Musical Anthologies for Analytical Study
Musical Anthologies for Analytical Study

Author: James E. Perone

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1995-09-30

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 0313033390

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Presenting detailed information about 14 standard anthologies, this useful music reference tool lists all excerpts and complete compositions, provides information concerning the type of score presented, and includes an index of composers and sources as well as an index of complete compositions and movements. The book is designed primarily for researchers and teachers of music theory to make the search for analytical source material easier and faster than previously possible. The anthologies cited are all currently in print or are generally available in music libraries. The book lists all excerpts, complete compositions, and movements contained in the anthologies, providing information concerning the type of score (full, piano reduction, etc.) employed, source of the excerpt, and specific theoretical topics. This is the only book that details anthologies in a manner that makes a search quick and easy.

Conversations with Nikolai Kapustin
Conversations with Nikolai Kapustin

Author: Yana Tyulkova

Publisher: SCHOTT MUSIC GmbH & Company KG / Schott Campus

Published: 2019-04-15

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 3959835922

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This book is the monograph of Ukrainian-Russian Classical / Jazz composer Nikolai Kapustin. It grew out of meetings and conversations between the author and the composer. It aims to introduce the fascinating world of this modern day leading composer to a wider audience.

The Amadeus Book of the Violin
The Amadeus Book of the Violin

Author: Walter Kolneder

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2023-09-12

Total Pages: 598

ISBN-13: 1493083376

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Available for the first time in English, this book has been considered the best single encyclopedia of the violin for 20 years. All aspects of the violin are covered: construction, history, and literature; violin playing and teaching; and violin virtuosos through the ages.

The Essential Canon of Classical Music
The Essential Canon of Classical Music

Author: David Dubal

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2003-10-24

Total Pages: 796

ISBN-13: 9780865476646

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Identifies almost two hundred forty composers whose works are most important to an understanding of classical music, with essays on sixty of the most significant. Presented in chronological order for the Medieval, Renaissance, and Elizabethan ages, the age of the Baroque, the age of Classicism, the Romantic age, and the age of Modernism.

A History of the Concerto
A History of the Concerto

Author: Michael Thomas Roeder

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 487

ISBN-13: 0931340616

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A History of the Concerto may be read from cover to cover, but readers may also use the extensive index to focus on specific concertos and their composers. Numerous musical examples illuminate critical points. While some readers may want to study the more detailed analyses with scores in hand, this is not essential for an understanding of the text.

Brigg Fair and Other Favorite Orchestral Works
Brigg Fair and Other Favorite Orchestral Works

Author: Frederick Delius

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0486298515

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Six works include "Brigg Fair," "In a Summer Garden," "A Song of the High Hills," "A Dance Rhapsody," "Summer Night on the River," and "On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring."