Classical Opera category: 1804 books
Sonata Fragments
Romantic Narratives in Chopin, Schumann, and Brahms
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
In Sonata Fragments, Andrew Davis argues that the Romantic sonata is firmly rooted, both formally and expressively, in its Classical forebears, using Classical conventions in order to convey a broad constellation of Romantic aesthetic values. This claim runs contrary to conventional theories of the...
Beethoven's Skull
Dark, Strange, and Fascinating Tales from the World of Classical Music and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
“If you think classical music is boring and stuffy, [Beethoven’s Skull] will make you change your tune” (USA Today).
This unusual history of Western classical music focuses on strange happenings and shocking tabloid-style stories of revenge, murder, curious accidents, and strange fates, proving...
by Robert Ginalski
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2013
This book is not intended for sophisticated music aficionados although even they might find it enlightening. It is designed for novice followers of classical music and those who as yet remain blissfully ignorant of its allure. The most reluctant of readers will probably refuse to be converted to...
by Susan Tomes
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
In several decades as a distinguished classical pianist, Susan Tomes has found that there are some issues which never go away. Here she takes up various topics of perennial interest: how music awakens and even creates memories, what "interpretation" really means, what effect daily practice...
Technology and the Diva
Sopranos, Opera, and Media from Romanticism to the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016
In Technology and the Diva, Karen Henson brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to explore the neglected subject of opera and technology. Their essays focus on the operatic soprano and her relationships with technology from the heyday of Romanticism in the 1820s and 1830s to the twenty-first-century...
by Peter Russell
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2018
The Polish composer Frédéric Chopin is widely revered today as one of the foremost figures of the Romantic period. Although he wrote almost exclusively for the piano, Chopin has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, celebrated for his melodic mastery and fastidious craftsmanship....
Soundtracks of Asian America
Navigating Race through Musical Performance
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2015
In Soundtracks of Asian America, Grace Wang explores how Asian Americans use music to construct narratives of self, race, class, and belonging in national and transnational spaces. She highlights how they navigate racialization in different genres by considering the experiences of Asians and Asian...
by Burton D. Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2005
A newly translated LIBRETTO with foreign language and english translation side-by-side, AND Music Highlight Examples.
by Burton D. Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2005
A newly translated LIBRETTO with foreign language and english translation side-by-side, AND Music Highlight Examples.
by Burton D. Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2005
A newly translated LIBRETTO with foreign language and english translation side-by-side, AND Music Highlight Examples.
Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
A Short Guide to a Great Opera
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
With the ‘Tristan chord’ at the start of Wagner’s opera Tristan und Isolde, the composer launched modern music. The political refugee, a former revolutionary, was living in Zurich when the lovely Mathilde Wesendonck, the wife of a rich businessman, inspired him to break off from working on Siegfried,...
Redemption Through Love!
An Irreverent Guide to Getting Wagnerian Opera Thrills Without Being a Nut
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
There is a world of music - beautiful, thrilling, powerful and romantic music - that one composer wrote to express the theme of Redemption Through Love. Richard Wagner set out to transform the world through art. He was hip to the power of myth long before Joseph Campbell, and even before Carl Jung himself....
by Gail Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2019
A unique collection of classical piano solos appropriate for church services as well as concerts and personal enjoyment. These carefully edited or arranged pieces represent a number of well-known composers and were chosen because of their indefinable quality of reverence and artistic expression. Each...
A Classic Christmas for Piano
Favorite Classical Tunes Combined with Familiar Carols
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
These arrangements combine familiar classical piano solos with your favorite Christmas carols. Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is combined with "O Come O Come Emmanuel"; and "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" is combined with Chopin's "Nocturne in E flat". Every...