Bach The Borrower

Bach The Borrower
Author: Norman Carrell
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2024-11-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1040223990

Originally published in 1967, in this book the author delves deeply into the fascinating field of Bach’s music and the reasons for his ‘borrowing’, and adaptation within his oeuvre. This book, scrupulously uncontroversial in its manner, contains evidence which upends many established judgements. Whether concerned with Bach’s artistic personality or with details of his performance, this voluminous record, with commentary, of his adaptations, recompositions or transcriptions is an essential work of reference. When it was first published much of the information on the Choralgesänge and the chorals contained in or intended for the Orgelbüchlein was available for the first time in English.

The Life and Work of William and Philip Hayes

The Life and Work of William and Philip Hayes
Author: Simon Heighes
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2014-04-08
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1135618100

First Published in 1996. William and Philip Hayes, father and son, between them occupied the Heather Chair of Music at the University of Oxford for over half a century (1741-97). Although they lived and worked largely outside the mainstream of London's cosmopolitan musical life, their outlook was surprisingly broad. The present study reveals them to have been two of the most important provincial musicians of their age, who as composers contributed to all the main genres of the time except opera.

Tonal Space in the Music of Antonio Vivaldi

Tonal Space in the Music of Antonio Vivaldi
Author: Bella Brover-Lubovsky
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2008-06-25
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0253028035

Tonal Space in the Music of Antonio Vivaldi incorporates an analytical study of Vivaldi's style into a more general exploration of harmonic and tonal organization in the music of the late Italian Baroque. The harmonic and tonal language of Vivaldi and his contemporaries, full of curious links between traditional modal thinking and what would later be considered common-practice major-minor tonality, directly reflects the historical circumstances of the shifting attitude toward the conceptualization of tonal space so crucial to Western art music. Vivaldi is examined in a completely new context, allowing both his prosaic and idiosyncratic sides to emerge clearly. This book contributes to a better understanding of Vivaldi's individual style, while illuminating wider processes of stylistic development and the diffusion of artistic ideas in the 18th century.

Words and Music

Words and Music
Author: Peter Dickinson
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2016
Genre: Music
ISBN: 178327106X

Articles, tributes and reminiscences of composer, pianist and author Peter Dickinson are here brought together for the first time.

Bernstein and Robbins

Bernstein and Robbins
Author: Sophie Redfern
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2021
Genre: Ballet
ISBN: 164825005X

Leonard Bernstein and choreographer Jerome Robbins stand as giants of the musical-theatre world, but it was ballet that launched their stage careers and established their relationship. With Fancy Free (1944), their triumphant debut collaboration produced by Ballet Theatre, Bernstein, Robbins, and set designer Oliver Smith-all in their mid-twenties- captured the spirit of wartime New York, created a defining ballet of the period still widely performed today, and became overnight sensations. The hit musical On the Town (1944) and a now largely forgotten ballet, Facsimile (1946), followed over the next two years. Drawing extensively on previously unpublished archival documents, Bernstein and Robbins: The Early Ballets provides a richly detailed and original historical account of the creation, premiere, and reception of Fancy Free and Facsimile. It reveals the vital and sometimes conflicting role of Ballet Theatre, explores how Bernstein composed the scores, sheds light on the central importance of Oliver Smith, and considers the legacy of these works for all involved. The result is a new understanding of Bernstein, Robbins, and this formative period in their lives.

Audiotapes

Audiotapes
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 134
Release: 1979
Genre: Audio-visual materials
ISBN:

Edexcel AS Level Music Revision Guide

Edexcel AS Level Music Revision Guide
Author: Alistair Wightman
Publisher: Rhinegold Education
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2017-02-25
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 1783239050

The Edexcel AS Level Music Revision Guide presents all the key information you will need to know for the written exam (Component 3 – Appraising) of the 2016 AS Level specification – For exams 2017 onwards. It includes the most important facts about each of the AS Level set works, extensive practice for the main essay question in the exam (Section B, essay 2), including sample answers and ‘examiner’s points’ and a guide to the terminology you will need to know, to help you prepare for questions on the set and ‘unfamiliar’ works. Clear and concise, this is the perfect preparation for any student taking the Edexcel AS Level Music exams.

The Wiley Handbook of Genius

The Wiley Handbook of Genius
Author: Dean Keith Simonton
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 815
Release: 2014-06-04
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1118367391

With contributions from a multi-disciplinary group of expert contributors, this is the first handbook to discuss all aspects of genius, a topic that endlessly provokes and fascinates. The first handbook to discuss all aspects of genius with contributions from a multi-disciplinary group of experts Covers the origins, characteristics, careers, and consequences of genius with a focus on cognitive science, individual differences, life-span development, and social context Explores individual genius, creators, leaders, and performers as diverse as Queen Elizabeth I, Simón Bolívar, Mohandas Gandhi, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Leo Tolstoy, John William Coltrane, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Martha Graham. Utilizes a variety of approaches—from genetics, neuroscience, and longitudinal studies to psychometric tests, interviews, and case studies—to provide a comprehensive treatment of the subject

Daniels' Orchestral Music

Daniels' Orchestral Music
Author: David Daniels
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 1464
Release: 2022-06-30
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1442275219

Daniels’ Orchestral Music is the gold standard for all orchestral professionals—from conductors, librarians, programmers, students, administrators, and publishers, to even instructors—seeking to research and plan an orchestral program, whether for a single concert or a full season. This sixth edition, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the original edition, has the largest increase in entries for a new edition of Orchestral Music: 65% more works (roughly 14,050 total) and 85% more composers (2,202 total) compared to the fifth edition. Composition details are gleaned from personal inspection of scores by orchestral conductors, making it a reliable one-stop resource for repertoire. Users will find all the familiar and useful features of the fifth edition as well as significant updates and corrections. Works are organized alphabetically by composer and title, containing information on duration, instrumentation, date of composition, publication, movements, and special accommodations if any. Individual appendices make it easy to browse works with chorus, solo voices, or solo instruments. Other appendices list orchestral works by instrumentation and duration, as well as works intended for youth concerts. Also included are significant anniversaries of composers, composer groups for thematic programming, a title index, an introduction to Nieweg charts, essential bibliography, internet sources, institutions and organizations, and a directory of publishers necessary for the orchestra professional. This trusted work used around the globe is a must-have for orchestral professionals, whether conductors or orchestra librarians, administrators involved in artistic planning, music students considering orchestral conducting, authors of program notes, publishers and music dealers, and instructors of conducting.