Classical category: 3244 books
Latin American Classical Composers
A Biographical Dictionary
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Now in its third edition, Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary provides a singular English-language resource for biographical information on hundreds of composers from Central and South America and the Hispanic Caribbean. Painstakingly gathered from a wide variety of sources,...
by Rob MacKillop
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
Learn to play great classical music tunes on the mandolin! All the most famous composers are here, such as Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi and others. The tunes form a “greatest hits” package of classical music, including Für Elise, Ode to Joy, Rondo Alla Turca, Swan Lake, Dance of the...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
A Handbook to Classical Reception in Eastern and Central Europe is the first comprehensive English9;]language study of the reception of classical antiquity in Eastern and Central Europe. This groundbreaking work offers detailed case studies of thirteen countries that are fully contextualized historically,...
Sir Gawain and the Classical Tradition
Essays on the Ancient Antecedents
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
The 14th century English alliterative poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is admired for its morally complex plot and brilliant poetics. A chivalric romance placed in an Arthurian setting, it has since received acclaim for its commentary regarding important socio-political and religious concerns....
Gospel Goes Classical Behind the Scenes
Exclusive Behind the Scenes Images of Gospel Goes Classical Concerts.
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
Exclusive Behind the Scenes Images of Gospel Goes Classical Concerts.
by Nina Danilova
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
From the graceful flutter of Princess Florine at Sleeping Beauty's wedding to the playful jetées in the first act of Giselle, the variation - or short solo work - is one of the key elements of classical ballet. Arguing that true artistry requires in-depth knowledge, author Nina Danilova has worked...
by Gary Dahl
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2018
One of the truly great things about the accordion is its extreme versatility. Other instruments envy its ability to transform from an intimate solo performer to the mightiest of orchestras contained in one player. The accordion can be as delicate as a single violin, and switch instantly into a full...
by Kevin Osborn
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1998
You're no idiot, of course. You can find Greece on a map, know that Kevin Sorbo stars as Hercules on TV, and have heard of Freud's Oedipus theory. But when it comes to classical mythology, you feel like you've been foiled by the gods. Don't curse Zeus yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Classical...
by Jenny March
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2008
The figures and events of classical myths underpin our culture and the constellations named after them fill the night sky. Whether it’s the raging Minotaur trapped in the Cretan labyrinth or the twelve labours of Hercules, Aphrodite’s birth from the waves or Zeus visiting Danae as a shower of...
Musical Heroes
A Personal View of Music and the Musical World Over Sixty Years
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
Robert Ponsonby has been at the centre of the music world both in Britain and elsewhere for some sixty years, and Musical Heroes is a distillation of his experiences, achievements and friendships in that world. With its deft touch and its empathy, it is both captivating and inspiring, and it is often...
Messiah
The Composition and Afterlife of Handel's Masterpiece
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
From Handel's renowned biographer, the story of one of the most celebrated compositions of Western classical music, Handel's famous oratorio, Messiah
In the late summer of 1741, George Friderick Handel, composed an oratorio set to words from the King James Bible, rich in tuneful arias and magnificent...
Who Knew?
Answers to Questions about Classical Music you Never Thought to Ask
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Did you ever leave an opera performance wondering why the singers use so much vibrato? Or a symphony, wondering who decided where on stage the orchestra members should sit, or why they tune their instruments to an oboe rather than an electronic tuner? Why is Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture played on the...
Nationalist and Populist Composers
Voices of the American People
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
Populism and nationalism in classical music held a significant place between the world wars with composers such as George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, and Leonard Bernstein creating a soundtrack to the lives of everyday Americans. While biographies of these individual composers exist, no single book has...
by Peter Russell
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Widely regarded as the greatest composer that ever lived, Ludwig van Beethoven was the principal musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. Dominating a period of musical history as no other composer before or since, Beethoven produced monumental works that...