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Beethoven for a Later Age

Living with the String Quartets

by Edward Dusinberre ...

"A richly detailed portrayal of the intimate workings of a great string quartet . . . as revealed to us through the recollections of its first violinist."—Philip RothEdward Dusinberre, first violinist of the renowned Takács Quartet, offers a rare peek inside the workings of his ensemble, while providing an insightful history of Beethoven's sixteen string quartets and their performance.Founded in ... Read more

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"A richly detailed portrayal of the intimate workings of a great string quartet . . . as revealed to us through the recollections of its first violinist."—Philip RothEdward Dusinberre, first violinist of the renowned Takács Quartet, offers a rare peek inside the workings of his ensemble, while providing an insightful history of Beethoven's sixteen string quartets and their performance.Founded in
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Mozart Studies 2

Edited by Simon P. Keefe ...

Series series Cambridge Composer Studies
Cultural, historical and reception-related contexts are central to understanding Mozart, one of the greatest and most famous musicians of all time. Widening and refining the lens through which the composer is viewed, the essays in Mozart Studies 2 focus on themes, issues, works and repertories perennially popular among Mozart scholars of all kinds, pointing to areas primed for future study and ... Read more

$38.99 USD

Cultural, historical and reception-related contexts are central to understanding Mozart, one of the greatest and most famous musicians of all time. Widening and refining the lens through which the composer is viewed, the essays in Mozart Studies 2 focus on themes, issues, works and repertories perennially popular among Mozart scholars of all kinds, pointing to areas primed for future study and
... Read more
Rossini

by Andrea Chegai ...

Rossini aveva 37 anni e 39 opere alle spalle quando si ritirò dalle scene teatrali dopo avervi esercitato un'egemonia incontrastata. Eclettico, altalenante tra comico e tragico, e prolifico sperimentatore di generi, raggiunse e impose uno stile sovraregionale, nella fedeltà a un ideale di bellezza ineffabile che la sua musica sempre inseguì: una musica che diede voce ai suoi personaggi esprimendo, ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Rossini aveva 37 anni e 39 opere alle spalle quando si ritirò dalle scene teatrali dopo avervi esercitato un'egemonia incontrastata. Eclettico, altalenante tra comico e tragico, e prolifico sperimentatore di generi, raggiunse e impose uno stile sovraregionale, nella fedeltà a un ideale di bellezza ineffabile che la sua musica sempre inseguì: una musica che diede voce ai suoi personaggi esprimendo,
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Beethoven's Early Chamber Music: A Listening Guide

by Terence O'Grady ...

Beethoven's early chamber music is, for many listeners, largely an unexplored treasure trove of fresh, often highly creative, sometimes surprising music. This listening guide will help the interested listener experience this music more fully, by providing detailed examples of what to expect and what to listen for among Beethoven's chamber works up to and including the famous string quartets of Op. ... Read more

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Beethoven's early chamber music is, for many listeners, largely an unexplored treasure trove of fresh, often highly creative, sometimes surprising music. This listening guide will help the interested listener experience this music more fully, by providing detailed examples of what to expect and what to listen for among Beethoven's chamber works up to and including the famous string quartets of Op.
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Inherit the Truth 1939-1945

The Documented Experiences of a Survivor of Auschwitz and Belsen

by Anita Lasker-Wallfisch ...

This is the story of the destruction of a talented Jewish family, and of the survival against all the odds of two young sisters. It is one of the most moving stories to emerge from the Second World War. Anita and her elder sister Renate defied death at the hands of the Gestapo and the SS over a period of two and a half years when they were sucked into the whirlpool of Nazi mass extermination, ... Read more

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This is the story of the destruction of a talented Jewish family, and of the survival against all the odds of two young sisters. It is one of the most moving stories to emerge from the Second World War. Anita and her elder sister Renate defied death at the hands of the Gestapo and the SS over a period of two and a half years when they were sucked into the whirlpool of Nazi mass extermination,
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Con Brio

Four Russians Called the Budapest String Quartet

by Nat Brandt ...

