoming a Therapeutic Hip Hop Mentor Kiran Manley 10. Global Inclusion and Healing through Therapeutic Beat Making Elliot Gann and Alex Crooke 11. The Sound Pad Project: Co-creation of Breakin, Dance Education, and an Inclusive Educational Technology Nathan Geering and Simon Hayhoe 12. Using Social Media to Cultivate Connected Learning and Social and Emotional Support through a Hip Hop Based Education Programme Jabari Evans Part Three: Evaluation and Impact 13. The Hip Hopification of Education and its Evaluation BREIS 14. Translating Evaluation and Research into Practice: What Matters for Socially Engaged Arts Programmes in and Beyond Schools? Pamela Burnard 15. Untangling Earphones - Voice and Agency in Participatory Music Impact Evaluation Douglas Lonie 16. Evaluating Young People's Spoken Word: Popular Music Projects Beate Peter 17. Evaluating Well-being Outcomes of the Social Enterprise 'Noise Solution': Digital Approaches to Outcome Capture Simon Glenister 18. Who is Heard and Who Gets to Belong in Hip Hop? The Counterspaces of Women and Gender Minority Rappers in Finland Inka Rantakallio Index
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Oxford University Press The Reception of Bachs Organ Works from
Book SynopsisIn this penetrating study, Russell Stinson considers how four of the greatest composers of the nineteenth century-Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, and Johannes Brahms-responded to the model of Bach's organ music. His book represents a major step forward in the literature on the so-called Bach revival.Trade ReviewStinson has successfully combined biography and analysis to produce a book that is highly readable and accessible to both scholars and enthusiasts. Russell Stinson should be commended for assembling information from a great variety of sources in order to produce this valuable resource. I am sure that his enthusiasm for this subject - and the book's extensive bibliography - will help stimulate further study in this fascinating study. * Ian Mills, Assistant Editor, The Bach Bibliography *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION; THE FINAL YEARS); THE MASTER TEACHER); / THE INFLUENCE OF SPITTA'S BACH BIOGRAPHY / BRAHMS'S INSCRIPTIONS IN THE ORGAN-MUSIC VOLUMES OF THE BACHGESELLSCHAFT EDITION / THE MARKING OF THEMES AND MOTIVES / THE MARKING OF MUSICAL FORM / THE MARKING OF RHYTHMIC, HARMONIC, MELODIC, AND CONTRAPUNTAL IRREGULARITIES COMPARATIVE READINGS, SUGGESTED READINGS, AND CORRECTIONS / THE MARKING OF ORNAMENTATION / FINGERINGS / MISCELLANEOUS ANNOTATIONS / BRAHMS AS SCHOLAR-COMPOSER: THE ELEVEN CHORALE PRELUDES, OP. 122 . ); APPENDIX: JOHANNES BRAHMS'S STUDY SCORE OF THE FANTASY IN G MAJOR, BWV 572; NOTES; LITERATURE CITED
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Oxford University Press Inc The Orchestra A Very Short Introduction Very
Book SynopsisIn this Very Short Introduction, D. Kern Holoman considers the structure, roots, and day-to-day functioning of the modern philharmonic society. He explores topics ranging from the life of a musician in a modern orchestra, the recent wave of new hall construction from Berlin to Birmingham, threats of bankruptcies and strikes, and the eyebrow-raising salaries of conductors and general managers. At the heart of the book lies a troubling pair of questions: Can such a seemingly anachronistic organization long survive? Does the symphony matter in contemporary culture? Holoman responds to both with a resounding yes. He shows that the orchestra remains a potent political and social force, a cultural diplomat par excellence. It has adapted well to the digital revolution, and it continues to be seen as an essential element of civic pride. In a time of upheaval in how classical music is created, heard, distributed, and evaluated, the orchestra has managed to retain its historic role as a meeting Trade Review"The Orchestra: A Very Short Introduction is a savvy, modern, and entertaining introduction to the 21st-century world of orchestras. It combines an insider's perspective with a general overview of the subject-definitely a must for all music lovers." --Alan Gilbert, music director, New York Philharmonic "The Orchestra: A Very Short Introduction should be required reading for everyone who cares about classical music in today's world. Presented in a refreshingly nontraditional format, Holoman's book is absolutely comprehensive, brimming with surprising insight, wit and vibrancy. Perhaps inspired by the words of the philosopher Seneca whom he quotes-'True pleasure is serious business'-the author succeeds in making a serious and important subject a complete pleasure to explore in this superb book."--JoAnn Falletta, Music Director, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Virginia Symphony; Principal Conductor, Ulster Orchestra "Holoman's series of witty quips, anecdotes, and one-liners will keep one reading to the book's much too rapid conclusion." -- Music Media MonthlyTable of ContentsChapter 1: Philharmonia ; Chapter 2: Musicians ; Chapter 3: Venue ; Chapter 4: Money ; Chapter 5: Conductors ; Chapter 6: Repertoire ; Chapter 7: Commentary ; Chapter 8: Records ; Chapter 9: Peace ; Epilogue: Civics ; References ; Further Reading ; Index
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Oxford University Press Analyzing Classical Form An Approach for the Classroom
Book SynopsisAnalyzing Classical Form offers an approach to the analysis of musical form that is especially suited for classroom use at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Students will learn how to make complete harmonic and formal analyses of music drawn from the instrumental works of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.Table of ContentsChapter 1 A Review of Harmony ; The Basics ; Harmonic vocabulary ; Harmonic progressions ; Let's Practice ; More Details ; Tonic function ; Dominant function ; Pre-dominant function ; Prolongational progressions ; Cadential progressions ; Sequential progressions ; Finer Points ; Reviewing the Theory ; Examples for Analysis ; Part 1 Conventional Theme-Types ; Chapter 2 The Sentence ; The Basics ; Presentation phrase ; Continuation phrase ; Let's Practice ; More Details ; Basic idea ; Repetition of the basic idea ; Tonic prolongation ; Presentation phrase versus presentation function ; Continuation function ; Cadential function ; Continuation ; Finer Points ; "Real" versus "notated" measures ; Modulating sentence ; Reviewing the Theory ; Examples for Analysis ; Model Composition ; Chapter 3 The Period ; The Basics ; Antecedent phrase ; Consequent phrase ; Let's Practice ; More Details ; Basic idea ; Contrasting idea ; Weak cadential closure ; Return of the basic idea ; Strong cadential closure ; Boundary processes: lead-in, elision ; Finer Points ; Antecedent (and consequent) as "mini-sentence" ; Modulating period; cadential strength ; Reinterpreted half cadence ; Sentence versus period ; Reviewing the Theory ; Examples for Analysis ; Model Composition ; Chapter 4 Hybrid Themes ; The Basics ; Hybrid types ; Let's Practice ; More Details ; Hybrid type: antecedent + continuation ; Hybrid type: antecedent + cadential ; Compound basic idea ; Hybrid type: compound basic idea + continuation ; Hybrid type: compound basic idea + consequent ; Finer Points ; Hybrid themes in relation to the sentence and period ; Appearances of the basic idea ; Phrase ambiguities ; Other "hybrid" possibilities ; Reviewing the Theory ; Examples for Analysis ; Model Composition ; Chapter 5 Phrase Deviations, Cadential Deviations, and Framing Functions ; The Basics ; Phrase deviations ; Cadential deviations ; Framing functions ; Let's Practice ; More Details ; Phrase deviations ; Cadential deviations ; Framing functions ; Finer Points ; Contrasting idea replaced by continuation phrase ; Codetta closes with cadence; cadence of limited scope ; Boundary process: melodic overlap ; Reviewing the Theory ; Examples for Analysis ; Model Composition ; Chapter 6 Compound Themes ; The Basics ; Compound Period ; Compound Sentence ; Let's Practice ; More Details ; Compound Period ; Compound Sentence ; Finer Points ; Compound period ; Real vs. notated measures ; Reviewing the Theory ; Examples for Analysis ; Model Composition ; Chapter 7 The Small Ternary (Rounded Binary) ; The Basics ; Exposition (A) ; Contrasting middle (B) ; Recapitulation (A') ; Let's Practice ; More Details ; Tight-knit versus loose formal organization ; Exposition (A) ; Contrasting middle (B) ; Recapitulation (A') ; Finer Points ; Contrasting middle (B) ; Recapitulation (A') ; Reviewing the Theory ; Examples for Analysis ; Model Composition ; Chapter 8 The Small Binary ; The Basics ; Part 1 ; Part 2 ; Let's Practice ; More Details ; Part 1 ; Part 2 ; Reviewing the Theory ; Examples for Analysis ; Model Composition ; Part 2 Sonata Form ; Chapter 9 Sonata Form-An Overview ; Large-scale formal structure ; Large-scale tonal structure ; Exposition ; Let's Practice ; Development ; Let's Practice ; Recapitulation ; Let's Practice ; Chapter 10 Exposition (I)-Main Theme ; The Basics ; More Details ; Conventional theme-types ; Nonconventional theme-types ; Finer Points ; Main-theme group ; Character and affect ; Reviewing the Theory ; Examples for Analysis ; Chapter 11 Exposition (II)-Transition ; The Basics ; Let's Practice ; More Details ; Style, character, dynamics ; Boundary processes: accompanimental overlap, elision ; Modulation techniques ; Opening strategies ; Phrase-structural organization; loosening devices ; Closure ; Finer Points ; Unusual opening strategies ; Two-part transition ; Omission of concluding function ; Reviewing the Theory ; Examples for Analysis ; Chapter 12 Exposition (III)-Subordinate Theme ; The Basics ; Let's Practice ; More Details ; Contrasting nature of the subordinate theme ; Looser sentential functions ; Internal half cadence (dominant arrival) ; Subordinate-theme group ; Closing section ; Finer Points ; Omission of initiating function ; Expanded periodic design ; Expanded repetition of a subordinate theme ; Harmonic-tonal loosening ; Thematic introduction ; Obscured boundary between transition and subordinate theme ; Reviewing the Theory ; Examples for Analysis ; Chapter 13 Development ; The Basics ; Tonal organization ; Phrase-structural organization ; Let's Practice ; More Details ; Melodic-motivic material ; Core ; Pre-core ; Retransition ; Finer Points ; Development sections without a core ; Transitional introduction ; Unusual endings ; Reviewing the Theory ; Examples for Analysis ; Chapter 14 Recapitulation ; The Basics ; An analytical methodology-comparison ; Tonal-harmonic organization ; Structural changes ; Let's Practice ; More Details ; Thematic functions of the recapitulation ; Structural changes: main theme ; Structural changes: transition ; Structural changes: subordinate theme (group) ; Finer Points ; Additional features of the recapitulation ; Fusion of main theme and transition ; Deviations from the norm ; Reviewing the Theory ; Examples for Analysis ; Chapter 15 Coda ; The Basics ; Let's Practice ; More Details ; Melodic-motivic material of the coda ; Start of the Coda ; Phrase structural organization of the coda ; Compensatory functions ; Reviewing the Theory ; Examples for Analysis ; Chapter 16 Slow Introduction ; The Basics ; Let's Practice ; More Details ; Style and affect ; Tonal, phrase-structural, and motivic organization ; Reviewing the Theory ; Examples for Analysis ; Part 3 Other Full-Movement Forms ; Chapter 17 Slow-Movement Forms ; The Basics ; Large Ternary ; Theme and Variations ; Sonata without development ; Let's Practice ; More Details ; Large ternary versus small ternary ; Large ternary-interior theme ; Large ternary-coda ; Theme and variations-structural alterations ; Finer Points ; Sonata form in slow movements ; Sonata without development-truncated recapitulation ; Ending a slow movement ; Reviewing the Theory ; Examples for Analysis ; Chapter 18 Minuet/Trio Form ; The Basics ; Minuet/trio form ; Minuet form ; Let's Practice ; More Details ; Exposition (A) ; Contrasting middle (B section) ; Recapitulation (A') ; Coda ; Trio ; Finer Points ; Binary minuet form ; Minuet/trio form-functional relations ; Reviewing the Theory ; Examples for Analysis ; Chapter 19 Rondo Forms ; The Basics ; Five-part rondo ; Sonata-rondo ; Let's Practice ; More Details ; Main theme ; Subordinate-theme complex ; Interior theme ; Returns of the main theme ; Development ; Coda ; Finer Points ; Deviations from the norm ; Enlargements of rondo form-seven-part rondo, nine-part sonata-rondo ; Reviewing the Theory ; Examples for Analysis ; Chapter 20 Concerto Form ; The Basics ; Opening ritornello ; Solo Exposition ; Subordinate-key ritornello ; Let's Practice ; More Details ; Opening ritornello ; Solo Exposition ; Subordinate-key ritornello ; Solo Development ; Solo Recapitulation ; Closing ritornello ; Reviewing the Theory ; Examples for Analysis ; Glossary of Terms ; Notes ; Index of Musical Compositions ; General Index
£92.25
The University of Chicago Press Mahler
Book SynopsisThis text analyzes Mahler's music through his character, his social and philosophical background, and his moment in musical history. It examines the composer's works as a continuous and unified development that began with his childhood response to the marches and folk tunes of his native Bohemia.
