Quintet in E-flat, K. 452
Quintet in E-flat, K. 452

Author: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Publisher: Alfred Music

Published: 1999-08-26

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9781457487590

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A quintent for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

The Art of Bassoon Playing
The Art of Bassoon Playing

Author: William Spencer

Publisher: Alfred Music

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9781457400360

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Fine bassoon teachers are a rarity in all but cities with major symphony orchestras and/or a university with a distinguished music department faculty. William Spencer took up the challenge of providing material for the serious bassoonist with The Art of Bassoon Playing, published in 1958. With William Spencer's approval, Frederick Mueller took on the task of bringing to notice recent changes in bassoon playing, pedagogy, and manufacture, resulting in revised edition of The Art of Bassoon Playing.

Mozart, His Character, His Work
Mozart, His Character, His Work

Author: Alfred Einstein

Publisher: Galaxy Books

Published: 1962

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 0195007328

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Written by one of the world's outstanding music historians and critics, the late Alfred Einstein, this classic study of Mozart's character and works brings to light many new facts about his relationship with his family, his susceptibility to ambitious women, and his associations with musicalcontemporaries, as well as offering a penetrating analysis of his operas, piano music, chamber music, and symphonies.

Mozart, Haydn and Early Beethoven: 1781-1802
Mozart, Haydn and Early Beethoven: 1781-1802

Author: Daniel Heartz

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2008-11-17

Total Pages: 876

ISBN-13: 0393285782

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A vivid portrait of Mozart and Haydn's greatest achievements and young Beethoven's works under their influence. Completing the trilogy begun with Haydn, Mozart and the Viennese School, 1740-1780 and continued in Music in European Capitals: The Galant Style, 1720-1780, Daniel Heartz concludes his extensive chronicle of the Classical Era with this much-anticipated third volume. By the early years of the nineteenth century, "Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven" had become a catchphrase—a commonplace expression signifying musical excellence. Indeed, even in his early career, Beethoven was hailed as the only musician worthy to stand beside Haydn and Mozart. In this volume, Heartz winds up the careers of Haydn and Mozart (who during the 1780s produced their most famous and greatest works) and describes Beethoven's first decade in Vienna, during which he began composing by patterning his works on the two masters. The tumult and instability of the French Revolution serves as a vivid historical backdrop for the tale.

The Mechanical Muse: The Piano, Pianism and Piano Music, c.1760-1850
The Mechanical Muse: The Piano, Pianism and Piano Music, c.1760-1850

Author: Derek Carew

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 666

ISBN-13: 1351542680

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book charts the piano's accession from musical curiosity to cultural icon, examining the instrument itself in its various guises as well as the music written for it. Both the piano and piano music were very much the product of the intellectual, cultural and social environments of the period and both were subject to many influences, directly and indirectly. These included character (individualism), the vernacular ('folk/popular') and creativity (improvisation), all of which are discussed generally and with respect to the music itself. Derek Carew surveys the most important pianistic genres of the period (variations, rondos, and so on), showing how these changed from their received forms into vehicles of Romantic expressiveness. The piano is also looked at in its role as an accompanying instrument. The Mechanical Muse will be of interest to anyone who loves the piano or the period, from the non-specialist to the music postgraduate.