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Book String Quartets  Opus 12  Opus 44  Nos  1  2   3

Download or read book String Quartets Opus 12 Opus 44 Nos 1 2 3 written by Felix Mendelssohn and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 1999-08-26 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expertly arranged String Quartets by Felix Mendelssohn from the Kalmus Edition series. This is from the Romantic era.

Book A Basic Classical and Operatic Recordings Collection for Libraries

Download or read book A Basic Classical and Operatic Recordings Collection for Libraries written by Kenyon C. Rosenberg and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No descriptive material is available for this title.

Book Mendelssohn and Victorian England

Download or read book Mendelssohn and Victorian England written by ColinTimothy Eatock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This valuable book considers the reception of the composer, pianist, organist and conductor Felix Mendelssohn in nineteenth-century England, and his influence on English musical culture. Despite the composer's immense popularity in the nation during his lifetime and in the decades following his death, this is the first book to deal exclusively with the subject of Mendelssohn in England. Mendelssohn's highly successful ten trips to Britain, between 1829 and 1847, are documented and discussed in detail, as are his relationships with English musicians and a variety of prominent figures. An introductory chapter describes the musical life of England (especially London) at the time of Mendelssohn's arrival and the last two chapters deal with the composer's posthumous reception, to the end of the Victorian era. Eatock reveals Mendelssohn as a catalyst for the expansion of English musical culture in the nineteenth century. In taking this position, the author challenges much of the extant literature on the subject and provides an engaging story that brings Mendelssohn and his English experiences to life.

Book Unity in Variety

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  • Author : Anna Harwell Celenza
  • Publisher : Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag
  • Release : 2024-11-06
  • ISBN : 3990942328
  • Pages : 358 pages

Download or read book Unity in Variety written by Anna Harwell Celenza and published by Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag. This book was released on 2024-11-06 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Festschrift celebrates the great Mendelssohn scholar R. Larry Todd, Arts & Sciences Professor at Duke University, whose dedication to, study of, and mentorship in 19th-century music has shaped two generations of musicological study. Encompassing former/current students and colleagues, the contributing authors to this book investigate the life and work of the Mendelssohns, their circle, and issues of reception history; Beethoven and piano-related studies; and special musical relationships. The book's title references a famous quote by Felix Mendelssohn: "The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety." It also acknowledges the thematic diversity of this volume and the unifying effect that Todd's outstanding monographs on Felix and Fanny have had on a variety of musicians and scholars.

Book An Encyclopedia of the Violin

Download or read book An Encyclopedia of the Violin written by Alberto Bachmann and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1925, this renowned reference remains unsurpassed as a source of essential information, from construction and evolution to repertoire and technique. Includes a glossary and 73 illustrations.

Book The Creative Worlds of Joseph Joachim

Download or read book The Creative Worlds of Joseph Joachim written by Styra Avins and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2021 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines Joseph Joachim's vital legacy through a range of philological, philosophical and critical approaches.Joseph Joachim (1831-1907), violinist, composer, teacher, and founding director of Berlin's Royal Academy of Music, was one of the most eminent and influential musicians of the long nineteenth century. Born in a tiny Jewish community on the Austro-Hungarian border, he rose to a position of unsurpassed prominence in European cultural life. This timely collection of essays explores important yet little-known aspects of Joachim's life and art. Studies of his Jewish background, early assimilation into Christian society, Felix Mendelssohn's mentorship, and the influence of Hungarian vernacular music on the formation of his musical style elucidate the roots of Joachim's identity. The later chapters focus on his personal and creative responses to the contentious and rapidly evolving cultural milieu in which he lived: his choice of instruments as his musical "voice," his performances as sites of (re)enchantment in the modern age, his pathbreaking British career, his calling and sway as a quartet player, his pedagogical legacy, his influence on the establishment of the musical canon, and several of his most distinctive and original compositions. With a wide variety of approaches-analytical, philological, archival, philosophical, and critical-this collection will prove enlightening to scholars, performers, and others interested in this brilliant artist and the musical aesthetics, culture, and styles of his time.ent in the modern age, his pathbreaking British career, his calling and sway as a quartet player, his pedagogical legacy, his influence on the establishment of the musical canon, and several of his most distinctive and original compositions. With a wide variety of approaches-analytical, philological, archival, philosophical, and critical-this collection will prove enlightening to scholars, performers, and others interested in this brilliant artist and the musical aesthetics, culture, and styles of his time.ent in the modern age, his pathbreaking British career, his calling and sway as a quartet player, his pedagogical legacy, his influence on the establishment of the musical canon, and several of his most distinctive and original compositions. With a wide variety of approaches-analytical, philological, archival, philosophical, and critical-this collection will prove enlightening to scholars, performers, and others interested in this brilliant artist and the musical aesthetics, culture, and styles of his time.ent in the modern age, his pathbreaking British career, his calling and sway as a quartet player, his pedagogical legacy, his influence on the establishment of the musical canon, and several of his most distinctive and original compositions. With a wide variety of approaches-analytical, philological, archival, philosophical, and critical-this collection will prove enlightening to scholars, performers, and others interested in this brilliant artist and the musical aesthetics, culture, and styles of his time.