£22.80
The University of Chicago Press Music in GoldenAge Florence 12501750
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Cummings’s history of music in Florence over a five-hundred-year period is a work of brilliant synthesis, bringing together in one place a vast array of sources that few readers could otherwise hope to access, much less encompass. Music in Golden-Age Florence, 1250–1750 succeeds in its author’s goal of raising Florentine accomplishments in music to a status comparable to that enjoyed by the city’s extraordinary achievements in arts, letters, and science, and in so doing it becomes a compelling argument for why music should be integrated into interdisciplinary considerations of Florentine culture. Specialists and nonspecialists alike will find this a highly readable narrative of this great city’s vibrant musical life during the medieval and early-modern periods.” * Blake Wilson, Dickinson College *“Whether one is studying human endeavors in the areas of humanism, architecture, painting, or literature or evaluating musical inventions such as the Renaissance madrigal, opera, or pianoforte, the city of Florence emerges as a location in which pioneering work was valued. In the book’s opening pages, Cummings situates readers in the city’s buildings, streets, and public squares, then encourages readers to imagine the music heard in those spaces during past centuries. Cummings not only explores both well- and lesser-known musical genres and works but also introduces the individuals who commissioned, performed, and listened to music. This book is a valuable resource for historians of all stripes, whether musicologists, art historians, or scholars of Italian literature. It can also serve as a useful guide for anyone who wants to dig deeper into the history of this much visited and beloved city.” * Kelley Harness, University of Minnesota *Table of ContentsPreface Book the First Music in Late-Medieval Florence: The Duecento and Trecento Music and the Ecclesiastical and Political Organization of the Late-Medieval City The Duecento 1 * Church and State in Florence circa 1300 Santa Reparata/Santa Maria del Fiore Palazzo della Signoria Music at Santa Reparata/Santa Maria del Fiore The Duecento Lauda Instrumentalists of the Signoria The Trecento 2 * Secular Polyphony: The Beginnings of the Florentine Tradition The Social Context of Performance Johannes de Florentia (fl. ca. 1351) 3 * Secular Polyphony: Francesco Landino and the Central Florentine Tradition Ser Gherardellus de Florentia (†1362 or 1363) Donatus de Florentia and Laurentius Masii de Florentia (†1372) Francesco Landino (†1397) 4 * Secular Polyphony: The Gallicization of Florentine Musical Culture Some Florentine Kleinmeistern: Magister frater Egidius, Magister Guglielmus frater, and Corradus Andreas de Florentia (Andrea di Giovanni) (†1415) Some Florentine Kleinmeistern Redux: Bonaiutus Corsini and Andrea Stefani Paulus de Florentia (†1436) 5 * Music in Communal Worship and Civic Life Liturgical Polyphony The Trecento Lauda The Herald of the Signoria Book the Second Music in Renaissance Florence I: The Quattrocento Aristocracy Emulated: The De Facto Medici Regime 6 * The Medici Regime and the Public Ecclesiastical Institutions Nicolaus Zacharie and the Professionalization of Composing and Performing The Consecration of the Cathedral of Florence The Musical Establishments Stabilized Heinrich Isaac 7 * Tradition and Innovation in Sacred Music Tradition: Music for the Liturgy Tradition and Innovation: The Quattrocento Lauda Innovation: The Sacra Rappresentatione 8 * Heralds, Knights, and Carnival Revelers Tellers of Tales Medieval Chivalric Tradition Reimagined Florentine Carnival and the Canto Carnascialesco 9 * Music and Domestic Life: The House of Medici Occasions for Music-Making The Patrons, Their Musicians, and Their Music The Musical Sources Varieties of Music-Making 10 * Girolamo Savonarola and the Medici in Exile Theocratic Censure The Medici in Exile, 1494–1512 Book the Third Music in Renaissance Florence II: The Cinquecento Aristocracy Achieved: The De Jure Medici Regime, Family as Country, and “Florentinism” 11 * The Medici Restoration: The Florentine-Papal Tandem The Restoration Composers in Medici Service Music in Private Medici Settings: Instrumental Music 12 * A New Institution, a New Technology, a New Genre: The Madrigal Wellsprings of the Madrigal: The Chanson Wellsprings of the Madrigal: The Canto Carnascialesco and Trionfo, the Lauda, and Solo Song The Earliest Madrigals Florentine Academies and Madrigals for the Theater at Midcentury Intimate Settings: Isabella de’ Medici, Solo Song, and the Polyphonic Madrigal Intimate Settings: The Florentine Madrigal after Midcentury 13 * The Church The Reconstitution of the Polyphonic Chapels The Reformation and Counter-Reformation The Cinquecento Lauda and Sacra Rappresentatione Intermedi Sacri e Morali and Music in Religious Communities for Women 14 * Medici Pageantry, 1539–1589: “L’état, c’est moi” Book the Fourth Music in Florence in the Baroque Era Cross-Genre Influences: Monody, the Stile Recitativo, and the Stile Concertato in Florentine Music of the Seicento and Early Settecento 15 * Opera in Florence, Act 1: The Florentine Aristocratic Phase Academic Theories Applied The Beginnings of Opera Widening Applications of the Innovations The Meaning of Baroque 16 * Intermedio I: Music in Religious and Dynastic Ritual Religious Ritual: A Cappella and Concerted Vocal Music Religious Ritual: Music for Organ Dynastic Ritual (“L’état, c’est moi”): The Equestrian Ballet 17 * Opera in Florence, Act 2: The Pan-Italian Phase A New Institution: The Opera House Beginnings of the Pan-Italian Phase: La finta pazza A Native Attempt at a Venetian-Style Opera: Celio Venetian Imports: Ipermestra A Distinctively Florentine Tradition of Comic Opera: Il potestà di Colognole Venetian Imports: Ipermestra, Redux The Baroque Aesthetic on Full Display: Ercole in Tebe, L’Orontea, La Dori 18 * Intermedio II: Devotional and Convivial Uses of Music Devotional: The Lauda Reimagined: Canzonette Spirituali Devotional: The Oratorio Convivial: Ballet Entertainments Convivial: The Seicento Madrigal Convivial: The Seicento Cantata Convivial: Instrumental Genres Convivial: The Invention of the Piano 19 * Opera in Florence, Act 3: The Pan-European Phase Opera in Arcadia? The Halting Adoption of Reform Principles—Griselda Grand Prince Ferdinando and a Restitution of Aristocratic Opera The Reopening of Teatro della Pergola Vincer se stesso è la maggior vittoria, or Rodrigo Opera in Arcadia: The Fuller Adoption of Reform Principles—Catone in Utica The Settecento Cantata Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography IndexColor illustrations follow page 000.
£45.60
University of Illinois Press The Heart of a Woman The Life and Music of
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A rich contribution to Arkansas cultural history." --Arkansas Historical Quarterly "The Heart of a Woman thus conveys the tenacity and resilience of two groundbreaking practitioners: it is the culmination of a lifetime's scholarship and the first monograph to tell Price's story in such depth and breadth. . . . A call to take Brown's work forward, to make audible the fullness of Price's compositional voice, and to render this resurgence into permanent visibility." --Journal of American Musicological Society "The Heart of a Woman is more than a biography. It is an interdisciplinary work whose analytical explorations of race, gender, and class in American classical music is anchored by extensive musicological, archival, and oral history research on one of America's most prolific twentieth-century composers." --Journal of African American History Table of ContentsCoverTitleCopyrightContentsForeword by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.AcknowledgmentsSourcesIntroductionPart I: Southern Roots1. Family Ties2. Little Rock: “The Negro Paradise”3. The Pursuit of Education: Elementary and High School4. The New England Conservatory of Music5. Return to Little Rock6. Clark University and MarriagePart II: The “Dean” of Negro Composers of the Midwest7. VeeJay and the Black Metropolis8. "My Soul’s Been Anchored in de Lord"9. Black Satin Clothes at the Fair10. Spirituals to Symphonies: A Century of Progress11. The Symphony in E Minor12. O Sing a New Song13. The Piano Concerto in One Movement14. Performing Again15. Professional Recognition: Reconciling Gender, Class, and Race16. The WPA Years17. The Chicago Renaissance18. The Symphony No. 319. Final Years: The Heart of a WomanPostscriptAfterword by Carlene J. BrownNotesSelected BibliographyDiscographyFor Further ReadingIndexBack Cover
£21.59
Yale University Press Robert Schumann Life and Death of a Musician
Book SynopsisA biography that offers a fresh account of Robert Schumann's life. It confronts the traditional perception of the doom-laden Romantic, forced by depression into a life of helpless, poignant sadness. It frees Schumann from one hundred and fifty years of myth-making and unjustified psychological speculation.Trade Review"This interesting, well-researched examination of the life and death of one of the most important composers of the 19th-century Romantic movement is appropriate for students and researchers in higher education with some knowledge of Schumann's life and music."—Library Journal * Library Journal *"Drawing on letters, diaries, and previous biographies, Worthen relates Schumann's life in sometimes excruciating detail, dispelling myths of possible bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. One of the best biographies of a composer who had a lust for life of music, family, and friends."—Booklist * Booklist *"...beautifully written and meticulously researched and foodtnoted." -Simon Heffer, Literary Review -- Simon Heffer * Literary Review *"For well over a century the reputation of the Romantic composer Robert Schumann has been obscured by the perception of him as a man beset by mental illness, a hapless figure buffeted by perpetual misfortune. John Worthen's achievement is to rehabilitate Schumann through detailed attention to contemporary sources which substantially conflict with received wisdom...what emerges here is a man of conspicuous determination, passion and creativity." - The Good Book Guide * The Good Book Guide *"...engaging, well written and clearly aimed at the general reader...for those wanting to read an affectionate life of one of the greatest and most loveable figures of the early 19th century, this book can be recommended." -- Steven Isserlis, The Guardian -- Steven Isserlis * The Guardian *"…alongside the tragedies, this riveting account of Schumann’s life also manages to encapsulate both the joy and elation of one of music’s greatest, still neglected geniuses, and to express a passionate enthusiasm for his works. For this, Schumannites ought to be deeply grateful."---Hugh Canning, The Sunday Times -- Hugh Canning * The Sunday Times *"We have always lacked good biographies of Schumann, and this one will become a standard reference work. The late John Daverio’s fine 1997 biography is more deeply attuned to the music, but Worthen’s is by far the most comprehensive account I have read of the facts of Schumann’s life. His central thesis is important, and he writes clearly and freshly, bringing a wise head to an intricate tangle of evidence."---Susan Tomes, The Independent -- Susan Tomes * The Independent *"The tragedy of Schumann’s final years has fitted so perfectly with a certain Romantic stereotype – the demented and troubled genius – that it has exercised a captivating influence over his biographers ever since… It is this hindsight-laden interpretation of Schumann’s career that John Worthen’s fine and scholarly new biography sets out to undo."--- John Adamson, The Sunday Telegraph -- John Adamson * The Sunday Telegraph *"this is an impressive and elegantly-written biography." - Misha Donat, BBC Music Magazine -- Misha Donat * BBC Music Magazine *"this is a biography with attitude." - Misha Donat, BBC Music Magazine -- Misha Donat * BBC Music Magazine *"Life and Death of a Musician avoids the pitfalls which often beset large, detailed musical biographies, largely because it's so beautifully written." - Arminta Wallace, Irish Times -- Arminta Wallace * Irish Times *"A well-documented, genial, easy-to-read biography for the general reader. . . . We learn a great deal about the young and dissolute dilettante, music journalist, hypochondriac, mediocre conductor, literate and prolific composer, and of course the ardent suitor who finally makes Clara Wieck his wife over her father's objections. . . . A very affectionate portrayal of both the man and the composer."—Symphony * Symphony *A 2007 Top Seller in Music as compiled by YBP Library Services * YBP Library Services *Selected as a 2008 AAUP University Press Book for Public and Secondary School Libraries. -- Best Book of the Year Selection * Association of American University Presses (AAUP) *"An exemplary effort: beautifully written, very meticulously researched, with scrupulous reliance on original sources, balancing fine command of detail with a broader sense of Schumann's milieu. . . . This is an excellent and provocative biography that is sure to spark fierce debate among musicians and psychologists."—Aaron Kozbelt, PsycCRITIQUES -- Aaron Kozbelt * PsycCRITIQUES *"Worthen's biography takes its proper place as a book to reckon with on any shelf of studies of this brilliant, enigmatic, and tragic figure."—Stanley Hauer, Southern Humanities Review -- Stanley Hauer * Southern Humanities Review *“[A] detailed, insightful and above all affectionate account of Schumann’s life that reveals a man whose music defines the Romantic era.”—Julian Haylock, Classic FM Magazine -- Julian Haylock * Classic FM Magazine *
£23.75
Yale University Press Franz Liszt
Book SynopsisTrade Review". . . makes a significant contribution to our knowledge of Liszt as a man and superstar. Hilmes shines a light into the shadows behind a life lived in the spotlight, and he finds some surprising and indeed entertaining details there."—Andrew Taylor, Times"If this book has a once-over-lightly feel, that is because there were many intertwined strands in Liszt’s extraordinary life, each of which could merit a book in itself. . . . Hilmes is illuminating on the emergence—and continuance into old age—of Liszt’s preternatural gifts as a pianist. And by drawing on hitherto unpublished documentary sources he provides a riveting chronicle of the composer’s tangled relationships."—Economist"[It] has the great virtue of objectivity, and with the help of Stewart Spencer’s nicely fluent translation, Hilmes does a solid and fair-minded job of charting the long career of one of the dominant and iconic figures of 19th century culture—a romantic in every sense of the word."—Rupert Christiansen, Literary Review". . . Hilmes offers a riveting read, a vibrant story full of cannily etched detail. In the end you feel you have been visiting the characters at home, observing with forensic exactitude all their foibles, neuroses and, sometimes, hideous cruelty."—Jessica Duchen, Sunday Times Ireland"As a well-told, readable, fluently translated story of a strangely conflicted career that affected the lives of people as disparate as Lola Montez and Pope Pius IX [Franz Liszt] would be hard to beat."—Stephen Walsh, London Review of Books"The sub-title of this remarkable book at once tells you where Oliver Hilmes’ chief interest lies. Liszt was, indeed, all of these things, bewilderingly multi-faceted and of super-human strength and achievement. Yet he also paid a heavy price in his journey from 'Le petit Litz’ to ‘Le Grand Liszt.'"—Susan Nickalls, Classical Music "Editors Choice 2016""[A] new and vivid study of the great composer-pianist . . . imparts a novelistic vibrancy and urgency of narrative to a life that was undeniably of great intrinsic interest."—Andrew Thomson, Musical TimesWon the 2017 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title"This is the book about Liszt I have been waiting for, vividly evoking both him and his context to reveal him as one the central figures—if not the central figure—of Western music in the nineteenth century, a vital link between Beethoven and Bartók, and a truly great and generous man. At last, we see him whole."—Simon Callow
