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| Author | : Julian Horton |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 469 |
| Release | : 2013-05-02 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 0521884985 |
A comprehensive guide to the historical, analytical and interpretative issues surrounding one of the major genres of Western music.
| Author | : Colin James Lawson |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 316 |
| Release | : 2003-04-24 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 9780521001328 |
This guide to the orchestra and orchestral life is unique in its breadth of coverage. It combinesorchestral history and repertory with a practical bias offering critical thought about the past, present and future of the orchestra. Including topics such as the art of orchestration, scorereading, conducting, international orchestras, recording, as well as consideration of what it means to be an orchestral musician, an educator, or an informed listener, it will be of interest to a wideranging readership of music historians and professional or amateur performers.
| Author | : Nancy November |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 293 |
| Release | : 2020-06-25 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 1108529860 |
This Companion provides orientation for those embarking on the study of Beethoven's much-discussed Eroica Symphony, as well as providing fresh insights that will appeal to scholars, performers and listeners more generally. The book addresses the symphony in three thematic sections, on genesis, analysis and reception history, and covers key topics including political context, dedication, sources of the Symphony's inspiration, 'heroism' and the idea of a 'watershed' work. Critical studies of writings and analyses from Beethoven's day to ours are included, as well as a range of other relevant responses to the work, including compositions, recordings, images and film. The Companion draws on previous literature but also illuminates the work from new angles, based on new evidence and a range of approaches by twelve leading scholars in Beethoven research.
| Author | : Robert Philip |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 969 |
| Release | : 2018-12-04 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 0300242727 |
An invaluable guide for lovers of classical music designed to enhance their enjoyment of the core orchestral repertoire from 1700 to 1950 Robert Philip, scholar, broadcaster, and musician, has compiled an essential handbook for lovers of classical music, designed to enhance their listening experience to the full. Covering four hundred works by sixty-eight composers from Corelli to Shostakovich, this engaging companion explores and unpacks the most frequently performed works, including symphonies, concertos, overtures, suites, and ballet scores. It offers intriguing details about each piece while avoiding technical terminology that might frustrate the non-specialist reader. Philip identifies key features in each work, as well as subtleties and surprises that await the attentive listener, and he includes enough background and biographical information to illuminate the composer’s intentions. Organized alphabetically from Bach to Webern, this compendium will be indispensable for classical music enthusiasts, whether in the concert hall or enjoying recordings at home.
| Author | : José Antonio Bowen |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 585 |
| Release | : 2003-11-20 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 1107494788 |
In this wide-ranging inside view of the history and practice of conducting, analysis and advice comes directly from working conductors, including Sir Charles Mackerras on opera, Bramwell Tovey on being an Artistic Director, Martyn Brabbins on modern music, Leon Botstein on programming and Vance George on choral conducting, and from those who work closely with conductors: a leading violinist describes working as a soloist with Stokowski, Ormandy and Barbirolli, while Solti and Abbado's studio producer explains orchestral recording, and one of the world's most powerful managers tells all. The book includes advice on how to conduct different types of groups (choral, opera, symphony, early music) and provides a substantial history of conducting as a study of national traditions. It is an unusually honest book about a secretive industry and managers, artistic directors, soloists, players and conductors openly discuss their different perspectives for the first time.
| Author | : Jeremy Barham |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 370 |
| Release | : 2007-12-13 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 1139827200 |
In the years approaching the centenary of Mahler's death, this book provides both summation of, and starting point for, an assessment and reassessment of the composer's output and creative activity. Authored by a collection of leading specialists in Mahler scholarship, its opening chapters place the composer in socio-political and cultural contexts, and discuss his work in light of developments in the aesthetics of musical meaning. Part II examines from a variety of analytical, interpretative and critical standpoints the complete range of his output, from early student works and unfinished fragments to the sketches and performing versions of the Tenth Symphony. Part III evaluates Mahler's role as interpreter of his own and other composers' works during his lifelong career as operatic and orchestral conductor. Part IV addresses Mahler's fluctuating reception history from scholarly, journalistic, creative, public and commercial perspectives, with special attention being paid to his compositional legacy.
| Author | : Simon P. Keefe |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 344 |
| Release | : 2005-10-27 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 9780521834834 |
A rare volume dedicated entirely to scholarship on the genre of the concerto.
| Author | : Deborah Mawer |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 316 |
| Release | : 2000-08-24 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780521648561 |
A comprehensive introduction to the life, music and compositional aesthetic of Maurice Ravel.
| Author | : James Parsons |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 446 |
| Release | : 2004-07 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 9780521804714 |
Beginning several generations before Schubert, the Lied first appears as domestic entertainment. In the century that follows it becomes one of the primary modes of music-making. By the time German song comes to its presumed conclusion with Richard Strauss's 1948 Vier letzte Lieder, this rich repertoire has moved beyond the home and keyboard accompaniment to the symphony hall. This is a 2004 introductory chronicle of this fascinating genre. In essays by eminent scholars, this Companion places the Lied in its full context - at once musical, literary, and cultural - with chapters devoted to focal composers as well as important issues, such as the way in which the Lied influenced other musical genres, its use as a musical commodity, and issues of performance. The volume is framed by a detailed chronology of German music and poetry from the late 1730s to the present and also contains a comprehensive bibliography.
| Author | : John Williamson |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 340 |
| Release | : 2004-07-15 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780521008785 |
This Companion provides an overview of the composer Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). Sixteen chapters by leading scholars investigate aspects of his life and works and consider the manner in which critical appreciation has changed in the twentieth century. The first section deals with Bruckner's Austrian background, investigating the historical circumstances in which he worked, his upbringing in Upper Austria, and his career in Vienna. A number of misunderstandings are dealt with in the light of recent research. The remainder of the book covers Bruckner's career as church musician and symphonist, with a chapter on the neglected secular vocal music. Religious, aesthetic, formal, harmonic, and instrumental aspects are considered, while one chapter confronts the problem of the editions of the symphonies. Two concluding chapters discuss the symphonies in performance, and the history of Bruckner-reception with particular reference to German Nationalism, the Third Reich and the appropriation of Bruckner by the Nazis.
