Music by Black Women Composers
Author : Helen Walker-Hill
Publisher : Center for Black Music Rsrch
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 13,97 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780929911045
A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers
Author : Pamela Y. Dees
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 13,33 MB
Release : 2002-02-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 0313017034
Book Description
Designed as a practical reference guide for professional pianists and piano teachers, A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers, Volume I, is an annotated catalogue of the available piano music in print composed by 144 women born before the 20th century. The work also features biographies and extensive bibliographical information for each composer. Arranged alphabetically by composer into categories including single works, collections, and anthologies, the music is also described in terms of grade level, genre, mood, style characteristics, and technical requirements, and ranges in difficulty from late elementary to virtuoso concert repertoire. Far too many teachers, students, professional musicians, and audiences are unaware of the contributions made by women in music, and of the beauty and merit of their specific compositions. This reference work provides an invaluable addition to the current literature.
The Piano
Author : Susan Tomes
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 19,32 MB
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 0300253923
Book Description
A fascinating history of the piano explored through 100 pieces chosen by one of the UK's most renowned concert pianists "Tomes . . . casts her net widely, taking in chamber music and concertos, knotty avant-garde masterworks and (most welcome) jazz."--Richard Fairman, Financial Times, "Best Books of 2021: Classical Music" "[One of] the most beautiful books I got my hands on this year. . . . About the shaping of this maddening, glorious, unconquerable instrument."--Jenny Colgan, Spectator, "Books of the Year" An astonishingly versatile instrument, the piano allows just two hands to play music of great complexity and subtlety. For more than two hundred years, it has brought solo and collaborative music into homes and concert halls and has inspired composers in every musical genre--from classical to jazz and light music. Charting the development of the piano from the late eighteenth century to the present day, pianist and writer Susan Tomes takes the reader with her on a personal journey through 100 pieces including solo works, chamber music, concertos, and jazz. Her choices include composers such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Gershwin, and Philip Glass. Looking at this history from a modern performer's perspective, she acknowledges neglected women composers and players including Fanny Mendelssohn, Maria Szymanowska, Clara Schumann, and Amy Beach.
The Faber Music Piano Anthology
Author : Melanie Spanswick
Publisher : Faber Music Ltd
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 23,7 MB
Release : 2019-01-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 0571590802
Book Description
A beautiful collection of core repertoire from the great composers, presented in progressive order. Selected by pianist Melanie Spanswick, it is ideal for pianists of every level. This is the full eBook edition of The Faber Music Piano Anthology in fixed-layout format and features 'The Concerto' linocut cover by Cyril Edward Power.
From Convent to Concert Hall
Author : Sylvia Glickman
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 14,28 MB
Release : 2003-10-30
Category : Music
ISBN :
Book Description
"Composers were chosen based on the excellence of their music, their importance in the period's daily musical life, and the availability of information on their lives, music, and recordings. Taken together, they represent a broad range of styles, countries, and eras. This book is a valuable resource for students from high school through university, and for anyone interested in musical history and composers."--BOOK JACKET.
Five Lives in Music
Author : Cecelia Hopkins Porter
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 39,50 MB
Release : 2012-08-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0252037014
Book Description
A century later, Josephine Lang, a prodigiously talented pianist and dedicated composer, participated at various times in the German Romantic world of lieder through her important arts salon. Lastly, the twentieth century brought forth two exceptional women: Baroness Maria Bach, a composer and pianist of twentieth-century Vienna's upper bourgeoisie and its brilliant musical milieu in the era of Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg, and Erich Korngold; and Ann Schein, a brilliant and dauntless American piano prodigy whose career, ongoing today though only partially recognized, led her to study with the legendary virtuosos Arthur Rubinstein and Myra Hess.
Four Centuries of Women Composers
Author : Gail Smith
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 10,37 MB
Release : 2011-02-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 1609744853
Book Description
This collection of compositions for piano solo spans four centuries, including a rarely heard piece by Gottchalk's sister, Clara, as well as a charming piece by Marie Antoinette. Other composers include Madame Dussek, Teresa Carreno, Amy Beach, Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn, and others. Three new solos are also offered by the author, Gail Smith.
Women Composers of Classical Music
Author : Mary F. McVicker
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,59 MB
Release : 2011-02-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780786443970
Book Description
As early as the 1500s, a surprising number of women have composed classical music. Many were successful, finding venues for both publishing and performing their music; others found the social barriers for women impossible to overcome. This book provides access to these composers, both well known and obscure. Arranged chronologically by era, the profiles are further divided into countries. For each female composer within a country, a brief biographical sketch is provided, as well as a description of her body of work. This text also includes an extensive timeline of operatic works by female composers.
Women of Influence in Contemporary Music
Author : Michael K. Slayton
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 24,27 MB
Release : 2010-12-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 0810877481
Book Description
In this collection of essays and interviews, nine gifted composers openly discuss their work.
Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire
Author : Maurice Hinson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 1215 pages
File Size : 50,3 MB
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 0253010233
Book Description
Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire continues to be the go-to source for piano performers, teachers, and students. Newly updated and expanded with more than 250 new composers, this incomparable resource expertly guides readers to solo piano literature and provides answers to common questions: What did a given composer write? What interesting work have I never heard of? How difficult is it? What are its special musical features? How can I reach the publisher? New to the fourth edition are enhanced indexes identifying black composers, women composers, and compositions for piano with live or recorded electronics; a thorough listing of anthologies and collections organized by time period and nationality, now including collections from Africa and Slovakia; and expanded entries to account for new material, works, and resources that have become available since the third edition, including websites and electronic resources. The "newest Hinson" will be an indispensible guide for many years to come.
