Classical category: 3244 books

Byron Almén proposes an original synthesis of approaches to musical narrative from literary criticism, semiotics, historiography, musicology, and music theory, resulting in a significant critical reorientation of the field. This volume includes an extensive survey of traditional approaches to musical...

In the course of his long career, Roger Sessions came to assume a preëminent position among modern American composers. Until his death in 1985 at the age of 88, Sessions produced a prodigiously varied oeuvre–from large choral and orchestral pieces to chamber music and solo woks–that continues...

Old Scores and New Readings: Discussions on Music & Certain M usicians by John F.Runciman.This book is discussing the musicians and their music in this book,including William Byrde, Purcell, Handel, Haydn, Mozart,etc.

Chapters cover: Wagner, Paganini, Chopin, Schumann, Bach, medelssohn, Liszt, Beethoven, Handel, Verdi, Mozart, and Brahms. According to Wikipedia: "Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. He was an influential exponent of the Arts...

For the three forces competing for political authority in France during World War II, music became the site of a cultural battle that reflected the war itself. German occupying authorities promoted German music at the expense of French, while the Vichy administration pursued projects of national renewal...

The hurdy-gurdy, or vielle, has been part of European musical life since the eleventh century. In eighteenth-century France, improvements in its sound and appearance led to its use in chamber ensembles. This new and expanded edition of The Hurdy-Gurdy in Eighteenth-Century France offers the definitive...

Today, Claude Debussy's position as a central figure in twentieth-century concert music is secure, and scholarship has long taken for granted the enduring musical and aesthetic contributions of his compositions. Yet this was not always the case. Unknown to many concert-goers and music scholars is...

What does it mean to author a piece of music? What transforms the performance scripts written down by musicians into authored books? In this fascinating cultural history of Western music’s adaptation to print, Kate van Orden looks at how musical authorship first developed through the medium of printing....

Amidst a background of wars and revolution, the nineteenth century produced many of the worlds best-loved composers. Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin and Tchaikovsky are just some of the many familiar names whose music was shaped by the events of the period: Discover Music of the Romantic Era charts the course...

In questo libro Žižek compie un fantastico viaggio tra alcune delle più importanti opere per il teatro musicale scritte da grandi compositori. Il percorso di analisi – come in una seduta dallo psicoanalista – non è mai banale e piccoli dettagli che sembrano inizialmente irrilevanti assumono...

Oxford's highly successful listener's guides--The Symphony, The Concerto, and Choral Masterworks--have been widely praised for their blend of captivating biography, crystal clear musical analysis, and delightful humor. Now James Keller follows these greatly admired volumes with Chamber Music. Approaching...

In Mozart 101, this book attempted to collate over one hundred interesting details about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (to use his short name), for amusement and also to inspire. This is not an academic research document but where possible credited sources and linked to pages that may further your own study...

In 1921, insurance executive Charles Ives sent out copies of a piano sonata to two hundred strangers. Laden with dissonant chords, complex rhythm, and a seemingly chaotic structure, the so-called Concord Sonata confounded the recipients, as did the accompanying book, Essays before a Sonata . Kyle...

Despite the Modernist search for new and innovative aesthetics and rejection of traditional tonality, several twentieth century composers have found their own voice while steadfastly relying on the aesthetics and techniques of Romanticism and 19th century composition principles. Musicological and...