The Violin
The Violin

Author: Mark Katz

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 0815336373

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This book is the only complete and up-to-date annotated bibliography available on women's activities and contributions in the creation and performance of music through the ages. Encompassing major books, articles and recordings published over the past five decades, the book examines a broad cross-section of contemporary thought, with each entry - with over 500 devoted to resources from countries outside the US - including annotation along with a critical description of content.

The Penguin Companion to Classical Music
The Penguin Companion to Classical Music

Author: Paul Griffiths

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2004-10-07

Total Pages: 1400

ISBN-13: 0141909765

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This superbly authoratitive new work provides a comprehensive A-Z guide to some 1000 years of Western music. It explores in detail the lives and achievements of a vast range of composers, as well as looking at such key topics as music history (from medieval plainchant to contemporary minimalism), performers, theory and jargon. Throught Griffiths skilfully blends lightly worn scholarship with personal insight, whether examining the emotional colouring that different musical keys achieve or charting the rise and development of the symphony.

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 Player's Guide to Chamber Music
A Player's Guide to Chamber Music

Author: Paul Jeffery

Publisher: The Crowood Press

Published: 2017-09-14

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 0719825075

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Chamber music includes some of the world's greatest music. It is widely played in homes, without an audience, by players who are mostly amateurs, and much of the repertoire is playable even by those of quite moderate ability. A Player's Guide to Chamber Music gives advice on what music is available and helps the player to identify what is suitable. It covers chamber music from the seventeenth to the later twentieth century and all instrumental combinations including strings, piano, wind instruments, duet sonatas and baroque ensembles. All the significant composers and musical aspects of playing are covered along with works suitable for inexperienced players. Illustrated with 63 black & white illustrations.