A 1959 New Yorker profile captured the inspired risk-taking and raw creative spark of a Budapest String Quartet rehearsal: "Sasha leaped from his chair and with violin held aloft, played the passage with exaggerated schmalz, like a street fiddler in Naples. Kroyt...stopped playing and started singing a Russian song....Mischa Schneider thereupon performed a number of stupendous triads on his cello. ... Read more

$3.99 USD

A 1959 New Yorker profile captured the inspired risk-taking and raw creative spark of a Budapest String Quartet rehearsal: "Sasha leaped from his chair and with violin held aloft, played the passage with exaggerated schmalz, like a street fiddler in Naples. Kroyt...stopped playing and started singing a Russian song....Mischa Schneider thereupon performed a number of stupendous triads on his cello.
... Read more
A Notebook for Viola Players

by Ivo-Jan van der Werff ...

In A Notebook for Viola Players, Ivo-Jan van der Werff offers a guide to playing the viola with the greatest freedom, dexterity, and ease. It includes right and left hand exercises to build a sound technique, sections on how to practice them, how to hold the viola and bow, how to think about good posture, how to create a good sound, how to play with the least amount of tension, how to deal with ... Read more

$27.99 USD

In A Notebook for Viola Players, Ivo-Jan van der Werff offers a guide to playing the viola with the greatest freedom, dexterity, and ease. It includes right and left hand exercises to build a sound technique, sections on how to practice them, how to hold the viola and bow, how to think about good posture, how to create a good sound, how to play with the least amount of tension, how to deal with
... Read more
Bulgarian Harmony

In Village, Wedding, and Choral Music of the Last Century

by Kalin S. Kirilov ...

Series series SOAS Studies in Music
An in-depth study of the Bulgarian harmonic system is long overdue. More than two decades since the Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares choir was awarded a Grammy (1990), there is no scholarly study of the captivating sounds of Bulgarian vertical sonorities. Kalin Kirilov traces the gradual formation of a unique harmonic system that developed in three styles of Bulgarian music: village music from the ... Read more

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An in-depth study of the Bulgarian harmonic system is long overdue. More than two decades since the Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares choir was awarded a Grammy (1990), there is no scholarly study of the captivating sounds of Bulgarian vertical sonorities. Kalin Kirilov traces the gradual formation of a unique harmonic system that developed in three styles of Bulgarian music: village music from the
... Read more
Beethoven: Variations on a Life

by Mark Evan Bonds ...

Despite the ups and downs of his personal life and professional career-even in the face of deafness-Beethoven remained remarkably consistent in his most basic convictions about his art. This inner consistency, the music historian Mark Evan Bonds argues, provides the key to understanding the composer's life and works. Beethoven approached music as he approached life, weighing whatever occupied him ... Read more

$13.29 USD

Despite the ups and downs of his personal life and professional career-even in the face of deafness-Beethoven remained remarkably consistent in his most basic convictions about his art. This inner consistency, the music historian Mark Evan Bonds argues, provides the key to understanding the composer's life and works. Beethoven approached music as he approached life, weighing whatever occupied him
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靜默之聲：蕭士塔高維契與他的十五首弦樂四重奏

Music for Silenced Voices: Shostakovich and His FifteenQuartets

by 溫蒂・蕾瑟 ...

Translated by 朱得嘉 ...

溫蒂．蕾瑟，一位評論界寧靜的巨人，最近將她廣袤無垠的好奇心轉向一位被上了枷鎖的天才。《靜默之聲》是她以十五首弦樂四重奏為框架寫成的傳記。蕾瑟的出發點是，弦樂四重奏是蕭士塔高維契最發自內心的音樂——正如如他的遺孀所說，它們記錄著「他靈魂故事的日記」——也是我們通往作曲家內心世界的最佳途徑。——《句號網》，卡萊爾（Alli Carlisle）在此之前，絕大部份關於蕭士塔高維契的書不是聚焦在他的交響曲和歌劇，就是他和他所身處的政權之間的關係，或者兩者兼有，因為這些大型作品正是他最備受關注，有時則是遭到蘇聯政權譴責的作品。本書帶我們從後門——他的十五首弦樂四重奏——一窺蕭士塔高維契。他的遺孀認為這些作品是「他靈魂故事的日記」。靜默和聲音有很多種，包括史達林時期大膽的作家、藝術家和音樂家的政治性噤聲；蕭士塔高維契的歌劇的失聲（他轉向弦樂四重奏前被迫放棄的形式）；還有他死去的摯友的死寂之聲 ... Read more

