Classical Opera category: 1804 books

Humor y parodia se dan la mano en este relato divino. El Té de Dios, el legendario Té con el que Dios festeja su cumpleaños y en el que solo acuden los monos, se ve irrumpido por la inesperada aparición de una intrusa, una partícula subatómica que revolucionará la fiesta. Reseña: «No...

Nicolas Slonimsky nos presenta aquí un delicioso recopilatorio de descarnadas, venenosas e ingeniosas críticas musicales al compositor Richard Wagner. «Esta música solo puede despertar los instintos más bajos. La música de Wagner invoca al cerdo más que al ángel. Y lo que es peor, ensordece...

One of the all-time great film composers, James Horner's output was extensive and memorable, not to mention instantly-recognisable. His musical abilities meant he was able to lend his talent to any genre of film, as the 12 wonderful pieces included in this Ultimate Film Score Collection confirm. Each...

Relive all the best moments from Peter Jackson's epic adaptation of J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit with the music from the first of the trilogy An Unexpected Journey. This beautiful matching songbook encapsulates all the atmosphere and excitement of the film in 14 pieces from the score. Each is...

This matching folio for Una Mattina presents all the music from Ludovico Einaudi's autobiographical fourth album arranged for solo piano, including the pieces with solo Cello. ”If someone asked me about this album, I would say it is a collection of songs linked together by a story. But unlike...

The intent of any discography is comprehensiveness, aiming to include every recording within its chosen area, and to list all the important details of each. The discography, New York Philharmonic: The Authorized Recordings, 1917-2005 is no exception. Author James H. North has compiled more than 1500...

Composers in the Classroom is a bio-bibliographical dictionary, chronicling the careers and work of over 120 composers associated with conservatories, colleges, and universities in the United States and Puerto Rico. Scholars and students of music seeking critical information about composers who have...

Piano Lessons with Claudio Arrau provides an insider's view of the art of piano performance as exemplified by one of the great artists of the twentieth century. Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau devoted his life to the piano and its music. As a child prodigy, he gained national recognition from government...

Mara Solomon didn't go to the police station to solve a murder. While reporting a routine theft, Mara Solomon, Emory University musicologist, discovers that her old friend, the harpist Lynne Adastra, has been brutally murdered. The only clue left at the scene is a piece of music, scrawled in a desperate...

(Meredith Music Resource). Reading this book soon leads one to discover that band conductors are indeed fortunate to have a number of talented and accomplished leaders, who were not only willing, but enthusiastic about sharing their ideas and philosophies with younger colleagues. The result of all of...

Derived from a popular series of lecture-recitals presented by Carol Montparker over the past several years, The Composer's Landscape features eight insightful essays on the piano repertoire. Each chapter focuses on a single composer: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, and...

Novello presents a choral setting of Edward Elgar's 'Nimrod' from the Enigma Variations for SSAATTBB Choir, as arranged by John Cameron. This single pieces includes, as well as eight vocal lines, a piano score accompaniment for use in rehearsals.

This compilation of popular selections by the great master presents favorites from his more than 500 miniature "sonatas" (each about 4 minutes long). All of the best-loved miniature masterpieces appear here — tarantellas, Siciliennes, pastoral pieces, and high-speed keyboard toccatas. Pianists and...