Author: William Byrd
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9781457484346
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
A choral worship cantata composed by William Byrd.
Great Service (Venite, Te Deum, Benedictus, Kyrie, Creed, Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis)
Author: William Byrd
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9781457484346
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
A choral worship cantata composed by William Byrd.
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9781457484346
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
A choral worship cantata composed by William Byrd.
The Complete Classical Music Guide
Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0744033470
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
What makes Mozart's music so great? Why does a minor chord sound sad and a major chord sound happy? What's the difference between opera and operetta? From Bach to Bernstein, this definitive guide offers a complete survey of the history of classical music. Whether you already love classical music or you're just beginning to explore it, The Complete Classical Music Guide invites you to discover the spirituality of Byrd's masses, the awesome power of Handel's Messiah, and the wonders of Wagner's operas, as well as hundreds of more composers and their masterpieces. This guide takes you on a journey through more than 1,000 years, charting the evolution of musical instruments, styles, and genres. Biographies of major and lesser-known composers offer rich insights into their music and the historical and cultural contexts that influenced their genius. The book explores the features that defined each musical era - from the ornate brilliance of the Baroque, through the drama of Romantic music, to contemporary genres such as minimalism and electronic music. Timelines, quotes, and color photographs give a voice to this music and the exceptionally gifted individuals who created it.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0744033470
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
What makes Mozart's music so great? Why does a minor chord sound sad and a major chord sound happy? What's the difference between opera and operetta? From Bach to Bernstein, this definitive guide offers a complete survey of the history of classical music. Whether you already love classical music or you're just beginning to explore it, The Complete Classical Music Guide invites you to discover the spirituality of Byrd's masses, the awesome power of Handel's Messiah, and the wonders of Wagner's operas, as well as hundreds of more composers and their masterpieces. This guide takes you on a journey through more than 1,000 years, charting the evolution of musical instruments, styles, and genres. Biographies of major and lesser-known composers offer rich insights into their music and the historical and cultural contexts that influenced their genius. The book explores the features that defined each musical era - from the ornate brilliance of the Baroque, through the drama of Romantic music, to contemporary genres such as minimalism and electronic music. Timelines, quotes, and color photographs give a voice to this music and the exceptionally gifted individuals who created it.
Choral Repertoire
Author: Dennis Shrock
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197622402
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 929
Book Description
"Choral Repertoire is the definitive and comprehensive one-volume presentation of the most significant composers and compositions of choral music from the Western Hemisphere throughout recorded history. The book is designed for multiple uses-as a programming guide for practicing conductors, instructional resource for students and teachers of choral music, historic and stylistic reference for choral singers, and source of information about composers and compositions for choral enthusiasts-and as such, the book intends to further and make accessible important information relevant to the vast scope of choral music. Organized by era (Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Modern), Choral Repertoire covers general characteristics of each historical era, trends and styles unique to various countries, biographical sketches of more than six hundred composers, and performance annotations of more than five thousand individual works. Of the composers, there is substantive coverage of women and composers of color, and of the repertoire, there is inclusion of lesser-known works as well as those works that are considered standard"--
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197622402
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 929
Book Description
"Choral Repertoire is the definitive and comprehensive one-volume presentation of the most significant composers and compositions of choral music from the Western Hemisphere throughout recorded history. The book is designed for multiple uses-as a programming guide for practicing conductors, instructional resource for students and teachers of choral music, historic and stylistic reference for choral singers, and source of information about composers and compositions for choral enthusiasts-and as such, the book intends to further and make accessible important information relevant to the vast scope of choral music. Organized by era (Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Modern), Choral Repertoire covers general characteristics of each historical era, trends and styles unique to various countries, biographical sketches of more than six hundred composers, and performance annotations of more than five thousand individual works. Of the composers, there is substantive coverage of women and composers of color, and of the repertoire, there is inclusion of lesser-known works as well as those works that are considered standard"--
Handel's Oratorio, Israel in Egypt (composed in the Year 1738)
Author: George Frideric Handel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oratorios
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oratorios
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The Musical Standard
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The three favourite masses, composed by Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The Musical Times and Singing-class Circular
Author:
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 822
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 822
Book Description
Outlines of Musical Bibliography
Author: Andrew Deakin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
William Byrd
Author: Edmund H. Fellowes
Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon Press
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon Press
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Handel's Oratorio, Samson
Author: George Frideric Handel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oratorios
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oratorios
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description