Author: Edward Meltzer
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Category : Orchestral music
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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Stories of Favorite Overtures
Author: Edward Meltzer
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Category : Orchestral music
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Orchestral music
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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Billboard
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
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Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
The 100 Greatest Composers and Their Musical Works
Author: Gary A. Smook
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525537857
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
His fascinating exploration takes you inside the rich music and colorful lives of the world’s greatest classical composers. From Bach to Stravinsky and beyond, you will learn how the unique life stories of these gifted composers are reflected in the musical masterpieces that we enjoy to this day. Designed as an introductory book on classical music, this comprehensive collection presents biographical snapshots of the major composers in the context of distinct historical and stylistic periods and in relation to their notable contemporaries. Special attention is given to recognizing their prominent musical works. The book delineates the many forms of instrumental and vocal music; and it explores the “basics” of tonality, musical structure, performance criteria, the orchestra and its instruments, orchestration, chamber music, and the cataloguing of musical works. As well, the newcomer to classical music will find advice on building a musical library. This book is an excellent source of information about classical music in a unique and entertaining format. It will help lay the foundation for a lifelong love of classical music, through the great musical heritage of these fine composers.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525537857
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
His fascinating exploration takes you inside the rich music and colorful lives of the world’s greatest classical composers. From Bach to Stravinsky and beyond, you will learn how the unique life stories of these gifted composers are reflected in the musical masterpieces that we enjoy to this day. Designed as an introductory book on classical music, this comprehensive collection presents biographical snapshots of the major composers in the context of distinct historical and stylistic periods and in relation to their notable contemporaries. Special attention is given to recognizing their prominent musical works. The book delineates the many forms of instrumental and vocal music; and it explores the “basics” of tonality, musical structure, performance criteria, the orchestra and its instruments, orchestration, chamber music, and the cataloguing of musical works. As well, the newcomer to classical music will find advice on building a musical library. This book is an excellent source of information about classical music in a unique and entertaining format. It will help lay the foundation for a lifelong love of classical music, through the great musical heritage of these fine composers.
Catalogue of Printed Music Published Between 1487 and 1800 Now in the British Museum: A-K.- v. 2. L-Z and First supplement
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 788
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Publisher:
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 788
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Catalogue of Printed Music in the Library of the Royal College of Music, London
Author: Royal College of Music (Great Britain)
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Pacific Overtures
Author: Stephen Sondheim
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ISBN: 9781559360258
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Priceless and peerless...a thrilling work of theatricality." --Wayman Wong, San Francisco Examiner For over three decades, Stephen Sondheim has been the foremost composer and lyricist writing regularly for Broadway. His substantial body of work now stands as one of the most sustained achievements of the American stage. Pacific Overtures, originally produced in 1976, combines an unsurpassed mastery of the American musical with such arts as Kabuki theatre, haiku, dance, and masks to recount Commander Matthew Perry's 1835 opening of Japan and its consequences right up to the present. This new edition of Pacific Overtures incorporates substantial revisions made by the authors for the successful 1984 revival.
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ISBN: 9781559360258
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Priceless and peerless...a thrilling work of theatricality." --Wayman Wong, San Francisco Examiner For over three decades, Stephen Sondheim has been the foremost composer and lyricist writing regularly for Broadway. His substantial body of work now stands as one of the most sustained achievements of the American stage. Pacific Overtures, originally produced in 1976, combines an unsurpassed mastery of the American musical with such arts as Kabuki theatre, haiku, dance, and masks to recount Commander Matthew Perry's 1835 opening of Japan and its consequences right up to the present. This new edition of Pacific Overtures incorporates substantial revisions made by the authors for the successful 1984 revival.
The Music America Loves Best
Author: Radio Corporation of America. RCA Victor Division
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Publisher:
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Melody
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 826
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 826
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A Jefferson Music Book
Author: J. S. Darling
Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg
ISBN: 9780879350444
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
The music collection of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation contains items from the Jefferson catalogue of 1783, sometimes the identical printing. This selection includes a variety of pieces, most of which are not available in modern editions. By playing them again from facsimiles, one recaptures the spirit of the musical life at Monticello that Jefferson loved so well.
Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg
ISBN: 9780879350444
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
The music collection of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation contains items from the Jefferson catalogue of 1783, sometimes the identical printing. This selection includes a variety of pieces, most of which are not available in modern editions. By playing them again from facsimiles, one recaptures the spirit of the musical life at Monticello that Jefferson loved so well.
John Christian Bach
Author: Heinz Grtner
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780931340796
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Chronicles the life of John Christian, the youngest surviving son of Johann Sebastian Bach, focusing on his musical training, preferences, and accomplishments as the organist of Milan Cathedral, composer to the King's Theater in London, and music master to the Queen.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780931340796
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Chronicles the life of John Christian, the youngest surviving son of Johann Sebastian Bach, focusing on his musical training, preferences, and accomplishments as the organist of Milan Cathedral, composer to the King's Theater in London, and music master to the Queen.