Download or read book Beethoven written by William Kinderman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-10 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining musical insight with the most recent research, William Kinderman's Beethoven is both a richly drawn portrait of the man and a guide to his music. Kinderman traces the composer's intellectual and musical development from the early works written in Bonn to the Ninth Symphony and the late quartets, looking at compositions from different and original perspectives that show Beethoven's art as a union of sensuous and rational, of expression and structure. In analyses of individual pieces, Kinderman shows that the deepening of Beethoven's musical thought was a continuous process over decades of his life. In this new updated edition, Kinderman gives more attention to the composer's early chamber music, his songs, his opera Fidelio, and to a number of often-neglected works of the composer's later years and fascinating projects left incomplete. A revised view emerges from this of Beethoven's aesthetics and the musical meaning of his works. Rather than the conventional image of a heroic and tormented figure, Kinderman provides a more complex, more fully rounded account of the composer. Although Beethoven's deafness and his other personal crises are addressed, together with this ever-increasing commitment to his art, so too are the lighter aspects of his personality: his humor, his love of puns, his great delight in juxtaposing the exalted and the commonplace.

Download or read book The American Reader written by Paulo Sergio Santos Negrete and published by Clube de Autores. This book was released on 2021-07-18 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Suggestopedia and the New developments of Neuroscience This wonderful method, which has its origins in the science of Suggestology, accelerates the learning process up to 10 times more than any conventional method. It has several positive by-products, such as psychotherapeutic and psychohygienic effects in the Suggestopedic environment created in the classroom. During my years of teaching English as a foreign Language, I could never accept the fact that my students needed so many years to start speaking a new language with confidence. Some others, even with years of study and dedication could not develop, despite my efforts to create better classes and activities. Others had constantly to review the verb to be . The results? The students were afraid of speaking and learning. Many people may ask: But how can it be possible to learn effectively in a short time? What s the secret? Others say: That s impossible! It is just propaganda! But actually, we are beings with an incredible power to learn, but the Social Suggestive Norms so present in our pedagogical system for centuries dictates how much we can learn and how long we need to. But I ask you: How did we learn our mother language? How could our brain collect, organize, understand and reproduce words and sentences when we were children? No one went to school to learn to speak. Our parents or who may have raised us never taught us grammar in order to make us speak. We can realize that we are missing something in our system of foreign language teaching. It does not use the resources available in our brain/mind. Our way of teaching in the present is not structured to follow the way the brain receives stores and processes information. So, why not to change the whole system? The answer is quite simple. Who wants to train teachers? Change textbooks and methods? How long would it take? But the fact is that more scientists are discovering what Dr. Lozanov did decades ago when he didn t have the technology we have today. Our researchers have noticed that our system is not the best approach to learn. That s why so many so-called accelerated learning systems or brain-friendly approaches have appeared. The main problem is that most of them have never been really tested. They have not had a follow up for decades to check if they would not harm the students. Suggestopedia is the ONLY method that had a scientific and medical background. Before publishing his results Dr. Lozanov accompanied his students for 10 years to be sure that nobody would have any negative by-product. On the contrary, his students became healthier and more intelligent. Prof. Paulo Negrete Academic Director Certified in Desuggestive Pedagogy

Download or read book A Chronicle of First Broadcast Performances of Musical Works in the United Kingdom 1923 1996 written by Alastair Mitchell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2001, this work provides detailed information taken from the ’Programmes-as-Broadcast’ daily log of output held at the BBC Written Archives Centre in Caversham. Arranged in chronological order, entries are given for broadcasts of first performances of musical works in the United Kingdom, and include details of: the date of the broadcast, the composer, the title of the work, performers and conductor. In addition to its usefulness as a reference tool, the Chronicle enables us to gauge the trends in twentieth-century British musical life, and the role of the BBC in their promotion.

Download or read book Popular Classics for Violin and Piano written by Bodewalt Lampe and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-05-22 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rare collection features violin part and separate piano reduction of 25 works by Brahms, Dvorak, Händel, Herbert, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Massenet, Elgar, and others. Suitable for intermediate-level violinists, this is an ideal edition for students, teachers, hobbyists, and professionals to use for practice, instruction, and recitals. Contents include Dvorak's Humoresk, Anton Rubinstein's Melody in F, Mendelssohn's Spring Song, Schubert's Serenade, Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Brahms, Love's Greeting by Elgar, and Handel's Largo from Xerxes. Additional melodies include Massenet's Elegie, Intermezzo from Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana, Saint-Saëns' The Swan, and more than a dozen others.

Download or read book The Schubert Song Transcriptions for Solo Piano Series II written by Franz Liszt and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All 24 songs of Schubert's great song cycle Winterreise, along with the 4 songs of Geistliche Lieder and the beloved single songs "La Rose," "Die Forelle," and "Lob der Thranen."

