Download or read book Grande Fantaisie Opus 13 on Polish Airs written by Frederic Chopin and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-28 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This was Chopin's second work for piano and orchestra, the first being his delightful Variations on "La ci darem" (1827). The Fantasia was written while the composer was a student at the Warsaw Conservatory, where he studied composition with Josef Elsner. The work is folk-inspired owing to its reliance on well-known Polish themes and to its overtly Polish character throughout. However, all the themes in it cannot be attributed to folk sources. The second air Chopin uses, for example, was written by Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski (1785-1857), a contemporary composer and conductor who led the orchestra for several of the young composer's early concerts.
Download or read book Fantasia on Polish airs written by Frédéric Chopin and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IncludesOpus 2 - the sparkling Variations on Mozart's "Lagrave; ci darem la mano"- along with Chopin's equally scintillating Fantasia on Polish Airs, Op. 13, and Krakowiak: Rondo for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 14, in a single volume. Dover Original. From Vol. 12 of Breitkopf & Hauml;rtel's Complete Works Edition, 1878ndash;80.
Download or read book A Handbook to Chopin s Works written by Ashton Jonson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2013 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonson's book consists of an account of each Chopin composition, its place among the composer's work, its distinguishing features, notes of any special point of interest attaching to it and an epitome of comments and criticisms that have been made upon it. It is supplemented by biographical details and socio-historical information. The author gives a very detailed overwiew of the composer's life and work which deserves special attention in the field of Chopin studies. Reprint of the original edition from 1905.
Download or read book A Handbook to Chopin s Works written by George Charles Ashton Jonson and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician Volume 1 2 Complet written by Frederick Niecks and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-09 with total page 1186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Download or read book The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians written by Oscar Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 2506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chopin in Paris written by Tad Szulc and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-03-12 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chopin in Paris introduces the most important musical and literary figures of Fryderyk Chopin's day in a glittering story of the Romantic era. During Chopin's eighteen years in Paris, lasting nearly half his short life, he shone at the center of the immensely talented artists who were defining their time -- Hugo, Balzac, Stendhal, Delacroix, Liszt, Berlioz, and, of course, George Sand, a rebel feminist writer who became Chopin's lover and protector. Tad Szulc, the author of Fidel and Pope John Paul II, approaches his subject with imagination and insight, drawing extensively on diaries, memoirs, correspondence, and the composer's own journal, portions of which appear here for the first time in English. He uses contemporary sources to chronicle Chopin's meteoric rise in his native Poland, an ascent that had brought him to play before the reigning Russian grand duke at the age of eight. He left his homeland when he was eighteen, just before Warsaw's patriotic uprising was crushed by the tsar's armies. Carrying the memories of Poland and its folk music that would later surface in his polonaises and mazurkas, Chopin traveled to Vienna. There he established his reputation in the most demanding city of Europe. But Chopin soon left for Paris, where his extraordinary creative powers would come to fruition amid the revolutions roiling much of Europe. He quickly gained fame and a circle of powerful friends and acquaintances ranging from Rothschild, the banker, to Karl Marx. Distinguished by his fastidious dress and the wracking cough that would cut short his life, Chopin spent his days composing and giving piano lessons to a select group of students. His evenings were spent at the keyboard, playing for his friends. It was at one of these Chopin gatherings that he met George Sand, nine years his senior. Through their long and often stormy relationship, Chopin enjoyed his richest creative period. As she wrote dozens of novels, he composed furiously -- both were compulsive creators. After their affair unraveled, Chopin became the protégé of Jane Stirling, a wealthy Scotswoman, who paraded him in his final year across England and Scotland to play for the aristocracy and even Queen Victoria. In 1849, at the age of thirty-nine, Chopin succumbed to the tuberculosis that had plagued him from childhood. Chopin in Paris is an illuminating biography of a tragic figure who was one of the most important composers of all time. Szulc brings to life the complex, contradictory genius whose works will live forever. It is compelling reading about an exciting epoch of European history, culture, and music -- and about one of the great love dramas of the nineteenth century.
Download or read book The Essential Canon of Classical Music written by David Dubal and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-10-24 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies almost two hundred forty composers whose works are most important to an understanding of classical music, with essays on sixty of the most significant. Presented in chronological order for the Medieval, Renaissance, and Elizabethan ages, the age of the Baroque, the age of Classicism, the Romantic age, and the age of Modernism.
