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A practical guide for guitarists searching for new repertoire that
includes women composers, this unique work lists musical works by
instrumentation followed by biographies of each composer. The
format first leads users to available pieces in possible ensembles
and then to the biographical section, which introduces them to the
composers, many of whom have been completely unknown in the guitar
world. Appendixes list addresses for composers and publishers.
Indexes cross reference composers with their works. Instrumentation
entries include titles, composer names, publisher names, specific
instruments, and length and description of the piece for indication
of style. In the biographical entries, sources are given to guide
the reader to more complete information about the composer. These
features, combined with valuable appendixes, indexes, and
cross-referencing capabilities from section to section, make this
work easy to use.
Since forming the seminal art rock band Throwing Muses while still
in her teens, Kristin Hersh has been at the forefront of
alternative music, acclaimed for her raw, visceral and poetic
songwriting. Here, collected for the first time, are the lyrics to
one hundred songs, curated by the woman who wrote them. From
Throwing Muses classics like 'Bright Yellow Gun' to solo material
such as 'Your Ghost' and her songs with 50 Foot Wave, Nerve Endings
encapsulates one of the most fascinating and honest careers in
modern rock music.
The Oxford Handbook of Film Music Studies charts the
interdisciplinary activity around music in visual media, addressing
the primary areas of inquiry: history, genre and medium, analysis
and criticism, and interpretation. Chapters in Part I cover the
range most broadly, from the relations of music and the soundtrack
to opera and film, textual representation of film sound, film music
as studied by cognitive scientists, and Hanns Eisler's work as film
composer and co-author of the foundational text Composing for the
Films (1947). Part II addresses genre and medium with chapters
focusing on cartoons and animated films, the film musical, music in
arcade and early video games, and the interplay of film, music, and
recording over the past half century. The chapters in Part III
offer case studies in interpretation along with extended critical
surveys of theoretical models of gender, sexuality, and
subjectivity as they impinge on music and sound. The three chapters
on analysis in Part IV are diverse: one systematically models
harmonies used in recent films, a second looks at issues of music
and film temporality, and a third focuses on television. Chapters
on history (Part V) cover topics including musical antecedents in
nineteenth-century theater, the complex issues in sychronization of
music in performance of early (silent) films, international
practices in early film exhibition, and the symphony orchestra in
film.
200 songs by Handel, Purcell, Boyce, Flacton, Green et al. "A
Collection of the most Celebrated English and Scots Songs, Neatly
Engrav'd and Embelish'd with Designs adapted to the Subject of each
Song taken from the Compositions of the Best masters in the most
Correct Manner with the thorough Bass and Transcriptions for the
Flute... ." "London Engraved by Henry Roberts. Printed and sold by
John Simpson at the Bass Viol and Flute in Sweetings Alley at the
East Door of the Royal Exchange... ." This is a facsimile of the
1746 edition.
Exploring the parallel development of the brass band movement and
religious fervor in late 19th-century America, this work includes
illustrations from original materials as well as scores for 22
works. While the choral tradition has remained strong in churches,
in this earlier period both choral and instrumental forms were
equally popular. This study begins with solo cornet parts, used by
men like George Ives to lead the singing at revival meetings, and
ends with an extensive band arrangement of Pleyel's Hymn. Extensive
historical notes, old-time illustrations, and sacred music make
this a most interesting and useful reference book. An enormous
amount of music was written and arranged for the popular brasswinds
at the time, some of which was sacred music for the church.
Changing taste and secularism resulted in the loss of the entire
body of written and arranged sacred music for brass, once as
cherished in church performance as the choral tradition is today.
For scholars and performers interested in the variety of music
produced in the United States during the 19th century.
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Piae Cantiones
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George Ratcliffe Woodward; Compiled by Jacobus Finno; Contributions by Theodoricus Petri Rutha
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The New International Edition of Suzuki Piano School, Volume 2
includes French, German and Spanish translations, new Romantic and
20th-century pieces, as well as a newly recorded CD performed by
internationally renowned recording artist Seizo Azuma. Now the book
and CD can be purchased together or separately. The contents have
changed slightly with minimal reordering of the music. The Mozart
Minuet and Bach Musette from the earlier edition were eliminated
and replaced with two new 20th-century pieces by BartA3k (noted
below), and the Bach "Minuet in G Minor" (from J. S. Bachas
Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach) has been moved to Volume 3. Other
improvements include a cleaner appearance with less editing and
spacious new engravings, as well as more detailed titles that
include the keys, sources, composer dates, and catalog numbers.
Titles: Acossaise (J. N. Hummel) * A Short Story (H. Lichner) * The
Happy Farmer, from Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 10 (R.
Schumann) * Minuet in G Major, BWV 822 (J. S. Bach) * Minuet in G
Major, from J. S. Bach's Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
(Anonymous) * Minuet in G Minor, BWV 822 (J. S. Bach) * Cradle
Song, Op. 13, No. 2 (C. M. von Weber) * Arietta (W. A. Mozart) *
Hungarian Folk Song, from For Children, Sz. 42 (BA(c)la BartA3k) *
Melody, from Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 1 (R. Schumann) *
Minuet in G Major, from J. S. Bach's Notebook for Anna Magdalena
Bach (C. Petzold) * Sonatina in G Major, Anh. 5 (Moderato, Romance)
(L. van Beethoven) * Children at Play, from For Children, Sz. 42
(BA(c)la BartA3k).
The American Song Book, Volume I: The Tin Pan Alley Era is the
first in a projected five-volume series of books that will reprint
original sheet music, including covers, of songs that constitute
the enduring standards of Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, the
Gershwins, and other lyricists and composers of what has been
called the "Golden Age" of American popular music. These songs have
done what popular songs are not supposed to do-stayed popular. They
have been reinterpreted year after year, generation after
generation, by jazz artists such as Charlie Parker and Art Tatum,
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. In the 1950s, Frank Sinatra
began recording albums of these standards and was soon followed by
such singers as Tony Bennet, Doris Day, Willie Nelson, and Linda
Ronstadt. In more recent years, these songs have been reinterpreted
by Rod Stewart, Harry Connick, Jr., Carly Simon, Lady GaGa, K.D.
Laing, Paul McCartney, and, most recently, Bob Dylan. As such,
these songs constitute the closest thing America has to a repertory
of enduring classical music. In addition to reprinting the sheet
music for these classic songs, authors Philip Furia and Laurie
Patterson place these songs in historical context with essays about
the sheet-music publishing industry known as Tin Pan Alley, the
emergence of American musical comedy on Broadway, and the "talkie"
revolution that made possible the Hollywood musical. The authors
also provide biographical sketches of songwriters, performers, and
impresarios such as Florenz Ziegfeld. In addition, they analyze the
lyrical and musical artistry of each song and relate anecdotes,
sometimes amusing, sometimes poignant, about how the songs were
created. The American Songbook is a book that can be read for
enjoyment on its own or be propped on the piano to be played and
sung.
"A tapestry of plays, stories, and letters artistically woven
together to form a beautiful new work worthy of Chekhov's own heart
and hand. The American artists Sharon Gans and Jordan Charney have
reconceived Chekhov in their duets and arias with sensitivity and
passion of the finest dramatic caliber. The true wonder and
character of Chekhov shines through...enlightening!" - Moscow
Contemporary Theater
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Robot Soup
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Bart King; Illustrated by Jacob Wenzka
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