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The New Beethoven - Evolution, Analysis, Interpretation (Hardcover): Jeremy Yudkin The New Beethoven - Evolution, Analysis, Interpretation (Hardcover)
Jeremy Yudkin; Contributions by Alan Gosman, Barbara Barry, Barry. Cooper, Bruce Adolphe, …
R3,886 Discovery Miles 38 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Marking the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth, this volume presents twenty-one completely new essays on aspects of Beethoven's personal life, his composing process, his manuscripts, and his greatest works. Beethoven's music stands as a universal symbol of personal and artistic achievement. As we reach and then surpass the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth, Jeremy Yudkin has commissioned a collection of new essays from some of the most insightful writers on Beethoven's accomplishments and brought them together in this remarkable volume. Filled with careful explanations, this book gives us completely new insights into music known and loved by people around the world. Ordinary music lovers as well as scholars will find countless new discoveries about Beethoven and his music. Listeners will hear his compositions afresh, and scholars will find new results of research and analysis and new avenues for discovery. Topics include Beethoven's cultural milieu, his personal life, his friends, his publishers, his instruments, his working methods, his own handwritten scores, and, of course, his music. Many works are carefully discussed and explained in ways that reveal fascinating and previously unknown aspects of compositions that we thought we knew well. A landmark publication for all who admire some of the greatest music of our civilization.

Surviving the United Nations - The Unexpected Challenge (Paperback): Robert Bruce Adolph Surviving the United Nations - The Unexpected Challenge (Paperback)
Robert Bruce Adolph
R755 Discovery Miles 7 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Visions and Decisions - Imagination and Technique in Music Composition (Paperback): Bruce Adolphe Visions and Decisions - Imagination and Technique in Music Composition (Paperback)
Bruce Adolphe
R566 Discovery Miles 5 660 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This Element investigates the balance and interaction of imagination (visions) and technique (decisions) in the composition of music and includes current scientific research on dreams, the hypnagogic state, emotions, and feelings. It also includes thoughts of composers past and present, and examines how works start from visions in a range of music, comparing musical ideas and techniques to models in other creative disciplines. The Element elucidates aspects of musical discourse by imagining how Haydn, Mozart, and other composers would order falafel for takeout. This unorthodox approach emphasizes parallels between music and theater that are central to this Element.

The Mind's Ear - Exercises for Improving the Musical Imagination for Performers, Composers, and Listeners (Paperback, 3rd... The Mind's Ear - Exercises for Improving the Musical Imagination for Performers, Composers, and Listeners (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)
Bruce Adolphe
R668 Discovery Miles 6 680 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Mind's Ear offers a unique approach to stimulating the musical imagination and inspiring creativity, as well as providing detailed exercises aimed at improving the ability to read and imagine music in silence, in the "mind's ear." Modelling his exercises on those used in theatre games and acting classes and drawing upon years of experience with improvisation and composition, Bruce Adolphe has written a compelling, valuable, and practical guide to musical creativity that can benefit music students at all levels and help music teachers be more effective and inspiring. This expanded edition offers 34 new exercises inspired by improv comedy, hip-hop sampling and loops, robots, and AI as well as a new section based on Mr. Adolphe's Piano Puzzlers segment on public radio's Performance Today. The book provides provocative ideas and useful tools for professional performers and composers, as well as offering games and exercises to serious listeners that can increase their musical understanding and level of engagement with music in a variety of ways.

Surviving the United Nations - The Unexpected Challenge (Hardcover): Robert Bruce Adolph Surviving the United Nations - The Unexpected Challenge (Hardcover)
Robert Bruce Adolph
R1,059 Discovery Miles 10 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Of Mozart, Parrots, Cherry Blossoms in the Wind - A Composer Explores Mysteries of the Musical Mind (Paperback): Bruce Adolphe Of Mozart, Parrots, Cherry Blossoms in the Wind - A Composer Explores Mysteries of the Musical Mind (Paperback)
Bruce Adolphe
R392 R347 Discovery Miles 3 470 Save R45 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The exhilarating mix of humour, philosophy, fact and whimsy that marks these essays derives from more than 200 lectures Bruce Adolphe has given over more of the past decade, at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Centre and at music festivals around the States. The composer of four operas as well as chamber music, concertos and orchestral works, Adolphe has written for Itzhak Perlman, David Shifrin, the Beaux Arts Trio, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and many other renowned musicians. His essays, however divergent their apparent subjects, all serve a common purpose: to deepen our understanding of how music comes to be and how it may be enjoyed.

What to Listen for in the World (Hardcover, 1st Limelight Ed): Bruce Adolphe What to Listen for in the World (Hardcover, 1st Limelight Ed)
Bruce Adolphe
R639 R552 Discovery Miles 5 520 Save R87 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

(Limelight). With disciplined lyricism and entirely devoid of technical jargon, Bruce Adolphe's book probes into the heart of such matters as the role of memory and imagination in creative expression, the meaning of inspiration, spirituality in music, the challenge of arts education and how music communicates.

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