Author: Luigi BoccheriniPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Quintets (Flute, violins (2), viola, cello)
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Quintet E Flat Major Op. 21, No. 6
Author: Luigi BoccheriniPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Quintets (Flute, violins (2), viola, cello)
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Sviatoslav Richter
Author: Bruno MonsaingeonPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691095493
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
"Sviatoslav Richter was a dazzling performer but an intensely private man. Though world famous and revered by classical music lovers everywhere, he guarded himself and his thoughts as carefully as his talent. Fascinated, author and filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon tried vainly for years to interview the enigmatic pianist. Richter eventually yielded, granting Monsaingeon hours of taped conversation, unlimited access to his diaries and notebooks, and, ultimately his friendship. This book is the product of that friendship. It offers readers the sizable pleasure of lingering in the thoughts and words of one of the most important pianists of the twentieth century. Sviatoslav Richter belongs on the shelves of everyone with a classical music collection and will also appeal to lovers of autobiography and admirers of Russian musical culture." -- Back cover
The Finale in Western Instrumental Music
Author: Michael TalbotPublisher: Oxford Monographs on Music
ISBN: 9780198166955
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The knowledge that finales are by tradition (and perhaps also necessarily) 'different' from other movements has been around a long time, but this is the first time that the special nature of finales in instrumental music has been examined comprehensively and in detail. Three main types offinale, labelled 'relaxant', 'summative', and 'valedictory', are identified. Each type is studied closely, with a wealth of illustration and analytical commentary covering the entire period from the Renaissance to the present day. The history of finales in five important genres -- suite, sonata,string quartet, symphony, and concerto -- is traced, and the parallels and divergences between these traditions are identified. Several wider issues are mentioned, including narrativity, musical rounding, inter-movement relationships, and the nature of codas. The book ends with a look at thefinales of all Shostakovich's string quartets, in which examples of most of the types may be found.
Schubert's Beethoven Project
Author: John M. GingerichPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139952080
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Why couldn't Schubert get his 'great' C-Major Symphony performed? Why was he the first composer to consistently write four movements for his piano sonatas? Since neither Schubert's nor Beethoven's piano sonatas were ever performed in public, who did hear them? Addressing these questions and many others, John M. Gingerich provides a new understanding of Schubert's career and his relationship to Beethoven. Placing the genres of string quartet, symphony, and piano sonata within the cultural context of the 1820s, the book examines how Schubert was building on Beethoven's legacy. Gingerich brings new understandings of how Schubert tried to shape his career to bear on new hermeneutic readings of the works from 1824 to 1828 that share musical and extra-musical pre-occupations, centering on the 'Death and the Maiden' Quartet and the Cello Quintet, as well as on analyses of the A-minor Quartet, the Octet, and of the 'great' C-Major Symphony.
Dvorák: Cello Concerto
Author: Jan SmacznyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521669030
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Dvorák's Cello Concerto, composed during his second stay in America, is one of the most popular works in the orchestral repertoire. This guide explores Dvorák's reasons for composing a concerto for an instrument which he at one time considered unsuitable for solo work, its relationship to his American period compositions and how it forms something of a bridge with his operatic interests. A particular focus is the concerto's unique qualities: why it stands apart in terms of form, melodic character and texture from the rest of Dvorák's orchestral music. The role of the dedicatee of the work, Hanus Wihan, in its creation is also considered, as are performing traditions as they have developed in the twentieth century. In addition the guide explores the extraordinary emotional background to the work which links it intimately to the woman who was probably Dvorák's first love.
Madam Butterfly
Author: Giacomo PucciniPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Operas
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Quintet in E-flat
Author: Luigi BoccheriniThe New Beethoven
Author: Jeremy YudkinPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1580469930
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 573
Book Description
Marking the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth, this volume presents twenty-one completely new essays on aspects of Beethoven's personal life, his composing process, his manuscripts, and his greatest works.
Schubert's Beethoven Project
Author: Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521650879
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
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