Five Songs

Five Songs
Author: Gian Carlo Menotti
Publisher: G Schirmer Incorporated
Total Pages: 24
Release: 1989-06
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780634017063

(Vocal Collection). Written in 1983, with texts in English by the composer. The music is charged with emotion and a spinning, lyric line. This is Menotti's best recital work to date. Contents: The Eternal Prisoner * The Idle Gift * The Longest Wait * My Ghost * The Swing.

The Concert Song Companion

The Concert Song Companion
Author: Charles Osborne
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1475700490

W HAT I H A V E attempted in this book is a survey of song; the kind of song which one finds variously described as 'concert', 'art', or sometimes even 'classical song'. 'Concert song' seems the most useful, certainly the least inexact or misleading, of some descriptions, especially since 'art song' sounds primly off putting, and 'classical song' really ought to be used only to refer to songs written during the classical period, i. e. the 18th century. Concert song clearly means the kind of songs one hears sung at concerts or recitals. Addressing myself to the general music-lover who, though he possesses no special knowledge of the song literature, is never theless interested enough in songs and their singers to attend recitals of Lieder or of songs in various languages, I have naturally confined myself to that period of time in which the vast majority of these songs was composed, though not necessarily only to those composers whose songs have survived to be remembered in recital programmes today. I suppose this to be roughly the three centuries covered by the years 1650-1950, though most of the songs we, as audiences, know and love were composed in the middle of this period, in other words in the 19th century.

Library Books

Library Books
Author: Los Angeles Public Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 510
Release: 1914
Genre:
ISBN:

Blake Set to Music

Blake Set to Music
Author: Donald Fitch
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2023-11-10
Genre:
ISBN: 0520313372

Cataloging Sheet Music

Cataloging Sheet Music
Author: Music Library Association. Working Group on Sheet Music Cataloging Guidelines
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2003
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780810847507

Discussions are designed to expand the music cataloger's understanding of publishing practices peculiar to sheet music. While much of the content emphasizes the description of the music, there are also sections devoted to subject access to illustrations, first-line/chorus/refrain text, illustrators, engravers, and publishers, and extensive reproductions of title pages from the 18th through mid-20th centuries, accompanied by examples of the cataloging, are also included.

A History of Twentieth-Century Music in a Theoretic-Analytical Context

A History of Twentieth-Century Music in a Theoretic-Analytical Context
Author: Elliott Antokoletz
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 843
Release: 2014-03-14
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1135037299

A History of Twentieth-Century Music in a Theoretic-Analytical Context is an integrated account of the genres and concepts of twentieth-century art music, organized topically according to aesthetic, stylistic, technical, and geographic categories, and set within the larger political, social, economic, and cultural framework. While the organization is topical, it is historical within that framework. Musical issues interwoven with political, cultural, and social conditions have had a significant impact on the course of twentieth-century musical tendencies and styles. The goal of this book is to provide a theoretic-analytical basis that will appeal to those instructors who want to incorporate into student learning an analysis of the musical works that have reflected cultural influences on the major musical phenomena of the twentieth century. Focusing on the wide variety of theoretical issues spawned by twentieth-century music, A History of Twentieth-Century Music in a Theoretic-Analytical Context reflects the theoretical/analytical essence of musical structure and design.

Dictionary of American Classical Composers

Dictionary of American Classical Composers
Author: Neil Butterworth
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1359
Release: 2013-10-02
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1136790233

The Dictionary of American Classical Composers covers over 650 composers active from the 18th century to today. Covering all classical styles, it offers the most comprehensive overview of key composers in the United States available. Entries include basic biographical information and critical analysis of each composer's key works and ideas. Entries also include worklists and bibliographic information. Whenever possible, the entries will have been checked by the composers themselves to assure greatest possible accuracy. This new edition, completely updated and expanded from the 1984 edition, also includes over 200 historic photographs.