Bartók's Chamber Music
Bartók's Chamber Music

Author: János Kárpáti

Publisher: Pendragon Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 9780945193197

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At first sight a work devoted to Bartók's chamber music looks as though it were simply concerned with a genre division attempting an exposition of no more than a single aspect of the whole oeuvre. But in Bartók's case the chamber music is not simply a matter of grouping according to genre-it is really the framework for his whole oeuvre. (From the introduction) "János Kárpáti one of the outstanding scholars in the field of Bartók research here presents a revised and expanded edition of his Bartók's String Quartets (Corvina Press 1975)."

The String Quartets of Béla Bartók
The String Quartets of Béla Bartók

Author: Daniel Biro

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2014-04

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 0199936188

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At the centre of Bartók's œuvre are his string quartets, which are generally acknowledged as some of the most significant pieces of 20th century chamber music. This book examines these remarkable works from a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives.

Indivisible by Four
Indivisible by Four

Author: Arnold Steinhardt

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2000-06-15

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780374527006

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The author tells of his own development as a student, "of how he and his intrepid colleagues were converted to chamber music ... [and of how] four individualists master and then overcome the confining demands of ensemble playing."--Jacket.

Music in the Castle of Heaven
Music in the Castle of Heaven

Author: John Eliot Gardiner

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780713996623

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Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the unfathomable composers in the history of music. This book explains the ideas on which Bach drew, how he worked, how his music is constructed, how it achieves its effects - and what it can tell us about Bach the man.

The Four and the One
The Four and the One

Author: David Rounds

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13:

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Spotlighting the four women of the Lafayette Quartet, a leading Canadian ensemble, Rounds offers both a comprehensive history of the beloved instrumental form and an inside view of the complex world of professional quartet players, revealing the exultation and heatache that are the performing artists' daily fare. A treat for every music lover, whether player, listener or composer.

Nadia Boulanger and Her World
Nadia Boulanger and Her World

Author: Jeanice Brooks

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2020-11-19

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 022675071X

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The strange fate of Boulanger and Pugno's La ville morte /Alexandra Laederich --Serious ambitions : Nadia Boulanger and the composition of La ville morte /Jeanice Brooks, Kimberly Francis --From the trenches : extracts from the final issue of the Paris Conservatory Gazette /translated by Anna Lehman --From technique to musique : the institutional pedagogy of Nadia Boulanger /Marie Duchêne-Thégarid --Nadia Boulanger's 1935 Carte du tendre --36 rue Ballu : a multifaceted place /Cédric Segond-Genovesi --"What an arrival!" : Nadia Boulanger's New world (1925) --Modern French music : translating Fauré in America, 1925-1945 /Jeanice Brooks --For Nadia Boulanger : five poems by May Sarton --Friend and force : Nadia Boulanger's presence in Polish musical culture /Andrea F. Bohlman, J. Mackenzie Pierce --"What awaits them now?" : a letter to Paris /Zygmunt Mycielski --A letter from Professor Nadia Boulanger /translated by J. Mackenzie Pierce --The Beethoven lectures for the Longy School /translated by Miranda Stewart --Boulanger and atonality : a reconsideration /Kimberly Francis --Why music? Aesthetics, religion, and the ruptures of modernity in the life and work of Nadia Boulanger /Leon Botstein.

Music for Life
Music for Life

Author: Fiona Maddocks

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2016-10-04

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 057132939X

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How does music reflect the key moments in our lives? How do we choose the works that inspire, delight, comfort or console? Fiona Maddocks selects 100 classical works from across nine centuries, arguing passionately, persuasively and at times obstinately for their inclusion, putting each work in its cultural and musical context, discussing omissions, suggesting alternatives and always putting the music first.