Piano quintet in A major, D667

Piano quintet in A major, D667
Author: Franz Schubert
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 99
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486406431

With its sparkling lyricism, vivid instrumentation, and impressive thematic development, the "Trout" Quintet represents the consummation of Schubert's early art. Also includes the "String Quintet in C Major."

Guide to Chamber Music

Guide to Chamber Music
Author: Melvin Berger
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 502
Release: 2013-06-17
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486316726

Authoritative guide presents 231 of the most frequently performed pieces by 55 composers. A must for music lovers and musicians alike. "No lover of chamber music should be without this Guide." — John Barkham Reviews.

The Piano Quartet and Quintet

The Piano Quartet and Quintet
Author: Basil Smallman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1996
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780198166405

Within his broad historical narrative Professor Smallman provides descriptive analyses of key works, many with music examples, and also comments perceptively on local trends and developments.

Adult Piano Adventures - Classics, Book 1

Adult Piano Adventures - Classics, Book 1
Author: Nancy Faber
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2016-03-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1616779152

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Adult Piano Adventures Classics Book 1 celebrates great masterworks of Western music, including symphony themes, opera gems, and classical favorites. The melodies of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and other master composers are arranged at just the right level for adult beginners and for those who are returning to the keyboard. Section 1 features piano arrangements with minimal hand position changes, and many selections include an optional duet part. Section 2 introduces the I, IV, and V7 chords in the key of C major, harmonizing themes such as Sibelius's Finlandia, Schubert's The Trout, and Mendelssohn's Spring Song. Section 3 presents the primary chords in the key of G major, with arrangements of Vivaldi's Autumn (from The Four Seasons), Mozart's theme from The Magic Flute, Lizst's Liebestraum, and more.

Delphi Masterworks of Franz Schubert (Illustrated)

Delphi Masterworks of Franz Schubert (Illustrated)
Author: Peter Russell
Publisher: Delphi Classics
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2017-07-17
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1788779495

Renowned for melody and harmony, the Austrian composer Franz Schubert represents the foremost bridge between the worlds of Classical and Romantic music. In spite of his short life, Schubert left behind a vast oeuvre of original and inspiring works, including more than 600 secular vocal works, seven complete symphonies, sacred music, operas, incidental music and a large body of piano and chamber music. Although appreciation of his music during his lifetime was limited to a small circle of admirers, his reputation has increased significantly in the decades following his death. Today, Schubert is ranked among the greatest composers of Western music. Delphi’s Great Composers Series offers concise illustrated guides to the life and works of our greatest composers. Analysing the masterworks of each composer, these interactive eBooks include links to popular streaming services, allowing you to listen to the pieces of music you are reading about. Evaluating the masterworks of each composer, you will explore the development of their works, tracing how they changed the course of music history. Whether a classical novice or a cultivated connoisseur, this series offers an intriguing overview of the world’s most famous and iconic compositions. This volume presents Schubert’s masterworks in succinct detail, with informative introductions, accompanying illustrations and bonus texts. (Version 1)* Concise and informative overview of Schubert’s masterworks * Learn about the classical pieces that made Schubert a celebrated composer * Links to popular streaming services (free and paid), allowing you to listen to the masterpieces you’re reading about * Features a special ‘Complete Compositions’ section, with an index of Schubert’s complete works and links to popular streaming services * Includes links to rare compositions * Also features five biographies — explore Schubert's intriguing musical and personal lifePlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting eBooksCONTENTS:The Masterworks Symphony No. 1 in D major, D 82 Symphony No. 3 in D major, D 200 Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D 485 Three Marches Militaires, Op.51, D 733 Mass No. 5 in A-flat major, D 678 Piano Quintet in A major, D 667, “Trout Quintet” Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D 759, “Unfinished” Fantasie in C major, D 760; “Wanderer Fantasy” Rosamunde, D 797 String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D 810, “Death and the Maiden” Symphony No. 9 in C major, D 944 4 Impromptus, Op.90, D 899 6 Moments musicaux, Op.94, D 780 String Quintet in C major, D 956 Fantasia in F minor, D 940 Winterreise, D 911Complete Compositions Index of Schubert’s CompositionsThe Biographies Schubert, Schumann and Franz by George T. Ferris Franz Schubert by Daniel Gregory Mason Schubert by Francis Jameson Rowbotham Franz Schubert by William Henry Hadow Franz Schubert by Harriette BrowerPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of exciting titles

Adolf Busch

Adolf Busch
Author: Tully Potter
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 1444
Release: 2024-04-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0907689787

Revised edition: Adolf Busch (1891-1952) was an all-round musician and a moral beacon in troubled times. As first violin of the Busch String Quartet, founded in 1912, he was the greatest quartet-player of the last century and he led a famous conductorless orchestra, the Busch Chamber Players. He was also the busiest solo violinist of the inter-War years, regularly performing major concertos with such conductors as Nikisch, Toscanini, Weingartner, Walter, Furtwängler, Boult, Wood, Barbirolli and his elder brother Fritz. He was, moreover, an outstanding composer whose works enjoyed performances in Germany and further afield. Frequently he appeared as soloist and composer in the same concert. His courageous decision to boycott his native country from April 1933 - despite Hitler's efforts to persuade 'our German violinist' to return - drastically reduced his income and damaged his career as soloist and composer. In 1938, because of Mussolini's race laws, he imposed a similar boycott on Italy, where he was wildly popular. The following year he emigrated with his quartet colleagues to the United States, where he was not fully appreciated, although he had many successes with a new chamber orchestra and founded the Marlboro summer school. This biography, based on more than thirty years' research, examines Busch's exemplary behaviour in the context of a tumultuous era. Volume One traces his progress from childhood in Westphalia, through friendships with Fritz Steinbach, Donald Tovey and Max Reger, early triumphs in Berlin, London and Vienna, years of maturity and fulfilment, rejection of Hitler's Germany and close bonds with British musicians and concert-goers in the 1930s. It ends just before his move into American exile. Volume Two follows Busch through the Second World War, his return to give concerts in Europe in the late 1940s and his founding of the Marlboro summer school in Vermont shortly before his untimely death. A series of appendices consider Busch as violinist, violist and teacher, his taste and repertoire, his interpretations, his colleagues, his celebrated recordings and his compositions.

Waltzes

Waltzes
Author: Franz Schubert
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 104
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457465086

Schubert wrote 452 short dances and this collection presents 52 of the most beautiful, melodic, and expressive waltzes written by this beloved composer. The editor carefully selected a representative sampling of the kind of dance music Schubert must have improvised for parties. The Valses Nobles, Op. 77, D 969 are included in their entirety along with 18 of the Letzte Walzer (Last Waltzes), Op. 127, D 146. Other waltzes were chosen from Op. 9, Op. 18, Op. 33, and Op. 50.

The Piano

The Piano
Author: Susan Tomes
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2021-07-13
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0300262868

A fascinating history of the piano explored through 100 pieces chosen by one of the UK’s most renowned concert pianists An astonishingly versatile instrument, the piano allows just two hands to play music of great complexity and subtlety. For more than two hundred years, it has brought solo and collaborative music into homes and concert halls and has inspired composers in every musical genre—from classical to jazz and light music. Charting the development of the piano from the late eighteenth century to the present day, pianist and writer Susan Tomes takes the reader with her on a personal journey through 100 pieces including solo works, chamber music, concertos, and jazz. Her choices include composers such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Gershwin, and Philip Glass. Looking at this history from a modern performer’s perspective, she acknowledges neglected women composers and players including Fanny Mendelssohn, Maria Szymanowska, Clara Schumann, and Amy Beach.