Download or read book The Schubert song transcriptions for solo piano Winterreise Geistliche Lieder La rose Lob der Thr nen Die Forelle written by Franz Liszt and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the many piano transcriptions Franz Liszt made of the works of other composers, those he made of the songs of Franz Schubert are among his most inspired. This volume contains the legendary pianist's twelve transcriptions from Schubert's great song cycle "Winterreise," along with the four songs of "Geistliche Lieder" and the beloved single songs "La Rose," "Lob der Thranen" and "Die Forelle." These rare transcriptions offer a unique blending of Classical inspiration with Romantic virtuosity. Here, Liszt retained the intense lyricism and emotional impact of Schubert's songs as he transformed them into dazzling compositions for solo piano. For generations, pianists and their audiences savored the rich rewards of Liszt's memorable achievement, even as the long-awaited publication of this Dover volume, nineteen rare gems of the keyboard literature are once more available, reproduced from extremely rare early editions. "

Download or read book Playing with Fire written by Elizabeth Wilson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full biography of the fearless and brilliant Maria Yudina, a legendary pianist who was central to Russian intellectual life Maria Yudina was no ordinary musician. An incredibly popular pianist, she lived on the fringes of Soviet society and had close friendships with such towering figures as Boris Pasternak, Pavel Florensky, and Mikhail Bakhtin. Legend has it that she was Stalin’s favorite pianist. Yudina was at the height of her fame during WWII, broadcasting almost daily on the radio, playing concerts for the wounded and troops in hospitals and on submarines, and performing for the inhabitants of besieged Leningrad. By the last years of her life, she had been dismissed for ideological reasons from the three institutions where she taught. And yet according to Shostakovich, Yudina remained “a special case. . . . The ocean was only knee-deep for her.” In this engaging biography, Elizabeth Wilson sets Yudina’s extraordinary life within the context of her times, where her musical career is measured against the intense intellectual and religious ferment of the post-revolutionary period and the ensuing years of Soviet repression.

Download or read book Fantasies from Opera for Violin and Piano written by Henryk Wieniawski and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four fantasies, each with separate violin part: Carmen Fantasy, Fantasia on Themes from Gounod's Faust, Fantasie from Mozart's The Magic Flute, and Fantasie Brillante on the March and the Romance from Rossini's Otello.

Download or read book Complete sonatas and variations for cello and piano written by Ludwig van Beethoven and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All five sonatas for cello and piano, and three sets of variations on themes by Mozart and Handel. Basic works of the chamber music repertoire, reprinted from the authoritative Breitkopf & Hartel edition. "

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Concerto written by Simon P. Keefe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-10-27 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rare volume dedicated entirely to scholarship on the genre of the concerto.

Download or read book Goldberg Variations and Other Bach Transcriptions for Solo Piano written by Ferruccio Busoni and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-12-19 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic 1919 arrangements of four keyboard masterpieces — Goldberg Variations, Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, The Art of the Fugue, and Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra in D Minor. Breitkopf & Härtel edition.

Download or read book Camille Saint Sa ns 1835 1921 written by Sabina Teller Ratner and published by Oxford : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Camille Saint-Sa ns 1835-1921: A Thematic Catalogue of his Complete Works defines the achievement of this great French composer. All his musical works are presented: the well-recognized masterpieces, the childhood sketches, the unpublished compositions, and the previously unknown pieces now revealed for the first time. This comprehensive collection fully documents the composer's extraordinary contribution to the musical world. Volume 1 concentrates specifically on his Instrumental output, while the two later volumes will cover Dramatic Works and Choral & Vocal Works respectively.

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Mendelssohn written by Peter Mercer-Taylor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-10-21 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book surveys the life, work, and posthumous reception of nineteenth-century German-Jewish composer Felix Mendelssohn.

Download or read book Guide to the Solo Horn Repertoire written by Richard Seraphinoff and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 horn and keyboard, and works for horn and ensemble. Each entry includes publisher information, a brief description of the form and character of a work, technical details of the horn writing, and information on dedication and premiere. The authors also include commentary on the various techniques required and the performance challenges of each piece. Representing over ten years of careful compilation and notation by an expert in horn performance and pedagogy, and by a seasoned music librarian and natural horn performer, Guide to the Solo Horn Repertoire will be an invaluable resource for performers, educators, and composers.

Download or read book A Taste for the Classics written by Patrick Kavanaugh and published by Paternoster. This book was released on 1993 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Monthly Musical Record written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-04-26 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1872.

Download or read book Orchestral Music written by David Daniels and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2005-10-13 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Also Available: Orchestral Music Online This fourth edition of the highly acclaimed, classic sourcebook for planning orchestral programs and organizing rehearsals has been expanded and revised to feature 42% more compositions over the third edition, with clearer entries and a more useful system of appendixes. Compositions cover the standard repertoire for American orchestra. Features from the previous edition that have changed and new additions include: · Larger physical format (8.5 x 11 vs. 5.5 x 8.5) · Expanded to 6400 entries and almost 900 composers (only 4200 in 3rd Ed.) · Merged with the American Symphony Orchestra League's OLIS (Orchestra Library Information Service) · Enhanced specific information on woodwind & brass doublings · Lists of required percussion equipment for many works · New, more intuitive format for instrumentation · More contents notes and durations of individual movements · Composers' citizenship, birth and death dates and places, integrated into the listings · Listings of useful websites for orchestra professionals