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A Companion to one of the principal creative figures in Baroque music.
Author : Donald Burrows
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 32,75 MB
Release : 1997-12-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521456135
A Companion to one of the principal creative figures in Baroque music.
Author : Mark Kroll
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 40,41 MB
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 1107156076
Covers every aspect of the harpsichord and its music, including composers, genres, national styles, tuning, and the art of harpsichord building.
Author : Annette Landgraf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,69 MB
Release : 2013-10-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781107666405
George Frideric Handel was born and educated in Germany, flourished in Italy, and chose to become British. One of the most cosmopolitan of the great composers, much of Handel's music has remained in the popular repertory since his lifetime, and a broad variety of his music theatre works from Italian operas to English oratorios have experienced a dramatic renaissance since the late twentieth century. A large number of publications devoted to Handel's life and music have appeared from his own time to the present day, but The Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia gathers the full range of present knowledge and leading scholarship into a single volume for convenient and illuminating reference. Packed with well over 700 informative and accessible entries, both long and short, this book is ideal for performers, scholars, students and music lovers who wish to explore the Handelian world.
Author : Annette Landgraf
Publisher :
Page : 872 pages
File Size : 50,16 MB
Release : 2009-11-26
Category : Music
ISBN :
From Arias to Zadok the Priest - over 700 entries by international experts explore all aspects of Handel's life and work.
Author : David Rowland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 14,97 MB
Release : 1998-11-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521479868
A Companion to the piano, one of the world's most popular instruments.
Author : Robin Stowell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 44,19 MB
Release : 2003-11-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 1139826549
This Companion offers a concise and authoritative survey of the string quartet by eleven chamber music specialists. Its fifteen carefully structured chapters provide coverage of a stimulating range of perspectives previously unavailable in one volume. It focuses on four main areas: the social and musical background to the quartet's development; the most celebrated ensembles; string quartet playing, including aspects of contemporary and historical performing practice; and the mainstream repertory, including significant 'mixed ensemble' compositions involving string quartet. Various musical and pictorial illustrations and informative appendixes, including a chronology of the most significant works, complete this indispensable guide. Written for all string quartet enthusiasts, this Companion will enrich readers' understanding of the history of the genre, the context and significance of quartets as cultural phenomena, and the musical, technical and interpretative problems of chamber music performance. It will also enhance their experience of listening to quartets in performance and on recordings.
Author : Nicholas Till
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 39,72 MB
Release : 2012-10-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521855616
The first comprehensive attempt to map the current field of opera studies by leading scholars in the discipline.
Author : Donald Burrows
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 16,76 MB
Release : 2012-06-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0199737363
Handel was a defining figure of the late Baroque era, perhaps best known for bringing the oratorio form to an English-speaking audience. This insightful study brings to life the glory of his artistry, his elusive personality and the flavour of his time.
Author : Colin James Lawson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 37,35 MB
Release : 2003-04-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521001328
This guide to the orchestra and orchestral life is unique in its breadth of coverage. It combinesorchestral history and repertory with a practical bias offering critical thought about the past, present and future of the orchestra. Including topics such as the art of orchestration, scorereading, conducting, international orchestras, recording, as well as consideration of what it means to be an orchestral musician, an educator, or an informed listener, it will be of interest to a wideranging readership of music historians and professional or amateur performers.
Author : Christopher Hogwood
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 35,53 MB
Release : 2005-11-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521836364
A study of Handel's best-known public music: Water Music, and Music for the Royal Fireworks.