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溫蒂．蕾瑟，一位評論界寧靜的巨人，最近將她廣袤無垠的好奇心轉向一位被上了枷鎖的天才。《靜默之聲》是她以十五首弦樂四重奏為框架寫成的傳記。蕾瑟的出發點是，弦樂四重奏是蕭士塔高維契最發自內心的音樂——正如如他的遺孀所說，它們記錄著「他靈魂故事的日記」——也是我們通往作曲家內心世界的最佳途徑。——《句號網》，卡萊爾（Alli Carlisle）在此之前，絕大部份關於蕭士塔高維契的書不是聚焦在他的交響曲和歌劇，就是他和他所身處的政權之間的關係，或者兩者兼有，因為這些大型作品正是他最備受關注，有時則是遭到蘇聯政權譴責的作品。本書帶我們從後門——他的十五首弦樂四重奏——一窺蕭士塔高維契。他的遺孀認為這些作品是「他靈魂故事的日記」。靜默和聲音有很多種，包括史達林時期大膽的作家、藝術家和音樂家的政治性噤聲；蕭士塔高維契的歌劇的失聲（他轉向弦樂四重奏前被迫放棄的形式）；還有他死去的摯友的死寂之聲
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Kalimba Easy Arrangements - Classical Music Themes - 1

Play by Symbols + MP3-Sound Downloads

by Reynhard Boegl ...

Series Book 14 - Kalimba Songbooks
Songbook with 10 Classical Music Themes, easy arranged (melody with ornaments) for the Kalimba with 17 tines.No knowledge of music notes is required - play by numbers / symbols!The MP3 sounds are available online in a player with adjustable playback speed (web address in the book).The sounds and other links are accessible with the iOS and Android app and your interne... ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Songbook with 10 Classical Music Themes, easy arranged (melody with ornaments) for the Kalimba with 17 tines.No knowledge of music notes is required - play by numbers / symbols!The MP3 sounds are available online in a player with adjustable playback speed (web address in the book).The sounds and other links are accessible with the iOS and Android app and your interne...
... Read more
Korean Musical Drama: P'ansori and the Making of Tradition in Modernity

by Haekyung Um ...

Series series SOAS Studies in Music
P’ansori is the quintessential traditional Korean musical drama, in which epic tales are sung and narrated by a solo singer accompanied by a drummer. Drawing on her extensive research in Korea and its diasporas, Haekyung Um describes and analyses the creative processes of p’ansori, weaving into her discussion musical, social and cultural aspects that include the evolution of p’ansori performance, ... Read more

$77.99 USD

P’ansori is the quintessential traditional Korean musical drama, in which epic tales are sung and narrated by a solo singer accompanied by a drummer. Drawing on her extensive research in Korea and its diasporas, Haekyung Um describes and analyses the creative processes of p’ansori, weaving into her discussion musical, social and cultural aspects that include the evolution of p’ansori performance,
... Read more
Life of Chopin

by Franz Liszt ...

This classic text represents the definitive account of the life of the great Polish pianist/composer, Frederic Chopin. The story is told by his friend and colleague, the legendary Hungarian pianist, Franz Liszt-the ideal man to relate the brief, but brilliant life of Chopin.Liszt's proximity to the subject and insightful accounts make this biography resonate as few can. ... Read more

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This classic text represents the definitive account of the life of the great Polish pianist/composer, Frederic Chopin. The story is told by his friend and colleague, the legendary Hungarian pianist, Franz Liszt-the ideal man to relate the brief, but brilliant life of Chopin.Liszt's proximity to the subject and insightful accounts make this biography resonate as few can.
... Read more
Le Cygne

La version simplifiée de "Le Carnaval des Animaux", n° 13

by Camille Saint-Saëns ...

