Classical category: 3244 books

Ovid’s Fasti, his poem on the Roman calendar, became especially influential during the fifteenth century as a guide to classical Roman culture. Ovid’s treatment of mythological and astronomical lore, his investigation of anniversaries and customs, and his charting of monuments and history offered...

...« 'est d'abord un tournant dans l'évolution » de la musique, cinquante ans de musique occidentale qui précipitent, par le fait de trois compositeurs, Haydn, Mozart et Beethoven, le XVIIIe siècle dans le XIXe, grâce à l'affirmation et à la confirmation, l'un par l'autre, du système tonal et du tempérament égal.

L’exposition Allegro barbaro. Béla Bartók et la modernité hongroise, 1905-1920, présentée au musée d’Orsay du 15 octobre 2013 au 5 janvier 2014, est centrée sur la personnalité et la production du compositeur hongrois, mais aussi sur le contexte dans lequel il a œuvré... À...

The forced suicide of Seneca, former adviser to Nero, is one of the most tortured--and most revisited--death scenes from classical antiquity. After fruitlessly opening his veins and drinking hemlock, Seneca finally succumbed to death in a stifling steam bath, while his wife Paulina, who had attempted...

That the works of the ancient tragedians still have an immediate and profound appeal surely needs no demonstration, yet the modern reader continually stumbles across concepts which are difficult to interpret or relate to – moral pollution, the authority of oracles, classical ideas of geography –...

Crossroads in the Black Aegean is a compendious, timely, and fascinating study of African rewritings of Greek tragedy. It consists of detailed readings of six dramas and one epic poem, from different locations across the African diaspora. Barbara Goff and Michael Simpson ask why the plays of Sophocles'...

Unabridged score of composer's last opera, renowned for splendid music and glowing orchestration. Deeply personal treatment of the legend of the Holy Grail, themes of sacred and profane love, innocence and purity, remorse and sexual renunciation. Reprint of authoritative C. F. Peters edition, including list of characters and contents in both German and English.

The legendary love story, and Wagner at the peak of his creative powers. Beautifully reprinted here in the authoritative edition prepared by C. F. Peters, Leipzig, ca. 1910.

La música constituye una actividad antiquísima en la vida y en la historia del hombre. Este libro es una sintética y a la vez muy completa historia de la música, que abarca desde sus orígenes más remotos hasta los últimos movimientos y corrientes de nuestro tiempo. Va dirigido a todo tipo de...

Seasoned conductor Diane Wittry draws a comprehensive roadmap to a successful career in Beyond the Baton. With first-hand understanding of how the role of the conductor has changed across the years, she expertly examines the new set of duties--both on and off of the podium--that now fall upon the...

(Schirmer Performance Editions). Composed as a sequel to the 25 Progressive Studies, Op. 100, the exquisite miniatures that comprise opus 109 possess a timeless value for teachers, students, and audiences alike. Includes audio recordings.

Informarsi sulla vita dei grandi musicisti e leggere i loro scritti significa acquisire una «chiave» per capire e gustare più a fondo la loro musica. Questo libro traccia un rapido profilo biografico di Johann Sebastian Bach.

This book and audio are made for all aficionados of flamenco guitar and for guitarists of any other style who enjoy variety in their musical sources. They present ten pieces composed and recorded in the traditional forms of flamenco music, written in notation and tablature. The author explains the...

The 24 preludes and 17 etudes-tableaux of Serge Rachmaninoff include what are possibly his finest compositions for solo piano. Each of these masterly works is included in this complete collection, reproduced from recent, authoritative Russian editions. They include: Prelude, Op. 3, No. 2; Ten Preludes,...