Author: Sylvia Glickman
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 1573564117
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Composers were chosen based on the excellence of their music, their importance in the period's daily musical life, and the availability of information on their lives, music, and recordings. Taken together, they represent a broad range of styles, countries, and eras. This book is a valuable resource for students from high school through university, and for anyone interested in musical history and composers."--BOOK JACKET.
From Convent to Concert Hall
Author: Sylvia Glickman
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 1573564117
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Composers were chosen based on the excellence of their music, their importance in the period's daily musical life, and the availability of information on their lives, music, and recordings. Taken together, they represent a broad range of styles, countries, and eras. This book is a valuable resource for students from high school through university, and for anyone interested in musical history and composers."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 1573564117
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Composers were chosen based on the excellence of their music, their importance in the period's daily musical life, and the availability of information on their lives, music, and recordings. Taken together, they represent a broad range of styles, countries, and eras. This book is a valuable resource for students from high school through university, and for anyone interested in musical history and composers."--BOOK JACKET.
From Convent to Concert Hall
Author: Sylvia Glickman
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
"Composers were chosen based on the excellence of their music, their importance in the period's daily musical life, and the availability of information on their lives, music, and recordings. Taken together, they represent a broad range of styles, countries, and eras. This book is a valuable resource for students from high school through university, and for anyone interested in musical history and composers."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
"Composers were chosen based on the excellence of their music, their importance in the period's daily musical life, and the availability of information on their lives, music, and recordings. Taken together, they represent a broad range of styles, countries, and eras. This book is a valuable resource for students from high school through university, and for anyone interested in musical history and composers."--BOOK JACKET.
The Daily Book of Classical Music
Author: Leslie Chew
Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing
ISBN: 1610586069
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Music lovers of all ages are drawn to the pure melodies of classical music. Now aficionados of this timeless genre can learn something about classical music every day of the year! Readers will find everything from brief biographies of their favorite composers to summaries of the most revered operas. Interesting facts about the world’s most celebrated songs and discussions of classical music–meets–pop culture make this book as fun as it is informative. Ten categories of discussion rotate throughout the year: Classical Music Periods, Compositional Forms, Great Composers, Celebrated Works, Basic Instruments, Famous Operas, Music Theory, Venues of the World, Museums & Festivals, and Pop Culture Medley.
Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing
ISBN: 1610586069
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Music lovers of all ages are drawn to the pure melodies of classical music. Now aficionados of this timeless genre can learn something about classical music every day of the year! Readers will find everything from brief biographies of their favorite composers to summaries of the most revered operas. Interesting facts about the world’s most celebrated songs and discussions of classical music–meets–pop culture make this book as fun as it is informative. Ten categories of discussion rotate throughout the year: Classical Music Periods, Compositional Forms, Great Composers, Celebrated Works, Basic Instruments, Famous Operas, Music Theory, Venues of the World, Museums & Festivals, and Pop Culture Medley.
The Cambridge Companion to Women Composers
Author: Matthew Head
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110848915X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Exploring a diverse, distinguished repertoire, and transcending the rhetoric of neglect, this book transforms understanding of women composers.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110848915X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Exploring a diverse, distinguished repertoire, and transcending the rhetoric of neglect, this book transforms understanding of women composers.
Augusta Browne
Author: Bonny H. Miller
Publisher: Eastman Studies in Music
ISBN: 1580469728
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
The first comprehensive biography of any American woman musician born before the Civil War brings to life a composer whose story is both old-fashioned and strikingly modern.
Publisher: Eastman Studies in Music
ISBN: 1580469728
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
The first comprehensive biography of any American woman musician born before the Civil War brings to life a composer whose story is both old-fashioned and strikingly modern.
The Cambridge Companion to Amy Beach
Author: E. Douglas Bomberger
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108845843
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The first book in twenty-five years to survey the life and music of America's pioneering female composer of concert works.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108845843
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The first book in twenty-five years to survey the life and music of America's pioneering female composer of concert works.
Sister Julia
Author: Sister Helen Louise
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Prague & the Czech Republic
Author: Stephen Brook
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426206356
Category : Czech Republic
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Capturing Prague's enchantment - its lavish palaces and baroque churches, street musicians and Old World cafes - and the beauty of the Czech Republic's countryside, this guide takes you to the best sites, as well as some lesser-known ones, providing extensive background information and tips on how best to visit each place.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426206356
Category : Czech Republic
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Capturing Prague's enchantment - its lavish palaces and baroque churches, street musicians and Old World cafes - and the beauty of the Czech Republic's countryside, this guide takes you to the best sites, as well as some lesser-known ones, providing extensive background information and tips on how best to visit each place.
National Geographic Traveler Prague and the Czech Republic
Author: Stephen Brook
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426216998
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
This informative guide to the fast-changing land of the Czech Republic and its beautiful capital city, Prague, takes readers through Prague's Castle District and Little Quarter, the Old Town, and the New Town and the suburbs. It explores the Czech Republic heartland with chapters on Southern, Western, Northern and Eastern Bohemia, finishing up in Southern and Northern Moravia. Subsequent chapters include contemporary editorial features and experiential sidebars that highlight every aspect of Czech life and offer a wide range of activities for the traveler to seek out: Take a walk around the Little Quarter; enjoy a stroll around Old Town; learn about Mozart and Kafka, two of the city's most famous residents; visit Prague pubs; learn about the Prague Spring; drive through the land of castles; visit Jewish Moravia; and catch the Strážnice Folk Festival. The guide offers practical advice on planning your trip and explains the country in the context of its tumultuous history, art and culture, landscape, and food and drink. The extensive Travelwise section tells visitors the best places to stay and eat and the best shopping and entertainment in Prague and the Czech Republic.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426216998
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
This informative guide to the fast-changing land of the Czech Republic and its beautiful capital city, Prague, takes readers through Prague's Castle District and Little Quarter, the Old Town, and the New Town and the suburbs. It explores the Czech Republic heartland with chapters on Southern, Western, Northern and Eastern Bohemia, finishing up in Southern and Northern Moravia. Subsequent chapters include contemporary editorial features and experiential sidebars that highlight every aspect of Czech life and offer a wide range of activities for the traveler to seek out: Take a walk around the Little Quarter; enjoy a stroll around Old Town; learn about Mozart and Kafka, two of the city's most famous residents; visit Prague pubs; learn about the Prague Spring; drive through the land of castles; visit Jewish Moravia; and catch the Strážnice Folk Festival. The guide offers practical advice on planning your trip and explains the country in the context of its tumultuous history, art and culture, landscape, and food and drink. The extensive Travelwise section tells visitors the best places to stay and eat and the best shopping and entertainment in Prague and the Czech Republic.
Fifty Years of Concessions to Ireland, 1831-1881
Author: Richard Barry O'Brien
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description