Author: Charles Willeby Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781528546621 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 344
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Excerpt from Masters of English Music The aim of this Series is to place on record the chief facts and incidents in the careers of the greatest living composers, and to sketch the respective ten dencies and the distinguishing features of their work. It is intended to devote a volume to the musicians of each country, and, so far as practicable, to obtain all biografihical data from the composers themselves. In the present volume this plan has been followed exclu sively. The author wishes to acknowledge the assist ance afiorded him by Messrs. N ovello, owell, Boosey, and Cramer, in kindly providing him with the full scores, 6a, of the various works for purposes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Charles Willeby Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781330036082 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 344
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Excerpt from Masters of English Music The aim of this series is to place on record the chief facts and incidents in the careers of the greatest living composers, and to sketch the respective tendencies and the distinguishing features of their work. It is intended to devote a volume to the musicians of each country, and, so far as practicable, to obtain all biographical data from the composers themselves. In the present volume this plan has been followed exclusively. The author wishes to acknowledge the assistance afforded him by Messrs. Novello, Chappell, Boosey, and Cramer, in kindly providing him with the full scores, &c., of the various works for purposes of reference. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Henry T. Finck Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780243314942 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 130
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Excerpt from Thirty Sterling Songs by the Great Masters IT is an American trait to insist on having the best of everything, and only the best. In music we patronize the world's leading opera singers, pianists, and violinists at any cost, while the minor artists find it more profitable to remain in Europe. One branch of the divine art presents an unfortunate exception. Our school music is for the most part far from being the best of its kind. In the literature classes in our schools the students are introduced directly to Shakespeare, Milton, Tennyson, Ruskin, and the other great masters of style and thought, to the students' immense advantage. But the music books are, for the most part, filled with inferior songs and second-hand arrangements, apparently on the erroneous assumption that the best songs of the great masters are too difficult to sing or understand, when they are, in truth, often as simple as folk-tunes, and much more likely than inferior productions to make an immediate and deep impression. The aim of the T/u'rzjy Sterling Song: is to do for music what has already been done for literature, by bringing the students into direct 'contact with nearly a dozen of the greatest song writers, representing seven different countries, - Germany, Austria, Hungary, Russia, Poland, Norway, and America. As the time allowed for music in our secondary schools is more limited than it ought to be in view of the importance of this art as a healthful recreation and refining influence, it is obvious that the quality of the music supplied is of infinitely more consequence than the quantity. It has, therefore, been decided, after due deliberation, to limit the number of songs in this collection to thirty, but to make sure that each of them is a work of genius, - every bar a bar of gold. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Ernest Edward Kellett Publisher: CUP Archive ISBN: Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 532
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Excerpt from A Book of Cambridge Verse Nevertheless, after all deductions have been made, how much true poetry is yet left! He must be hard to please who cannot find intense enjoyment in the Eclogues of Phineas Fletcher, in Cowley's epitaph on Harvey, in the Miltonic stanzas of Gray's Installation Ode, in a score of other pieces, grave, quaint, or classical in their allusive ness of phrasing. Especially grateful must we be to the number of poets, of exquisite feeling and easy mastery of form, who during the last fifty or sixty years have enriched the language with delicate and elegant verse, from which it has been only too difficult to choose because its quantity is so great and its merit so even. Of this we trust we have given a tolerably adequate selection but it would have been easy to multiply it fourfold. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Tim Rayborn Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476624941 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 313
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The turn of the 20th century was a time of great change in Britain. The empire saw its global influence waning and its traditional social structures challenged. There was a growing weariness of industrialism and a desire to rediscover tradition and the roots of English heritage. A new interest in English folk song and dance inspired art music, which many believed was seeing a renaissance after a period of stagnation since the 18th century. This book focuses on the lives of seven composers--Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Ernest Moeran, George Butterworth, Philip Heseltine (Peter Warlock), Gerald Finzi and Percy Grainger--whose work was influenced by folk songs and early music. Each chapter provides an historical background and tells the fascinating story of a musical life.
Author: John G. Bowman Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781333663605 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 36
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Excerpt from The English Graduate Record, Vol. 1: November-December, 1905 Still more numerous and varied are the directions for instrumental music. In Elizabethan times the orchestra played soft music while Bassanio was making his choice of caskets, very much as it does to-day. The passing Oftime between acts was indicated by music. The various directions for Trumpet, Flourish, Tucket, Sen net, Alarum, Short Alarum, and Sound for Re treat are rather confusing. Perhaps it is sufficient to note that such variations exist, most of them intended for the trumpet or cornet. A sennet usually indicated the arrival of a king, and a tucket a call to arms. Horns and trumpets, drums, tabors and pipes, lutes and haut boys, in a word, nearly all the musical instruments com mon to the time were used in the presentation Of these dramas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Judith E. Carman Publisher: Scarecrow Press ISBN: 9780810841376 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 504
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Originally created as a teaching tool, this bibliography has taken on a second life as a research tool for various facets of American art song, including, in this edition, both current and historical discography.
Author: Frédéric Louis Ritter Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780365355618 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 242
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Excerpt from Music in England and Music in America, Vol. 1 The history of musical development in England is to the art student, both highly interesting and instruc tive. How are we to explain why a nation that has reached such pre-eminence in dramatic and lyrical poetry, has occupied rather a subordinate place in its original musical efforts, when compared with the labors Of the Italians, the Germans, the French; and that in the form which is most closely related to the drama, - the Opera, English musicians never have gone far ther than to imitate, with more or less ability and success, the works Of Continental composers? Some Englishmen have been endowed with fine talent, even genius, for music. The English are fond of music, and spend large Sums in the interest of Operatic enter tainments given by the first living artists; and the works of the first masters Of instrumental music find a deserved recognition at the hands of English musical connoisseurs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Agnes Rush Burr Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 229
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The Work and the Man (Classic Reprint) by Agnes Rush Burr offers a thought-provoking examination of the relationship between labor and character. This thought-provoking book argues that the work a person does can shape their character, and conversely, the character can influence their work. Through insightful commentary and vivid illustrations, Burr creates a compelling discourse on the importance of work in personal development. The Work and the Man is a timeless book that will inspire and challenge you to reflect on your own work and its impact on your character. Delve into the intriguing relationship between work and character with The Work and the Man by Agnes Rush Burr. Discover the profound insights within this classic reprint today!
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