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Consort Suites and Dance Music by Town Musicians in German-Speaking Europe, 1648-1700 (Hardcover, New Ed): Michael Robertson Consort Suites and Dance Music by Town Musicians in German-Speaking Europe, 1648-1700 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Michael Robertson
R4,206 Discovery Miles 42 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This companion volume to The Courtly Consort Suite in German-Speaking Europe surveys an area of music neglected by modern scholars: the consort suites and dance music by musicians working in the seventeenth-century German towns. Conditions of work in the German towns are examined in detail, as are the problems posed by the many untrained travelling players who were often little more than beggars. The central part of the book explores the organisation, content and assembly of town suites into carefully ordered printed collections, which refutes the concept of the so-called 'classical' suite. The differences between court and town suites are dealt with alongside the often-ignored variation suite from the later decades of the seventeenth century and the separate suite-writing traditions of Leipzig and Hamburg. While the seventeenth-century keyboard suite has received a good deal of attention from modern scholars, its often symbiotic relationship with the consort suite has been ignored. This book aims to redress the balance and to deal with one very important but often ignored aspect of seventeenth-century notation: the use of blackened notes, which are rarely notated in a meaningful way in modern editions, with important implications for performance.

The Courtly Consort Suite in German-Speaking Europe, 1650-1706 (Hardcover, New Ed): Michael Robertson The Courtly Consort Suite in German-Speaking Europe, 1650-1706 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Michael Robertson
R4,367 Discovery Miles 43 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Dance music at the courts of seventeenth-century Germany is a genre that is still largely unknown. Dr Michael Robertson sets out to redress the balance and study the ensemble dance suites that were played at the German courts between the end of the Thirty Years War and the early years of the eighteenth century. At many German courts during this time, it was fashionable to emulate everything that was French. As part of this process, German musicians visited Paris throughout the second half of the seventeenth century, and brought French courtly music back with them on their return. For the last two decades of the century, this meant the works of Jean-Baptiste Lully, and his music and its influence spread rapidly through the courts of Europe. Extracts from Lully's dramatic stage works were circulated in both published editions and manuscript. These extracts are considered in some detail, especially in terms of their relationship to the suite. The nobility also played their part in this process: French musicians and German players with specialist knowledge were often hired to coach their German colleagues in the art of playing in the French manner, the franzAsischer Art. The book examines the dissemination of dance music, instrumentation and performance practice, and the differences between the French and Italian styles. It also studies the courtly suites before the advent of Lullism and the differences between the suites of court composers and town musicians. With the possible exception of Georg Muffat's two Florilegium collections of suites, much of the dance music of the German Lullists is largely unknown; court composers such as Cousser, Erlebach, Johann Fischer and Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer all wrote fine collections of ensemble suites, and these are examined in detail. Examples from these suites, some published for the first time, are given throughout the book in order to demonstrate the music's quality and show that its neglect is completely unjustified.

The Baroque Violin & Viola, vol. II - A Fifty-Lesson Course (Paperback): Walter S Reiter The Baroque Violin & Viola, vol. II - A Fifty-Lesson Course (Paperback)
Walter S Reiter
R1,228 Discovery Miles 12 280 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

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's players. Through fifty lessons based on the Reiter's own highly-renowned course at The Royal Conservatory of the Hague, The Baroque Violin & Viola, Volume II provides a comprehensive exploration of the period's rich and varied repertoire. The lessons in Volume II cover the early seventeenth-century Italian sonata, music of the French Baroque, the Galant style, and the sonatas of composers like Schmelzer, Biber, and Bach. Practical exercises are integrated into each lesson, and accompanied by rich video demonstrations on the book's companion website. Brought to life by Reiter's deep insight into key repertoire based on a lifetime of playing and teaching, The Baroque Violin & Viola, Volume II: A Fifty-Lesson Course will enhance performances of professional and amateur musicians alike.

Ludwig van Beethoven - The Piano Sonatas; History, Notation, Interpretation (Paperback): Jan Marisse Huizing Ludwig van Beethoven - The Piano Sonatas; History, Notation, Interpretation (Paperback)
Jan Marisse Huizing; Translated by Gerald R. Mettam
R914 Discovery Miles 9 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A comprehensive and immersive survey of thirty-five Beethoven piano sonatas "Beethoven piano sonatas accompany every pianist, amateur or professional for his or her entire life and constitute one of the most miraculous constants of the human civilization. To help us around the exciting journey through those masterpieces Jan Marisse Huizing combines his expertise, knowledge, and above all his unconditional love for this music."- Alexander Melnikov, pianist Beethoven's piano sonatas are among the iconic cornerstones of the classical music repertoire. Jan Marisse Huizing offers an in-depth study of the sonatas using available autographs, first editions, recordings, and nearly three hundred musical examples. Digging into the historical background and historical performance practice, the book provides illuminating detail on Beethoven's pianism as well as his characteristics of notation, form and content, "types of touch," articulation, beaming, pedal indications, character, rubato, meter, metric constructions, tempo, and metronome marks. Packed with anecdotes, quotations, and considerable new information, the book will inspire all involved with these masterworks, playing a fortepiano or modern Grand, giving the sense of the composer sitting beside them as he translates his inspiration and ideas into his notation.

Suite Antique (Sheet music, Full score): John Rutter Suite Antique (Sheet music, Full score)
John Rutter
R1,040 Discovery Miles 10 400 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

for chamber orchestra The instrumentation for this work is the same as Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.5. The Suite is made up of six movements ranging from a 'Bach-like Aria' to a 'Richard Rodgers-style Waltz'. Rutter's own style comes through most strongly in the final Rondeau with its characteristically forward-driving rhythms and beautiful melodic lines. Evoking an 'antique' spirit, each movement is based on a Baroque or Classical style.

For the beauty of the earth (Sheet music, Reduced orchestration): John Rutter For the beauty of the earth (Sheet music, Reduced orchestration)
John Rutter
R887 Discovery Miles 8 870 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

for SATB and four-piece ensemble Four-piece chamber ensemble accompaniment to Rutter's classic anthem. Pack includes full score and set of parts. Compatible with the SA, SATB, and TTBB vocal scores.

Look at the world (Sheet music, Reduced orchestration): John Rutter Look at the world (Sheet music, Reduced orchestration)
John Rutter
R888 Discovery Miles 8 880 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

for SATB and four-piece ensemble (flute, oboe, harp, organ) Four-piece chamber ensemble accompaniment to Rutter's lively harvest anthem. Pack includes full score and set of parts. Compatible with both the English-only and dual-language vocal score.

Piano Ensemble Music Vol.1 (Book): Barbara Meixner Piano Ensemble Music Vol.1 (Book)
Barbara Meixner
R228 R214 Discovery Miles 2 140 Save R14 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

These books are to be used with the corresponding volumes of the Suzuki Piano School to produce duet or duo versions of the pieces in the original series. Volume 1 titles include: Allegro * Chant Arabe * Christmas Day Secrets * Clair de Lune * French Children's Song * Go Tell Aunt Rhody * Goodbye to Winter * The Honeybee * London Bridge * Long, Long Ago * Lightly Row (Alberti Bass) * Little Playmates * Mary Had a Little Lamb * Musette * Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Variations and more.

Symphonie Fantastique And Harold In Italy - Full Score (Sheet music): Hector Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique And Harold In Italy - Full Score (Sheet music)
Hector Berlioz
R871 R738 Discovery Miles 7 380 Save R133 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Complete, authoritative scores of two Romantic symphonic masterpieces show extra-musical themes of "program music"-and intuitive genius, Shakespearean passion of Berlioz. Includes Symphonie Fantastique "program." Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, 1900-1910 edition.

Making Light - Haydn, Musical Camp, and the Long Shadow of German Idealism (Hardcover): Raymond Knapp Making Light - Haydn, Musical Camp, and the Long Shadow of German Idealism (Hardcover)
Raymond Knapp
R2,659 Discovery Miles 26 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In Making Light Raymond Knapp traces the musical legacy of German Idealism as it led to the declining prestige of composers such as Haydn while influencing the development of American popular music in the nineteenth century. Knapp identifies in Haydn and in early popular American musical cultures such as minstrelsy and operetta a strain of high camp-a mode of engagement that relishes both the superficial and serious aspects of an aesthetic experience-that runs antithetical to German Idealism's musical paradigms. By considering the disservice done to Haydn by German Idealism alongside the emergence of musical camp in American popular music, Knapp outlines a common ground: a humanistically based aesthetic of shared pleasure that points to ways in which camp receptive modes might rejuvenate the original appeal of Haydn's music that has mostly eluded audiences. In so doing, Knapp remaps the historiographical modes and systems of critical evaluation that dominate musicology while troubling the divide between serious and popular music.

Chicago Music Scene - 1960s and 1970s (Hardcover): Dean Milano Chicago Music Scene - 1960s and 1970s (Hardcover)
Dean Milano
R822 R676 Discovery Miles 6 760 Save R146 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Indivisible By Four - A String Quartet In Pursuit Of Harmony (Paperback): Arnold Steinhardt Indivisible By Four - A String Quartet In Pursuit Of Harmony (Paperback)
Arnold Steinhardt
R476 R396 Discovery Miles 3 960 Save R80 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Guarneri Quartet is fabled for its unique longevity and high-spirited virtuosity. Here is its story from the inside--a story filled with drama, humor, danger, compassion, and, of course, glorious music.

