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After the establishment of the Turkish Republic, Turkey's
secularized society disdained the ney, the Sufi reed flute long
associated with Islam. The instrument's remarkable revival in
today's cities has inspired the creation of teaching and learning
sites that range from private ney studios to cultural and religious
associations and from university clubs to mosque organizations.Banu
enay documents the years-long training required to become a
neyzen-a player of the ney. The process holds a transformative
power that invites students to create a new way of living that
involves alternative relationships with the self and others,
changing perceptions of the city, and a dedication to
craftsmanship. enay visits reed harvesters and travels from studios
to workshops to explore the practical processes of teaching and
learning. She also becomes an apprentice ney-player herself,
exploring the desire for spirituality that encourages apprentices
and masters alike to pursue ney music and its scaffolding of
Islamic ethics and belief.
Notes for Flutists: A Guide to the Repertoire offers important
historical and analytical information about three dozen of the
best-known pieces written for the instrument. Its contextual and
theoretical insights make it an indispensable resource for
professional, amateur, and student flutists. With engaging prose
supported by fact-filled analytical charts, the book offers rich
biographical information and informative analyses to help flutists
gain a more complete understanding of J. S. Bach's Sonata in B
minor, Reinecke's Undine Sonata, Faure's Fantaisie, Hindemith's
Sonata for Flute and Piano, Copland's Duo for Flute and Piano, and
30 other masterpieces. Offering a faithful and comprehensive
resource for understanding the context in which the repertory was
composed, Notes for Flutists details in clear, chronological order
flute repertoire from Georg Philipp Telemann, Gabriel Faure, Claude
Debussy, Luciano Berio to Robert Muczynski and Aaron Copland. Kyle
J. Dzapo offers rich biographical information on each composer and
highlights history's impact on the creation and performance of
notable works for flute. Aimed as a starting point for connecting
performance studies with scholarship, Dr. Dzapo's analysis will
help flutists gain a more complete picture of a given work. Its
contextual and theoretical insights make it essential to musicians
preparing and presenting programs, and detailed historical
information about the work and composer will encourage and equip
readers with the desire and insights to explore other works in a
similarly analytical way. Lending insights to both solo flute and
chamber pieces, Dzapo presents Notes for Flutists as an accessible
music theory and analysis resource, making it indispensible for
students and professionals alike.
More Graded Studies for Saxophone Book Two by Paul Harris brings
together saxophone study repertoire spanning the entire spectrum of
technique from the 19th Century onward and provides a firm
foundation for progress. Featuring core studies alongside specially
composed pieces by Paul Harris, this comprehensive collection
applies the Simultaneous Learning approach to instrumental
technique. Book Two takes the student from Intermediate to Advanced
level (approx. Grades 6-8). The studies are arranged in order of
increasing difficulty according to a carefully planned technical
progression, and each study comes with a list of Simultaneous
Learning musical ingredients for players to explore in preparation
for the music.
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