£999.99
Yale University Press Beethovens Piano Sonatas
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Pianists . . . will have much to gain from Rosen’s admirably wide range of musical reference, and his usual rich mixture of musical wisdom and opinion, both eminently worth having."—Leon Plantinga, Times Literary Supplement"In this sparkling ‘short companion,’ Rosen guides the listener through both musical structures and knotty performance decisions. . . . A CD on which Rosen himself plays completes a gorgeous package."—The Guardian"[R]ich in detail . . . graceful and embracing. All admirers of this repertory will gain much from this book. Highly recommended . . ."—Library Journal"[An] outstanding work: a performer’s guide to Beethoven’s piano sonatas. . . . The text is rich in detail, and Rosen’s prose is typically graceful and embracing. All admirers of this repertory will gain much from this book. Highly recommended for all collections."—Library Journal (starred review)"There is scarcely an observation from first page to last that doesn’t prompt the most fruitful reflection on the very essence of interpretation at every level. If you buy only one book on music this year, let it be this one."—Bettina Neumann, Piano"For someone seeking to understand the evolution and reception of the sonatas as a cultural and musical narrative, Rosen’s book will furnish a more vivid and illuminating experience."—Charles Fisk, Notes
£18.99
Taylor & Francis Spiritual Dimensions in the Music of Edmund
Book SynopsisEdmund Rubbraâs music has given him a reputation as a âspiritualâ composer, who had an interest in Eastern thought, and a mid-life conversion to Roman Catholicism. This book takes a wide and detailed view of âspiritualâ dimensions or strands that were important in his life, positioning them both biographically and within the context of contemporaneous English culture. It proceeds to interpret through detailed analysis the ways these spiritual aspects are reflected in specific compositions.Thematical treatment of these spiritual issues, touching on Theosophy, dance, Eastern religions and thought, nature, the evolutionary theory of Teilhard de Chardin and the Christ figure, presents a multi-faceted view of Rubbraâs life and music. Its contribution to a scholarly re-evaluation of his place within twentieth-century British music and culture engages and meshes with several areas of current scholarly research in the arts and humanities, including academic interest in Theosophy, mod
£39.99
Taylor & Francis Hearing Form Textbook and Anthology Set
Book SynopsisHearing Form: Musical Analysis With and Without the Score, Third Edition is a complete course package for undergraduate courses on musical forms, with comprehensive coverage from the Baroque to the Romantic. Placing emphasis on listening, it teaches students to analyze music both with and without the use of a score, covering phrase endings and cadences, harmonic sequence types, modulations, formal sections, and musical forms.Hearing Form is supported by an integrated workbook section, its own full-score anthology, and a companion website containing an instructorâs manual, test bank, and audio streaming and downloads of recordings for the pieces in the anthology.Key updates in the third edition include: Treatment of phrases and cadences now allows the book to be used by both instructors who teach that all phrases end with cadences, and those teach that some phrases do not New pieces added to the anthology widen the range of composers represented With an engaging and practical approach informed by recent scholarship, Hearing Form enables students to recognize musical elements both by sight and by ear.This two-book package contains both the Hearing Form paperback textbook and the accompanying paperback anthology.
£100.87
WW Norton & Co Mozart at the Gateway to His Fortune
Book SynopsisASCAP-Deems Taylor Award winner A fresh look at the life of Mozart during his imperial years by one of the world's leading Mozart scholars.Trade Review"I was so excited to read Christoph Wolff's remarkable new book, which in one fell swoop dispels myths that arose after Mozart's untimely death. Through his meticulous scholarship, Wolff allows us to reimagine the composer at the apex of his artistic powers and with creative and entrepreneurial plans in place to ensure his continuing artistic output as well as his financial stability. A beloved scholar, Professor Wolff proves his point with revelatory insights that take us into the inner workings of this great composer's mind." -- Yo-Yo Ma "Christoph Wolff's remarkable and splendidly readable book presents a new and welcome picture of Mozart's final years. Without resorting to polemics, it disposes of myths and misconceptions by offering facts and sound judgment. Wolff is a master of minute scholarly research that comprises the circumstances of Mozart's life as well as the music itself. Countering the widespread concept of a decline of Mozart's powers, he perceives his latest works, finished and unfinished, as being the point of a new departure-cruelly curtailed by Mozart's death. I shall listen to the Magic Flute, the Requiem, the clarinet quintet, and the E-flat masterpieces-string trio and string quintet-with sharpened ears." -- Alfred Brendel "In this enthralling tale of Mozart's imperial appointment and his late torrent of compositions, Christoph Wolff argues, with compelling authority, that those musical triumphs-including the Requiem-point not to an autumnal resignation but toward a propulsive future of complex genius." -- Helen Vendler "Any book by the eminent scholar Christoph Wolff comes with the guarantee of fresh musical insights and a magisterial command of the sources. His latest book on Mozart is no exception. It will help to demystify and transform our understanding of the composer's final years." -- Sir John Eliot Gardiner "For years I've been wondering and the question becomes ever more cogent, what puzzling new language Mozart used for his three symphonies and even the Magic Flute. It is a new Mozart, and we cannot simply continue as before. Why? What is it? What does it mean today? To the performer, to the listener? Now I found a helping hand in Christoph Wolff's unexpectedly novel book. We musicians, used to helping ourselves, gratefully embrace his assistance." -- Nikolaus Harnoncourt "A truly different and exciting look at the last years of Mozart's life. I was especially captivated by the last chapter-Mr. Wolff's penetrating comments on Mozart's compositional method are illuminating and also somehow make his genius more personal for us." -- Emanuel Ax
£20.89
WW Norton & Co Middle English Lyrics
Book SynopsisThis Norton Critical Edition offers one of the largest collections of Middle English lyrics ever made available to the college student.
£17.09
Dover Publications Inc. Claude Debussy Piano Music 18881905
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£26.13
Faber & Faber The Ninth
Book SynopsisA decade after the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had given way to an era of retrenchment and repression, 1824 became a watershed year. The premiere of the Ninth Symphony, the death of Lord Byron - who had been aiding the Greeks in their struggle for independence, Delacroix''s painting of the Turkish massacre of Greeks at Chios and Pushkin''s anti-tyrannical play Boris Godunov all signalled that the desire for freedom was not dead. And all of these works and events were part of the flowering of the High Romantic period. In The Ninth, eminent music historian and biographer Harvey Sachs employs memoir, anecdote and his vast knowledge of history to explain how the premiere of Beethoven''s staggering last symphony was emblematic of its time - a work of art unlike any other - and a magisterial, humanistic statement that remains a challenge down to our own day and for future generations.
