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Lost Secrets of Master Musicians

A Window Into Genius

by David Jacobson
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016

What were the “secret” techniques and musical insights that enabled performers such as Jascha Heifetz, Nathan Milstein, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Vladimir Horowitz, and Glenn Gould to achieve such unsurpassed levels of musical expression and technical skill? And, if we could rediscover this knowledge,...
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The Other Worlds of Hector Berlioz

Travels with the Orchestra

by Inge van Rij
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015

Berlioz frequently explored other worlds in his writings, from the imagined exotic enchantments of New Zealand to the rings of Saturn where Beethoven's spirit was said to reside. The settings for his musical works are more conservative, and his adventurousness has instead been located in his mastery...
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Lexikon Musiklehre

Ein Nachschlage-, Lese- und Arbeitsbuch

by Clemens Kühn
Language: German
Release Date: June 20, 2016

Drei Bücher in einem: Lexikon - Lesebuch - Arbeitsmittel Konzept: "Lexikon": direkter Zugriff auf alle wichtigen Informationen zum Themenfeld "Musiklehre". Von "Akkord" bis "Zwölftonmusik" "Lesebuch": Text-Inseln zu grundsätzlichen Fragen...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2007

Claudio Monteverdi is one of the most important figures of 'early' music, a composer whose music speaks powerfully and directly to modern audiences. This book, first published in 2007, provides an authoritative treatment of Monteverdi and his music, complementing Paolo Fabbri's standard biography...
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by Otto Jahn
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013

Fac-simile No. 2 is of the original MS. of "Das Veil-chen," now in the possession of Mr. Speyer, of Herne Hill (see Vol. II., p. 373). Fac-similes Nos. 3 and 4 are sketches illustrative of Mozart's method of composing. Sketch I. is described in Vol. II., p. 425. Sketch II. is of part of...
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Operetta

A Theatrical History

by Richard Traubner
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004

"Operetta: A Theatrical History" is considered the classic history of this important musical theater form. Traubner's book, first published in 1983, is still recognized as the key history of the people and productions that made operetta a worldwide phenomenon. Beginning in mid-19th century...
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Mozart. Die Zauberflöte

epub 2 mit Zitierfähigkeit

by Robert Maschka
Language: German
Release Date: February 2, 2016

"Die Zauberflöte" ist die meistgespielte Oper weltweit. Wer würde sich nicht berühren lassen von einem Werk, in dem die Wiederkehr der Liebe in einer heillos zerstrittenen Welt das Thema ist? Wie dieser Grundgedanke von Mozart in Musik gesetzt wurde, beschreibt Robert Maschka durch eine...
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The Shuberts and Their Passing Shows

The Untold Tale of Ziegfeld's Rivals

by Jonas Westover
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016

The Shubert name has been synonymous with Broadway for almost as long as Broadway entertainment itself. With seventeen Broadway theatres including the Ambassador, the Music Box, and the Winter Garden, The Shubert Organization perpetuates brothers Lee and Jacob Shubert's business legacy. In The Shuberts...
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by Anselm Gerhard
Language: German
Release Date: August 23, 2012

Die Opern Giuseppe Verdis (1813–1901) erreichten schon zu seinen Lebzeiten alle fünf Kontinente, heute gehören sie zum unverzichtbaren Repertoire eines jeden Opernhauses. Der in ländlicher Umgebung geborene Komponist war weitgereist – von Neapel bis London, von Madrid bis Moskau – und verbrachte...
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Emanuel Schikaneder

Der Mann für Mozart

by Eva Gesine Baur
Language: German
Release Date: May 31, 2012

Emanuel Schikaneders Karriere begann ganz unten, doch er wurde zu einem Universaltalent: Theaterdirektor, Tänzer, Regisseur, Librettist von Mozarts «Zauberflöte» und Sänger des ersten Papageno. Kein Theatermann seiner Zeit besaß mehr Instinkt für das Populäre, mehr Sinn für Bühneneffekte,...
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Tannhäuser

und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg

by Richard Wagner, Rosmarie König, Richard Wagner
Language: German
Release Date: July 11, 2014

Richard Wagners 1845 beendete Romantische Oper "Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg" schreitet auf dem Weg fort, der mit dem "Fliegenden Holländer" wenige Jahre zuvor eingeschlagen wurde: dem Weg von der Nummernoper zur durchkomponierten Oper ohne eingeschobene gesprochene Prosastellen, wie...
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by René Kollo
Language: German
Release Date: June 1, 2018

Weltklasse-Tenor und Schlagerstar in einer Person – dieses Kunststück ist René Kollo gelungen. Seinen ersten großen Erfolg hatte er mit dem Schlager 'Hello, Mary Lou'. Nach intensivem Studium wechselte René Kollo in das Opernfach, wo er 1965 im Staatstheater Braunschweig sein erstes Engagement...
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by Emilio Sala
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013

How did Paris and its musical landscape influence Verdi's La traviata? In this book, Emilio Sala re-examines La traviata in the cultural context of the French capital in the mid-nineteenth century. Verdi arrived in Paris in 1847 and stayed for almost two years: there, he began his relationship with...
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by Kimberly White
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018

The study of singers' art has emerged as a prominent area of inquiry within musicology in recent years. Female Singers on the French Stage, 1830–1848 shifts the focus from the artwork onstage to the labour that went on behind the scenes. Through extensive analysis of primary source documents, Kimberly...
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