A player who studies and performs the exalted string-quartet repertoire has opted for a very special life. Arnold Steinhardt, tracing his own development as a student, orchestra player, and budding young soloist, gives a touching account of how he and his intrepid colleagues were converted to chamber music despite the daunting odds against success. And he reveals, as no one has before, the intensely difficult process by which--on the battlefield of daily three-hour rehearsals--four individualists master and then overcome the confining demands of ensemble playing.

The Art of Quartet Playing - The Guarneri Quartet in Conversation with David Blum (Paperback, New edition): David Blum The Art of Quartet Playing - The Guarneri Quartet in Conversation with David Blum (Paperback, New edition)
David Blum
R569 R477 Discovery Miles 4 770 Save R92 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

How do four instrumentalists with strong individual tastes and temperaments manage to forge a distinctive approach to the music they play? This extraordinary book ushers readers into the workshop of one of the world's most accomplished string quartets. In rich and probing conversations with their longtime friend and musicologist and conductor David Blum, the members of the Guarneri String Quartet, both individually as a group, tell what it is like to play together.

Orchestration (Hardcover): Cecil Forsyth Orchestration (Hardcover)
Cecil Forsyth
R1,162 Discovery Miles 11 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cantina Band for Saxophone Quartet (Paperback): Giordano Muolo Cantina Band for Saxophone Quartet (Paperback)
Giordano Muolo; John Williams
R430 Discovery Miles 4 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Danny Elfman: Piano Quartet (Sheet music): Danny Elfman Danny Elfman: Piano Quartet (Sheet music)
Danny Elfman
R904 R802 Discovery Miles 8 020 Save R102 (11%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Danny Elfman's Piano Quartet comprises thematic variations for piano and string trio cast in five movements: Ein Ding, Kinderspott, Duett fur Vier, Ruhig and Die Wolfsjungen. The idea behind the work stems from a familiar children's playground taunt which can be heard in the second movement. The work playfully cycles through a variety of moods and textures, from the agitated intensity of the first movement so reminiscent of the composer's iconic film music, through to the delicate Adagio, all culminating in Elfman's energetic and impassioned finale.

Moon River for Clarinet Quartet (Paperback): Giordano Muolo Moon River for Clarinet Quartet (Paperback)
Giordano Muolo; Henry Mancini
R430 Discovery Miles 4 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Moon River for Saxophone Quartet (Paperback): Giordano Muolo Moon River for Saxophone Quartet (Paperback)
Giordano Muolo; Henry Mancini
R430 Discovery Miles 4 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Girl from Ipanema for String Quartet (Paperback): Giordano Muolo The Girl from Ipanema for String Quartet (Paperback)
Giordano Muolo; Antonio Carlos Jobim
R430 Discovery Miles 4 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
What a Wonderful World for String Quartet (Paperback): Giordano Muolo What a Wonderful World for String Quartet (Paperback)
Giordano Muolo; Louis Armstrong
R430 Discovery Miles 4 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cabaret (Liza Minnelli) for String Quartet (Paperback): Giordano Muolo Cabaret (Liza Minnelli) for String Quartet (Paperback)
Giordano Muolo; John Kander
R430 Discovery Miles 4 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Collected Chamber Works - in Varying Combinations for Piano & Strings (Paperback): Gary Lloyd Noland Collected Chamber Works - in Varying Combinations for Piano & Strings (Paperback)
Gary Lloyd Noland
R873 R727 Discovery Miles 7 270 Save R146 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Strenuous Life for Clarinet Trio (Paperback): Maurizio Montesardo, Scott Joplin The Strenuous Life for Clarinet Trio (Paperback)
Maurizio Montesardo, Scott Joplin
R316 Discovery Miles 3 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Libertango for String Quartet (Paperback): Giordano Muolo Libertango for String Quartet (Paperback)
Giordano Muolo; Astor Piazzolla
R430 Discovery Miles 4 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Tango Piazzolla for Saxophone Quartet - 3 in 1 Book: Libertango, Oblivion, Adios Noinino (Paperback): Giordano Muolo, Astor... Tango Piazzolla for Saxophone Quartet - 3 in 1 Book: Libertango, Oblivion, Adios Noinino (Paperback)
Giordano Muolo, Astor Piazzolla
R715 Discovery Miles 7 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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