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Cover of Virgil Thomson: The State of Music & Other Writings (LOA #277)
by Virgil Thomson
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016

**An unprecedented collection of polemical and autobiographical writings by America’s greatest composer-critic. **Following on the critically acclaimed 2014 edition of Virgil Thomson's collected newspaper music criticism, The Library of America and Pulitzer Prize–winning music critic Tim Page...
Cover of Animation, Plasticity, and Music in Italy, 1770-1830
by Ellen Lockhart
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017

This path-breaking study of stage works in Italian musical performances reconsiders a crucial period of music history. Through an interdisciplinary examination of the statue animated by music, Ellen Lockhart deftly shows how Enlightenment ideas influenced Italian theater and music, and vice versa....
Cover of INTERSTELLAR - A Series of Science Fiction Adventure Stories
by Adrian Holland
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012

An epic space opera, adventure… This thrilling twelve part series combines aspects of mythology with new technology, as the human race evolves into its true Galactic Human form. News of the increasing desperate alien group sent shockwaves around the Galactic Council. However, it...
Cover of Engaging Haydn

Engaging Haydn

Culture, Context, and Criticism

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Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012

Haydn is enjoying renewed appreciation as one of the towering figures of Western music history. This lively collection builds upon this resurgence of interest, with chapters exploring the nature of Haydn's invention and the cultural forces that he both absorbed and helped to shape and express. The...
Cover of Music in Germany since 1968
by Alastair Williams
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013

Music in Germany since 1968 modifies the dominant historiography of music in post-war Germany by shifting its axis from the years of reconstruction after 1945 to the era following the events of 1968. Arguing that the social transformations of 1968 led to a new phase of music in Germany, Alastair Williams...
Cover of Communicating Music

Communicating Music

Festschrift fuer Ernst Lichtenhahn zum 80. Geburtstag Festschrift for Ernst Lichtenhahns 80th Birthday

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Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015

Ernst Lichtenhahn ist ohne Übertreibung ein Doyen der schweizerischen Musikforschung. Als einer der wenigen Musikwissenschaftler im deutschsprachigen Raum hat er unterschiedliche sprachkulturelle und disziplinäre Forschungstraditionen zusammengeführt. In seinem Wissenschaftsverständnis sind historische...
Cover of Ernst Krenek and the Politics of Musical Style
by Peter Tregear
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2013

Ernst Krenek has been described as a “one-man history of twentieth-century music.” His vast compositional output encompasses many of its extremes and expresses many of its contradictions. Few have attempted, however, to contextualize Krenek’s compositional output because our understanding of...
Cover of Singing in Russian

Singing in Russian

A Guide to Language and Performance

by Emily Olin
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012

With its unique blend of eastern and western traditions of music and poetry, the world of Russian vocal music is rich in spirituality, intimacy, and passion for singers and their audience. Russian song traditions offer an ideal opportunity for self-expression and the forging of a deep connection with...
Cover of Song of a Nation

Song of a Nation

The Untold Story of Canada's National Anthem

by Robert Harris
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018

The greatest story never told, this formidable and gorgeously written biography documents the amazing and controversial short life of Calixa Lavallée--the composer of "O Canada"--and the tumult of 19th-century North America. The story of "O Canada" is one of the great unknowns of our collective...
Cover of Un monde habité par le chant
by Olivier Bellamy, Teresa Berganza
Language: French
Release Date: June 6, 2013

Révélée en 1957 au Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Teresa Berganza est l’une des cantatrices les plus universellement aimées et respectées. Baptisée « la Carmen du siècle » par Herbert von Karajan, idéale dans Mozart et Rossini, la mezzo-soprano espagnole a bâti une carrière exemplaire...
Cover of La Discothèque de référence en CD

La Discothèque de référence en CD

opéra - 1ère édition

by jean-philippe biojout
Language: French
Release Date: August 28, 2014

Quels disques d’opéra choisir aujourd’hui ? Après le succès remporté par la première édition de La discothèque de référence - musique classique, voici le nouveau guide d’écoute et d’achat complémentaire des...
Cover of Sémélé
by Antoine Houdar de la Motte, Marin Marais
Language: French
Release Date: March 1, 2012

Le célèbre opéra tragique écrit pour Marin Marais par Antoine Houdar de la Motte, basé sur le mythe de Sémélé.
Cover of Le Crépuscule des dieux
by Richard Wagner
Language: French
Release Date: August 18, 2016

Le Crépuscule des dieux est un opéra du compositeur allemand de la période romantique Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883). Ce livre numérique présente l'édition intégrale et comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mise en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique.
Cover of La Esmeralda
by Victor Hugo
Language: French
Release Date: January 27, 2016

Si par hasard quelqu'un se souvenait d'un roman en écoutant un opéra, l'auteur croit devoir prévenir le public que pour faire entrer dans la perspective particulière d'une scène lyrique quelque chose du drame qui sert de base au livre intitulé <i>Notre-Dame...
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