Quartette, Vl 1 2 Va Vc, F-Dur

Quartette, Vl 1 2 Va Vc, F-Dur
Author: Claude Debussy
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1987
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780486252315

Superb one-volume edition of two influential compositions noted for individuality, unique interpretations, delicate and subtle beauty. This clearly printed volume is sturdily bound for long life on the music stand.

String Quartets by Debussy and Ravel

String Quartets by Debussy and Ravel
Author: Claude Debussy
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2013-06-10
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486319466

Superb one-volume edition of two influential compositions noted for individuality, unique interpretations, delicate and subtle beauty. This clearly printed volume is sturdily bound for long life on the music stand.

Complete String Quartets

Complete String Quartets
Author: Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 243
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 048628333X

Although the string quartet was a rarely used form in 19th-century Russia, Tchaikovsky and Borodin both produced superb, inventive compositions in the genre. Tchaikovsky's "String Quartet No. 1" in D, Op. 11, is notable for its imaginative freshness and world-famous "Andante cantabile" movement. His "Quartet No. 2" in F, Op. 22, displays remarkable fluency and skilled craftsmanship, while "Quartet No. 3" in F-flat Minor, Op. 30, combines austerity with deeply felt intensity and vigor. Borodin's two string quartets are characterized by his impeccable craftsmanship and expert understanding and use of his instruments. The popular "String Quartet" No. 2 is especially known for the luxuriant richness of its third movement "Nocturne." Now all five works are available in this handsome, inexpensive edition. Reprinted from authoritative scores.

The Rest Is Noise

The Rest Is Noise
Author: Alex Ross
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 706
Release: 2007-10-16
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1429932880

Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism A New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the Year Time magazine Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2007 Newsweek Favorite Books of 2007 A Washington Post Book World Best Book of 2007 In this sweeping and dramatic narrative, Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker, weaves together the histories of the twentieth century and its music, from Vienna before the First World War to Paris in the twenties; from Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia to downtown New York in the sixties and seventies up to the present. Taking readers into the labyrinth of modern style, Ross draws revelatory connections between the century's most influential composers and the wider culture. The Rest Is Noise is an astonishing history of the twentieth century as told through its music.

French Music and Jazz in Conversation

French Music and Jazz in Conversation
Author: Deborah Mawer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2014-12-04
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107037530

This book explores the historical-cultural interactions between French concert music and American jazz across 1900-65, from both perspectives.

The Four and the One

The Four and the One
Author: David Rounds
Publisher:
Total Pages: 222
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Spotlighting the four women of the Lafayette Quartet, a leading Canadian ensemble, Rounds offers both a comprehensive history of the beloved instrumental form and an inside view of the complex world of professional quartet players, revealing the exultation and heatache that are the performing artists' daily fare. A treat for every music lover, whether player, listener or composer.

Debussy and the Veil of Tonality

Debussy and the Veil of Tonality
Author: Mark DeVoto
Publisher: Pendragon Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781576470909

This new book on Debussy's music comprises analytical studies of individual works not widely examined previously, including the Fantaisie for piano and orchestra, La demoiselle élue, Nuages, and Gigues. A discussion of the tonal structure of the first movement of La mer finds new relevance in the overused term symphonic in relation to Debussy's position in the history of French orchestral music. An extensive essay documents Debussy's aural images in his propensity for recycling his own musical ideas and quoting the music of other composers. A final lighthearted chapter, Debussy and Ravel: How to Tell Them Apart, systematically addresses this century-old critics' conundrum.

The Cambridge Companion to Ravel

The Cambridge Companion to Ravel
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.