Joue l’une des pièces les plus élégantes et les plus célèbres de Camille Saint-Saëns à l’alto saxophone. Dans cette version spécialement arrangée pour saxophone, « Le Cygne » résonne dans la tonalité parfaitement adaptée au saxophone de la bémol majeur. La mélodie douce et fluide, en mesure calme à 6/8, crée une atmosphère légère, presque rêveuse, et t’invite à déployer beaucoup d’expression et de ... Read more

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Joue l’une des pièces les plus élégantes et les plus célèbres de Camille Saint-Saëns à l’alto saxophone. Dans cette version spécialement arrangée pour saxophone, « Le Cygne » résonne dans la tonalité parfaitement adaptée au saxophone de la bémol majeur. La mélodie douce et fluide, en mesure calme à 6/8, crée une atmosphère légère, presque rêveuse, et t’invite à déployer beaucoup d’expression et de
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Music for Brass Quintet Volume 5

by Richard von Fuchs ...

There are eight compositions for brass quintet with parts for individual players. Three are originals by Richard von Fuchs and five are based on piano worksby Handel, Schubert, Grieg, Duke Ellington, and a well-known hymn. These are suitable for intermediate level players. ... Read more

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There are eight compositions for brass quintet with parts for individual players. Three are originals by Richard von Fuchs and five are based on piano worksby Handel, Schubert, Grieg, Duke Ellington, and a well-known hymn. These are suitable for intermediate level players.
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Carl Maria von Weber

Die Entdeckung des Klangs

by Michael Heinemann ...

Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826) verdankt seine Popularität fraglos dem „Freischütz“. Mindestens ebenso wie die eingängigen Melodien fiel aber schon den Zeitgenossen seine Kunst auf, neue Klänge zu finden: für Wolfsschlucht, Wald und Wetter, zur Darstellung von Natur und Kultur auch anderer Länder, in denen seine Opern spielen. Auch für Klavier und Klarinette entdeckte er neue Gestaltungsmittel, ... Read more

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Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826) verdankt seine Popularität fraglos dem „Freischütz“. Mindestens ebenso wie die eingängigen Melodien fiel aber schon den Zeitgenossen seine Kunst auf, neue Klänge zu finden: für Wolfsschlucht, Wald und Wetter, zur Darstellung von Natur und Kultur auch anderer Länder, in denen seine Opern spielen. Auch für Klavier und Klarinette entdeckte er neue Gestaltungsmittel,
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Chamber Music

A Research and Information Guide

by John H Baron ...

Series series Routledge Music Bibliographies
Chamber Music: A Research and Information Guide is a reference tool for anyone interested in chamber music. It is not a history or an encyclopedia but a guide to where to find answers to questions about chamber music. The third edition adds nearly 600 new entries to cover new research since publication of the previous edition in 2002. Most of the literature is books, articles in journals and ... Read more

$73.99 USD

Chamber Music: A Research and Information Guide is a reference tool for anyone interested in chamber music. It is not a history or an encyclopedia but a guide to where to find answers to questions about chamber music. The third edition adds nearly 600 new entries to cover new research since publication of the previous edition in 2002. Most of the literature is books, articles in journals and
... Read more
PEOPLE The Best of American Idol

Farewell to TV's Greatest Talent Search

by The Editors of PEOPLE ...

As American Idol prepares to exit the airwaves after 15 seasons of innovation and inspiration, PEOPLE takes a look back at the show that shattered records, and reinvented the television competition.Highlights of this musical special edition include: - Exclusive interviews with the contestants and judges - the ones we loved and the ones we loved to hate - A review of the most memorable moments, ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

As American Idol prepares to exit the airwaves after 15 seasons of innovation and inspiration, PEOPLE takes a look back at the show that shattered records, and reinvented the television competition.Highlights of this musical special edition include: - Exclusive interviews with the contestants and judges - the ones we loved and the ones we loved to hate - A review of the most memorable moments,
... Read more
What is Life

Incontri e interviste

by George Harrison ...

Quando i Beatles fecero la loro dirompente comparsa sul radar popolare si avvertì la ne- cessità di distinguere e identificare ciascuno dei quattro; e George Harrison fu etichettato come il «Beatle tranquillo». Harrison però divenne molte cose al di là del suo soprannome, e da Beatle tranquillo si trasformò in Beatle indagatore, l'esploratore spirituale del gruppo, il più impegnato a incontrare ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Quando i Beatles fecero la loro dirompente comparsa sul radar popolare si avvertì la ne- cessità di distinguere e identificare ciascuno dei quattro; e George Harrison fu etichettato come il «Beatle tranquillo». Harrison però divenne molte cose al di là del suo soprannome, e da Beatle tranquillo si trasformò in Beatle indagatore, l'esploratore spirituale del gruppo, il più impegnato a incontrare
... Read more
String Quartets by Debussy and Ravel

Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10/Debussy; Quartet in F Major/Ravel

by Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel ...