Book Concerto No  12

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  • Author : Louis Spohr
  • Publisher : Alfred Music
  • Release :
  • ISBN : 9781457470998
  • Pages : 32 pages

Download or read book Concerto No 12 written by Louis Spohr and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the leading composers of instrumental music of the early Romantic period, Louis Spohr was a violinist, composer, and conductor. In addition to symphonic works, string quartets, and other solo and chamber music, he composed operas, operettas, and songs. There has been a trend, starting in the late 20th century, to revive his instrumental works and songs.

Book Complete chamber music for strings

Download or read book Complete chamber music for strings written by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As a composer of chamber music Mendelssohn claims greatness almost without qualification. . . . He had a complete mastery of his medium . . . and an intensity of interest in pure music that renders his quartets, in particular, works of integrity in thought and statement." -- "Grove's "These masterpieces in the chamber music repertoire are works perennially popular with players and listeners. All of them have been recorded and many appear frequently on chamber music programs. They have been reproduced directly from the famous and scholarly Breitkopf & Hartel series, an eminently readable edition, and contain all of Mendelssohn's chamber music for strings, excluding only those pieces with piano. The following works are included: Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20Quintet No. 1 in A Major, Op. 18Quintet No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 87Quartet No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 12Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13 Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44, No. 1Quartet No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 44, No. 2Quartet No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 44, No. 3Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81The music has been reproduced in a size large enough to be read easily, and there is ample space between staves and in the margins for any notes, harmonic analyses, fingerings or annotations that you may want to record on the score. The edition is practical for almost any use, whether as a study guide, a reference, or just a companion for your greater musical enjoyment. Unabridged (1978) republication of Series 5 and 6 of "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Werke, " 1874-1877.

Book Chamber Music

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  • Author : Lucy Miller Murray
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2015-04-09
  • ISBN : 1442243430
  • Pages : 463 pages

Download or read book Chamber Music written by Lucy Miller Murray and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-04-09 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Chamber Music: An Extensive Guide for Listeners,Lucy Miller Murray transforms her decades of program notes for some of the world’s most distinguished artists and presenters into the go-to guide for the chamber music novice and enthusiast. Offering practical information on the broad array of chamber music works from the Classical, Romantic, and Modern periods—and an artful selection from the Baroque period of Johann Sebastian Bach’s works—Chamber Music: An Extensive Guide for Listeners is both the perfect reference resource and chamber music primer for listeners. Covering over 500 works, Murray surveys in clear and simple language the historical and musical impact of some 130 composers—20 of them living. Notably, Chamber Music includes the complete string quartets of Beethoven, Bartok, and Shostakovich, as well as 35 piano trios of Haydn. It also provides critical information and assessments of works by composers not nearly so well known, both past and present. Entries appear in alphabetical order by composer, and, in every instance, give a brief introduction to the composer’s life and work. Of particular interest are the brief spotlight contributions, from well-known figures in the chamber music world, who focus on the performance experience or offer special knowledge of the works. This work is an ideal introduction and reference for students and scholars, new listeners, and enthusiasts of the chamber music tradition in Western music. Special contributors include: ·Charles Abramovic ·James Bonn ·Michael Brown ·Eugene Drucker ·James Dunham ·Daniel Epstein ·Ralph Evans ·Jeremy Gill ·Jake Heggie ·Paul Katz ·Bert Lucarelli ·Stuart Malina ·Robert Martin ·Peter Orth ·Jann Pasler ·Susan Salm ·David Shifrin ·Peter Sirotin/Ya-Ting Chang ·Arnold Steinhardt ·Kenneth Woods ·David Yang Phillip Ying

