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Publisher : Music Sales
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,17 MB
Release : 2015-09
Category : Piano music
ISBN : 9781783054695
(Music Sales America). A beautiful collection of 17 original and newly arranged pieces by the great Russian romanticist. Includes: Preludes Op. 23 & Op. 32 * Morceaux de Fantasie * Piano Sonata No. 2 * excerpts from "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" * excerpts from the "Second Symphony."
Author : Yorktown Music Press
Publisher : Yorktown Music Press
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 23,92 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 178323217X
The Joy Of Rachmaninoff is a collection of 17 original and newly-arranged music by the great Russian Romanticist. Pieces Include Preludes Op.23, Op.32, Morceaux de Fantasie, Piano Sonata No.2 and many more. Includes these songs: Élégie [E-flat minor] (No.1 from Morceaux de Fantasie, Op.3) Etudes-tableaux, Op.33 - VIII. Moderato [G minor] Fragments (ii/19/3) [A-flat major] Moments musicaux, Op.16 - V. Adagio sostenuto [D-flat major] Piano Concerto No.2 - 2nd movt Piano Piece [D minor] Piano Sonata No.2, Op.36 [B-flat minor] - II. Non allegro Prélude [C-sharp minor] (No.2 from Morceaux de Fantasie, Op.3) Preludes, Op.23 - V. Alla marcia [G minor] Preludes, Op.23 - X. Largo [G-flat major] Preludes, Op.32 - V. Moderato [G major] Preludes, Op.32 - X. Lento [B minor] Preludes, Op.32 - XII. Allegro [G-sharp minor] Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini Symphony No.2 - 3rd Movement The Bells - II. Largo ('The Mellow Wedding Bells') Vespers (All-Night Vigil), Op.37 - VII. Shestopsalmiye (Glory be to God) Vocalise (No.14 from Fourteen Songs, Op.34)
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Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,58 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781574671049
(Amadeus). This classic work is perhaps Bernstein's finest collection of conversations on the meaning and wonder of music. This book is a must for all music fans who wish to experience music more fully and deeply through one of the most inspired, and inspiring, music intellects of our time. Employing the creative device of "Imaginary Conversations" in the first section of his book, Bernstein illuminates the importance of the symphony in America, the greatness of Beethoven, and the art of composing. The book also includes a photo section and a third section with the transcripts from his televised Omnibus music series, including "Beethoven's Fifth Symphony," "The World of Jazz," "Introduction to Modern Music," and "What Makes Opera Grand."
Author : Philip Ross Bullock
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 39,35 MB
Release : 2022-08-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 022682375X
A biography of composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, published in collaboration with the Bard Music Festival. One of the most popular classical composers of all time, Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) has often been dismissed by critics as a conservative, nostalgic holdover of the nineteenth century and a composer fundamentally hostile to musical modernism. The original essays collected here show how he was more responsive to aspects of contemporary musical life than is often thought, and how his deeply felt sense of Russianness coexisted with an appreciation of American and European culture. In particular, the essays document his involvement with intellectual and artistic circles in prerevolutionary Moscow and how the form of modernity they promoted shaped his early output. This volume represents one of the first serious explorations of Rachmaninoff’s successful career as a composer, pianist, and conductor, first in late Imperial Russia, and then after emigration in both the United States and interwar Europe. Shedding light on some unfamiliar works, especially his three operas and his many songs, the book also includes a substantial number of new documents illustrating Rachmaninoff’s celebrity status in America.
