Schenker Studies
Schenker Studies

Author: Hedi Siegel

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1990-02-23

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9780521360388

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The essays contained in this volume provide a focus on the work of the music theorist Heinrich Schenker - a figure of legendary status who has had an incalculable influence on developments in music theory and analysis in this century. His theories, not always fully understood, have aroused some controversy. The broad spectrum of essays presented here will help clarify Schenker's ideas and their application and will also serve as a useful introduction to his work for music theorists. The essays, written by fourteen leading theorists, originate in papers delivered at the Schenker Symposium held at The Mannes College of Music, New York in 1985.

The Scoring of Baroque Concertos
The Scoring of Baroque Concertos

Author: C. R. F. Maunder

Publisher: Boydell Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9781843830719

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The concertos of Vivaldi, Bach, Handel and their contemporaries are some of the most popular, and the most frequently performed, pieces of classical music; and the assumption has always been they were full orchestral works. This book takes issue with this orthodox opinion to argue quite the reverse: that contemporaries regarded the concerto as chamber music. The author surveys the evidence, from surviving printed and manuscript performance material, from concerts throughout Europe between 1685 and 1750 (the heyday of the concerto), demonstrating that concertos were nearly always played one-to-a-part at that time. He makes a particularly close study of the scoring of the bass line, discussing the question of what instruments were most appropriate and what was used when. The late Dr RICHARD MAUNDER was Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.

The Italian Solo Concerto, 1700-1760
The Italian Solo Concerto, 1700-1760

Author: Simon McVeigh

Publisher: Boydell Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9781843830924

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The composition of the solo concerto studied as an evolving debate (rather than a static technique), and for its stylistic features.

Berg: Violin Concerto
Berg: Violin Concerto

Author: Anthony Pople

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1991-06-24

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9780521399760

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Described by Aaron Copland as 'among the finest creations in the modern repertoire', Alban Berg's Violin Concerto has become a twentieth-century classic. In this authoritative and highly readable guide to the work the reader is introduced not only to the concerto itself but to all that surrounded and determined its composition. This is a book about musical culture in the 1930s, about the Second Viennese School, about tonality, atonality and serialism, about Berg's own musical development, compositional method and the private significance the Violin Concerto held for him. The book describes the genesis of the work, its performance history and critical reception and, in two detailed musical chapters, provides a section-by-section account of the book and a closer analysis of the musical language and structure. Anthony Pople's ability to combine musical anecdote with scholarly discussion makes this guide compelling reading for the amateur and the specialist alike.

Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2
Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2

Author: Frédéric Chopin

Publisher: Alfred Music

Published: 2005-05-03

Total Pages: 8

ISBN-13: 145741970X

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This scholarly edition of Chopin's most famous nocturne includes a biographical sketch, sections about Chopin's technical style and ornamentation, and footnotes and performance suggestions within the score.

Orchestral Music
Orchestral Music

Author: David Daniels

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2005-10-13

Total Pages: 634

ISBN-13: 0810856743

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Also Available: Orchestral Music Online This fourth edition of the highly acclaimed, classic sourcebook for planning orchestral programs and organizing rehearsals has been expanded and revised to feature 42% more compositions over the third edition, with clearer entries and a more useful system of appendixes. Compositions cover the standard repertoire for American orchestra. Features from the previous edition that have changed and new additions include: · Larger physical format (8.5 x 11 vs. 5.5 x 8.5) · Expanded to 6400 entries and almost 900 composers (only 4200 in 3rd Ed.) · Merged with the American Symphony Orchestra League's OLIS (Orchestra Library Information Service) · Enhanced specific information on woodwind & brass doublings · Lists of required percussion equipment for many works · New, more intuitive format for instrumentation · More contents notes and durations of individual movements · Composers' citizenship, birth and death dates and places, integrated into the listings · Listings of useful websites for orchestra professionals