Download or read book Piano Works Volume I Opus 1 to Opus 24 written by Johannes Brahms and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 1996-02-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection includes: * Opus 1, Sonata in C major * Opus 2, Sonata in F# major * Opus 4, Scherzo in E-flat major * Opus 5, Sonata in F minor * Opus 9, Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann * Opus 10, Ballades, No. 1 in D minor, No. 2 in D major, No. 3 in B major, and No. 4 in B minor * Opus 21, No. 1, Variations on a Theme by the Composer * Opus 21, No. 2, Variations on a Hungarian Song * Opus 24, Variations and Fugue on a theme by Handel

Download or read book Piano Works Op 1 to Op 24 Vol 1 written by Johannes Brahms 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: This collection includes: Opus 1, Sonata in C major * Opus 2, Sonata in F-sharp major * Opus 4, Scherzo in E-flat major * Opus 5, Sonata in F minor * Opus 9, Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann * Opus 10, Ballades, No. 1 in D minor, No. 2 in D major, No. 3 in B major, and No. 4 in B minor * Opus 21, No. 1, Variations on a Theme by the Composer * Opus 21, No. 2, Variations on a Hungarian Song * Opus 24, Variations and Fugue on a theme by Handel.

Download or read book Works for piano Vol 1 Op 5 12 24 34 40 41 Vol 2 Opp 58 67 68 74 75 76 Vol 3 Opp 85 94 96a 96c 97 99 101 103 114 Vol 4 Works for piano without opus number written by Jean Sibelius and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Szymanowski Companion written by Stephen Downes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Polish composer Karol Szymanowski is one of the most fascinating musical figures of the early twentieth century. His works included four symphonies, two violin concertos, the operas Hagith and King Roger, the ballet-pantomime Harnasie, the oratorio Stabat Mater, as well as numerous piano, violin, vocal and choral compositions. The profile and popularity of Szymanowski's music outside Poland has never been higher and continues to grow. The Szymanowski Companion constitutes the most significant and comprehensive reference source to the composer in English. Edited by two of the leading scholars in the field, Paul Cadrin and Stephen Downes, the collection consists of over 50 contributions from an international array of contributors, including recognized Polish experts. The Companion thus provides a systematic, authoritative and up-to-date compilation of information concerning the composer's life, thought and works.

Download or read book The Piano Works of Rachmaninoff Volume 1 Preludes Op 3 No 2 Op 23 Op 32 Complete written by Sergei Rachmaninoff and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 1996-08-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All of Rachmaninoff's Preludes (Prelude in C# minor, Op. 3, No. 2, Ten Preludes, Op. 23, 13 Preludes, Op. 32) are included in this Belwin-Mills edition, and all of the twenty-four major and minor keys are represented in these works. The "Preludes" are among the finest examples of 20th century romanticism for the piano.

Download or read book Complete sonatas Invitation to the dance and other piano works written by Carl Maria von Weber and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtually all of the composer's works for piano solo: 4 piano sonatas, "Invitation to the Dance," 8 sets of variations, "Grande Polonaise," others. Authoritative C. F. Peters edition.

Download or read book 24 Short and Easy Pieces for Piano Op 1 written by Hans-Günter Heumann and published by Schott. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Piano). These charming 18th-century miniatures in progressive order make excellent articulation studies.

Download or read book Library of Piano Works Vol 1 written by Ludwig van Beethoven and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warner Bros. Publications presents a new series featuring the works of Ludwig van Beethoven. Donald Beattie, founder and president of The Beethoven Society for Pianists, along with his wife Delayna, has compiled and edited these collections based on years of teaching experience and their love of Beethoven's works. Each volume offers a comprehensive look into the works of the master. Each volume includes performance notes plus a section entitled "Beethoven As Our Teacher," providing interesting stories about the composer's life -- perfect for recital programs. All pieces have been carefully edited with the student in mind. With this library, students will grow both technically and musically through the powerful pieces of Beethoven. Volume I contains twelve pieces for the early-intermediate student, including numerous dances, folk songs, studies, and a few independent pieces.

Download or read book The Symphonic Repertoire Volume IV written by A. Peter Brown and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-29 with total page 1050 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central to the repertoire of Western art music since the 18th century, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultimate compositional challenges. Surprisingly, heretofore there has been no truly extensive, broad-based treatment of the genre, and the best of the existing studies are now several decades old. In this five-volume series, A. Peter Brown explores the symphony from its 18th-century beginnings to the end of the 20th century. Synthesizing the enormous scholarly literature, Brown presents up-to-date overviews of the status of research, discusses any important former or remaining problems of attribution, illuminates the style of specific works and their contexts, and samples early writings on their reception. The Symphonic Repertoire provides an unmatched compendium of knowledge for the student, teacher, performer, and sophisticated amateur. The series is being launched with two volumes on the Viennese symphony. Volume IV The Second Golden Age of the Viennese Symphony Brahms, Bruckner, Dvorák, Mahler, and Selected Contemporaries Although during the mid-19th century the geographic center of the symphony in the Germanic territories moved west and north from Vienna to Leipzig, during the last third of the century it returned to the old Austrian lands with the works of Brahms, Bruckner, Dvorák, and Mahler. After nearly a half century in hibernation, the sleeping Viennese giant awoke to what some viewed as a reincarnation of Beethoven with the first hearing of Brahms's Symphony No. 1, which was premiered at Vienna in December 1876. Even though Bruckner had composed some gigantic symphonies prior to Brahms's first contribution, their full impact was not felt until the composer's complete texts became available after World War II. Although Dvorák was often viewed as a nationalist composer, in his symphonic writing his primary influences were Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms. For both Bruckner and Mahler, the symphony constituted the heart of their output; for Brahms and Dvorák, it occupied a less central place. Yet for all of them, the key figure of the past remained Beethoven. The symphonies of these four composers, together with the works of Goldmark, Zemlinsky, Schoenberg, Berg, Smetana, Fibich, Janácek, and others are treated in Volume IV, The Second Golden Age of the Viennese Symphony, covering the period from roughly 1860 to 1930.

