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by Wesley Roberts, Maurice Hinson
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013

Guide to the Pianist’s Repertoire continues to be the go-to source for piano performers, teachers, and students. Newly updated and expanded with more than 250 new composers, this incomparable resource expertly guides readers to solo piano literature and provides answers to common questions: What...
by RICHARD SERAPHINOFF, LINDA DEMPF
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2016

This comprehensive, annotated resource of solo repertoire for the horn documents in detail the rich catalogue of original solo compositions for the instrument. Intended as a guide for practical use and easy reference, it is organized into three large sections: works for unaccompanied horn, works for...

Piano Duet Repertoire, Second Edition

Music Originally Written for One Piano, Four Hands

by Cameron McGraw
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016

Since the 1981 publication of the first edition, Cameron McGraw’s Piano Duet Repertoire has been a trusted guide for duet performers. This second edition, edited and substantially expanded by Christopher and Katherine Fisher, brings the volume into the 21st century, adding over 500 new or updated...
by Jeffery Kite-Powell
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012

Revised and expanded, A Performer’s Guide to Seventeenth Century Music is a comprehensive reference guide for students and professional musicians. The book contains useful material on vocal and choral music and style; instrumentation; performance practice; ornamentation, tuning, temperament; meter...
by Byron Almén
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017

Byron Almén proposes an original synthesis of approaches to musical narrative from literary criticism, semiotics, historiography, musicology, and music theory, resulting in a significant critical reorientation of the field. This volume includes an extensive survey of traditional approaches to musical...
by Meredith Little, Natalie Jenne
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2009

Stylized dance music and music based on dance rhythms pervade Bach's compositions. Although the music of this very special genre has long been a part of every serious musician's repertoire, little has been written about it. The original edition of this addressed works that bore the names of...
by Michael Witt
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013

Originally released as a videographic experiment in film history, Jean-Luc Godard's Histoire(s) du cinéma has pioneered how we think about and narrate cinema history, and in how history is taught through cinema. In this stunningly illustrated volume, Michael Witt explores Godard’s landmark work...

Singing Jeremiah

Music and Meaning in Holy Week

by Robert L. Kendrick
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014

A defining moment in Catholic life in early modern Europe, Holy Week brought together the faithful to commemorate the passion, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In this study of ritual and music, Robert L. Kendrick investigates the impact of the music used during the Paschal Triduum on...
by Robert A. Green
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016

The hurdy-gurdy, or vielle, has been part of European musical life since the eleventh century. In eighteenth-century France, improvements in its sound and appearance led to its use in chamber ensembles. This new and expanded edition of The Hurdy-Gurdy in Eighteenth-Century France offers the definitive...

Virtuosi

A Defense and a (Sometimes Erotic) Celebration of Great Pianists

by Mark Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2000

Virtuosi A Defense and a (Sometimes Erotic) Celebration of Great Pianists Mark Mitchell A bravura performance! "Vigorous, opinionated, and always entertaining, here is a personal essayist of great charm and sincerity. Mitchell’s erudition—his collection of odd and illuminating...

Before the Chinrest

A Violinist's Guide to the Mysteries of Pre-Chinrest Technique and Style

by Stanley Ritchie
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012

Drawing on the principles of Francesco Geminiani and four decades of experience as a baroque and classical violinist, Stanley Ritchie offers a valuable resource for anyone wishing to learn about 17th-18th-and early 19th-century violin technique and style. While much of the work focuses on the technical...

The Accompaniment in "Unaccompanied" Bach

Interpreting the Sonatas and Partitas for Violin

by Stanley Ritchie
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016

Known around the world for his advocacy of early historical performance and as a skilled violin performer and pedagogue, Stanley Ritchie has developed a technical guide to the interpretation and performance of J. S. Bach's enigmatic sonatas and partitas for solo violin. Unlike typical Baroque compositions,...

Tango

Creation of a Cultural Icon

by Jo Baim
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2007

In Tango: Creation of a Cultural Icon Jo Baim dispels common stereotypes of the tango and tells the real story behind this rich and complex dance. Despite its exoticism, the tango of this time period is a very accessible dance, especially as European and North American dancers adapted it. Modern ballroom...
by Leigh H. Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017

Dolly Parton is instantly recognizable for her iconic style and persona, but how did she create her enduring image? Dolly crafted her exaggerated appearance and stage personality by combining two opposing stereotypes—the innocent mountain girl and the voluptuous sex symbol. Emerging through her...
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