Author : James Camner
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 32,10 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780486252407
This volume picks up where The Great Opera Stars in Historic Photographs left off. It is a record covering the postwar years to the present. Although most of the great stars of recent years will be found here, limitations of space and availability of photographs were also factors determining inclusion. With a few important exceptions, duplication of singers represented in the earlier volume has been avoided. - Introduction.
Author : Albert Schweitzer
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 39,35 MB
Release : 1966-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780486216317
Volume 1 of 2-volume set. This stimulating narrative traces Bach's life; discusses contemporary artistic and philosophical movements; assesses the work of his predecessors Schutz, Scheidt, Buxtehude, etc., analyzes Bach's own work; and passes on brilliant recommendations for performance — tempo, phrasing, accentuation, dynamics, etc. Translated by Ernest Newman.
Author : Cuthbert Girdlestone
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 28,92 MB
Release : 1969-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780486262000
Definitive, full-scale biography and critical study of great 18th-century composer. Rameau's life and times, influence on Gluck, acoustic and harmonic theories, other topics, plus full treatment of great operas and ballets. Over 300 musical examples.
Author : Eric Walter White
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 19,95 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780486297552
Fascinating critical and biographical portrait of famed 20th-century composer includes commentary on the evolution of such masterworks as The Firebird, Petrouchka, Le Sacre du Printemps, Pulcinella, and Histoire du Soldat.
Author : Spike Hughes
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 32,32 MB
Release : 1972-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780486228587
Music excerpts are presented to show Mozart's use of tonal quality, voice interaction, and mood and melody changes in his five greatest operas
Author : Sir James H. Jeans
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 20,30 MB
Release : 2012-06-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 0486139743
Distinguished physicist describes the scientific principles of musical sound in a non-technical way: development of human hearing, properties of sound curves, transmission and reproduction of sound curves, more. Includes 75 illustrations.
Author : Gail Grant
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 26,46 MB
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780486218434
Gail Grant's "Technical Manual" has long been one of the most popular and effective ballet reference guides. Completely revised and updated, this third edition is virtually a new work and should be owned by every student, teacher, choreographer, and ballet enthusiast - even those who purchased the second edition. Extensive revision, explansion and the inclusion of more than 300 new terms have added immeasurably the value of this concise, definitive manual.
Author : Arbie Orenstein
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 10,57 MB
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780486266336
The standard Ravel biography by the world's foremost authority — brilliantly detailed and documented, filled with quotations from letters, interviews with the composer's friends, an illuminating analysis of each of his works, a study of his musical esthetics and language, a complete catalog of his works, and a discography. "Highly recommended" — Choice. Includes 48 illustrations.
Author : Hector Berlioz
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 47,85 MB
Release : 1932-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780486215631
Self-revelations of tormented great composer; musical life in Paris, Wagner and other contemporaries, musical opinions, much more. 11 plates.
Author : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 23,79 MB
Release : 1972-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780486228594
Over 100 often hilarious, sometimes sad, but always articulate letters from one of the most charismatic composers in history. Features his witty observations of royalty and their patronage, music, his family, his poverty, more.
