Download or read book The Rite of Spring A Percussionist s Guide written by Chris DeChiara and published by Chris DeChiara. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the timpanist’s first triplet to the last sforzando G-sharp, Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring is a percussionist’s dream. Dueling timpani parts, scraped tam-tam, antique cymbals, and unique bass drum rhythms distinguish the score that changed classical music and percussion writing forever. In this definitive guide, percussionist/timpanist Christopher J. DeChiara—who has performed the piece numerous times under renowned conductors such as James Conlon and Christoph Eschenbach—explores the history, nuances, and discrepancies in scores and parts of the composition to enrich the perspective of percussionists navigating their own audition or performance. With a guide to instruments, detailed interpretations of each passage, and visual examples, The Rite of Spring, A Percussionist’s Guide, will educate and inspire percussionists and conductors tackling this thrilling piece.
Download or read book OCR AS Level Music Revision Guide 2017 18 written by Rhinegold Education and published by Rhinegold Education. This book was released on 2017-05-08 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rest Is Noise written by Alex Ross and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2007-10-16 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism A New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the Year Time magazine Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2007 Newsweek Favorite Books of 2007 A Washington Post Book World Best Book of 2007 In this sweeping and dramatic narrative, Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker, weaves together the histories of the twentieth century and its music, from Vienna before the First World War to Paris in the twenties; from Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia to downtown New York in the sixties and seventies up to the present. Taking readers into the labyrinth of modern style, Ross draws revelatory connections between the century's most influential composers and the wider culture. The Rest Is Noise is an astonishing history of the twentieth century as told through its music.
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Classical Music written by Rough Guides and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2010-05-03 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Classical Music is the ideal handbook, spanning a thousand years of music from Gregorian chant via Bach and Beethoven to contemporaries such as Thomas Adès and Kaija Saariaho. Both a CD buyer's guide and a who's who, the guide includes concise biographical profiles of more than 200 composers and informative summaries of the major compositions in all genres, from chamber works to operatic epics. For novices and experts alike, the fully updated fifth edition features contemporary composer Helmut Lachenmann and Widor, the 19th century organ composer of 'Toccata' wedding fame, as well as dozens more works added for existing composers. You'll find an new 'Top 10's' section with accessible introductory listings including the Top 10 operas and the Top 10 symphonies plus new essay boxes on topics such as "Baroque - a style or a period?" and "The clarinet comes of age". The Rough Guide to Classical Music features fresh and incisive reviews of hundreds of CDs, selecting the very best of the latest recordings and reissues as well as more than 150 illustrations of composers and performers, including a rare archive of photos.
Download or read book How to Write for Percussion written by Samuel Z. Solomon and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction. How this book is organized ; Instruments covered ; Working with percussionists ; Location specifics ; The value of not reading this book.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra written by Colin James Lawson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-04-24 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide to the orchestra and orchestral life is unique in its breadth of coverage. It combinesorchestral history and repertory with a practical bias offering critical thought about the past, present and future of the orchestra. Including topics such as the art of orchestration, scorereading, conducting, international orchestras, recording, as well as consideration of what it means to be an orchestral musician, an educator, or an informed listener, it will be of interest to a wideranging readership of music historians and professional or amateur performers.
Download or read book A Guide to Orchestral Music written by Ethan Mordden and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1986 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative guide gives the non-musician the fundamentals of orchestral music. It begins with a general introduction to the symphony and various musical styles and then describes, chronologically, over seven hundred pieces--from Vivaldi to twentieth-century composers. Mordden also includes a glossary of musical terms and other useful aids for the music lover.
Download or read book Practical Percussion written by James Holland and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2005-09-16 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second half of the twentieth century saw vast changes in all aspects of percussion - the instruments themselves, playing techniques, and percussion writing - plus the huge influence of pop music, jazz, and film scores. Additionally, the revolution in travel and communications has meant that composers have become much more aware of a seemingly endless variety of ethnic instruments from around the world. Holland aims to show the world of percussion as it is today, and to answer some common questions about it. Today's professional players frequently find themselves performing in many countries where the availability of percussion instruments can vary widely. Practical Percussion contains a section on manufacturers and suppliers all over the world. In addition to this list of manufacturers, the percussion requirements - both instruments and players - for some 1500 works are also listed. The foreword by Pierre Boulez further assists the reader in appreciating and understanding the richness, variety, and function of percussion instruments the world over.