£9.49
Faber & Faber Hallelujah Junction
Book Synopsis''Sometimes I liken the creative act to that of being a good gardener. The musical material itself, the harmonies, rhythms, the timbres and tempi, are seeds you have planted. Composing, bringing forth the final formal arrangement of these elements, is often a business of watching them grow, knowing when to nourish and water them and when to prune and weed.''A book unlike anything ever written by a composer, part memoir and part description of the creative process, Hallelujah Junction is an absorbing journey through the musical landscape of John Adams, one of today''s most admired and frequently performed composers. A musician of enormous range and technical command, Adams has built a huge audience worldwide through the immediacy and sincerity of his music, such as his Pulitzer prize-winning memorial for the September 11 attack On The Transmigration of Souls. Hallelujah Junction isn''t so much an autobiography as a fascinating journey throu
£11.69
Faber & Faber The Faber Pocket Guide to Mozart
Book SynopsisWhy is Mozart the best known and most popular of all the great Western classical composers? More than 250 years after his birth, his reputation stands higher than ever before. It also provides all you need to listen to and enjoy Mozart''s music, and will also introduce a new generation of concert-goers and record-listeners to his life and key works, from opera to symphony, concerto to song. In a crisp, sharp style, with recommendations of good recordings, Nicholas Kenyon shows how Mozart''s music has communicated with unique power across many generations.
£10.44
Faber & Faber Essential Britten
Book SynopsisBenjamin Britten was one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century. He wrote a feast of music from an early age, first achieving international fame in 1945 with his opera Peter Grimes; now more operas by Britten are performed worldwide than by any other composer born in the twentieth century. In this incisive guide, John Bridcut discusses Britten''s music and explores his musical influences, his complex personality, his emotional and professional relationships, and the fascinating nooks and crannies of his daily life, normally overlooked. An indispensable source of fresh insights into this towering figure in British music, this is an updated edition of the Faber Pocket Guide to Britten, including the full text of Britten''s speech On Receiving the First Aspen Award.
£12.28
Faber & Faber The Beloved Vision
Book SynopsisEveryone loves romantic music: the sweet melody of a Schubert song, the heroine dying for love in an Italian opera, the swooning orchestration of a Tchaikovsky symphony. But as Stephen Walsh - author of the highly praised Debussy: A Painter in Sound - points out in this intensely absorbing study, there is infinitely more to romantic music than meets the eye. The Beloved Vision amounts to a complete, entertaining and singularly readable account of the whole phase in music history that has become the mainstay of the twentieth and twenty-first century concert and operatic repertoire, with some little help from earlier times.The narrative begins in the eighteenth century, with C.P.E. Bach, Haydn and the literary movement known as Sturm und Drang, seen as a reaction of the individual artist to the confident certainties of the Enlightenment. The windows are flung open, and everything to do with style, form, even technique, is exposed to the emotional and intellectua
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Faber & Faber Distant Melodies
Book SynopsisHow does music heard and played over many years inform one's sense of home? In Distant Melodies, Edward Dusinberre, the English first violinist of the Takács Quartet, explores changing ideas of home, exile and return in the lives and particular chamber works of four composers: Antonin Dvorák, Edward Elgar, Bela Bartók and Benjamin Britten. A resident of Boulder, Colorado for nearly three decades, Dusinberre discovers ways in which music may both accentuate and ameliorate homesickness, as he visits and imagines some of the places crucial to these composers' creative inspiration. Drawn to the storiesof Dvorák, Bartók and Britten's American sojourns as they try to reconcile their new surroundings with nostalgiafortheir homelands, Dusinberre looks at his own evolving relationship to England through the prism of Elgar's unusual Piano Quintet and the landscapes that inspired it.New aspects of familiar music reveal themselves under altered circumstances. In the forty-eight years
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Faber & Faber Goodbye Russia
Book SynopsisIn 1940 Sergei Rachmaninoff, living in exile in America, broke his creative silence and composed a swan song to his Russian homeland. What happened in those final haunted years and how did he come to write his farewell masterpiece, the Symphonic Dances?Rachmaninoff left Petrograd in the throes of the Russian Revolution in 1917. He was 44 years old, at the peak of his powers as composer-conductor-performer, moving in elite Tsarist circles and running the family estate, his refuge and solace. He had already written the music which, today, has made him one of the most popular composers of all time: the second and third Piano Concertos and two symphonies. Reeling from the trauma of a life in upheaval, he wrote almost no music and quickly had to reinvent himself as a fêted virtuoso pianist, building up untold wealth and meeting the stars, from Walt Disney and Charlie Chaplin to his Russian contemporaries and polar opposites, Prokofiev and Stravinsky. Still, the melancholy of leaTrade ReviewPraise for Music for Life (Faber)'Fiona Maddocks's descriptions are dangerously moreish...a timely reminder of the importance of music.' - Anna Picard, BBC Music MagazinePraise for Hildegard of Bingen by Fiona Maddocks:'This entertaining book is a revelation.' - Daily Telegraph
£21.25
Faber Music Ltd 100 Easy Classics For Piano
Book SynopsisPresents 100 piano arrangements including "Air on a G String"; "Barcarolle"; "Blue Danube"; "Cradle Song"; "Espana"; "Fur Elise"; "The Lost Chord"; "Moonlight Sonata"; "Morning"; "O for the Wings of a Dove"; "Post Horn Galop"; "Sheep May Soflty Graze"; "To a Wild Rose"; "Tritsch-tratsch Polka"; and, "Wedding March and Zampa".Table of ContentsAir (Water Music) (Handel);Air On The G String (Orchestral Suite No.3 In D) (Bach); Artist's Life (Strauss); Ave Maria (Bach) (Gounod); Ave Maria Op.52 No.6 (Schubert);Ballet Music (Rosamunde) (Schubert); Barcarolle (Les Contes D'hoffmann) (Offenbach); Black Eyes (Russian Gypsy Song); Bridal March (Lohengrin) (Wagner); Chanson Triste (Tchaikovsky); Chant Sans Paroles Op.2 No.3 (Tchaikovsky); Cradle Song (Schubert); Dance Of The Hours (Ponchielli); Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker Suite Op.71a) (Tchaikovsky); Die Fledermaus (Strauss); Espana (Chabrier); Flower Song (Faust) (Gounod); Fur Elise (Bagatelle In A Minor Woo 59) (Beethoven); Galop And Can-can (Orpheus In The