Classical Opera category: 1804 books

The product of decades of scholarly investigation, Volume 1 contains 67 musical works by the virtuoso Paraguayan guitarist Agustin Barrios Mangore (1885-1944). This is the first edition of Barrios' music based on all available sources: manuscripts, phonograph recordings and published editions (pre-1970s)....

(Schirmer Performance Editions). The Seasons is a set of twelve pieces, one for each month. Dossin's edition is based on the composer's manuscript, with several surprising changes when compared to previously available standard editions. Late Intermediate to Early Advanced Level.

The early seventeenth century, when the first operas were written and technical advances with far-reaching consequences—such as tonal music—began to develop, is also notable for another shift: the displacement of aristocratic music-makers by a new professional class of performers. In this book,...

The Joy of Baroque is a tremendous collection with some of the richest, most beautiful and enjoyable pieces from history. Here are forty-four easy to intermediate works by Bach, Purcell, Scarlatti and other 17th and 18th century composers, all selected and edited by Denes Agay for Piano solo. A...

Chopin and Other Musical Essays by Henry Theophilus Finck,an American music critic, a leading promoter in the United States of Richard Wagner and his musical theories.He attended the Bayreuth Festival in 1876, of which he wrote accounts for newspapers and magazines. The Harris fellowship from Harvard...

In this penetrating study, Russell Stinson explores how four of the greatest composers of the nineteenth century--Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, and Johannes Brahms--responded to the model of Bach's organ music. The author shows that this quadrumvirate not only borrowed from Bach's...

Notes for Clarinetists: A Guide to the Repertoire offers important historical and analytical information about thirty-five of the best-known pieces written for the instrument. Numerous contextual and theoretical insights make it an essential resource for professional, amateur, and student clarinetists....

Original Musicscores (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Strings, Harp, Piano, Bass) of the Soundtrack "Preludes for Piano and Small Orchestra", Music by Klaus Bruengel. The label "Scores &Parts" produces eBooks containing musical scores and parts. The eBooks can be effectively used on stage, with an iPad or Kindle,...

Sparkling, graceful and tinged with an ineffable melancholy, Chopin’s waltzes succeed in conveying an air of mystery while retaining their ballroom splendor. His scherzos are truly novel metamorphoses of the form — tumultuous emotional outpourings that frequently attain tragic heights. Prepared...

A practical way for pianists to learn, practice, and rehearse, this volume features a pair of brilliant concertos arranged for two pianos. The first piano part is the original solo piano part; the second, a skillful reduction of the original orchestra parts. This edition has been reproduced from the acclaimed Paderewski edition. Includes commentary.

A new collection by Argentine guitar virtuoso and composer Jorge Morel. This collection features solos by three renowned Latin composers plus two original solo guitar compositions by the author/compiler. All works are in the tango/milonga dance form and are presented in notation and tablature. Selections...

Features 15 works, including one of the greatest of the Romantic period, the Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49, reprinted from the authoritative German edition prepared by Chopin's student, Carl Mikuli.

With 12 illustrations. According to Wikipedia: "Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (9 October 1835 16 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor, and pianist, known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse Macabre, Samson and Delilah, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, and his Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony)."

Marin Marais (1656-1728) was a 17th-18th century French composer and viol player for the court of Louis XIV. He is primarily known for his five books for one, two and three bass viols and continuo. The Suite in D minor comes from his first book Premier livre de pièces une et deux violes (1689)....