Music for Piano
Music for Piano

Author: F. E. Kirby

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2023-09-21

Total Pages: 467

ISBN-13: 149308285X

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This historical survey focuses on music for piano solo but also includes important compositions for piano duet and two pianos. Scholarly yet readable, it covers the entire repertoire from the Renaissance to the late 20th century and incorporates a bibliography of 1 100 sources for further study.

The History of Musical Instruments
The History of Musical Instruments

Author: Curt Sachs

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-09-19

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 0486171515

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Written by a distinguished musicologist, this comprehensive history of musical instruments traces their evolution from prehistoric times in a fusion of music, anthropology, and fine arts. Includes 24 plates and 167 illustrations.

A History of Film Music
A History of Film Music

Author: Mervyn Cooke

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-09-25

Total Pages: 627

ISBN-13: 1316264866

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This book provides a comprehensive and lively introduction to the major trends in film scoring from the silent era to the present day, focussing not only on dominant Hollywood practices but also offering an international perspective by including case studies of the national cinemas of the UK, France, India, Italy, Japan and the early Soviet Union. The book balances wide-ranging overviews of film genres, modes of production and critical reception with detailed non-technical descriptions of the interaction between image track and soundtrack in representative individual films. In addition to the central focus on narrative cinema, separate sections are also devoted to music in documentary and animated films, film musicals and the uses of popular and classical music in the cinema. The author analyses the varying technological and aesthetic issues that have shaped the history of film music, and concludes with an account of the modern film composer's working practices.

A Short History of Irish Traditional Music
A Short History of Irish Traditional Music

Author: Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin

Publisher: The O'Brien Press Ltd

Published: 2017-05-08

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 1847179401

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The history of Irish traditional music, song and dance from the mythological harp of the Dagda right up to Riverdance and beyond. Exploring an abundant spectrum of historical sources, music and folklore, this guide uncovers the contribution of the Normans to Irish dancing, the role of the music maker in Penal Ireland, as well as the popularity of dance tunes and set dancing from the end of the 18th century. It also follows the music of the Irish diaspora from as far apart as Newfoundland and the music halls of vaudeville to the musical tapestry of Irish America today.

Twentieth-century Music
Twentieth-century Music

Author: Robert P. Morgan

Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13: 9780393952728

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Traces the currents that have shaped the development of music in the twentieth century and discusses the contributions of such composers as Mahler, Debussy, Stockhausen, Vaughan Williams, Bartok, and Stravinsky

Repeated Takes
Repeated Takes

Author: Michael Chanan

Publisher: Verso Books

Published: 2020-05-05

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 1789607078

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Repeated Takes is the first general book on the history of the recording industry, covering the entire field from Edison's talking tin foil of 1877 to the age of the compact disc. Michael Chanan considers the record as a radically new type of commodity which turned the intangible performance of music into a saleable object, and describes the upset which this caused in musical culture. He asks: What goes on in a recording studio? How does it affect the music? Do we listen to music differently because of reproduction? Repeated Takes relates the growth and development of the industry, both technically and economically; the effects of the microphone on interpretation in both classical and popular music; and the impact of all these factors on musical styles and taste. This highly readable book also traces the connections between the development of recording and the rise of new forms of popular music, and discusses arguments among classical musicians about microphone technique and studio practice.