Nocturnes

Nocturnes
Author: Kazuo Ishiguro
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2009-09-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307273083

From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of the Booker Prize–winning novel The Remains of the Day comes an inspired sequence of stories as affecting as it is beautiful. With the clarity and precision that have become his trademarks, Kazuo Ishiguro interlocks five short pieces of fiction to create a world that resonates with emotion, heartbreak, and humor. Here is a fragile, once famous singer, turning his back on the one thing he loves; a music junky with little else to offer his friends but opinion; a songwriter who inadvertently breaks up a marriage; a jazz musician who thinks the answer to his career lies in changing his physical appearance; and a young cellist whose tutor has devised a remarkable way to foster his talent. For each, music is a central part of their lives and, in one way or another, delivers them to an epiphany.

Nocturnes (Complete)

Nocturnes (Complete)
Author: Frí©dí©ric Chopin
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2005-05-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457422799

The nocturnes (night pieces) are among the most introspective and personal of Chopin's works, as he was influenced by John Field's pieces of the same title. This complete collection of the nocturnes includes a useful thematic index and footnotes citing the differences between the manuscripts and the first editions. The pedaling, tempos and other musical markings are Chopin's.

Three great orchestral works

Three great orchestral works
Author: Claude Debussy
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 287
Release: 1983-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486244415

Complete scores of three orchestral favorites by vastly influential modern composer. Innovation, texture, shimmering impressionism. Reprinted from early French editions. New Contents, Glossary of French musical terms.

Listen

Listen
Author: Joseph Kerman
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 475
Release: 2012
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0312593473

DVD contains 30 minutes of video excerpts and 16 audio tracks, keyed to the text.

Programme

Programme
Author: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1240
Release: 1917
Genre:
ISBN:

Programs

Programs
Author: Boston Symphony orchestra
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1224
Release: 1917
Genre: Concert programs
ISBN:

Debussy

Debussy
Author: Stephen Walsh
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2018-10-23
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1524731935

One of the most revered composers of the twentieth century, Claude Debussy (1862–1918) achieved the unheard of: he reinvented the language of music without alienating the majority of music lovers. Debussy drove French music into entirely new regions of beauty and excitement at a time when old traditions threatened to stifle it. Yet despite his profound influence on French culture, Debussy’s own life was complicated and often troubled by struggles over money, women, and ill health. Here, Stephen Walsh, acclaimed author of Stravinsky, chronicles both the composer himself and the unique moment in European history that bore him. Walsh’s engagingly original approach is to enrich a lively biography with analyses of Debussy’s music: from his first daring breaks with the rules as a Conservatoire student to his achievements as the greatest French composer of his time.

Chopin

Chopin
Author: James Huneker
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1966-01-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780486216874

This classic in music biography and criticism reflects the intimate knowledge of Chopin's music acquired by the author while studying to become a concert pianist. Part 1 deals with Chopin's life and comments on his teachings and performances; the second part offers a brilliant, piece-by-piece analysis of the entire body of his music.

Program Notes

Program Notes
Author: Cleveland Orchestra
Publisher:
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1920
Genre: Concert programs
ISBN:

Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire

Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire
Author: Maurice Hinson
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 1215
Release: 2013-12-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0253010233

Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire continues to be the go-to source for piano performers, teachers, and students. Newly updated and expanded with more than 250 new composers, this incomparable resource expertly guides readers to solo piano literature and provides answers to common questions: What did a given composer write? What interesting work have I never heard of? How difficult is it? What are its special musical features? How can I reach the publisher? New to the fourth edition are enhanced indexes identifying black composers, women composers, and compositions for piano with live or recorded electronics; a thorough listing of anthologies and collections organized by time period and nationality, now including collections from Africa and Slovakia; and expanded entries to account for new material, works, and resources that have become available since the third edition, including websites and electronic resources. The "newest Hinson" will be an indispensible guide for many years to come.