Underworld) (Offenbach); Habanera (Carmen) (Bizet); Hark! Hark! The Lark (Schubert); Hedge Roses (Schubert); Humoresque (Dvorak); Hungarian Dance (Brahms); Hungarian Rhapsody No.1 (Liszt); Invitation To The Waltz (Weber); La Golondrina (The Swallow) (Serradell); Largo (Symphony No.9 In E Minor 'From The New World' Op.95) (Dvorak); Largo (Handel); Liebestraum (Liszt); Light Cavalry (Suppe); Lullaby Waltz (Brahms); March (Scipio) (Handel); March (Tannhauser) (Wagner); March (The Nutcracker) (Tchaikovsky); March (William Tell Overture) (Rossini); March Militaire (Schubert); Mazurka (Coppelia) (Delibes); Melodie In F (Rubenstein); Minute Waltz In D Flat Op. 64 No.1 (Chopin); Moment Musicale Op.94 No.3 (Schubert); Moonlight Sonata Op.27 No.2 (Beethoven); Morgenblatter (Strauss); Morning (Peer Gynt Suite Op.46 No.1) (Grieg); Morning, Noon And Night (Suppe); Minuet In G (Beethoven); Narcissus (Nevin); Nocturne In E Flat (Chopin); O For The Wings Of A Dove (Mendelssohn); On Wings Of Song (Mendelssohn); Over The Waves (Rosas); Pas Des Fleurs (Delibes); Pizzicato (Sylvia) (Delibes); Pizzicato Polka (Strauss); Poet And Peasant (Suppe); Polonaise In A (Chopin); Polonaise In A Flat (Chopin); Post Horn Galop (Koenig); Radetzky March (Strauss); Rigoletto (Verdi); Romeo And Juliet Waltz (Gounod); Roses From The South (Strauss); Schlummerlied (Slumber Song) (Schumann); Second Movement (Fantasie Impromptu Op.66) (Chopin); Serenade (Schubert); Sheep May Safely Graze (Cantata No.208) (Bach); Skaters' Waltz (Waldteufel); Sleeping Beauty Waltz (Tchaikovsky); Soldiers' Chorus (Faust) (Gounod); Sonata In C (Mozart); Sonata In C Minor 'Pathetique' Op.13 (Beethoven); Song Of The Toreador (Bizet); Song Of The Volga Boatman; Spring Song (Mendelssohn); Tales From The Vienna Woods (The Concert Waltz Op.325) (Strauss); Tango (Albeniz); The Blue Danube Waltz Op.314 (Strauss); The Happy Farmer Op.68 No.10 (Album For The Young) (Schumann); The Lost Chord (Sullivan); The Maiden's Prayer (Badarzewska); The Merry Wives Of Windsor (Nicolai); Theme (Concerto In B Flat Minor) (Tchaikovsky); Theme (Symphony No.8 In B Minor 'Unfinished') (Schubert); To A Wild Rose (Woodland Sketches Op.51) (Macdowell); Tritsch Tratsch Polka (Strauss); Trumpet Voluntary (Purcell); Valse (Chopin); Valse Ballet (Delibes); Valse Des Fleurs (Casse Noisette) (Tchaikovsky); Voices Of Spring (Strauss); Waltz (Gounod); Waltz (Swan Lake) (Tchaikovsky); Waves Of The Danube (Ivanovici); Wedding March (A Midsummer Night's Dream) (Mendelssohn); Where E'er You Walk (Handel); Who Is Sylvia? (Schubert); Wiegenlied (Cradle Song) (Mozart); Wiener Blut (Strauss); Wine, Woman And Song (Strauss); Zampa (Herold)
£14.24
Faber Music Ltd Cole Porter Platinum Collection
Book SynopsisA songbook which contains 50 of the author's best songs for piano and voice with guitar chords.Trade ReviewA strong contender for the book of the month slot this issue, this glorious journey through 50 Cole Porter songs will add to any musician’s repertoire. Both show and movie stopping hits, these numbers…..’represent the very highest achievement of the songwriter’s art”. Something for anyone to get a kick out of. Mi Pro Magazine, July 2007Table of ContentsAnother Op’nin, Another Show; Anything Goes; Be A Clown; Be Like The Blue Bird; Begin The Beguine; Blow, Gabriel, Blow; Brush Up Your Shakespeare; Don’t Fence Me In; Easy To Love; Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye; From This Moment On; Get Out Of Town;Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye;Hey, Good Lookin’; I Get A Kick Out Of You; I Happen To Like New York; I Love Paris; I Love You; I'm A Gigolo; In The Still Of The Night; I’ve Got You Under My Skin; It’s All Right With Me; It’s De-Lovely; Just One Of Those Things; Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love); Let’s Misbehave; Love For Sale; Miss Otis Regrets; Mister and Missus Fitch; My Heart Belongs To Daddy; Night and Day; The Physician; So In Love; Take Me Back To Manhattan; Thank You So Much Missus Lowborough-Goodby; Too Darn Hot!; True Love; Were Thine That Special Face; Well Did You Evah?; What Is THis Thing Called Love?; Where Is The Life That Late I Led?; Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?; Why Can’t You Behave?; Wunderbar; You’d Be So Nice To Come Home Too; You Don’t Know Paree; You Do Something To Me; You’re Sensational; You’re The Top; You’ve Got That Thing
£18.04
Faber Music Ltd Classic Period Dramas
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsShakespeare In Love: The Beginning Of The Partnership; Brideshead Revisited: Sebastian; Becoming Jane: An Adoring Heart; A Passage To India; Andante Favori From Pride And Prejudice; Cranford: Main Theme; Emma: End Titles; The Mayor Of Casterbridge: Main Theme; Persuasion: Main Theme; Pride And Prejudice: Main Theme; Rondo Alla Turca From Pride And Prejudice; Sonatina No 4 Mvt 2 From Pride And Prejudice
£10.99
Faber Music Ltd The Best of Grade 4 Violin
Book SynopsisThis collection brings together best-loved grade 4 pieces, including Hindu Song (Rimsky-Korsakov), Sometime Maybe (Wedgwood) and Fly me to the Moon (Howard). All pieces have been rigorously researched by violin expert Jessica O'Leary and includes pieces from current and past Trinity and ABRSM syllabuses.Trade ReviewThis comprehensive collection of violin pieces is a super addition to the lexicon of violin albums. Each volume contains between 14 & 15 varied pieces in style period and technical demands. ….There is also an invaluable note on the cover page as to which pieces are in the current AB and Trinity exam board syllabuses. ARCO Magazine, Summer 2013 These are well produced and presented editions...offering a good mix and blend of styles through the best exam pieces every for the major boards….All 5 volumes make a significant contribution of pieces to play for pleasure, enrichment and enjoyment. A very useful resource. ARCO Magazine, Spring 2013Table of ContentsGlass (Fitkin); Scottish Brawl (Attaingnant); Rondino (Hadjiev); Mazurka (Baklanova); Prelude (Cohen); Rondeau from Abdelazar (Purcell); Rondino (Hadjiev); Air Polonais (Weber); Concerto in D major (Telemann); Preludio (Vivaldi); La Cinquantaine (Gabriel-Marie); Hindu Song (Rimsky-Korsakov ); Virelai (Elgar); Fly Me To The Moon(Howard); Sometime Maybe (Wedgwood)
£10.99
Faber Music Ltd Ultimate Piano Solos
