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Beethoven for a Later Age

Living with the String Quartets

by Edward Dusinberre ...

"A richly detailed portrayal of the intimate workings of a great string quartet . . . as revealed to us through the recollections of its first violinist."—Philip RothEdward Dusinberre, first violinist of the renowned Takács Quartet, offers a rare peek inside the workings of his ensemble, while providing an insightful history of Beethoven's sixteen string quartets and their performance.Founded in ... Read more

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"A richly detailed portrayal of the intimate workings of a great string quartet . . . as revealed to us through the recollections of its first violinist."—Philip RothEdward Dusinberre, first violinist of the renowned Takács Quartet, offers a rare peek inside the workings of his ensemble, while providing an insightful history of Beethoven's sixteen string quartets and their performance.Founded in
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Bulgarian Harmony

In Village, Wedding, and Choral Music of the Last Century

by Kalin S. Kirilov ...

Series series SOAS Studies in Music
An in-depth study of the Bulgarian harmonic system is long overdue. More than two decades since the Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares choir was awarded a Grammy (1990), there is no scholarly study of the captivating sounds of Bulgarian vertical sonorities. Kalin Kirilov traces the gradual formation of a unique harmonic system that developed in three styles of Bulgarian music: village music from the ... Read more

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An in-depth study of the Bulgarian harmonic system is long overdue. More than two decades since the Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares choir was awarded a Grammy (1990), there is no scholarly study of the captivating sounds of Bulgarian vertical sonorities. Kalin Kirilov traces the gradual formation of a unique harmonic system that developed in three styles of Bulgarian music: village music from the
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Beethoven: Variations on a Life

by Mark Evan Bonds ...

Despite the ups and downs of his personal life and professional career-even in the face of deafness-Beethoven remained remarkably consistent in his most basic convictions about his art. This inner consistency, the music historian Mark Evan Bonds argues, provides the key to understanding the composer's life and works. Beethoven approached music as he approached life, weighing whatever occupied him ... Read more

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Despite the ups and downs of his personal life and professional career-even in the face of deafness-Beethoven remained remarkably consistent in his most basic convictions about his art. This inner consistency, the music historian Mark Evan Bonds argues, provides the key to understanding the composer's life and works. Beethoven approached music as he approached life, weighing whatever occupied him
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Mozart Studies 2

Edited by Simon P. Keefe ...

Series series Cambridge Composer Studies
Cultural, historical and reception-related contexts are central to understanding Mozart, one of the greatest and most famous musicians of all time. Widening and refining the lens through which the composer is viewed, the essays in Mozart Studies 2 focus on themes, issues, works and repertories perennially popular among Mozart scholars of all kinds, pointing to areas primed for future study and ... Read more

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Cultural, historical and reception-related contexts are central to understanding Mozart, one of the greatest and most famous musicians of all time. Widening and refining the lens through which the composer is viewed, the essays in Mozart Studies 2 focus on themes, issues, works and repertories perennially popular among Mozart scholars of all kinds, pointing to areas primed for future study and
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Rossini

by Andrea Chegai ...

Rossini aveva 37 anni e 39 opere alle spalle quando si ritirò dalle scene teatrali dopo avervi esercitato un'egemonia incontrastata. Eclettico, altalenante tra comico e tragico, e prolifico sperimentatore di generi, raggiunse e impose uno stile sovraregionale, nella fedeltà a un ideale di bellezza ineffabile che la sua musica sempre inseguì: una musica che diede voce ai suoi personaggi esprimendo, ... Read more

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Rossini aveva 37 anni e 39 opere alle spalle quando si ritirò dalle scene teatrali dopo avervi esercitato un'egemonia incontrastata. Eclettico, altalenante tra comico e tragico, e prolifico sperimentatore di generi, raggiunse e impose uno stile sovraregionale, nella fedeltà a un ideale di bellezza ineffabile che la sua musica sempre inseguì: una musica che diede voce ai suoi personaggi esprimendo,
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Inherit the Truth 1939-1945

The Documented Experiences of a Survivor of Auschwitz and Belsen

by Anita Lasker-Wallfisch ...

