Download or read book Random Notes on Edward MacDowell and His Music written by Marian MacDowell and published by Boston : A.P. Schmidt. This book was released on 1950 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book MacDowell written by E. Douglas Bomberger and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward MacDowell was born on the eve of the Civil War into a Quaker family in lower Manhattan, where music was a forbidden pleasure. With the help of Latin-American émigré teachers, he became a formidable pianist and composer, spending twelve years in France and Germany establishing his career. Upon his return to the United States in 1888 he conquered American audiences with his dramatic Second Piano Concerto and won his way into their hearts with his poetic Woodland Sketches. Columbia University tapped him as their first professor of music in 1896, but a scandalous row with powerful university president Nicholas Murray Butler spelled the end of his career. MacDowell died a broken man four years later, but his widow Marian kept his spirit alive through the MacDowell Colony, which she founded in 1907 in their New Hampshire home, and which is today the oldest and one of the most influential, thriving artist colonies in the the United States. Drawing on private letters that were sealed for fifty years after his death, this biography traces MacDowell's compelling life story, with new revelations about his Quaker childhood, his efforts to succeed in the insular German music world, his mysterious death, and his lifelong struggle with Seasonal Affective Disorder. Edward MacDowell's story is a timeless tale of human strength and weakness set in one of the most vibrant periods of American musical history, when optimism about the country's artistic future made anything seem possible.
Download or read book From Psalm to Symphony written by Nicholas E. Tawa and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2001 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines for the first time New England's rich heritage of music making over a span of 350 years
Download or read book Dictionary of American Classical Composers written by Neil Butterworth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-02 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dictionary of American Classical Composers covers over 650 composers active from the 18th century to today. Covering all classical styles, it offers the most comprehensive overview of key composers in the United States available. Entries include basic biographical information and critical analysis of each composer's key works and ideas. Entries also include worklists and bibliographic information. Whenever possible, the entries will have been checked by the composers themselves to assure greatest possible accuracy. This new edition, completely updated and expanded from the 1984 edition, also includes over 200 historic photographs.
Download or read book Music Clubs Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Edward MacDowell written by Lawrence Gilman and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1906 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of the Sonata Idea written by William S. Newman and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 881 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume completes Newman's monumental study of the sonata. It examines the evolution of the sonata idea from the prexcocious Romanticisms of Dussek before 1880 to the near exhaustion of Romantic music by the time of World War I. Thoroughly documented, illustrated by new extended lists of sonatas as well as the fullest bibliography of Romantic music literature yet published, the book is invaluable to musicians. Originally published in 1969. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Download or read book Guide to the Pianist s Repertoire third edition written by Maurice Hinson and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001-05-22 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Hinson" has been indispensable for performers, teachers, and students. Now updated and expanded, it's better than ever, with 120 more composers, expertly guiding pianists to solo literature and answering the vital questions: What's available? How difficult is it? What are its special features? How does one reach the publisher? The "new Hinson" includes solo compositions of nearly 2,000 composers, with biographical sketches of major composers. Every entry offers description, publisher, number of pages, performance time, style and characteristics, and level of difficulty. Extensively revised, this new edition is destined to become a trusted guide for years to come.
Download or read book Masters of American Piano Music written by Maurice Hinson and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume surveys American piano music over the last two centuries, providing biographical information on composers as well as performance notes. Pieces are presented in their original form and have been selected for late-intermediate to advanced pianists.
Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 1276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 Anthology of Romantic Piano Music written by Maurice Hinson and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Works by 36 composers are included in this comprehensive survey of piano music written between 1820 and 1910. The pieces in this collection range in difficulty from intermediate through early-advanced levels and cover the widest range of styles and idioms of the Romantic period. Historical and biographical background and performance notes are provided by Dr. Hinson.
Download or read book Books and Pamphlets Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 1142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 1300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes Part 1A: Books and Part 1B: Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to Periodicals
Download or read book The Coming of Age of American Art Music written by Nicholas E. Tawa and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1991-04-09 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the years following the Civil War, a tradition of American art music arose that has now come to be neglected and almost ignored. This work studies that period of music that preceded Copland, Sessions, and Thomson by focusing on a number of its important composers, as well as the society that produced them. John Knowles Paine, George Chadwick, Edward MacDowell, Horatio Parker, Arthur Foote, and Amy Beach all achieved national and international reputations for the high quality of their compositions, which included songs, keyboard pieces, chamber works, oratorios, concertos, symphonies, and operas. But with the great changes of the 1920s, music critics and historians either flatly dismissed these artists as mediocre or completely ignored them. Author Nicholas Tawa fully details the world of these undervalued composers, offering a portrait of American cultural life during the latter part of the nineteenth century, the place of art composers within their society and the nature of the music created in response to the mandates of the time. The book begins with the chapters that explore post-Civil War society and music's relationship to it. Among the topics discussed are the nature of the musical public, American promoters of native music, performance of American art music, and artistic frames of reference. Tawa then devotes a series of chapters to the composers themselves, considering the styles and principal features of each one's work, specific groups of compositions, and what artistry meant to the composers. The study concludes with an evaluation of the composers and their musical legacy and features an appendix of musical examples. Students in American music and American studies courses will find this work to be a useful resource, and public and academic libraries will consider it a valuable addition to their collections.
Download or read book Edward MacDowell written by Elizabeth Fry Page and published by New York : Dodge. This book was released on 1910 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age written by Leonard C. Schlup and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 2003 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers all the people, events, movements, subjects, court cases, inventions, and more that defined the Gilded Age.