Book SynopsisUltimate Piano Solos presents over 50 best-selling piano solos collected together for the first time in one book. Suitable for the intermediate piano player, it includes must-have Classical pieces alongside modern classics.Trade Review“Beautifully laid out, this selection would make a superb addition to any pianist’s library, and is particularly useful for advanced players who are searching for interesting sight-reading material. It also offers plenty of ideas for those who seek party pieces too.” The Classical Piano & Music Education Blog, Melanie Spanswick, June 2018 “This is another collection from Faber which essentially sells itself – even if you want just a few of the included pieces, you’ll not be disappointed. Teenagers will find plenty here to occupy them over the summer holiday, while more advanced players will enjoy reading through and playing these pieces for lighter enjoyment. Either way, Ultimate Piano Solos is a pleasurable and well-judged diversion, offering many hours of piano-playing enjoyment. So if you are tempted, go ahead and treat yourself!” Pianodao.com Blog, Andrew Eales, July 2018Table of Contents7 Years (Lukas Graham); Allegro (From Sonata In C Major) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart); Alone In Kyoto (Air); Ambre (Nils Frahm); Asos Model Crush (Dné); Avril 14th (Aphex Twin); Back To Life (Giovanni Allevi); Bella’s Lullaby (From Twilight) (Carter Burwell); Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell); Caravan Of Love (The Housemartins); Children (Robert Miles); The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) (Nat King Cole); The Cider House Rules (Rachel Portman); Cruella De Vil (From 101 Dalmatians) (Melville A. Leven); Davy Jones (From Pirates Of The Caribbean) (Hans Zimmer); Dive (Ed Sheeran); The Entertainer (Scott Joplin); Faded (Alan Walker); Gymnopédie No.1 (Erik Satie); Heal (Tom Odell); Hedwig’s Theme (From Harry Potter) (John Williams); Healah Dancing (Keaton Henson); How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees); Human (Rag N Bone Man); Jerusalem (Hubert Parry); Jupiter (Main Theme From The Planets) (Gustav Holst); Karma Police (Radiohead); La Fille Aux Cheveaux De Lin (Claude Debussy); Lento (From Five Preludes) (Alexander Scriabin); Lippy Kids (Elbow); Married Life (From Up!) (Michael Giacchino); Maybe (From Annie) (Charles Strouse); Melodia Africana 1 (Ludovico Einaudi); Memory (From Cats) (Andrew Lloyd Webber); Mia & Sebastian’s Theme (From La La Land) (Justin Hurwitz); Moonlight Sonata (Ludwig Van Beethoven); Nemo Egg (From Finding Nemo) (Thomas Newman); No One Knows Me (Like The Piano) (Sampha); Opening (From Glassworks) (Philip Glass); Pavane (Gabriel Fauré); Prelude No. 1 (J.S. Bach); Prelude In E Minor (Frédéric Chopin); See You Again (Charlie Puth); Ss-Gb (Main Title) (Dan Jones); Summertime (Nina Simone); (They Long To Be) Close To You (Burt Bacharach); A Thousand Years (The Piano Guys); Tifa’s Theme (From Final Fantasy) (Nobuo Uematsu); Variations On The Kanon (George Winston); Vladimir’s Blues (Max Richter); Way Down We Go (Kaleo); What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong); When I Fall In Love (Nat King Cole); A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Procol Harum); Wings (Birdy)
£17.09
Faber Music Ltd The Easy Piano Series Classical
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAir (Purcell); Air On A G String (J.S. Bach); Ave Maria (Schubert); Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart); Für Elise (Beethoven); Habanera (from ‘Carmen’) (Bizet); I Vow To Thee, My Country (Holst); Largo (from ‘New World Symphony’) (Dvořák); Minuet In F (Mozart); Minuet In G Major (J.S. Bach); O Sole Mio (Di Capua); Ode To Joy (Beethoven); Prelude & Fugue In C Major (J.S. Bach); Swan Lake Waltz (Tchaikovsky); The Trout Piano Quintet (Schubert); Trumpet Voluntary (Purcell)
£9.49
Faber Music Ltd The Piano Player British Classics
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAuld Lang Syne (Scottish Traditional); Emma (Theme) (Rachel Portman); Enigma Variations: Theme (Edward Elgar); Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (Ralph Vaughan Williams); Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (Land of My Fathers) (James James); Jerusalem (Hubert Parry); Jig (from St Paul’s Suite) (Gustav Holst); La Réjouissance (from Music for the Royal Fireworks) (George Frideric Handel); Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) (Irish Traditional); Nocturne (from Sonatina Romantica) (Benjamin Britten); Pieds-en-l’air (from Capriol Suite) (Peter Warlock); Pride and Prejudice (Theme) (Carl Davis); Salut d’Amour (Edward Elgar); The Dam Busters March (Eric Coates); The Heart Asks Pleasure First (from The Piano) (Michael Nyman); The Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 23) (Howard Goodall); The Prince of Denmark’s March (Jeremiah Clarke); Trumpet Tune (Henry Purcell); Venus, the Bringer of Peace (from The Planets) (Gustav Holst); We’ll Gather Lilacs (from Perchance to Dream) (Ivor Novello)
£9.99
Faber Music Ltd The Piano Player Wintertide Collection
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAll-Night Vigil (Vespers) Op.37 (Rachmaninoff); Carol Of The Bells (Leontovych); Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (Tchaikovsky); Deck The Hall (Trad.); The Holly And The Ivy (Trad.); In The Bleak Midwinter (arr. Chilly Gonzales); Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming (Praetorius); Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Sakamoto); Sans Day Carol (Trad.); The Shepherds At The Manger (In Dulci Jubilo) (Liszt); Silent Night (Gruber); Sinfonia (from Christmas Oratorio) (J.S. Bach); Sleigh Ride (Anderson); The Snow Is Dancing (Debussy); Troika (from Lieutenant Kijé) (Prokofiev); Vivace (from the Christmas Concerto) (Corelli); Walking In The Air (Howard Blake); Winter (from The Four Seasons) (Vivaldi); Winter Wonderland (arr. Pam Wedgwood); Winterzeit I (Schumann)
£9.99
Faber Music Ltd Piano Sonata No.4
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£13.29
Faber Music Ltd 28 transcriptions for solo piano
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAntoinette Boulevard; A Softer World; Atlases; August; Bear Story II; Blossom; Bower; Casino; Cibi; Circles; Elysian Fields; Family; Homeless; Hymn; In Metaphor, Solace; I Still Dream About You, Sometimes But Not Always; Longplay; Midnight Commute; Nocturne; Open; Oversky; Place; Portrait Gallery; Prelude for a Single Voice; Rotations ; Sky; Sun; This
£36.00
Faber Music Sure on this Shining Night
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£5.72
Hal Leonard Corporation The Beatles Piano Solos
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£24.29
The Crowood Press Ltd England Resounding
Book SynopsisThe spectacular revival of serious music in England is a chief feature of the history of British culture from the turn of the twentieth century and after. For some two centuries the art form had stagnated in England, which was referred to, notoriously, by a German commentator as ''the land without music''. But then came a great renaissance. In the three linked essays that make up this book, Keith Alldritt, the most recent biographer of Vaughan Williams, examines the several phases and genres of this revival. A number of composers including Gustav Holst, Arnold Bax and William Walton contributed to the renewal. But this book presents the renaissance as centrally a continuity of enterprise, sometimes of riposte, running from Elgar to Vaughan Williams and then to Benjamin Britten. Their concern was with music at its most serious, though not unceasingly humourless. All three explored music''s frontier with philosophy. They also probed the psychological impact of the unprecedently v
£17.95
