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Cesar Franck (1822 1890), Belgian born and French domiciled, was
one of the most remarkable composers of the 19th century. A number
of his works are commonly recorded such as his Symphony in D Minor,
Symphonic Variations, Violin Sonata, and the ever-popular Panis
Angelicus and yet 38 years have elapsed since a biography of him
appeared in English. Now with Cesar Franck: His Life and Times, R.
J. Stove fills this gap in the history of late 19th-century
classical music with a full-length study of the man and his music.
Drawing on sources never before cited in English, Stove paints a
far more detailed picture of this great musician and deeply loved
man, whose influence in both his native and adopted lands was
exceptional. Stove carefully delves into intimate matters of Franck
s life, including his resilience in the face of his exploitation as
a child prodigy at the piano, his development from a shy and
harassed piano teacher into one of the most sought-after luminaries
of Paris s Conservatoire, and the truth behind Franck s alleged
affair with one of his students. Throughout his study, Stove
interweaves panoramic surveys of the political and social scene in
Belgium and France, contextualizing Franck s achievements in his
historical milieu, from his rise as a recognized master of the
organ to his dealings with significant composers such as Liszt,
Gounod, Saint-Saens, Massenet, Chabrier, and others. Cesar Franck:
His Life and Times is an engagingly written biography sure to
interest classical music listeners of all stripes."
Solo arrangements of 86 all-time favorites by 39 composers.
Includes: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach) * Symphony No. 5
(Beethoven) * Habanera (Bizet) * The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
(Debussy) * Panis Angelicus (Franck) * William Tell Overture
(Rossini) * Gymnopedie No. 1 (Satie) * By the Beautiful Blue Danube
(Strauss) * and more.
Classical Recording: A Practical Guide in the Decca Tradition is
the authoritative guide to all aspects of recording acoustic
classical music. Offering detailed descriptions, diagrams, and
photographs of fundamental recording techniques such as the Decca
tree, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the essential
skills involved in successfully producing a classical recording.
Written by engineers with years of experience working for Decca and
Abbey Road Studios and as freelancers, Classical Recording equips
the student, the interested amateur, and the practising
professional with the required knowledge and confidence to tackle
everything from solo piano to opera.
(Music Sales America). Work for solo piano dating from 1911.
Being an American Romantic composer, Gottschalk was one of the
first classically trained pianists to incorporate examples of
Creole, Latin American, and Afro American dance rhythms within
European musical forms.
Music at German Courts serves to illustrate the extraordinary
diversity of eighteenth-century German court music establishments
without losing sight of what these Kapellen had in common. What was
musical life at German courts really like during the eighteenth
century? Were musical ensembles as diverse as the Holy Roman
Empire's kaleidoscopic political landscape? Through a series of
individual case studies contributed by leading scholars from
Germany, Poland, the United States, Canada, and Australia, this
book investigates the realities of musical life at fifteen German
courts of varied size (ranging from kingdoms to principalities),
religious denomination, and geographical location. Significant
shifts that occurred in the artistic priorities of each court are
presented through a series of "snapshots"- in effect "core sample"
years - which highlight both individualand shared patterns of
development and decline. What emerges from the wealth of primary
source material examined in this volume is an in-depth picture of
music-making within the daily life of individual courts, featuring
a cast ofmusic directors, instrumentalists, and vocalists, together
with numerous support staff drawn from across Europe. Music at
German Courts serves to illustrate the extraordinary diversity of
eighteenth-century German court music establishments without losing
sight of what these Kapellen had in common. SAMANTHA OWENS is
Associate Professor in Musicology at the University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia. BARBARA M. REUL is Associate Professor of
Musicology at Luther College, University of Regina, Canada. JANICE
B. STOCKIGT is a Principal Fellow of the University of Melbourne,
Australia. Contributors: DIETER KIRSCH, URSULA KRAMER, MICHAEL
MAUL, MARYOLESKIEWICZ, SAMANTHA OWENS, RASHID-S. PEGAH, BAERBEL
PELKER, BARBARA M. REUL, WOLFGANG RUF, BERT SIEGMUND, JANICE B.
STOCKIGT, MICHAEL TALBOT, RUEDIGER THOMSEN-FUERST, ALINA
ZORAWSKA-WITKOWSKA, STEVEN ZOHN
Hearing Rhythm and Meter: Analyzing Metrical Consonance and
Dissonance in Common-Practice Period Music is the first book to
present a comprehensive course text on advanced analysis of rhythm
and meter. This book brings together the insights of recent
scholarship on rhythm and meter in a clear and engaging
presentation, enabling students to understand topics including
hypermeter and metrical dissonance. From the Baroque to the
Romantic era, Hearing Rhythm and Meter emphasizes listening,
enabling students to recognize meters and metrical dissonances by
type both with and without the score. The textbook includes
exercises for each chapter and is supported by a full-score
anthology. PURCHASING OPTIONS Textbook (Print Paperback):
978-0-8153-8448-9 Textbook (Print Hardback): 978-0-8153-8447-2
Textbook (eBook): 978-1-351-20431-6 Anthology (Print Paperback):
978-0-8153-9176-0 Anthology (Print Hardback): 978-0-367-34924-0
Anthology (eBook): 978-1-351-20083-7
Provides examples that instructors can readily apply in their
teaching, enabling deeper inclusion of Black composers in the music
theory curriculum on a practical level This book includes
discussion of a wide variety of genres, including: jazz and popular
music (including R&B, funk, and pop), string quartets, piano
pieces, concertos, symphonies, and art songs Addresses Black
composers and musicians working in a wide range of musical styles,
including classical and popular works
(Vocal Collection). This is the most serious and useful collection
yet published of solo arias from oratorios, masses and cantatas.