Author : Joan Kennedy
Publisher : Main Street Books
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 13,40 MB
Release : 2011-04-20
Category : Music
ISBN : 0307786102
Who’s Afraid of Classical Music? For years Joan Kennedy, at home, on the campaign trail, and in concert, has shared her love of classical music with adults and children. Now she uses her experience as a teacher and musician to show how you and your family can make music an enriching part of your lives. In this easy-to-understand and reassuring guide, Joan Kennedy explains: • How to start listening to classical music and enjoying what you hear—with a minimum of effort and expense • Creative, fun ways to bring music to your children—both at home and in school • All you and your family will need to enjoy a musical performance: a brief history of classical music, a user-friendly guide to concert rituals, and advice on how to bring your children to concerts—choosing the performances they will enjoy and making sure they get the most out of the experience Also: a glossary of musical terms • lists of the most popular classical pieces and Joan Kennedy’s personal favorites • a guide to further reading • sixteen pages of photographs • foreword by John Williams, former conducter of the Boston Pops and Academy Award–winning composer of the classic film scores for Star Wars, E.T., and Schindler’s List.
Author : Sergei Bertensson
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 703 pages
File Size : 35,5 MB
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 1787204340
Throughout his career as composer, conductor, and pianist, Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) was an intensely private individual. When Bertensson and Leyda’s 1956 biography appeared, it lifted the veil of secrecy from several areas of Rachmaninoff’s life, especially concerning the genesis of his compositions and how their critical reception affected him. The authors consulted a number of people who knew Rachmaninoff, who worked with him, and who corresponded with him. Even with the availability of such sources and full access to the Rachmaninoff Archive at the Library of Congress, Bertensson and Leyda were tireless in their pursuit of privately held documents, particularly correspondence. The wonderfully engaging product of their labors masterfully incorporates primary materials into the narrative. Almost half a century after it first appeared, this volume remains essential reading. Sergei Bertensson, who knew Rachmaninoff, published other works on music and film, often with a documentary emphasis.
Author : Valeria Z. Nollan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 38,81 MB
Release : 2022-10-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 1666917605
Valeria Z. Nollan’s biography of perhaps the finest pianist of the twentieth century plunges readers into Rachmaninoff’s complex inner world. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cross Rhythms of the Soul is the first biography of Rachmaninoff in English that presents him in the fullness of his Russian identity. As someone whose own life in Russian emigration ran in parallel ways to Rachmaninoff’s own—and whose meetings with the composer’s grandson in Switzerland informed her work—Nollan brings important cultural insights into her observations of the activities of this generation of creative artists. She also traces the intricacies of Rachmaninoff’s relations with the women closest to him—whose imprints are palpable in his compositions—and introduces a mystery woman whose existence challenges our established narrative of his life.
Author : Max Harrison
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 33,76 MB
Release : 2006-11-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780826493125
A comprehensive biography of the virtuoso pianist and legendary composer of piano symphonies
Author : Rebecca Mitchell
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,65 MB
Release : 2022-06-20
Category : Music
ISBN : 1789145759
Drawing extensively on Russian-language sources, a concise yet comprehensive survey of the life and work of one of classical music’s great composers. Unquestionably one of the most popular composers of classical music, Sergei Rachmaninoff has not always been so admired by critics. Detractors have long perceived Rachmaninoff as part of an outdated Romantic tradition from a bygone Russian world, aloof from the modernist experimentation of more innovative contemporaries such as Igor Stravinsky. In this new assessment, Rebecca Mitchell resituates Rachmaninoff in the context of his time, bringing together the composer and his music within the remarkably dynamic era in which he lived and worked. Both in Russia and later in America, Rachmaninoff and his music were profoundly modern expressions of life in tune with an uncertain world. This concise yet comprehensive biography will interest general readers as well as those more familiar with this giant of Russian classical music.
Author : Oskar von Riesemann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 40,39 MB
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1317430646
This book, first published in 1934, contains the recollections of the varied and coloured life of a great pianist and composer, who is one of the most striking figures of the musical world. Rachmaninoff dictated his memoires to the author of this book, and much of the story is therefore told in the first person. The final chapter is Riesemann’s own contribution. It is an estimate of Rachmaninoff’s qualities as composer; it shows knowledge of all his more important works; and it shows discrimination. The whole book is an authoritative and interesting study of a popular artist.
