Author: F. E. Kirby
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149308285X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
This historical survey focuses on music for piano solo but also includes important compositions for piano duet and two pianos. Scholarly yet readable, it covers the entire repertoire from the Renaissance to the late 20th century and incorporates a bibliography of 1 100 sources for further study.
Music for Piano
Author: F. E. Kirby
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149308285X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
This historical survey focuses on music for piano solo but also includes important compositions for piano duet and two pianos. Scholarly yet readable, it covers the entire repertoire from the Renaissance to the late 20th century and incorporates a bibliography of 1 100 sources for further study.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149308285X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
This historical survey focuses on music for piano solo but also includes important compositions for piano duet and two pianos. Scholarly yet readable, it covers the entire repertoire from the Renaissance to the late 20th century and incorporates a bibliography of 1 100 sources for further study.
A Short History of Keyboard Music [by] F. E. Kirby
Author: Kirby, F. E
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clavichord music
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clavichord music
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
A Short History of Keyboard Music
Author: F. E. Kirby
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
[This book] attempts to deal with the whole repertory of solo keyboard music from the historical point of view, with musical examples. The larger proportion of works covered are those after 1750. -- cf. Preface.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
[This book] attempts to deal with the whole repertory of solo keyboard music from the historical point of view, with musical examples. The larger proportion of works covered are those after 1750. -- cf. Preface.
A Short History of Keyboard Music
Author: Frank E. Kirby
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clavichord music
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clavichord music
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Reader's Guide to Music
Author: Murray Steib
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135942625
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
The Reader's Guide to Music is designed to provide a useful single-volume guide to the ever-increasing number of English language book-length studies in music. Each entry consists of a bibliography of some 3-20 titles and an essay in which these titles are evaluated, by an expert in the field, in light of the history of writing and scholarship on the given topic. The more than 500 entries include not just writings on major composers in music history but also the genres in which they worked (from early chant to rock and roll) and topics important to the various disciplines of music scholarship (from aesthetics to gay/lesbian musicology).
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135942625
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
The Reader's Guide to Music is designed to provide a useful single-volume guide to the ever-increasing number of English language book-length studies in music. Each entry consists of a bibliography of some 3-20 titles and an essay in which these titles are evaluated, by an expert in the field, in light of the history of writing and scholarship on the given topic. The more than 500 entries include not just writings on major composers in music history but also the genres in which they worked (from early chant to rock and roll) and topics important to the various disciplines of music scholarship (from aesthetics to gay/lesbian musicology).
A Plain & Easy Introduction to the Harpsichord
Author: Ruth Nurmi
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810818866
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Provides basic information on the harpsichord, best-known instrument of baroque music, including physical properties, kinds of harpsichords available, instruction on tuning and common maintenance problems, explanations of technique and fingering, tempo, registration, ensemble playing, and special notational problems.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810818866
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Provides basic information on the harpsichord, best-known instrument of baroque music, including physical properties, kinds of harpsichords available, instruction on tuning and common maintenance problems, explanations of technique and fingering, tempo, registration, ensemble playing, and special notational problems.
Playing the Harpsichord
Author: Howard Schott
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486422343
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This concise volume offers both a practical manual for performers and an authoritative history of the instrument. Includes advice on mastering basic touch, fingering, articulation and phrasing, rhythm and tempo, ornaments, more.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486422343
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This concise volume offers both a practical manual for performers and an authoritative history of the instrument. Includes advice on mastering basic touch, fingering, articulation and phrasing, rhythm and tempo, ornaments, more.
The Pianist's Bookshelf
Author: Maurice Hinson
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253211453
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
"This useful volume should be on every pianist's bookshelf." --Piano & Keyboard "... a unique and valuable tool for teachers, students, performers... " --Library Journal The Pianist's Bookshelf comes to the rescue of pianists overwhelmed by the abundance of books, videos, and other works about the piano. In this clear, easy-to-use presentation, Maurice Hinson surveys hundreds of resource materials, providing clear, practical annotations for each item, thus saving the user hours of precious library time. In addition to the main listing of entries, the book has several topical indexes.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253211453
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
"This useful volume should be on every pianist's bookshelf." --Piano & Keyboard "... a unique and valuable tool for teachers, students, performers... " --Library Journal The Pianist's Bookshelf comes to the rescue of pianists overwhelmed by the abundance of books, videos, and other works about the piano. In this clear, easy-to-use presentation, Maurice Hinson surveys hundreds of resource materials, providing clear, practical annotations for each item, thus saving the user hours of precious library time. In addition to the main listing of entries, the book has several topical indexes.
Self-quotation in Schubert
Author: Scott Messing
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1580469655
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Examines the history of musical self-quotation, and reveals and explores a previously unidentified case of Schubert quoting one of his own songs in a major instrumental work.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1580469655
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Examines the history of musical self-quotation, and reveals and explores a previously unidentified case of Schubert quoting one of his own songs in a major instrumental work.
Discoveries from the Fortepiano
Author: Donna Louise Gunn
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199396647
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Discoveries from the Fortepiano meets the demand for a manual on authentic Classical piano performance practice that is at once accessible to the performer and accurate to the scholarship. Uncovering a wide range of eighteenth-century primary sources, noted keyboard pedagogue Donna Gunn examines contemporary philosophical beliefs and principles surrounding Classical Era performance practices. Remarkably researched and engagingly written, Discoveries from the Fortepiano is an indispensable aid to any pianist who seeks an academically and artistically sound approach to the performance of Classical works.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199396647
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Discoveries from the Fortepiano meets the demand for a manual on authentic Classical piano performance practice that is at once accessible to the performer and accurate to the scholarship. Uncovering a wide range of eighteenth-century primary sources, noted keyboard pedagogue Donna Gunn examines contemporary philosophical beliefs and principles surrounding Classical Era performance practices. Remarkably researched and engagingly written, Discoveries from the Fortepiano is an indispensable aid to any pianist who seeks an academically and artistically sound approach to the performance of Classical works.