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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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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
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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.
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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

$64.99 USD

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
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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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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
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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

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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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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

$10.99 USD

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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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

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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
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...
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朱塞佩·威尔第、贾科莫·普契尼：室内乐声乐作品选集

by 周玲 ...

《朱塞佩·威尔第、贾科莫·普契尼室内乐声乐作品选集》教材分为两部分：第一部分是16首威尔第的室内乐声乐作品和两套浪漫曲，歌词均选用了伟大诗人的诗作，蕴含了很高的艺术价值，作品音域适中，旋律优美而流畅，富有英雄般的豪放气质，具有典型的威尔第风格和独特的艺术魅力；第二部分是11首普契尼的室内乐声乐作品，这些作品在国内编译出版尚属首次。周玲，西安音乐学院国家二级教授，旅意声乐教育家，硕士生导师，国家艺术基金评委，教育部学位与研究生教育评审专家。主要从事美声教学、意大利语语音教学以及意大利歌剧与表演研究。曾被意大利总统授予的“意大利共和国骑士勋章”，陕西省特殊人才支持计划教学名师领军人才。 ... Read more

$23.99 USD

《朱塞佩·威尔第、贾科莫·普契尼室内乐声乐作品选集》教材分为两部分：第一部分是16首威尔第的室内乐声乐作品和两套浪漫曲，歌词均选用了伟大诗人的诗作，蕴含了很高的艺术价值，作品音域适中，旋律优美而流畅，富有英雄般的豪放气质，具有典型的威尔第风格和独特的艺术魅力；第二部分是11首普契尼的室内乐声乐作品，这些作品在国内编译出版尚属首次。周玲，西安音乐学院国家二级教授，旅意声乐教育家，硕士生导师，国家艺术基金评委，教育部学位与研究生教育评审专家。主要从事美声教学、意大利语语音教学以及意大利歌剧与表演研究。曾被意大利总统授予的“意大利共和国骑士勋章”，陕西省特殊人才支持计划教学名师领军人才。
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The Ma'luf in Contemporary Libya

An Arab Andalusian Musical Tradition

by Philip Ciantar ...

Series series SOAS Studies in Music
The musical tradition of Ma'luf is believed to have come to North Africa with Muslim and Jewish refugees escaping the Christian reconquista of Spain between the tenth and seventeenth centuries. Although this Arab Andalusian music tradition has been studied in other parts of the region, until now, the Libyan version has not received Western scholarly attention. This book investigates the place of ... Read more

$77.99 USD

The musical tradition of Ma'luf is believed to have come to North Africa with Muslim and Jewish refugees escaping the Christian reconquista of Spain between the tenth and seventeenth centuries. Although this Arab Andalusian music tradition has been studied in other parts of the region, until now, the Libyan version has not received Western scholarly attention. This book investigates the place of
... Read more
Fantasies from Opera for Violin and Piano

Carmen, Faust, The Magic Flute and Otello

by Henryk Wieniawski, Max Ernst, Pablo de Sarasate, Jeno Hubay ...

Series series Dover Chamber Music Scores
This single-volume compilation features four popular opera fantasies arranged for violin with piano accompaniment. Each of these frequently performed pieces was arranged by a world-class artist and offers the convenience of a separate violin part:Carmen Fantasy from the Opera by Georges Bizet,Op. 25, transcribed by Jenö HubayFantasia on Themes from Gounod's Faust,Op. 20, transcribed by Henri ... Read more

$11.99 USD

This single-volume compilation features four popular opera fantasies arranged for violin with piano accompaniment. Each of these frequently performed pieces was arranged by a world-class artist and offers the convenience of a separate violin part:Carmen Fantasy from the Opera by Georges Bizet,Op. 25, transcribed by Jenö HubayFantasia on Themes from Gounod's Faust,Op. 20, transcribed by Henri
... Read more
Hypermetric Manipulations in Haydn and Mozart

Chamber Music for Strings, 1787 - 1791

by Danuta Mirka ...

Series series Oxford Studies in Music Theory
For the past four decades, the concept of hypermeter has been routinely applied to eighteenth-century music. But was this concept familiar in the eighteenth century? If so, how is it reflected in writings of eighteenth-century music theorists? And how does it relate to their discussion of phrase structure? In this book, a follow-up to the award-winning Metric Manipulations in Haydn and Mozart, ... Read more

$100.79 USD

For the past four decades, the concept of hypermeter has been routinely applied to eighteenth-century music. But was this concept familiar in the eighteenth century? If so, how is it reflected in writings of eighteenth-century music theorists? And how does it relate to their discussion of phrase structure? In this book, a follow-up to the award-winning Metric Manipulations in Haydn and Mozart,
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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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Joseph Holbrooke

Composer, Critic, and Musical Patriot

Edited by Paul Watt, Anne-Marie Forbes ...

This is the first scholarly work to document the musical life of Joseph Holbrooke, one of Britain’s most prolific and controversial composers during the first half of the twentieth century. Holbrooke was outspoken on many issues, including the maligned fortunes of British composers, which he believed were brought about by apathy and indifference on the part of critics and the public. Despite ... Read more

$97.99 USD

This is the first scholarly work to document the musical life of Joseph Holbrooke, one of Britain’s most prolific and controversial composers during the first half of the twentieth century. Holbrooke was outspoken on many issues, including the maligned fortunes of British composers, which he believed were brought about by apathy and indifference on the part of critics and the public. Despite
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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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Taarab Music in Zanzibar in the Twentieth Century

A Story of ‘Old is Gold’ and Flying Spirits

by Janet Topp Fargion ...

Series series SOAS Studies in Music
The musical genre of taarab is played for entertainment at weddings and other festive occasions all along the Swahili Coast in East Africa. Taarab contains all the features of a typical 'Indian Ocean' music, combining influences from Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula, India and the West with local musical practices. In Taarab, Music in Zanzibar, Janet Topp Fargion traces the development of the genre in ... Read more

$77.99 USD

The musical genre of taarab is played for entertainment at weddings and other festive occasions all along the Swahili Coast in East Africa. Taarab contains all the features of a typical 'Indian Ocean' music, combining influences from Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula, India and the West with local musical practices. In Taarab, Music in Zanzibar, Janet Topp Fargion traces the development of the genre in
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Urban Politics and Cultural Capital

The Case of Chinese Opera

by Ma Haili ...

This book tells the story of how a regional Chinese theatrical form, Shanghai Yue Opera, evolved from the all-male ’beggar’s song’ of the early twentieth century to become the largest all-female opera form in the nation, only to face increasing pressure to survive under Chinese political and economic reforms in the new millennium. Previous publications have focused mainly on the historical ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This book tells the story of how a regional Chinese theatrical form, Shanghai Yue Opera, evolved from the all-male ’beggar’s song’ of the early twentieth century to become the largest all-female opera form in the nation, only to face increasing pressure to survive under Chinese political and economic reforms in the new millennium. Previous publications have focused mainly on the historical
... 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
Claude Debussy

Ovunque lontano dal mondo

by Enzo Restagno ...

Affascinante ossimoro artistico dell'Ottocento, la vita e la musica di Claude Debussy sono sinonimo di anticonvenzionalità e innovazione. Dietro gli occhi penetranti e la fronte pronunciata, il genio cercava soluzioni fantasiose, dagli esercizi suonati con trasporto alle stravaganze armoniche che portavano all'esasperazione i docenti del Conservatorio di Parigi. Lo stile che, secondo loro, sarebbe ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Affascinante ossimoro artistico dell'Ottocento, la vita e la musica di Claude Debussy sono sinonimo di anticonvenzionalità e innovazione. Dietro gli occhi penetranti e la fronte pronunciata, il genio cercava soluzioni fantasiose, dagli esercizi suonati con trasporto alle stravaganze armoniche che portavano all'esasperazione i docenti del Conservatorio di Parigi. Lo stile che, secondo loro, sarebbe
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Chamber Music

Selections from Essays in Musical Analysis

by Donald Francis Tovey ...

Series series Dover Books On Music: Analysis
This volume features selections from the famous musicologist's acclaimed Essays in Musical Analysis. The contents comprise some of Donald F. Tovey's most important essays, including those on Bach's "Goldberg" Variations and The Art of Fugue as well as considerations of key works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, and Brahms.Tovey's Essays in Musical Analysis rank among the English ... Read more

$11.99 USD

This volume features selections from the famous musicologist's acclaimed Essays in Musical Analysis. The contents comprise some of Donald F. Tovey's most important essays, including those on Bach's "Goldberg" Variations and The Art of Fugue as well as considerations of key works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, and Brahms.Tovey's Essays in Musical Analysis rank among the English
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Handbook of the Barefoot Composer

by Iacopo Del Panta ...

A chat about music between the serious (little) and the facetious (much more) in search of the perfect form in the expression of feeling "In this book I talk about my vision of music and musical aesthetic, starting with the explanation of my main compositions, and going through the story of my personal experience, my education and how I grew up in music and beyond. A book in which I tell my ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A chat about music between the serious (little) and the facetious (much more) in search of the perfect form in the expression of feeling "In this book I talk about my vision of music and musical aesthetic, starting with the explanation of my main compositions, and going through the story of my personal experience, my education and how I grew up in music and beyond. A book in which I tell my
... Read more

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