Book The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians

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:

Book Mendelssohn Studies

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  • Author : R. Larry Todd
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2006-11-02
  • ISBN : 9780521028899
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book Mendelssohn Studies written by R. Larry Todd and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-11-02 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of ten essays presents the most recent trends in Mendelssohn research, covering three broad categories - reception history, historical and critical essays and case studies of particular compositions.

Book Guide to Chamber Music

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  • Author : Melvin Berger
  • Publisher : Courier Corporation
  • Release : 2013-06-17
  • ISBN : 0486316726
  • Pages : 502 pages

Download or read book Guide to Chamber Music written by Melvin Berger and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authoritative guide presents 231 of the most frequently performed pieces by 55 composers. A must for music lovers and musicians alike. "No lover of chamber music should be without this Guide." — John Barkham Reviews.

Book The Monthly Musical Record

Download or read book The Monthly Musical Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Music of the Great Composers

Download or read book Music of the Great Composers written by Patrick Kavanaugh and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 1996 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique guide to enhance and enrich your enjoyment of classical music, this book is for music lovers who want to better understand the works of the masters.

Book Catalog of Standard 65 Note Music Rolls

Download or read book Catalog of Standard 65 Note Music Rolls written by Lyon & Healy and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Beethoven

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  • Author : Barry Cooper
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2008-10-08
  • ISBN : 019046349X
  • Pages : 465 pages

Download or read book Beethoven written by Barry Cooper and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-08 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The connections between a great artist's life and work are subtle, complex, and often highly revealing. In the case of Beethoven, however, the standard approach has been to treat his life and his art separately. Now, Barry Cooper's new volume incorporates the latest international research on many aspects of the composer's life and work and presents these in a truly integrated narrative. Cooper employs a strictly chronological approach that enables each work to be seen against the musical and biographical background from which it emerged. The result is a much closer confluence of life and work than is usually achieved, for two reasons. First, composition was Beethoven's central preoccupation for most of his life: "I live entirely in my music," he once wrote. Second, recent study of his many musical sketches has enabled a much clearer picture of his everyday compositional activity than was previously possible, leading to rich new insights into the interaction between his life and music. This volume concentrates on Beethoven's artistic achievements both by examining the origins of his works and by expert commentary on some of their most striking and original features. It also reexamines virtually all the evidence--from fictitious anecdotes right down to the translations of individual German words--to avoid recycling old errors. And it offers numerous new details derived from sketch studies and a new edition of Beethoven's correspondence. Offering a wealth of fresh conclusions and intertwining life and work in illuminating ways, Beethoven will establish itself as the reference on one of the world's greatest composers.

Book Listening to Mendelssohn

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  • Author : David Hurwitz
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2020-01-07
  • ISBN : 1538134934
  • Pages : 205 pages

Download or read book Listening to Mendelssohn written by David Hurwitz and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The greatest musical prodigy since Mozart (some would say he was even greater), Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) excelled in everything he did, musical or otherwise, and during his brief life became Europe’s most respected and beloved composer. Yet no musician suffered more drastic swings in his posthumous reputation, and as a result Mendelssohn’s music was obscured by a host of extra-musical factors: changes in taste, the rise of nationalism, anti-Semitism, and contempt for Victorian culture. This “owner’s manual” offers a guide to Mendelssohn’s musical output, major and minor, providing points of entry into a large body of work, much of which remains far too little known. There’s much more to Mendelssohn than the “Italian” Symphony and the “Midsummer Night’s Dream” Overture, and a whole creative world of vivid, expressive, and fantastical music is ready for exploration.