Series series Dover Chamber Music Scores
Few composers of the 20th century have wielded more influence in the musical world than the two "impressionist" masters represented in this volume. Such composers as Webern, Bartók, Varèse, Messianen, and even John Cage owe a debt to Debussy's innovations in harmony, coloring, and psychological penetration.Similarly, Ravel's achievements in pianistic style, sophisticated harmonies, and bold ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Few composers of the 20th century have wielded more influence in the musical world than the two "impressionist" masters represented in this volume. Such composers as Webern, Bartók, Varèse, Messianen, and even John Cage owe a debt to Debussy's innovations in harmony, coloring, and psychological penetration.Similarly, Ravel's achievements in pianistic style, sophisticated harmonies, and bold
... Read more
Experiencing Leonard Bernstein

A Listener's Companion

by Kenneth LaFave ...

Leonard Bernstein is a household name. Most know him for his classic musical reworking of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet as Broadway's West Side Story. But Bernstein accomplished so much more as a composer, and his body of work is both broad and varied. He composed ballets (Fancy Free, Facsimile, Dybbuk), operas (Trouble in Tahiti, Candide, A Quiet Place), musicals (On the Town, Wonderful Town), ... Read more

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Leonard Bernstein is a household name. Most know him for his classic musical reworking of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet as Broadway's West Side Story. But Bernstein accomplished so much more as a composer, and his body of work is both broad and varied. He composed ballets (Fancy Free, Facsimile, Dybbuk), operas (Trouble in Tahiti, Candide, A Quiet Place), musicals (On the Town, Wonderful Town),
... Read more
The Baroque Violin & Viola

A Fifty-Lesson Course Volume I

by Walter S. Reiter ...

In the early seventeenth century, enthusiasm for the violin swept across Europe--this was an instrument capable of bewitching virtuosity, with the power to express emotions in a way only before achieved with the human voice. With this new guide to the Baroque violin, and its close cousin, the Baroque viola, distinguished performer and pedagogue Walter Reiter puts this power into the hands of today ... Read more

$44.99 USD

In the early seventeenth century, enthusiasm for the violin swept across Europe--this was an instrument capable of bewitching virtuosity, with the power to express emotions in a way only before achieved with the human voice. With this new guide to the Baroque violin, and its close cousin, the Baroque viola, distinguished performer and pedagogue Walter Reiter puts this power into the hands of today
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Vocal Chamber Music

A Performer's Guide

by Barbara Winchester, Kay Dunlap ...

This invaluable resource is a revised edition of an essential index to vocal works composed for at least one solo voice and one instrument (other than piano or guitar) up to twelve solo voices and twelve solo instruments. The book includes a brief introduction on how to teach vocal chamber music, with tips on running a successful ensemble.Vocal Chamber Music: A Performer's Guide, 2nd Edition is a ... Read more

$64.99 USD

This invaluable resource is a revised edition of an essential index to vocal works composed for at least one solo voice and one instrument (other than piano or guitar) up to twelve solo voices and twelve solo instruments. The book includes a brief introduction on how to teach vocal chamber music, with tips on running a successful ensemble.Vocal Chamber Music: A Performer's Guide, 2nd Edition is a
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An Introduction to Japanese Folk Performing Arts

by Terence A. Lancashire ...

Series series SOAS Studies in Music
Japanese folk performing arts incorporate a body of entertainments that range from the ritual to the secular. They may be the ritual dances at Shinto shrines performed to summon and entertain deities; group dances to drive away disease-bearing spirits; or theatrical mime to portray the tenets of Buddhist teachings. These ritual entertainments can have histories of a thousand years or more and, ... Read more

$84.99 USD

Japanese folk performing arts incorporate a body of entertainments that range from the ritual to the secular. They may be the ritual dances at Shinto shrines performed to summon and entertain deities; group dances to drive away disease-bearing spirits; or theatrical mime to portray the tenets of Buddhist teachings. These ritual entertainments can have histories of a thousand years or more and,
... Read more

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