The literature was confined to work by major composers, and
by-passes the dated oratorio literature found in previous
collections. The most famous music is here, and so is interesting
and less famous music by masters. There are new music engravings
for each aria, and extensive historical notes and translations.
Solo instrumental obbligato parts, which can be cut from the book,
are included on appropriate selections.
Putting forward an extensive new argument for a humanities-based
approach to big-data analysis, The Music in the Data shows how
large datasets of music, or music corpora, can be productively
integrated with the qualitative questions at the heart of music
research. The author argues that as well as providing objective
evidence, music corpora can themselves be treated as texts to be
subjectively read and creatively interpreted, allowing new levels
of understanding and insight into music traditions. Each chapter in
this book asks how we define a core music-theory topic, such as
style, harmony, meter, function, and musical key, and then
approaches the topic through considering trends within large
musical datasets, applying a combination of quantitative analysis
and qualitative interpretation. Throughout, several basic
techniques of data analysis are introduced and explained, with
supporting materials available online. Connecting the empirical
information from corpus analysis with theories of musical and
textual meaning, and showing how each approach can enrich the
other, this book provides a vital perspective for scholars and
students in music theory, musicology, and all areas of music
research.
What does classical music mean to the Western World? How has it
transformed over the centuries? With such a rich tradition, what
relevance does it have today? Julian Johnson inspires readers to
explore the field, and examines how music is related to some of the
big ideas of Western experience including spirituality, emotion,
the weight of history, and self identity.
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Faure's Sicilienne from Pelleas et Melisande for flute and Piano,
edited and arranged by Robert Bigio.
(Vocal Collection). With this 15-version collection, you'll always
be ready to play Albert Hay Malotte's sacred classic anytime,
anywhere, for anyone. The Revised Edition of this indispensable
book is now even more valuable. In addition to Malotte's classic in
five keys for solo voice and organ (E-flat, D-flat, C, B-flat, G),
the same five keys for solo voice and piano, and a solo piano and
solo organ arrangement, there are three vocal duet arrangements
included soprano and alto (which could be sung by a soprano and
baritone), soprano and tenor, and alto and baritone. The book is a
great value; the sheet music to all these versions purchased
separately would cost nearly $60
*** With a foreword by Alexander Armstrong. Do you know your Chopin
from your Schubert? Your concerto from your cadenza? The Classic FM
Puzzle Book 365 will sharpen your musical knowledge with a fun and
stimulating puzzle to challenge and entertain you every single day
of the year. From quizzes to wordsearches, logic tests to missing
symbols - via emojis, sudoku, crosswords and more - our classical
music experts have created a compendium of 365 puzzles to keep you
guessing the whole year round.
This top-rated collection of solo literature from the celebrated
Rubank catalog is known by teachers and students everywhere. Each
book offers a superb variety of solos customized for that
instrument, and most state solo/ensemble contest lists include
several solos from this collection. (Piano accompaniment sold
separately.) Now available: Performance/Accompaniment CD (04002515)
Solo Book with Performance/Accompaniment CD (04002516) Now students
can perform these acclaimed solos with high quality recordings.
Includes full performances by professional players, as well as
piano accompaniment tracks.
inch....this work is likely to become a standart work very quickly
and is to be recommended to all schools where recorder studies are
undertaken inch. (Oliver James, Contact Magazine) A novel and
comprehensive approach to transferring from the C to F instrument.
430 music examples include folk and national songs (some in two
parts), country dance tunes and excerpts from the standard treble
repertoire ofBach, Barsanti, Corelli, Handel, Telemann, etc. An
outstanding feature of the book has proved to be Brian Bonsor's
brilliantly simple but highly effective practice circles and
recognition squares designed to give, in only a few minutes,
concentrated practice on the more usual leaps to and from each new
note and instant recognition of random notes. Quickly emulating the
outstanding success of the descant tutors, these books are very
popular even with those who normally use tutors other than the
Enjoy the Recorder series.
Contents: Abenlied (Schumann) * Adagio (Sinding) * Album Leaf, Op.
12 (Grieg) * Allegro spiritoso (Senaille) * Allegro (Schubert) *
Aria (Prokofiev) * The Bells * Berceuse (Faure) * Hungarian Dance
No. 2 (Brahms) * Rondo in D (Mozart) * Siciliano (Bach) * Sonata
No. 12 (Paganini) * Tambourin (Mondonville) * Valse Scherzo No. 2
(Tchaikovsky) * Waltz.
For violin and orchestra (piano reduction).
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