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  • A Passion for Symphonies: Robert Simpson (1921-1997)

    by Lionel Pike ...
    This is the first full-length study of the symphonies of Robert Simpson to be offered to the general public. Simpson is perhaps best known for his BBC work, including the Promenade Concerts and such innovatory radio programmes as The Innocent Ear; but critics have hailed him as one of the finest writers of symphonies of the twentieth century—one who additionally spent a lifetime examining and ... Read more

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  • The Language of the Rasumovsky Quartets: Beethoven and Robert Simpson

    by Lionel Pike ...
    While working for the BBC Robert Simpson gave an illustrated TV lecture on the last of Beethoven's three 'Rasumovsky' string quartets, Op.59. This talk was so well received that he was strongly pressed to write a complete study of Beethoven's Op.59, but he countered that he did not wish to write any more words about music; he had already done a great deal in that line. Instead, he wrote three ... Read more

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  • The Verse Anthem: Byrd To Tomkins

    by Lionel Pike ...
    The 'Verse Anthem', a type of choral composition peculiar to the Church of England and mostly intended for Matins and Evensong, involved solo voice(s) with instrumental accompaniment alternating with passages for full choir. In Elizabethan and Jacobean times much of the most forward-looking music was cast in this form: indeed, it was the preferred type of religious composition for some of the ... Read more

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  • Hexachords in Late-Renaissance Music

    by Lionel Pike ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1998, this broad survey includes a large number of musical illustrations and provides an indispensable guide for both students and teachers.Hexachords and solmization syllables formed the foundations of musical language during the sixteenth century. Yet, owing to changes over time in music education and style, there no longer exists widespread general knowledge of hexachords. ... Read more

    $73.99 CAD

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    by Edward C. Bairstow ...
    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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  • A Popular History of the Art of Music: From the Earliest Times Until the Present

    by W. S. B. Mathews ...
    "… I have attempted to cover the same extent of history, in treating of which the standard musical histories of Naumann, Ambros, Fetis and others have employed from three times to ten times as much space. In the nature of the case there will be differences of opinion among competent judges concerning my success in this difficult undertaking. Upon this point I can onlyplead absolute sincerity of ... Read more

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  • Choral Masterworks

    A Listener's Guide

    by Michael Steinberg ...
    Michael Steinberg's highly successful listener's guides--The Symphony and The Concerto--have been universally praised for their blend of captivating biography, crystal clear musical analysis, and delightful humor. Now Steinberg follows these two greatly admired volumes with Choral Masterworks: A Listener's Guide, the only such guide available to this most popular of musical forms. Here are more ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Messiah

    The Composition and Afterlife of Handel's Masterpiece

    by Jonathan Keates ...
    From Handel's renowned biographer, the story of one of the most celebrated compositions of Western classical music, Handel's famous oratorio, MessiahIn the late summer of 1741, George Friderick Handel, composed an oratorio set to words from the King James Bible, rich in tuneful arias and magnificent choruses. Jonathan Keates recounts the history and afterlife of Messiah, one of the best-loved ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Handel

    by Donald Burrows ...
    Series series Composers Across Cultures
    Handel is one of the most remarkable figures in the history of western music. His compositions form one of the peaks of creative achievement in the Baroque period, and cover a remarkable range: full-scale Italian operas and English oratorios (including Messiah), but also shorter works such as the Water Music and the Coronation Anthem Zadok the Priest. His compositional processes were often complex ... Read more

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  • CHOIR TRAINING AND CHORAL CONDUCTING FOR AFRICANS

    by Laz.N.Ekwueme ...
    In this era of cultural "self-discovery" which has led to the determination by each cultural group to assert or reassert its independence, questions have been raised as to the type and quality of music Africans should be making. Consequently disagreements have sometimes arisen as to whether Africans should be singing European songs at all. Questions have also been raised as to what aesthetic taste ... Read more

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  • The Faber Pocket Guide to Britten

    by John Bridcut ...
    John Bridcut, author of the acclaimed 'Britten's Children', will include significant fresh material which will make the book indispensable for Britten aficionados as well as for those who are discovering the composer's music for the first time. This guide is all about finding a way into Britten's music.An outline of planned chapters:- The Top Ten Britten pieces- Critics' First Impressions- Britten ... Read more

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  • Sixteenth Century Polyphony - A Basic For The Study Of Counterpoint

    by Arthur Tillman Merritt ...
    A. Tillman Merritt graduated from the University of Missouri in 1924 and was the first recipient of a new degree, Bachelor of Fine Arts, in 1926. That autumn he came to Harvard as a graduate student in music; recognition of his unusual talent was immediate. In February, 1927, he was asked to be Walter Piston's teaching assistant in music theory. This book is intended to be an introduction and ... Read more

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