This is the story of the destruction of a talented Jewish family, and of the survival against all the odds of two young sisters. It is one of the most moving stories to emerge from the Second World War. Anita and her elder sister Renate defied death at the hands of the Gestapo and the SS over a period of two and a half years when they were sucked into the whirlpool of Nazi mass extermination, ... Read more

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This is the story of the destruction of a talented Jewish family, and of the survival against all the odds of two young sisters. It is one of the most moving stories to emerge from the Second World War. Anita and her elder sister Renate defied death at the hands of the Gestapo and the SS over a period of two and a half years when they were sucked into the whirlpool of Nazi mass extermination,
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Con Brio

Four Russians Called the Budapest String Quartet

by Nat Brandt ...

A 1959 New Yorker profile captured the inspired risk-taking and raw creative spark of a Budapest String Quartet rehearsal: "Sasha leaped from his chair and with violin held aloft, played the passage with exaggerated schmalz, like a street fiddler in Naples. Kroyt...stopped playing and started singing a Russian song....Mischa Schneider thereupon performed a number of stupendous triads on his cello. ... Read more

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A 1959 New Yorker profile captured the inspired risk-taking and raw creative spark of a Budapest String Quartet rehearsal: "Sasha leaped from his chair and with violin held aloft, played the passage with exaggerated schmalz, like a street fiddler in Naples. Kroyt...stopped playing and started singing a Russian song....Mischa Schneider thereupon performed a number of stupendous triads on his cello.
... Read more
Beethoven's Early Chamber Music: A Listening Guide

by Terence O'Grady ...

Beethoven's early chamber music is, for many listeners, largely an unexplored treasure trove of fresh, often highly creative, sometimes surprising music. This listening guide will help the interested listener experience this music more fully, by providing detailed examples of what to expect and what to listen for among Beethoven's chamber works up to and including the famous string quartets of Op. ... Read more

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Beethoven's early chamber music is, for many listeners, largely an unexplored treasure trove of fresh, often highly creative, sometimes surprising music. This listening guide will help the interested listener experience this music more fully, by providing detailed examples of what to expect and what to listen for among Beethoven's chamber works up to and including the famous string quartets of Op.
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A Notebook for Viola Players

by Ivo-Jan van der Werff ...

In A Notebook for Viola Players, Ivo-Jan van der Werff offers a guide to playing the viola with the greatest freedom, dexterity, and ease. It includes right and left hand exercises to build a sound technique, sections on how to practice them, how to hold the viola and bow, how to think about good posture, how to create a good sound, how to play with the least amount of tension, how to deal with ... Read more

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In A Notebook for Viola Players, Ivo-Jan van der Werff offers a guide to playing the viola with the greatest freedom, dexterity, and ease. It includes right and left hand exercises to build a sound technique, sections on how to practice them, how to hold the viola and bow, how to think about good posture, how to create a good sound, how to play with the least amount of tension, how to deal with
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靜默之聲：蕭士塔高維契與他的十五首弦樂四重奏

Music for Silenced Voices: Shostakovich and His FifteenQuartets

by 溫蒂・蕾瑟 ...

Translated by 朱得嘉 ...

溫蒂．蕾瑟，一位評論界寧靜的巨人，最近將她廣袤無垠的好奇心轉向一位被上了枷鎖的天才。《靜默之聲》是她以十五首弦樂四重奏為框架寫成的傳記。蕾瑟的出發點是，弦樂四重奏是蕭士塔高維契最發自內心的音樂——正如如他的遺孀所說，它們記錄著「他靈魂故事的日記」——也是我們通往作曲家內心世界的最佳途徑。——《句號網》，卡萊爾（Alli Carlisle）在此之前，絕大部份關於蕭士塔高維契的書不是聚焦在他的交響曲和歌劇，就是他和他所身處的政權之間的關係，或者兩者兼有，因為這些大型作品正是他最備受關注，有時則是遭到蘇聯政權譴責的作品。本書帶我們從後門——他的十五首弦樂四重奏——一窺蕭士塔高維契。他的遺孀認為這些作品是「他靈魂故事的日記」。靜默和聲音有很多種，包括史達林時期大膽的作家、藝術家和音樂家的政治性噤聲；蕭士塔高維契的歌劇的失聲（他轉向弦樂四重奏前被迫放棄的形式）；還有他死去的摯友的死寂之聲 ... Read more

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溫蒂．蕾瑟，一位評論界寧靜的巨人，最近將她廣袤無垠的好奇心轉向一位被上了枷鎖的天才。《靜默之聲》是她以十五首弦樂四重奏為框架寫成的傳記。蕾瑟的出發點是，弦樂四重奏是蕭士塔高維契最發自內心的音樂——正如如他的遺孀所說，它們記錄著「他靈魂故事的日記」——也是我們通往作曲家內心世界的最佳途徑。——《句號網》，卡萊爾（Alli Carlisle）在此之前，絕大部份關於蕭士塔高維契的書不是聚焦在他的交響曲和歌劇，就是他和他所身處的政權之間的關係，或者兩者兼有，因為這些大型作品正是他最備受關注，有時則是遭到蘇聯政權譴責的作品。本書帶我們從後門——他的十五首弦樂四重奏——一窺蕭士塔高維契。他的遺孀認為這些作品是「他靈魂故事的日記」。靜默和聲音有很多種，包括史達林時期大膽的作家、藝術家和音樂家的政治性噤聲；蕭士塔高維契的歌劇的失聲（他轉向弦樂四重奏前被迫放棄的形式）；還有他死去的摯友的死寂之聲
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Kalimba Easy Arrangements - Classical Music Themes - 1

Play by Symbols + MP3-Sound Downloads

by Reynhard Boegl ...

Series Book 14 - Kalimba Songbooks
Songbook with 10 Classical Music Themes, easy arranged (melody with ornaments) for the Kalimba with 17 tines.No knowledge of music notes is required - play by numbers / symbols!The MP3 sounds are available online in a player with adjustable playback speed (web address in the book).The sounds and other links are accessible with the iOS and Android app and your interne... ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Songbook with 10 Classical Music Themes, easy arranged (melody with ornaments) for the Kalimba with 17 tines.No knowledge of music notes is required - play by numbers / symbols!The MP3 sounds are available online in a player with adjustable playback speed (web address in the book).The sounds and other links are accessible with the iOS and Android app and your interne...
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Musique de chambre

Les Grands Articles d'Universalis

by Encyclopaedia Universalis ...

Partez à la découverte de la musique de chambre avec ce Grand Article Universalis !Au sens moderne, «musique de chambre» est une expression générique s'appliquant à des compositions pour un petit nombre d'instruments solistes. Jusqu'à la fin du xvii e siècle, avant l'apparition des concerts publics, le terme désigne une musique destinée à être jouée chez un particuli...Un ouvrage spécialement ... Read more

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Partez à la découverte de la musique de chambre avec ce Grand Article Universalis !Au sens moderne, «musique de chambre» est une expression générique s'appliquant à des compositions pour un petit nombre d'instruments solistes. Jusqu'à la fin du xvii e siècle, avant l'apparition des concerts publics, le terme désigne une musique destinée à être jouée chez un particuli...Un ouvrage spécialement
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SUITE GUNA YALA

Obra para coro y orquesta de guitarras

by Nadia Borislova ...

“La Suite Guna Yala de Nadia Borislova nace de un encuentro profundo entre música, territorio y memoria; un encuentro que no se limita a la admiración estética, sino que se transforma en compromiso ético y en un acto de escucha hacia un pueblo cuya historia y presencia contemporánea encarnan una lucha ininterrumpida por la autonomía, la dignidad y la defensa de su territorio.” ... Read more

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“La Suite Guna Yala de Nadia Borislova nace de un encuentro profundo entre música, territorio y memoria; un encuentro que no se limita a la admiración estética, sino que se transforma en compromiso ético y en un acto de escucha hacia un pueblo cuya historia y presencia contemporánea encarnan una lucha ininterrumpida por la autonomía, la dignidad y la defensa de su territorio.”
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The Paris Conservatoire Woodwind Solos de Concours of Eugène Bozza

Vernacular Exoticism

by Lacey Golaszewski ...

