Classical category: 3244 books

This series of short incisive books introduces major figures of the ancient world to the modern general reader, including the essentials of each subject's life, works, and significance for later western civilisation. In the newly created tradition of the "Ancients in Action" series, Marguerite...

The study of Homeric imitations in Vergil has one of the longest traditions in Western culture, starting from the very moment the Aeneid was circulated. Homeric Effects in Vergil's Narrative is the first English translation of one of the most important and influential modern studies in this tradition....

The Virgilian centos anticipate the avant-garde and smash the image of a staid, sober, and centered classical world. This book examines the twelve mythological and secular Virgilian centos that survive from antiquity. The centos, in which authors take non-consecutive lines or segments of lines from...

A Companion to Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean presents a comprehensive collection of essays contributed by Classical Studies scholars that explore questions relating to ethnicity in the ancient Mediterranean world. Covers topics of ethnicity in civilizations ranging from ancient Egypt...

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) was a prolific composer of orchestral works and many other forms of music, including chamber works and art songs. He also wrote many operas, excerpts from which are featured in this collection. Contents include the famous orchestral interlude The Flight of the...

Mauro Giuliani (1781-1828) is considered one of the greatest composers and guitar virtuosos from the Romantic period. His work contains compositions for one and two guitars, including studies and concert pieces. This book presents a ukulele duet arrangement of "12 Neue Landler", a salon-style...

This book will appeal to any guitarist intrigued by the soulful and magical sound of the flamenco guitar. Presents 10 engaging, intermediate to advanced flamenco guitar solos in traditional forms in standard notation and tab with performance notes. All selections appear on the book's audio download...

Mel Bay Publications, Inc. is proud to present this intriguing collection of fourteen tangos by French composers arranged for solo violin with piano accompaniment. The tango is a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin characterized by long pauses and stylized body positions. Most of these instrumental...

Ten fun-to-play, unaccompanied duets scored in first position for beginning violinist. Some pieces contain accidentals, slurred notes, double stops, and staccato. Some suggested bowings are also included. Ideal for festivals and recitals.

Johann Sebastian Bach is recognized as one of the world's supremely great musicians. Known primarily as an organist and then only later recognized as a composer, Bach transformed the conventional structures of preludes and fugues. J.S. Bach for Bass will open up a whole new world of phrasing for the...

Arthur aime la techno. Son papa, lui, aime la « grande » musique. Il va lui raconter la longue évolution de la musique occidentale depuis la préhistoire jusqu’aux musiques d’aujourd’hui, en passant par Machaut, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel, Boulez, ... A...

Le théâtre représente les jardins du palais de Fè-ni-han, avec kiosques et pagodes. — À gauche, sur une estrade recouverte d’un riche tapis, les coussins servant de trône à Fé-ni-han ; d’un côté de l’estrade, un guéridon portant un bocal de poissons rouges ; de l’autre,...

Greco-Roman antiquity is often presumed to provide the very paradigm of Western humanist thinking - a paradigm that is increasingly becoming dislodged by new theoretical currents in the humanities such as posthumanism and the "new materialisms", which point toward entities, forces, and systems...

Satirists are social critics, but they are also products of society. Horace, Persius, and Juvenal, the verse satirists of ancient Rome, exploit this double identity to produce their colorful commentaries on social life and behavior. In a fresh comparative study that combines literary and cultural...