Author: Herbert Bedford
Publisher:
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Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 302

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Author: Leander Jan De Bekker
Publisher: London : A. & C. Black, Limited
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 784

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Author: Leander Jan De Bekker
Publisher:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 724

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Author: Maurice Hinson
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253056748
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 853

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In this expanded and updated edition, The Piano in Chamber Ensemble: An Annotated Guide features over 3200 compositions, from duos to octets, by more than 1600 composers. Maurice Hinson and Wesley Roberts catalog published works for piano with two or more instruments with information on performance level, length, individual movements, overall style, and publisher. Divided into sections according to the number and types of instruments involved, The Piano in Chamber Ensemble then subdivides entries according to the actual scoring. Keyboard, string, woodwind, brass, and percussion players and teachers will find a wealth of chamber works from all periods in this invaluable guide.

Author: John Daverio
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019983931X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 624

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Forced by a hand injury to abandon a career as a pianist, Robert Schumann went on to become one of the world's great composers. Among many works, his Spring Symphony (1841), Piano Concerto in A Minor (1841/1845), and the Third, or Rhenish, Symphony (1850) exemplify his infusion of classical forms with intense, personal emotion. His musical influence continues today and has inspired many other famous composers in the century since his death. Indeed Brahms, in a letter of January 1873, wrote: "The remembrance of Schumann is sacred to me. I will always take this noble pure artist as my model." Now, in Robert Schumann: Herald of a "New Poetic Age," John Daverio presents the first comprehensive study of the composer's life and works to appear in nearly a century. Long regarded as a quintessentially romantic figure, Schumann also has been portrayed as a profoundly tragic one: a composer who began his career as a genius and ended it as a mere talent. Daverio takes issue with this Schumann myth, arguing instead that the composer's entire creative life was guided by the desire to imbue music with the intellectual substance of literature. A close analysis of the interdependence among Schumann's activities as reader, diarist, critic, and musician reveals the depth of his literary sensibility. Drawing on documents only recently brought to light, the author also provides a fresh outlook on the relationship between Schumann's mental illness--which brought on an extended sanitarium stay and eventual death in 1856--and his musical creativity. Schumann's character as man and artist thus emerges in all its complexity. The book concludes with an analysis of the late works and a postlude on Schumann's influence on successors from Brahms to Berg. This well-researched study of Schumann interprets the composer's creative legacy in the context of his life and times, combining nineteenth-century cultural and intellectual history with a fascinating analysis of the works themselves.

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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 412

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Author: Mark A. Radice
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472051652
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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A thorough overview and history of chamber music

Author: Paul Jeffery
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 0719825075
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 291

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Chamber music includes some of the world's greatest music. It is widely played in homes, without an audience, by players who are mostly amateurs, and much of the repertoire is playable even by those of quite moderate ability. A Player's Guide to Chamber Music gives advice on what music is available and helps the player to identify what is suitable. It covers chamber music from the seventeenth to the later twentieth century and all instrumental combinations including strings, piano, wind instruments, duet sonatas and baroque ensembles. All the significant composers and musical aspects of playing are covered along with works suitable for inexperienced players. Illustrated with 63 black & white illustrations.

Author: Sir George Grove
Publisher:
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 784

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Author: John Alexander Fuller-Maitland
Publisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 784

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