Download or read book The Operas of Alban Berg Volume I written by George Perle and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Of the greatest significance . . . . The first volume of George Perle's two volume study on the two operas of Alban Berg ... is one of those few works of scholarship and analysis you can label 'definitive'; it may in time be supplemented, but not superseded."--Richard Dyer, Boston Sunday Globe "It is difficult to see how Professor Perle's exhaustive study can ever be superseded. . . or how such future work as may appear can do anything but add new details to his exposition of the basic clements of the work's musical language. . . . After twenty years' work on the composer he brings to this study of Wozzeck not only a penetrating analytical mind, great scholarship and a comprehensive knowledge of the music but an almost uncanny insight into what seem to be the inner workings of Berg's mind."--Douglas Jarman, Music and Letters "If you have ever had any questions about Berg's opera Wozzeck, Mr. Perle probably answers them for you in The Operas of Alban Berg: Volume One/Wozzeck. . . An indispensable work on Berg's life as reflected in his work."--Donal Hcnahan, The New York Times "As with Perle's previous books, one notes with pleasure how well written is this one, how simultaneously economical and comfortable the prose, even when the subject is as complex and manifold as Wozzeck."--Mark DeVoto, Music Library Association Notes "A great and unique contribution .... [Perle] is a leading authority on Berg, and his analysis of Berg's compositional methods in the two operas is likely to be definitive."--George Martin, The Opera Quarterly "George Perle has contributed more than anyone of any nationality to a true understanding of Berg's music."--Douglass Green, Journal of Music Theory "George Perle ... possesses the kind of complete credential required for this study. [Volume I: Wozzeck] is a model of scholarly writing. Every paragraph, each quoted music example, each analysis moves the argument forward in a clear incisive manner .... Essential reading for the serious student of the music of Alban Berg."--Choice

Download or read book Charles Valentin Alkan written by Dr William Alexander Eddie and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-01-28 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 'conservative radical' is William Alexander Eddie's description of the French virtuoso composer-pianist Charles Valentin Alkan (1813-1888). Judaic culture, the French baroque and German classicism were the main influences on Alkan's musical style, with more radical musical tendencies found in many of the Esquisses op 63. This comprehensive survey takes as its focus a stylistic analysis of Alkan's compositions from the apprentice works to the later 'massed style' etudes; the latter are of considerable length and pianistic difficulty. There is also consideration of Alkan's achievements as pianist and teacher, and the sections on performance practice in Alkan will be of interest to pianists today. A full investigation of Alkan's reception history is also included and useful appendices provide a guide to further archival research. A list of works and basic discography complete this new study of an important French composer.

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 The Life and Music of Sir Malcolm Arnold written by Paul R.W. Jackson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2003. 'All of my music is biographical' declared Sir Malcolm Arnold in an interview in 1991. Arnold's turbulent life has permeated his music to a greater degree than probably any other British composer as Paul Jackson reveals in this illuminating account. Interweaving biographical details with close analyses of Arnold's major works, particularly the nine symphonies, and drawing on sketch materials never previously examined, Jackson provides fascinating insights into Arnold's compositional process, and the ideas informing works such as the John Field Fantasy and the 7th Symphony. Extensive interviews with Arnold himself as well as with his family, friends and colleagues add further perspectives on his relationships with fellow composers and musicians, publishers, critics and family. A combination of joie de vivre and periods of depression and personal tragedy, Arnold's life has mirrored his music in its combination of seemingly disparate elements that make a compelling whole.

Download or read book Music for the Piano written by James Friskin and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston in 1954.

Download or read book Chopin 24 Etudes Opus 10 Opus 25 Practical Performing Edition With CD Audio written by Willard A. Palmer and published by Alfred Masterwork CD Edition. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chopin's Etudes are the foundation of a new system of technical piano playing that was radical and revolutionary the first time they appeared. They are some of the most challenging and evocative pieces of all the works in the concert piano repertoire. This edition includes the 24 Etudes, Op. 10 and Op. 25. Pedaling is taken from the original manuscripts and first editions, and fingering is editorial. Also included is an outstanding CD recording from the Naxos label.

Download or read book The Great Piano Works of Ludwig van Beethoven written by Ludwig van Beethoven and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contained are selected Sonatas (the complete Pathetique and Moonlight Sonatas are included), Sonatinas, Bagatelles, Variations (including selections from the famous Diabelli Variations), and many other individual compositions. This publications contains 43 selections.

Download or read book The Beethoven Sketchbooks written by Douglas Johnson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: