Download or read book Essential Keyboard Repertoire Volume 1 written by Lynn Freeman Olson and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting edition contains 100 early intermediate selections in their original form, spanning the Baroque period to present day. The repertoire, which includes several minuets, folk dances, character pieces and much more, has been carefully graded and selected for student appeal by editor Lynn Freeman Olson.
Download or read book Twelve Little Pieces from the Notebook of Wolfgang Mozart written by Leopold Mozart and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 1996-02-01 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Violin solo with Piano Accompaniment composed by Leopold Mozart.
Download or read book Mozartiana written by Joseph Solman and published by . This book was released on 1997-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mozart written by Jan Swafford and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed composer and biographer Jan Swafford comes the definitive biography of one of the most lauded musical geniuses in history, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. At the earliest ages it was apparent that Wolfgang Mozart’s singular imagination was at work in every direction. He hated to be bored and hated to be idle, and through his life he responded to these threats with a repertoire of antidotes mental and physical. Whether in his rabidly obscene mode or not, Mozart was always hilarious. He went at every piece of his life, and perhaps most notably his social life, with tremendous gusto. His circle of friends and patrons was wide, encompassing anyone who appealed to his boundless appetites for music and all things pleasurable and fun. Mozart was known to be an inexplicable force of nature who could rise from a luminous improvisation at the keyboard to a leap over the furniture. He was forever drumming on things, tapping his feet, jabbering away, but who could grasp your hand and look at you with a profound, searching, and melancholy look in his blue eyes. Even in company there was often an air about Mozart of being not quite there. It was as if he lived onstage and off simultaneously, a character in life’s tragicomedy but also outside of it watching, studying, gathering material for the fabric of his art. Like Jan Swafford’s biographies Beethoven and Johannes Brahms, Mozart is the complete exhumation of a genius in his life and ours: a man who would enrich the world with his talent for centuries to come and who would immeasurably shape classical music. As Swafford reveals, it’s nearly impossible to understand classical music’s origins and indeed its evolutions, as well as the Baroque period, without studying the man himself.
Download or read book Mein erster Mozart written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and published by . This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Piano Collection). 30 selections, including pieces from the volume Notebook for Wolfgang alongside popular pieces by Mozart such as 'Ah vous dirai-je Maman' (variations) and themes from Sonata in A major KV 331 and Sonata in C major KV 545.
Download or read book Leopold Mozart s Notebook for Wolfgang Arranged for Ukulele written by Ondrej Sarek and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2013-09-16 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many are familiar with the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, fewer are aware that his father, Leopold Mozart, was a famous composer in his own right. At the age of seven, Wolfgang received a notebook from his father as a birthday gift. The "Notebook for Wolfgang" includes contemporary dances and arias, mostly by Leopold Mozart. These compositions provide a glimpse into the formative years of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This book includes fifteen pieces from thenotebook arranged for the ukulele. The melody and bass parts are arranged so the original notation and polyphony are maintained. Each chapter includes pieces presented in standard notation and tablature.
Download or read book Classics for the Developing Pianist Book 1 written by Ingrid Jacobson Clarfield and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The five books in this series present 100 masterworks ranging from early-intermediate through advanced level that the editors believe developing pianists should study and perform. Each book contains 20 pieces selected from the four main style periods as well as additional suggestions for repertoire from the 20th century. Book 1 contains selections for early-intermediate pianists. Titles: *Allegro in B-flat Major, K. 3 (W. A. Mozart) *Arabesque, Op. 100, No. 2 (Burgmüller) *The Bear (Rebikov) *Burleske (L. Mozart) *Chinese Figurine (Rebikov) *Écossaise in C Major, D. 299, No. 8 (Schubert) *Écossaise in G Major, D. 529, No. 3 (Schubert) *Écossaise in G Major, WoO 23 (Beethoven) *German Dance in G Major (Haydn) *Le petit rien (The Little Trifle) (Couperin) *Melody, Op. 68, No. 1 (Schumann) *Menuet en rondeau (Rameau) *Menuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 (J. S. Bach) *Minuet in A Minor (Purcell) *Minuet in G Major (Telemann) *Musette in D Major, BWV Anh. 126 (J. S. Bach) *Play Song, Sz. 42, No. 5 (Bartók) *Sonatina in G Major, Anh. 5, No. 1 (Beethoven) *Song ("Come Home, Lidi"), Sz. 42, No. 3 (Bartók) *The Wild Rider, Op. 68, No. 8 (Schumann) "This book provides great editing for familiar pieces that most of us teach." - Jean Ritter, Progressions
Download or read book A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing written by Leopold Mozart and published by Early Music. This book was released on 1985 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leopold Mozart's Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing was the major work of its period on the violin and comparable in importance to Quantz's treatise on the flute and P.E. Bach's on the piano. This translation by Editha Knocker was the first to appear in English and remains scholarly and eminently readable.
Download or read book 14 of His Easiest Piano Pieces written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection provides an excellent introduction to Mozart's easiest works. Selections include short dances such as the popular "Minuet in F Major," easier sonata movements and arrangements of familiar opera arias. The short biography and notes on each piece will be appreciated by students new to the study of Mozart's music.
Download or read book Variations for piano written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and published by G Schirmer, Incorporated. This book was released on 1992 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Piano). Mozart's 'Variations for Piano' are like a diary of his entire creative life. From K.24 of the nine-year old to K.613 composed only a few months prior to his death, these variations reveal ideas and traits that have come to be known as his unique style. Contents: 8 Variations On Laat Ons Juichen, K. 24 * 7 Variations On Willem Von Nassau, K. 25 * 12 Variations On A Minuet By Fischer, K. 179 * 6 Variations On Mio Caro Adone, K. 180 * 9 Variations On Lison Dormait, K. 264 * 8 Variations On Dieu D'Amour, K. 352 * 12 Variations On La Belle Francoise, K. 353 * 12 Variations On Je Suis Lindoe, K. 354 * 5 Variations On Salve Tu Domine, K. 398 * 10 Variations On Les Hommes Pieusement, K. 455 * 8 Variations On Come Un Agnello, K. 460 * 6 Variations In F Major, K. 54 * 9 Variations On A Minuet By Duport, K. 573 * 8 Variations On Ein Weib Ist Das Herrlichste Ding, K. 613 * 12 Variations On A, Vous Dirai-Je Maman, K. 265
Download or read book Mozart s Starling written by Lyanda Lynn Haupt and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 27th, 1784, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart met a flirtatious little starling who sang (an improved version of!) the theme from his Piano Concerto Number 17 in G to him. Knowing a kindred spirit when he met one, Mozart wrote "That was wonderful" in his journal and took the bird home to be his pet. For three years Mozart and his family enjoyed the uniquely delightful company of the starling until one April morning when the bird passed away. In 2013, Lyanda Lynn Haupt, author of Crow Planet, rescued her own starling, Carmen, who has become a part of her family. In Mozart's Starling, Haupt explores the unlikely bond between one of history's most controversial characters and one of history's most notoriously disliked birds. Part natural history, part story, Mozart's Starling will delight readers as they learn about language, music, and the secret world of starlings.
Download or read book 25 Early Pieces written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pieces in this album have been chosen from those composed by Mozart for harpsichord between the ages of five and nine, and include 14 pieces from the 'London Notebook' of 1784. Aside from illustrating the astonishing precocious talent of the young Mozart, they provide an attractive first collection of pieces by this great composer.
Download or read book Anna Magdalena s Notebook Selections from written by Johann Sebastian Bach and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timeless collection contains selections attributed to J.S. Bach, his son C.P.E. Bach, and others. Generations of students have studied the volume's "Menuet in G Major," "Musette in D Major" and the "Prelude in C Major" from the first volume of the Well-Tempered Clavier. Dr. Palmer provides the texts to the instrumental settings of chorales and arias found in this work, as well as a brief biography of the Bach family.
Download or read book Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach written by and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 1985-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johann Sebastian Bach's "Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach" is a collection of keyboard music Bach began compiling in around 1720. Most of the pieces included are better known as parts of the Well-Tempered Clavier and the Inventions and Sinfonias. The authorship of some of the other works in the collection is debated. The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance. 62 Selections, 123 pages.
