Author: Igor StravinksyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780901196507
Category : Ballet programs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Soldier's Tale
Author: Igor StravinksyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780901196507
Category : Ballet programs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Fanfare
Author: Joel FleglerMusic of the Great Composers
Author: Patrick KavanaughPublisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310208076
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A unique guide to enhance and enrich your enjoyment of classical music, this book is for music lovers who want to better understand the works of the masters.
The Apollonian Clockwork
Author: Louis AndriessenPublisher: Amsterdam University Press
ISBN: 9053568565
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
The one book about Stravinsky Stravinsky would have liked. Richard Taruskin.
Ten Masterpieces of Music
Author: Harvey SachsPublisher: Liveright Publishing
ISBN: 1631495194
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Some pieces of music survive. Most fall into oblivion. What gives the ten masterpieces selected for this book their exceptional vitality? In this penetrating volume, Harvey Sachs, acclaimed biographer and historian of classical music, takes readers into the hearts of ten extraordinary works of classical music in ten different genres, showing both the curious novice and the seasoned listener how to recognize, appreciate, and engage with these masterpieces on a historical and compositional level. Far from what is often thought, classical music is neither dead nor dying. As a genre, it is constantly evolving, its pieces passing through countless permutations and combinations yet always retaining that essential élan vital, or life force. The works collected here, composed in the years between 1784 and 1966, are a testament to this fact. As Sachs skillfully demonstrates, they have endured not because they were exceptionally well-made or interesting but because they were created by composers—Mozart and Beethoven; Schubert, Schumann, Berlioz, Verdi, and Brahms; Sibelius, Prokofiev, and Stravinsky—who had a particular genius for drawing music out of their deepest wellsprings. “Through music,” Sachs writes, “they universalized the intimate.” In describing how music actually sounds, Ten Masterpieces of Music seems to do the impossible, animating the process of composing as well as the coming together of disparate scales and melodies, trills and harmonies. It tells us, too, how particular compositions came to be, often revealing that the pieces we now consider “classic” were never intended to be so. In poignant, exquisite prose, Sachs shows how Mozart, a former child prodigy under constant pressure to produce new music, hastily penned Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, one of his finest piano concertos, for a teenage student, and likewise demonstrates how Goethe’s Faust, Part One, became a springboard for the musical imagination of the French composer Berlioz. As Sachs explains, these pieces are not presented as candidates for a new “Top Ten.” They represent neither the most well-known nor the most often-performed works of each composer. Instead, they were chosen precisely because he had something profound to say about them, about their composers, about how each piece fits into its composer’s life, and about how each of these lives can be contextualized by time and place. In fact, Sachs encourages readers to form their own favorites, and teaches them how to discern special characteristics that will enhance their own listening experiences. With Ten Masterpieces of Music, it becomes evident that Sachs has lived with these pieces for a veritable lifetime. His often-soaring descriptions of the works and the dramatic lives of the men who composed them bring a heightened dimension to the musical perceptions of all listeners, communicating both the sheer improbability of a work becoming a classic and why certain pieces—these ten among them—survive the perilous test of time.
The Long Player
Author: The Winds of Change
Author: Frank L. BattistiPublisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780634045226
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
(Meredith Music Resource). This expansion on Battisti's The Twentieth Century American Wind Band/Ensemble includes discussions on the contribution of important wind band/ensemble personalities and organizations, and provides important information on hundreds of compositions for this medium. Challenges facing the 21st century wind band/ensemble conductor including training and development are also discussed. (a href="http://youtu.be/XwbrlkXUnEk" target="_blank")Click here for a YouTube video on The Winds of Change(/a)
Catalogs
Author: Harold Reeves (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Composers on Composing for Band
Author: Kimberly K. ArcherPublisher: GIA Publications
ISBN: 9781579997397
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Each composer addresses the following topics: Biographical information, The creative process ... how a composer works, Orchestration, Views from the composer to the conductor, Commissioning new works, The teaching of composition, Influential individuals, Ten works all band conductors at all levels should study, Ten composers whose music speaks in especially meaningful ways, The future of the wind band, Other facets of everyday life, Comprehensive list of works for band.
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