Series series Routledge Research in Music
This book demonstrates how Eugène Bozza utilized exoticism to meet pragmatic demands for French nationalism, lyrical and virtuosic assessment, and efficient composition in his Paris Conservatoire woodwind solos de concours, or exam solos.Along the way, the monograph supplies biographical information on Bozza gathered from interviews with his daughter and colleagues and discovered at his archives ... Read more

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This book demonstrates how Eugène Bozza utilized exoticism to meet pragmatic demands for French nationalism, lyrical and virtuosic assessment, and efficient composition in his Paris Conservatoire woodwind solos de concours, or exam solos.Along the way, the monograph supplies biographical information on Bozza gathered from interviews with his daughter and colleagues and discovered at his archives
... Read more
Kynaston - Concert Variations on a Theme by Henry Purcell for Bayan Accordion Ensemble and Percussion

by John Franceschina ...

Commissioned by "Sam" Falcetti for the Springfield Accordion Orchestra in 1983, Kynaston has been performed by virtuoso accordion ensembles in concerts and competitions around the world. Inspired by the Errol Flynn-like theatre career of Edward ("Ned") Kynaston, the English Restoration leading man who triumphed in swashbuckling costume heroic dramas and romantic comedies, Kynaston traces the actor ... Read more

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Commissioned by "Sam" Falcetti for the Springfield Accordion Orchestra in 1983, Kynaston has been performed by virtuoso accordion ensembles in concerts and competitions around the world. Inspired by the Errol Flynn-like theatre career of Edward ("Ned") Kynaston, the English Restoration leading man who triumphed in swashbuckling costume heroic dramas and romantic comedies, Kynaston traces the actor
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Chamber Music

A Very Short Introduction

by Laura Tunbridge ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Playing together is the beating heart of chamber music. Despite great diversity, there are values common across centuries and instrumentation. First, a principle of one player per part, without a conductor. Second, that location is more a state of mind than an actual venue--thus, chamber music can exist in the home and on the concert platform. ... Read more

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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Playing together is the beating heart of chamber music. Despite great diversity, there are values common across centuries and instrumentation. First, a principle of one player per part, without a conductor. Second, that location is more a state of mind than an actual venue--thus, chamber music can exist in the home and on the concert platform.
... Read more
Del músico en general... al violonchelista en particular

Las claves del tiempo musical

by Xavier Gagnepain ...

Series series Música
En el campo de la percepción armónica, del sentido rítmico, de la producción del sonido, de la habilidad corporal o de la expresión, determinadas claves permiten tanto evitar como reparar muchas disfunciones. Xavier Gagnepain se propone describir en este libro los procesos fundamentales del oído y del cuerpo del músico.Esta nueva edición trae consigo, además, un ensayo que aspira a explorar —con ... Read more

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En el campo de la percepción armónica, del sentido rítmico, de la producción del sonido, de la habilidad corporal o de la expresión, determinadas claves permiten tanto evitar como reparar muchas disfunciones. Xavier Gagnepain se propone describir en este libro los procesos fundamentales del oído y del cuerpo del músico.Esta nueva edición trae consigo, además, un ensayo que aspira a explorar —con
... Read more
Playing Together - Ensembles Volume 3

by Richard von Fuchs ...

Ensembles: septets for a variety of instruments arranged by Richard von Fuchs. ... Read more

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Ensembles: septets for a variety of instruments arranged by Richard von Fuchs.
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Robert Schumann's Leipzig Chamber Works

Music in the Great Stream of Time

by Julie Hedges Brown ...

The first in-depth study in almost half a century of Robert Schumann's multi-movement Leipzig chamber works, this book offers novel and diverse encounters with the three Op. 41 String Quartets, the Op. 44 Piano Quintet, and the Op. 47 Piano Quartet. The volume adopts a two-pronged approach, exploring the reception of this music from both composer- and listener-oriented perspectives. On the one ... Read more

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The first in-depth study in almost half a century of Robert Schumann's multi-movement Leipzig chamber works, this book offers novel and diverse encounters with the three Op. 41 String Quartets, the Op. 44 Piano Quintet, and the Op. 47 Piano Quartet. The volume adopts a two-pronged approach, exploring the reception of this music from both composer- and listener-oriented perspectives. On the one
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The Ma'luf in Contemporary Libya

An Arab Andalusian Musical Tradition

by Philip Ciantar ...