Download or read book Every Good Boy Does Fine A Love Story in Music Lessons written by Jeremy Denk and published by Picador. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A uniquely illuminating memoir of the making of a musician, in which renowned pianist Jeremy Denk explores what he learned from his teachers about classical music: its forms, its power, its meaning - and what it can teach us about ourselves. In this searching and funny memoir, based on his popular New Yorker article, renowned pianist Jeremy Denk traces an implausible journey. Life is difficult enough as a precocious, temperamental, and insufferable six-year-old piano prodigy in New Jersey. But then a family meltdown forces a move to New Mexico, far from classical music’s nerve centers, and he has to please a new taskmaster while navigating cacti, and the perils of junior high school. Escaping from New Mexico at last, he meets a bewildering cast of college music teachers, ranging from boring to profound, and experiences a series of humiliations and triumphs, to find his way as one of the world’s greatest living pianists, a MacArthur 'Genius,' and a frequent performer at Carnegie Hall. There are few writers working today who are willing to eloquently explore both the joys and miseries of artistic practice. Hours of daily repetition, mystifying early advice, pressure from parents and teachers who drove him on – an ongoing battle of talent against two enemies: boredom and insecurity. As we meet various teachers, with cruel and kind streaks, Denk composes a fraught love letter to the act of teaching. He brings you behind the scenes, to look at what motivates both student and teacher, locked in a complicated and psychologically perilous relationship. In Every Good Boy Does Fine, Denk explores how classical music is relevant to 'real life,' despite its distance in time. He dives into pieces and composers that have shaped him – Bach, Mozart, Schubert, and Brahms, among others – and gives unusual lessons on melody, harmony, and rhythm. Why and how do these fundamental elements have such a visceral effect on us? He tries to sum up many of the lessons he has received, to repay the debt of all his amazing teachers; to remind us that music is our creation, and that we need to keep asking questions about its purpose.
Download or read book Mozart written by Johannes Jansen and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wunderkind, genius, rebel: the short life of a great man In the whole history of classical music, is there anyone to equal Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Familiar with the pianoforte aged 3, composing at 5, if there is an argument for a genetic predisposition to genius, then surely this Austrian "meister" will be first on anyone's lips. His vast ?uvre is equalled only by his turbulent and colourful life. The stuff of legend, a player, composer and conductor, in 35 explosive years he threw out the rule book and changed every form he worked within. Who else has written tens of symphonies, and operas ? such as "The Magic Flute" and "Cosi Fan Tutte" ? that to those in the know are a match in their medium to Shakespeare. Whether in concertos, quartets or sonatas, Mozart imbued his scores with both a dazzling gaiety and an undercurrent of melancholy, the combination of which makes his music resound with the universal experience of being human. Despite suspicions surrounding his early death he lives on as one of the giants of sonic creativity, and was popularised for a new generation in the Oscar-winning "Amadeus." It's this simple: To many Mozart is music. We rest our case. The Author: Johannes Jansen (born 1958) has worked in Cologne as a journalist since his studies in musicology. He is the editor-in-chief of the music magazine "Concerto." He is also a freelance writer for radio and many publishers. His books include an opera and concert guide, a short biography of Mozart and an opera-made-easy course.
Download or read book Mozart An Introduction to His Keyboard Works written by Willard A. Palmer and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 2006-02 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pieces in this book are arranged roughly in chronological order. They include the best of Mozart's childhood compositions through late works such as the famous "Sonata in C Major," K. 545. Unique features of this volume include an excellent discussion of pianos in Mozart's day, as well as directives on how to improvise ornaments in Classic keyboard music. The Alfred Masterwork CD Editions conveniently combine each exceptional volume with a professionally recorded CD that is sure to inspire artistic performances. 64 pages.Pianist Scott Price is the chair of the Piano Department at the University of South Carolina and holds a doctorate in piano performance from the University of Oklahoma. He has given master classes and recitals throughout the United States and Southeast Asia. His recordings are featured in Alfreds Premier Piano Course.