Download or read book The Penguin Companion to Classical Music written by Paul Griffiths and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-10-07 with total page 1400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Orchestral Pops Music written by Lucy Manning and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this second edition of Orchestral “Pops” Music: A Handbook, Lucy Manning brings forward to the present her remarkable compendium of information about this form of orchestral music. Since the appearance of the first edition in 2008, this work has proven critical to successful “pops” concert programming. With changes in publishers and agents, the discontinuation of the publication of certain original material or, worst of all, presses going out of business, music directors, orchestra conductors, and professional instrumentalists face formidable challenges in tracking down accurate information about this vast repertoire. This revised handbook alleviates the time-consuming task of researching these changes by offering a list of works for orchestral “pops” concerts that is comprehensive, informative, and current. Manning’s emphasis on clarity and accuracy gives users an indispensable tool for gathering vital information on the style, instrumentation, and availability of the repertoire listed, as well as notes on its performance. The user-friendly appendices include expanded instrumentation choices, easy-to-find durations, and handy title cross-references. In addition to corrections and updates, this new edition of Orchestral “Pops” Music includes at least 1,000 new title listings. Orchestral “Pops” Music: A Handbook is the ideal tool for working conductors and orchestral librarians, as well as music program directors at colleges, conservatories, and orchestras.
Download or read book Chopin Pianist and Teacher written by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1988-12-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first English paperback edition of the unique collection of documents which reveal Chopin as teacher and interpreter of his own music. From the accounts of his pupils, acquaintances and contemporaries, together with his own writing, we gain valuable insight into Chopin's pianistic and stylistic practice, his teaching methods and his aesthetic beliefs. The documents are divided into two categories: those concerning technique and style, two notions inseparable in Chopin's mind, and those concerning the interpretation of Chopin's works. Extensive appendix material presents Chopin's essay 'Sketch for a method', as well as annotated scores belonging to Chopin's pupils and acquaintances, and personal accounts of Chopin's playing as experienced by his contemporaries: composers and pianists, pupils and friends, writers and critics. The statements of Chopin's own students in diaries, letters and reminiscences, written, dictated or conveyed by word of mouth, provide the bulk of these accounts. Throughout the book detailed annotations add a valuable scholary dimension, creating an indispensable guide to the authentic performance of Chopin's piano works.
Download or read book Monthly musical record written by and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chopin written by James Huneker and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
Download or read book The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music written by Michael Kennedy and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Derived from the classicOxford Dictionary of Music, this is the most authoritative dictionary of music available in paperback. Up-to-date and clearly written, it is a rich mine of information for lovers of music of all periods and styles. Written by Michael Kennedy, a renowned authority on classical music and chief music critic for The Sunday Telegraph, from 1989 to 2005, the dictionary includes over 14,000 entries on musical terms from allegro to zingaro, and on musical works from Aida to Tosca, as well as musical instruments and their history, composers, librettists, musicians, singers, and orchestras. It also boasts comprehensive works lists for major composers. Fully revised and updated, the 5th edition of this established reference work contains over 200 new entries, including information on aproximately 150 new performers. Essential reference for music students and teachers, and fascinating reading for all other music enthusiasts.
Download or read book The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music written by Don Michael Randel and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 1048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographaical dictionary emphisizes classicaland art music; also gives ample attention to the classics as well as Jazz, Blues, rock and pop, and hymns and showtunes across the ages.
Download or read book Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician Complete written by Frederick Niecks and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-28 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his comprehensive work, 'Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician,' Frederick Niecks delves deep into the life and art of one of the most influential composers of the Romantic era. Niecks expertly combines biographical details with musical analysis to provide readers with a rich understanding of Chopin's legacy. The book showcases Niecks' meticulous research and deep appreciation for Chopin's works, making it a valuable resource for music enthusiasts and scholars alike. Niecks' elegant prose captures the essence of Chopin's music and his impact on the musical landscape of the 19th century.As a musicologist and historian, Frederick Niecks was well-equipped to undertake the task of exploring Chopin's life and music. His understanding of the cultural and artistic movements of the time enriches the narrative, offering readers a nuanced portrait of Chopin as both a man and a musician. Niecks' passion for his subject shines through in every chapter, making this book an engaging and enlightening read for anyone interested in classical music and Chopin's oeuvre.I highly recommend 'Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician' to music lovers, students of music history, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of one of the most revered composers in classical music. Niecks' thorough research and insightful commentary make this book a must-read for aficionados of Chopin's timeless compositions.
Download or read book R pertitres written by François Verschaeve and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
