Author : Boris Berman
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 35,13 MB
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 0300145004
Boris Berman draws on his intimate knowledge of Prokofiev's work to guide music lovers and pianists through the composer's nine piano sonatas.
Author : Chris Woodstra
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 1620 pages
File Size : 29,47 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780879308650
Offering comprehensive coverage of classical music, this guide surveys more than eleven thousand albums and presents biographies of five hundred composers and eight hundred performers, as well as twenty-three essays on forms, eras, and genres of classical music. Original.
Author : Thomas Schmidt-Beste
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 34,64 MB
Release : 2011-03-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 1107310547
What is a sonata? Literally translated, it simply means 'instrumental piece'. It is the epitome of instrumental music, and is certainly the oldest and most enduring form of 'pure' and independent instrumental composition, beginning around 1600 and lasting to the present day. Schmidt-Beste analyses key aspects of the genre including form, scoring and its social context - who composed, played and listened to sonatas? In giving a comprehensive overview of all forms of music which were called 'sonatas' at some point in musical history, this book is more about change than about consistency - an ensemble sonata by Gabrieli appears to share little with a Beethoven sonata, or a trio sonata by Corelli with one of Boulez's piano sonatas, apart from the generic designation. However, common features do emerge, and the look across the centuries - never before addressed in a single-volume survey - opens up new and significant perspectives.
Author : Angus Watson
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 25,79 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Music
ISBN : 1843837161
A noted violinist and conductor, Watson is particularly well suited for his chosen task: outlining the historical context and character of more than 50 of the chamber works that Beethoven composed during his years in Vienna. Avoiding the pitfalls of becoming too critical or "academic," the author characterizes each composition in general terms only, and does not discuss changing styles of performance. Instead, Watson provides information on a work's historical background and character, and on the musical points of interest in each movement. He pays special attention to the influence of Beethoven's large-scale compositions on his chamber music, and on the composer's increasing mastery of improvisation. Filling a hole in scholarship on Beethoven's compositions, this book will be greatly appreciated by professional and amateur musicians.
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Page : 296 pages
File Size : 10,14 MB
Release : 1919
Category : Music
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Author : Lennox Berkeley
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 48,50 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1843837854
"A substantial introduction from Dickinson, who first met Berkeley in 1956, is followed by Berkeley's reports on musical life in Paris (1929-34) and a selection of his letters to his celebrated teacher Nadia Boulsnger (in translation). Almost all of Berkely's later writings follow, and then there are four interviews he gave in the 1970s. After Berkeley's death, Dickinson interviewed performers, composers, family and friends for a BBC Radio 3 documentary, and the complete recorded discussions are transcribed"--Publisher's description.
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Page : 172 pages
File Size : 36,82 MB
Release : 1991-11-11
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ISBN :
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Author : Abram Loft
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 35,24 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780931340369
This wonderful book is written for musicians seeking to build or extend a sonata repertoire. Analyses are given of both well-known and many lesser-known pieces of music, with recommendations on performance as well as descriptions of difficulties. Many are suitable for student or amateur musicians. This is mainly a book for violinists, though; many of the keyboard parts of these pieces are little more than continuo accompaniment. The second volume, detailing the music of Beethoven onward, contains descriptions of music that puts the keyboardist on more equal footing with the violinist.
Author : University of Michigan
Publisher :
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 26,13 MB
Release : 1981
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Author : Abram Loft
Publisher :
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 25,38 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Sonata
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