Danse Macabre and Other Piano Transcriptions

Danse Macabre and Other Piano Transcriptions
Author: Franz Liszt
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486497313

Original collection features Liszt's interpretations of his own "Totentanz" plus Saint-Saens' "Danse Macabre, " Berlioz's "Dance of the Sylphes" from" The Damnation of Faust, "Weber's "Overtures to Die ""Freischutz" and "Oberon, "and several other pieces.

Danse Macabre and Other Works for Solo Piano

Danse Macabre and Other Works for Solo Piano
Author: Camille Saint-Saëns
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486312623

This collection includes the popular title work, "Allegro appassionato," "Album" (consisting of six pieces), "Rhapsodie d'Auvergne," "Theme and Variations," plus six etudes, three waltzes, and six etudes for left hand alone. Authoritative sources. Introduction.

The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker
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Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486438120

Faithful to the original score, this delightful arrangement by Sergey Taneyev and the composer himself renders the entire ballet in a style both idiomatic to the piano and specially designed to be relatively easy to play.

The Classical Revolution

The Classical Revolution
Author: John Borstlap
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2017-06-15
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486823350

Essays by a prominent contemporary composer explore a current trend in classical music away from atonal characteristics and toward more traditional forms. Topics include cultural identity, musical meaning, and the aesthetics of beauty.

Danse macabre

Danse macabre
Author: Camille Saint-Saëns
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 258
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486404099

This collection includes the popular title work, "Allegro appassionato," "Album" (consisting of 6 pieces), "Rhapsodie d'Auvergne," "Theme and Variations," plus six etudes, three waltzes, and six etudes for left hand alone. Authoritative sources. Introduction.

Approaches to Meaning in Music

Approaches to Meaning in Music
Author: Byron Almén
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2006-11-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0253112192

Approaches to Meaning in Music presents a survey of the problems and issues inherent in pursuing meaning and signification in music, and attempts to rectify the conundrums that have plagued philosophers, artists, and theorists since the time of Pythagoras. This collection brings together essays that reflect a variety of diverse perspectives on approaches to musical meaning. Established music theorists and musicologists cover topics including musical aspect and temporality, collage, borrowing and association, musical symbols and creative mythopoesis, the articulation of silence, the mutual interaction of cultural and music-artistic phenomena, and the analysis of gesture. Contributors are Byron Almén, J. Peter Burkholder, Nicholas Cook, Robert S. Hatten, Patrick McCreless, Jann Pasler, and Edward Pearsall.

Favorite Hymns Instrumental Solos: Flute, Book & CD

Favorite Hymns Instrumental Solos: Flute, Book & CD
Author: Bill Galliford
Publisher: Instrumental Solo
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-06
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780739071755

This collection includes 12 of the most popular and favorite hymns of all time. These beautifully crafted arrangements are fun to play and will be sure to please any audience or congregation. The arrangements are specifically designed for the level 2-3 wind or string player and contain a play-along CD. Titles: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God * All Creatures of Our God and King * Amazing Grace * Be Thou My Vision * Great Is Thy Faithfulness * His Eye Is on the Sparrow * Holy, Holy, Holy (Lord God Almighty) * How Great Thou Art * It Is Well with My Soul * Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee * O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus * 'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus.

Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921

Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921
Author: Sabina Teller Ratner
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 674
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780198163206

Camille Saint-Sa ns 1835-1921: A Thematic Catalogue of his Complete Works defines the achievement of this great French composer. All his musical works are presented: the well-recognized masterpieces, the childhood sketches, the unpublished compositions, and the previously unknown pieces now revealed for the first time. This comprehensive collection fully documents the composer's extraordinary contribution to the musical world. Volume 1 concentrates specifically on his Instrumental output, while the two later volumes will cover Dramatic Works and Choral & Vocal Works respectively.