The First Book of Toccatas and Partitas, Volume II

The First Book of Toccatas and Partitas, Volume II
Author: Girolamo Frescobaldi
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1999-12-21
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457474279

Expertly arranged Organ Collection by Girolamo Frescobaldi from the Kalmus Edition series. These Toccatas are from the Baroque era.

Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire, third edition

Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire, third edition
Author: Maurice Hinson
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 986
Release: 2001-05-22
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780253109088

"The Hinson" has been indispensable for performers, teachers, and students. Now updated and expanded, it's better than ever, with 120 more composers, expertly guiding pianists to solo literature and answering the vital questions: What's available? How difficult is it? What are its special features? How does one reach the publisher? The "new Hinson" includes solo compositions of nearly 2,000 composers, with biographical sketches of major composers. Every entry offers description, publisher, number of pages, performance time, style and characteristics, and level of difficulty. Extensively revised, this new edition is destined to become a trusted guide for years to come.

Perspectives on Early Keyboard Music and Revival in the Twentieth Century

Perspectives on Early Keyboard Music and Revival in the Twentieth Century
Author: Rachelle Taylor
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2017-12-15
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1351254944

The twentieth-century revival of early music unfolded in two successive movements rooted respectively in nineteenth-century antiquarianism and in rediscovery of the value of original instruments. The present volume is a collection of insights reflecting the principal concerns of the second of those revivals, focusing on early keyboards, and beginning in the 1950s. The volume and its authors acknowledge Canadian harpsichordist Kenneth Gilbert (b. 1931) as one of this revival’s leaders. The content reflects international research on early keyboard music, sources, instruments, theory, editing, and discography. Considerations that echo throughout the book are the problematics of source attributions, progressive institutionalization of early music, historical instruments as agents of artistic change and education, antecedents and networks of the revival seen as a social phenomenon, the impact of historical performance and the quest for understanding style and genre. The chapters cover historical performance practice, source studies, edition, theory and form, and instrument curating and building. Among their authors are prominent figures in performance, music history, editing, instrument building and restoration, and theory, some of whom engaged with the early keyboard revival as it was happening.

Absolutism and the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1720

Absolutism and the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1720
Author: Christopher Baker
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 487
Release: 2002-09-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0313013608

This book—the sixth volume in The Great Cultural Eras of the Western World series—provides information on more than 400 individuals who created and played a role in the era's intellectual and cultural activity. The book's focus is on cultural figures—those whose inventions and discoveries contributed to the scientific revolution, those whose line of reasoning contributed to secularism, groundbreaking artists like Rembrandt, lesser known painters, and contributors to art and music. As the momentum of the Renaissance peaked in 1600, the Western World was poised to move from the Early Modern to the Modern Era. The Thirty Years War ended in 1648 and religion was no longer a cause for military conflict. Europe grew more secularized. Organized scientific research led to groundbreaking discoveries, such as the earth's magnetic field, Kepler's first two laws of motion, and the slide rule. In the arts, Baroque painting, music, and literature evolved. A new Europe was emerging. This book is a useful basic reference for students and laymen, with entries specifically designed for ready reference.