Author: David Schulenberg
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136091467
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
The Keyboard Music of J.S. Bach provides an introduction to and comprehensive discussion of all the music for harpsichord and other stringed keyboard instruments by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Often played today on the modern piano, these works are central not only to the Western concert repertory but to musical pedagogy and study throughout the world. Intended as both a practical guide and an interpretive study, the book consists of three introductory chapters on general matters of historical context, style, and performance practice, followed by fifteen chapters on the individual works, treated in roughly chronological order. The works discussed include all of Bach's individual keyboard compositions as well as those comprising his famous collections, such as the Well-Tempered Clavier, the English and French Suites, and the Art of Fugue.
The Keyboard Music of J.S. Bach
Author: David Schulenberg
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136091467
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
The Keyboard Music of J.S. Bach provides an introduction to and comprehensive discussion of all the music for harpsichord and other stringed keyboard instruments by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Often played today on the modern piano, these works are central not only to the Western concert repertory but to musical pedagogy and study throughout the world. Intended as both a practical guide and an interpretive study, the book consists of three introductory chapters on general matters of historical context, style, and performance practice, followed by fifteen chapters on the individual works, treated in roughly chronological order. The works discussed include all of Bach's individual keyboard compositions as well as those comprising his famous collections, such as the Well-Tempered Clavier, the English and French Suites, and the Art of Fugue.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136091467
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
The Keyboard Music of J.S. Bach provides an introduction to and comprehensive discussion of all the music for harpsichord and other stringed keyboard instruments by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Often played today on the modern piano, these works are central not only to the Western concert repertory but to musical pedagogy and study throughout the world. Intended as both a practical guide and an interpretive study, the book consists of three introductory chapters on general matters of historical context, style, and performance practice, followed by fifteen chapters on the individual works, treated in roughly chronological order. The works discussed include all of Bach's individual keyboard compositions as well as those comprising his famous collections, such as the Well-Tempered Clavier, the English and French Suites, and the Art of Fugue.
The Musical Times and Singing-class Circular
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Music for Piano
Author: F. E. Kirby
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149308285X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
This historical survey focuses on music for piano solo but also includes important compositions for piano duet and two pianos. Scholarly yet readable, it covers the entire repertoire from the Renaissance to the late 20th century and incorporates a bibliography of 1 100 sources for further study.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149308285X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
This historical survey focuses on music for piano solo but also includes important compositions for piano duet and two pianos. Scholarly yet readable, it covers the entire repertoire from the Renaissance to the late 20th century and incorporates a bibliography of 1 100 sources for further study.
The Complete Catalogue of Music Published by Novello, Ewer and Co
Author: Novello, Ewer and Co., firm, music publishers, London & New York
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Musical Times and Singing-class Circular
The Penguin Companion to Classical Music
Author: Paul Griffiths
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141909765
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1400
Book Description
This superbly authoratitive new work provides a comprehensive A-Z guide to some 1000 years of Western music. It explores in detail the lives and achievements of a vast range of composers, as well as looking at such key topics as music history (from medieval plainchant to contemporary minimalism), performers, theory and jargon. Throught Griffiths skilfully blends lightly worn scholarship with personal insight, whether examining the emotional colouring that different musical keys achieve or charting the rise and development of the symphony.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141909765
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1400
Book Description
This superbly authoratitive new work provides a comprehensive A-Z guide to some 1000 years of Western music. It explores in detail the lives and achievements of a vast range of composers, as well as looking at such key topics as music history (from medieval plainchant to contemporary minimalism), performers, theory and jargon. Throught Griffiths skilfully blends lightly worn scholarship with personal insight, whether examining the emotional colouring that different musical keys achieve or charting the rise and development of the symphony.
Bach
Author: Peter Williams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107139252
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
Peter Williams revisits Bach's biography through the lens of his music, revealing the development of the composer's interests and priorities.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107139252
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
Peter Williams revisits Bach's biography through the lens of his music, revealing the development of the composer's interests and priorities.
The Violin
Author: Robert Riggs
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1580465064
Category : Violin
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Provides new perspectives on the violin's beloved concert repertoire, its diverse roles in indigenous musical traditions on four continents, and its metaphorical presence in visual arts and literature.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1580465064
Category : Violin
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Provides new perspectives on the violin's beloved concert repertoire, its diverse roles in indigenous musical traditions on four continents, and its metaphorical presence in visual arts and literature.
Paul Bowles on Music
Author: Paul Bowles
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520236554
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"In this wonderfully engaging and informative collection we hear the voice of a different Paul Bowles. Writing on a wide range of subjects--jazz, film music, classical music, popular music, ethnic music--he is direct, opinionated, incisive, analytical, humorous, and passionate."—Millicent Dillon, author of You Are Not I: A Portrait of Paul Bowles
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520236554
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"In this wonderfully engaging and informative collection we hear the voice of a different Paul Bowles. Writing on a wide range of subjects--jazz, film music, classical music, popular music, ethnic music--he is direct, opinionated, incisive, analytical, humorous, and passionate."—Millicent Dillon, author of You Are Not I: A Portrait of Paul Bowles
Bach's Numbers
Author: Ruth Tatlow
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107088607
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
In the eighteenth century the universal harmony of God's creation and the perfection of the unity (1:1) were philosophically, morally and devotionally significant. Ruth Tatlow employs theoretical evidence and practical demonstrations to explain how and why Bach used numbers in his published compositions.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107088607
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
In the eighteenth century the universal harmony of God's creation and the perfection of the unity (1:1) were philosophically, morally and devotionally significant. Ruth Tatlow employs theoretical evidence and practical demonstrations to explain how and why Bach used numbers in his published compositions.