Author : Marion Verhaalen
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 20,19 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
A comprehensive survey of this significant composer's works, with sampler CD.
Author : Marion Verhaalen
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 35,74 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
A comprehensive survey of this significant composer's works, with sampler CD.
Author : Márcio Bezerra
Publisher : New Consonant Music
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 36,37 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Composers
ISBN : 2873040009
Author : David P. Appleby
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 35,11 MB
Release : 2014-05-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 0292767595
Here is the most comprehensive history of Brazilian music available in English. Concise yet remarkably detailed, it provides professional musicologists and music lovers alike with a clear outline of the major trends, important composers, and currents of thought that have shaped the folk, popular, and art music that are an important part of Brazil's unique cultural heritage. The Music of Brazil contains over seventy musical examples representing musical idiom and form throughout recent history. A useful glossary introduces the reader to the key terms of Brazilian music, from agogô—a percussion instrument composed of two bells—to xocalho—a wooden or metal rattler.
Author : Madalena Soveral
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 26,56 MB
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : Music
ISBN : 1527569934
This collection addresses different issues involving performance and musical creation in contemporary piano music. Organised into three sections, it examines the aesthetic and technical aspects of musical creation in the 20th century, and evaluates the questions that these aspects pose regarding the interpretative and performative process. It also offers a reflection on artistic practices in the 21st century, and explores their contribution to redefining the contemporary performative field.
Author : Miguel Ficher
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 26,34 MB
Release : 2002-10-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 1461669111
Building on the strengths of the first edition, the second edition of Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary presents expanded and updated coverage of its topic with an aim to be comprehensive. The authors have conducted exhaustive research to fill in gaps and correct minor errors in the first edition, adding young composers and documenting deaths since 1996, when the first edition appeared. Hundreds of composers are represented in this volume, which presents biographical data, including dates of birth and death, personal information about composers' background and training, and a selective listing of each composer's works. Sources for further study are noted within each entry. An index of composers by country rounds out this work.
Author : Maurice Hinson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 33,6 MB
Release : 2023-11-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 0253067294
Originally published in 1997, The Pianist's Bookshelf, was, according to the Library Journal, "a unique and valuable tool." Now rewritten for a modern audience, this second edition expands into the 21st century. A completely revised update, The Pianist's Bookshelf, Second Edition, comes to the rescue of pianists overwhelmed by the abundance of books, videos, and other works about the piano. In this clear, easy-to-use reference book, Maurice Hinson and Wesley Roberts survey hundreds of sources and provide concise, practical annotations for each item, thus saving the reader hours of precious research time. In addition to the main listings of entries, such as "Chamber Music" and "Piano Duet," the book has indexes of authors, composers, and performers. A handy reference from the masters of piano bibliography, The Pianist's Bookshelf, Second Edition, will be an invaluable resource to students, teachers, and musicians.
Author : Pan American Union
Publisher :
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 45,42 MB
Release : 1942
Category : America
ISBN :
Author : Pan American Union
Publisher :
Page : 1084 pages
File Size : 32,59 MB
Release : 1937
Category : America
ISBN :
Author : Marshall C. Eakin
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 24,2 MB
Release : 2005-10-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780299207700
Envisioning Brazil is a comprehensive and sweeping assessment of Brazilian studies in the United States. Focusing on synthesis and interpretation and assessing trends and perspectives, this reference work provides an overview of the writings on Brazil by United States scholars since 1945. "The Development of Brazilian Studies in the United States," provides an overview of Brazilian Studies in North American universities. "Perspectives from the Disciplines" surveys the various academic disciplines that cultivate Brazilian studies: Portuguese language studies, Brazilian literature, art, music, history, anthropology, Amazonian ethnology, economics, politics, and sociology. "Counterpoints: Brazilian Studies in Britain and France" places the contributions of U.S. scholars in an international perspective. "Bibliographic and Reference Sources" offers a chronology of key publications, an essay on the impact of the digital age on Brazilian sources, and a selective bibliography.
