Musical Understandings

Musical Understandings
Author: Stephen Davies
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2011-08-25
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0191619450

Musical Understandings presents an engaging collection of essays on the philosophy of music, written by Stephen Davies—one of the most distinguished philosophers in the field. He explores a range of topics in the philosophy of music, including how music expresses emotion and what is distinctive to the listener's response to this expressiveness; the modes of perception and understanding that can be expected of skilled listeners, performers, analysts, and composers and the various manners in which these understandings can be manifest; the manner in which musical works exist and their relation to their instances or performances; and musical profundity. As well as reviewing the work of philosophers of music, a number of the chapters both draw on and critically reflect on current work by psychologists concerning music. The collection includes new material, a number of adapted articles which allow for a more comprehensive, unified treatment of the issues at stake, and work published in English for the first time.

Manual of Practical Instrumentation

Manual of Practical Instrumentation
Author: Charles Marie Widor
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486442691

Renowned for his talents as organist and composer, Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937) was also a professor at the Paris Conservatoire, where his vast knowledge of counterpoint, fugue, and orchestration benefited such students as Honegger, Varèse, Milhaud, and Dupré. In the course of his four decades of teaching at the Conservatoire, he wrote this study of instrumentation, The Technique of the Modern Orchestra, which he viewed as a supplement to Berlioz’s celebrated but dated treatise on the same subject. Full of insights and details not found in other manuals of instrumentation, Widor’s 1904 text presents a comprehensive catalog of the various abilities and qualities of all the orchestral instruments. It also features an abundance of practical advice regarding instrumental combinations and relevant works to study. This classic work represents an invaluable reference for any student of orchestration.

Behind the Curtain

Behind the Curtain
Author: Gregory D. Booth
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2008-10-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0195327632

Behind the Curtain examines the musicians who were composers, arrangers, assistants and studio performers in the Bollywood studios from the 1930s until the present. It offers a musical, technological, industrial, and social history of India's hegemonic popular music industry from the perspectives of the musicians and others who experienced it. It is one of the few oral histories in ethnomusicology, and offers the first ground level view of this globally important music industry.

Cor Anglais: Christmas Sheet Music For English Horn Book 1

Cor Anglais: Christmas Sheet Music For English Horn Book 1
Author: Michael Shaw
Publisher: Michael Shaw
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2015-05-25
Genre: Music
ISBN:

This is a Christmas sheet music book with 10 popular Christmas Carols. Each Carol has two easy arrangements, one for solo English Horn, the other for English Horn and Piano when playing duets. The piano parts can be played on piano or electronic keyboard, they are very easy to play and are arranged to accompany the English Horn. Skill Level: Grade1 to Grade 3. Contents 1. O Come All Ye Faithful 2. The First Noel 3. God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen 4. The Holly And The Ivy 5. Joy to the World 6. Once in Royal David's City 7. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks 8. What Child is This? 9. We Wish You A Merry Christmas 10. Auld Lang Syne Compatible Devices The digital sheet music in this book can be viewed on all tablet devices and computers. My name is Michael Shaw, I hope you enjoy playing the Christmas Carols in this book. Keywords: o come all ye faithful,the first noel,god rest ye, merry gentlemen,the holly and the ivy,joy to the world,once in royal david's city,while shepherds watched their flocks,what child is this?,we wish you a merry christmas,auld lang syne,christmas carol music,christmas carols sheet music,christmas sheet music,christmas sheet music English Horn,christmas songs on English Horn,god rest ye merry gentlemen chords,hymn sheet music,popular christmas carols,sheet music notes,traditional christmas carols,traditional christmas music,christian music,christmas carols,christmas songs for kids,xmas songs,christmas songs English Horn sheet music,easy christmas English Horn sheet music

Valuing Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera Fantasias for Woodwind Instruments

Valuing Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera Fantasias for Woodwind Instruments
Author: Rachel N. Becker
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2024-03-29
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1003854567

This book approaches opera fantasias – instrumental works that use themes from a single opera as the body of their virtuosic and flamboyant material – both historically and theoretically, concentrating on compositions for and by woodwind-instrument performers in Italy in the nineteenth century. Important overlapping strands include the concept of virtuosity and its gradual demonization, the strong gendered overtones of individual woodwind instruments and of virtuosity, the distinct Italian context of these fantasias, the presentation and alteration of opera narratives in opera fantasias, and the technical and social development of woodwind instruments. Like opera itself, the opera fantasia is a popular art form, stylistically predictable yet formally flexible, based heavily on past operatic tradition and prefabricated materials. Through archival research in Italy, theoretical analysis, and exploration of European cultural contexts, this book clarifies a genre that has been consciously stifled and societal resonances that still impact music reception and performance today.