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"The Premier Oboist of Europe": A Portrait of Gustave Vogt
describes the life and achievements of the most prolific composer
of oboe music in the nineteenth century. This book attempts to
stimulate appreciation of Gustave Vogt (1781-1870) as musician and
historical personality. It brings together portraiture, personal
correspondence, concert reviews, autographs, and countless other
documents including Vogt's Conservatoire exam reports, a detailed
work list of Vogt's compositions, and the first complete
transcription and translation of his unpublished oboe method.
Despite his exceptional career and the seminal position in the
history of the oboe, Vogt's long and active career have been
largely passed over. He is remembered primarily for being the
teacher of oboists who took up posts in France and England. In
truth, however, during his long life Vogt witnessed huge
transformations, affecting not only musical fashion but the social
fabric of the world about him. After being trained at the Paris
Conservatoire, he earned considerable repute from his appearances
in concert hall and salon. Like most artists of his day, Vogt
performed his own compositions but was also praised for his skill
as a chamber musician, most notably in the wind quintet that
premiered the works of Anton Reicha. As well as reawakening
appreciation of a musician, known in his day as Europe's greatest
oboist, this book posits an alternative viewpoint by writing
history from the perspective of a musician caught up in the flow of
his times-an extraordinary personality who was representative of
the place and time in which he lived, rather than an exception to
them.
Afro-Cuban music evolved into one of the great musical traditions
of the twentieth century. Trompeta: Chappott'n, Chocolate, and the
Afro-Cuban Trumpet Style provides a comprehensive history of
mainstream Cuban music, examining the music of all its eras from
the perspective of two seminal trumpet players: FZlix Chappott'n
and Alfredo 'Chocolate' Armenteros. One or the other was present at
almost every significant turning point in the stylistic development
of Cuban music. An overview of the entire Afro-Cuban genre and its
development is provided, as well as an in-depth examination of both
Chappott'n's and Armenteros' performance styles.
(Instrumental Folio). 16 pieces from the swashbuckling blockbuster,
including: The Black Pearl * Davy Jones * He's a Pirate * I've Got
My Eye on You * Jack Sparrow * To the Pirate's Cave * Wheel of
Fortune * and more.
(Music Sales America). Written the year before his death, and
dedicated to the memory of Sergey Prokofiev, this piece is the last
of Poulenc's wind sonatas and is a work of profound poignancy and
delicacy. Poulenc would not live to see the piece to fruition, as
the work was published posthumously. This is the 2004 updated and
revised version, edited by Millan Sachania.
This step-by-step instruction book explains everything required to
master the basics of tin whistle playing. This easy,
straightforward approach to playing the penny whistle has countless
diagrams and symbols and comes complete with a wide selection of
simple tunes and traditional songs from around the globe. Contents:
A Bunch of Thyme * A Donegal Mazurka * An Buachaill Caol Dubh *
Andersons * Blind Mary * Come Back Paddy Reilly * Going to the Well
for Water * Im Bim Babaro * Kathleen Hehir * Munster Buttermilk *
Pilib an Cheoil * Saratoga Hornpipe * Still I Love Him * Sweeney's
Dream * The Bag of Spuds * The Bantry Girls' Lament * The
Blacksmith's Reel * The Boy in the Boat * The Boy in the Gap * The
Cliffs of Dooneen * The Derry Air * The Old Shandy Bohereen * The
Poor Irish Boy * The Star of the County Down * The Three Sea
Captains * The Versevienna * The Wet December.
This collection features a selection of classical pieces by the
world's most renowned composers: Johann Sebastian Bach, George
Frideric Handel, Johannes Pachelbel, Antonio Vivaldi, Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner, Johannes
Brahms, Johann Strauss, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Giuseppe Verdi, Edvard
Grieg and Edward Elgar. For the beginnner Trumpet & Piano
player. Includes: 1812 Overture A Little Night Music The Blue
Danube Bridal Chorus Canon in D Dance of the Flowers Greensleeves
In the Hall of the Mountain King Jesu, Joy Of Man Desiring La Donna
e Mobile Land of Hope and Glory Lullaby Ode to Joy Spring - Four
Seasons Water Music
This is a comprehensive introduction to the art of playing recorder
sonatas, written by a teacher and player of wide experience. It is
designed not only for students and teachers, but also for those
self-taught recorder players who have reached the point where they
feel ready to embark upon solo sonata playing. It aims to encourage
players whose experience has been limited to consort music to
extend their playing to sonatas by Handel, Telemann, and others, so
increasing their enjoyment and skill in recorder playing in all its
varied forms. Through this book they will encounter sonatas from
the seventeenth, eighteenth, and twentieth centuries, which often
make challenging demands upon the recorder's expressive
capabilities. Each of the sonatas considered is described in
relation to its musical background (illustrated by parallels with
other arts) and to the performance practices of each period.
(Music Sales America). The score for Poulenc's Sonata for Clarinet
and Bassoon.
(Instructional). 12 of his best for the beginning player,
including: Forever In Love * Silhouette * Songbird * The Wedding
Song * and more.
9 songs arranged to be easy-to-play on electronic keyboards. Titles
include: All I Ask of You * Angel of Music * Masquerade * The Music
of the Night * The Phantom of the Opera * The Point of No Return *
Prima Donna * Think of Me * Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again.
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