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One of the greatest piano virtuosos of all time, Franz Liszt composed piano music marked by its technical brilliance, innovation, and imagination. This collection presents authoritative miniature score editions of two staples of the repertoire: Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major and his Piano...

Masterful transcriptions include Rossini's "La Danza," Bach's "Organ Fantasy and Fugue in G minor," Beethoven's "Joyous gathering of the peasants" from the "Pastorale" Symphony, Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" and "Dance of the Elves" from A Midsummer Night's Dream, "The Trout" and "Erlkonig" by Schubert, the "Polonaise" from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, and many others.

Liszt's reputation as perhaps the greatest pianist of all time is powerfully supported by his dazzling body of work for solo piano. The undiminished popularity of his etudes with pianists and audiences alike have made them among the most performed and recorded works for solo piano in the romantic...

First published in 1936, Calvocoressi's and Abraham's study was the first complete account of its subject to appear in any language, including Russian, and was based on a large amount of original first-hand research. Over 75 years later Masters of Russian Music retains its power - as any study of Tchaikovsky,...

Subtil connaisseur du plus grand pianiste de tous les temps, Philippe André montre comment Liszt et la musique nous conduisent aux racines les plus profondes de notre âme. Au cours des cinq dernières années de sa vie, Franz Liszt écrit une poignée d'oeuvres pour piano énigmatiques qui ne cessent,...

(Schirmer Performance Editions). Schirmer Performance Editions are designed for piano students and their teachers as well as for professional pianists. Pedagogical in nature, these editions offer insightful interpretive suggestions, pertinent fingering, and historical and stylistic commentary. Prepared...

Here are 42 poems by Bertolt Brecht, including several from various plays, with musical settings by Hanns Eisler. Eric Bentley has compiled the collection, created singable English translations (which appear along with the German), and supplied historical notes on the songs. Earl Robinson has supervised...

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Keyboard Music Before 1700 begins with an overview of the development of keyboard music in Europe.  Then, individual chapters by noted authorities in the field cover the key composers and repertory before 1700 in England, France, Germany and the Netherlands, Italy, and Spain and Portugal. The book...

This is the colourful account of swing trumpeter Max Kaminsky’s life on the road in the formative years of jazz. Originally published in 1963, Kaminsky reminisces about playing with many notables, including Bix Beiderbecke, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw, James P. Johnson,...

In an effort to create multiple cross-curricular connections in the classroom and increase student motivation, Indian Fields School has come up with a "novel" idea: an eBook entirely written and illustrated by children, for children. We feel that giving students a genuine, worldwide audience...

Vivaldi's Four Seasons is one of the most famous pieces of music ever written. It is performed and studied on a daily basis worldwide. The purpose of this book is to make this incredible and popular music part of the standard guitar repertoire.At any time there are scores of recordings...

The Gibbons Hymnal contains the 17 hymn tunes composed by Orlando Gibbons for George Withers The Hymnes and Songs of the Church (1623), many of which are still popular today. This is the first modern edition which incorporates Withers hymn texts beyond the first verses.Gibbons composed treble and bass...

This is the first major collection of essays to look at the literature of the entire Tudor period, from the reign of Henry VII to death of Elizabeth I. It pays particularly attention to the years before 1580. Those decades saw, amongst other things, the establishment of print culture and growth of...