Author : Mark Kroll
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 27,87 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 : Ann Bond
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 24,67 MB
Release : 2003-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781574670639
This practical guide treats the mechanics and evolution of the instrument, and offers a survey of its literature. The author provides valuable advice on touch and technique, including articulation and fingering, with a lucid exposition of the issues involved in historical performance practice and a clear explanation of ornamentation. The repertoire of each of the great national schools is presented and discussed, with four representative pieces singled out for detailed analysis. More advanced players will welcome the author's suggestions on continuo playing and the helpful discussion of tuning and temperaments. From advice on acquiring a harpsichord, to wise counsel on how to play it and what music to choose, to suggestions on maintenance and tuning, A Guide to the Harpsichord is an indispensable companion for both beginning and advanced harpsichordists.
Author : John Butt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 31,16 MB
Release : 1997-06-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521587808
The Cambridge Companion to Bach, first published in 1997, goes beyond a basic life-and-works study to provide a late twentieth-century perspective on J. S. Bach the man and composer. The book is divided into three parts. Part One is concerned with the historical context, the society, beliefs and the world-view of Bach's age. The second part discusses the music and Bach's compositional style, while Part Three considers Bach's influence and the performance and reception of his music through the succeeding generations. This Companion benefits from the insights and research of some of the most distinguished Bach scholars, and from it the reader will gain a notion of the diversity of current thought on this great composer.
Author : Nicholas Thistlethwaite
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 32,84 MB
Release : 1999-03-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 1107494036
This Companion is an essential guide to all aspects of the organ and its music. It examines in turn the instrument, the player and the repertoire. The early chapters tell of the instrument's history and construction, identify the scientific basis of its sounds and the development of its pitch and tuning, examine the history of the organ case, and consider the current trends and conflicts within the world of organ building. Central chapters investigate the practical art of learning and playing the organ, introduce the complex area of performance practice, and outline the relationship between organ playing and the liturgy of the church. The final section explores the vast repertoire of organ music, focusing on a selection of the most important traditions.
Author : David Rowland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 31,81 MB
Release : 1998-11-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521479868
A Companion to the piano, one of the world's most popular instruments.
Author : Victor Coelho
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 36,20 MB
Release : 2019-09-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1107030269
The first collection of academic essays focused entirely on the musical, historical, cultural and media impact of the Rolling Stones.
Author : Caryl Clark
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 34,41 MB
Release : 2005-11-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 1139827227
This Companion provides an accessible and up-to-date introduction to the musical work and cultural world of Joseph Haydn. Readers will gain an understanding of the changing social, cultural, and political spheres in which Haydn studied, worked, and nurtured his creative talent. Distinguished contributors provide chapters on Haydn and his contemporaries, his working environments in Eisenstadt and Eszterháza, and humor and exoticism in Haydn's oeuvre. Chapters on the reception of his music explore keyboard performance practices, Haydn's posthumous reputation, sound recordings and images of his symphonies. The book also surveys the major genres in which Haydn wrote, including symphonies, string quartets, keyboard sonatas and trios, sacred music, miscellaneous vocal genres, and operas composed for Eszterháza and London.
Author : Laura Hamer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 26,90 MB
Release : 2021-05-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 1108470289
An overview of women's work in classical and popular music since 1900 as performers, composers, educators and music technologists.
Author : Kenneth Gloag
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 13,24 MB
Release : 2013-01-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1107021979
This Companion provides a wide ranging and accessible study of one of the most individual composers of the twentieth century. A team of international scholars shed new light on Tippett's major works and draw attention to those that have not yet received the attention they deserve.
Author : Simon P. Keefe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 37,37 MB
Release : 2005-10-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521834834
A rare volume dedicated entirely to scholarship on the genre of the concerto.