Download or read book A Student s Guide to GCSE Music for the AQA Specification written by David Bowman and published by Rhinegold Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Percussionist s Guide to Music written by Geary Larrick and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Larrick has written a hybrid work, one that is filled with autobiographical references to the author's (extensive) career as a percussionist alongside his observations and annotations of the bibliography. The text is divided into a long list of alphabetized entries, which include drum duets, the drum set, French percussion, German bibliography, health ideas, jazz, and John Cage. Larrick was on the music faculty at the U. of Wisconsin at Stevens Point. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Percussion written by John H. Beck and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Percussion is an extensive guide to percussion instruments, organized for research as well as general knowledge. Focusing on idiophones and membranophones, it covers in detail both Western and non-Western percussive instruments. These include not only instruments whose usual sound is produced percussively (like snare drums and triangles), but those whose usual sound is produced concussively (like castanets and claves) or by friction (like the cuíca and the lion’s roar). The expertise of contributors have been used to produce a wide-ranging list of percussion topics. The volume includes: (1) an alphabetical listing of percussion instruments and terms from around the world; (2) an extensive section of illustrations of percussion instruments; (3) thirty-five articles covering topics from Basel drumming to the xylophone; (4) a list of percussion symbols; (5) a table of percussion instruments and terms in English, French, German, and Italian; and (6) an updated section of published writings on methods for percussion.
Download or read book OCR AS And A Level Music Study Guide written by Huw Ellis-Williams and published by Rhinegold Education. This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The OCR AS and A Level Music Study Guide is a definitive study guide for the AS and A Level specifications – For exams in 2017 and 2018 (AS); in 2018 and 2019 (A Level). This comprehensive guide covers all components of the AS and A Level courses: Performing, Composing and Appraising. As well as giving students support and practice in dealing with ‘unfamiliar’ repertoire, the historical context behind each Area of Study and the terminology and techniques required, practice questions and answers will ensure that every student is as comfortable as possible with the exams and familiar with what to expect.
Download or read book The Musician s Guide to Acoustics written by Murray Campbell and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1994-04-28 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Penguin Guide to the 1000 Finest Classical Recordings written by Edward Greenfield and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 921 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR This completely new edition of the Penguin Guide reviews the 1000 best classical albums issued and reissued over the past five decades, many of which dominate the catalogue because of their sheer excellence, irrespective of recording dates. More comprehensive than ever before, it indicates key recordings on CD, DVD and enhanced SACD, including those in surround sound. If you want the finest available version of any major classical album you will find it listed and assessed in these pages. Ranging from long-established albums to the newest releases, the latest edition represents the cream of the international repertoire and has all the information you need to select the finest classical music available.
Download or read book A Concise Guide to Orchestral Music written by David Fligg and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orchestral works are the central pillars of classical music. In A Concise Guide to Orchestral Music, 1700 to the Present Day, David Fligg evaluates this great music, and explores why so many masterpieces continue to fascinate music lovers. As well as discussing individual composers, the book places orchestral music within a historical context, providing essential reading for music students, and enthusiasts of all ages.
Download or read book Percussion Repair and Maintenance written by Mark Bonfoey and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 1999-10-25 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A performer's technical manual on repair and maintenance of all standard percussion equipment. Contains graphic illustrations on repair techniques and instrument construction.
Download or read book The Faber Pocket Guide to Ballet written by Luke Jennings and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential, easy-to-use classical ballet guide - spanning nearly two centuries of classical dance - with entries for more than eighty works from ballet companies around the world, from Giselle and Swan Lake to Cinderella and Steptext. This new edition has been revised to include new ballets by Wayne McGregor, Alexei Ratmansky and Christopher Wheeldon alongside classics by Tchaikovsky, Diaghilev and Balanchine. Features include: - plot summaries - an analysis of each ballet's principal themes - useful background and historical information - a unique, behind-the-scenes, performer's-eye view Dip in at random or trace the development of dance from cover to cover. Written by former Royal Ballet principal Deborah Bull and leading dance critic Luke Jennings, this ever popular Faber Pocket guide is a must for all ballet-goers - regulars and first-timers alike.