Series series SOAS Studies in Music
The musical tradition of Ma'luf is believed to have come to North Africa with Muslim and Jewish refugees escaping the Christian reconquista of Spain between the tenth and seventeenth centuries. Although this Arab Andalusian music tradition has been studied in other parts of the region, until now, the Libyan version has not received Western scholarly attention. This book investigates the place of ... Read more

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The musical tradition of Ma'luf is believed to have come to North Africa with Muslim and Jewish refugees escaping the Christian reconquista of Spain between the tenth and seventeenth centuries. Although this Arab Andalusian music tradition has been studied in other parts of the region, until now, the Libyan version has not received Western scholarly attention. This book investigates the place of
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I concerti per mandolino nel '700 napoletano

L'importanza dello sviluppo artistico sviluppato a Napoli durante il periodo settecentesco.

by Jona Giuseppe Patitò ...

Il mandolino acquisisce una nuova vita grazie ai liutai, compositori e musicisti che hanno dedicato la propria vita a questo strumento, in particolare a Napoli si sottolinea un' intensa attività.Il mandolino napoletano è un perfetto esempio di rinascita, nulla da togliere alle altre tipologie di mandolino, tutti in grado di arrivare fino ai giorni nostri e mantenere attivo il repertorio ... Read more

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Il mandolino acquisisce una nuova vita grazie ai liutai, compositori e musicisti che hanno dedicato la propria vita a questo strumento, in particolare a Napoli si sottolinea un' intensa attività.Il mandolino napoletano è un perfetto esempio di rinascita, nulla da togliere alle altre tipologie di mandolino, tutti in grado di arrivare fino ai giorni nostri e mantenere attivo il repertorio
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Perspectives on the Music of Christopher Fox

Straight Lines in Broken Times

Edited by Rose Dodd ...

Christopher Fox (1955) has emerged as one of the most fascinating composers of the post-war generation. His spirit of experimentalism pervades an oeuvre in which he has blithely created his own version of a range of contemporary musical practices. In his work many of the major expressions of European cultural activity - Darmstadt, Fluxus, spectralism, postminimalism and more - are assimilated to ... Read more

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Christopher Fox (1955) has emerged as one of the most fascinating composers of the post-war generation. His spirit of experimentalism pervades an oeuvre in which he has blithely created his own version of a range of contemporary musical practices. In his work many of the major expressions of European cultural activity - Darmstadt, Fluxus, spectralism, postminimalism and more - are assimilated to
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La créativité à l'oeuvre chez Bach

Entretien avec Gilles Cantagrel, musicologue

by Anne-Laure Saives, Annie Camus, Gilles Cantagrel ...

Si la créativité n’est pas (qu’une) technique, mais plutôt un rapport au monde, une forme d’être, que peuvent nous apprendre sur ce sujet de grands créateurs comme Jean-Sébastien Bach, compositeur prolifique – plus d’un millier d’œu vres répertoriées – dont la musique fait vibrer encore, plus de 300 ans après sa création, les murs des salles de concert et le cœur des auditeurs? C’est à cet examen ... Read more

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Si la créativité n’est pas (qu’une) technique, mais plutôt un rapport au monde, une forme d’être, que peuvent nous apprendre sur ce sujet de grands créateurs comme Jean-Sébastien Bach, compositeur prolifique – plus d’un millier d’œu vres répertoriées – dont la musique fait vibrer encore, plus de 300 ans après sa création, les murs des salles de concert et le cœur des auditeurs? C’est à cet examen
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Playing Together - Ensembles Volume 2

by Richard von Fuchs ...

Ensembles: sextets and septets for a variety of instruments arranged by Richard von Fuchs. ... Read more

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Ensembles: sextets and septets for a variety of instruments arranged by Richard von Fuchs.
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