The Complete Guide to Orchestral Music V1-2

The Complete Guide to Orchestral Music V1-2
Author: Robert Bagar
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
Total Pages: 886
Release: 2011-10-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781258203108

Two Volumes In One. Volume 1, Albeniz To Mendelssohn; Volume 2, Menotti To Wolf-Ferrari And Index.

The Classical Music Lover's Companion to Orchestral Music

The Classical Music Lover's Companion to Orchestral Music
Author: Robert Philip
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 969
Release: 2018-12-04
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0300242727

An invaluable guide for lovers of classical music designed to enhance their enjoyment of the core orchestral repertoire from 1700 to 1950 Robert Philip, scholar, broadcaster, and musician, has compiled an essential handbook for lovers of classical music, designed to enhance their listening experience to the full. Covering four hundred works by sixty-eight composers from Corelli to Shostakovich, this engaging companion explores and unpacks the most frequently performed works, including symphonies, concertos, overtures, suites, and ballet scores. It offers intriguing details about each piece while avoiding technical terminology that might frustrate the non-specialist reader. Philip identifies key features in each work, as well as subtleties and surprises that await the attentive listener, and he includes enough background and biographical information to illuminate the composer’s intentions. Organized alphabetically from Bach to Webern, this compendium will be indispensable for classical music enthusiasts, whether in the concert hall or enjoying recordings at home.

The Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra

The Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra
Author: Colin James Lawson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2003-04-24
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780521001328

This guide to the orchestra and orchestral life is unique in its breadth of coverage. It combinesorchestral history and repertory with a practical bias offering critical thought about the past, present and future of the orchestra. Including topics such as the art of orchestration, scorereading, conducting, international orchestras, recording, as well as consideration of what it means to be an orchestral musician, an educator, or an informed listener, it will be of interest to a wideranging readership of music historians and professional or amateur performers.

Frederick Delius

Frederick Delius
Author: Mary Christison Huismann
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2005
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780415941068

This is a guide to the proliferation of texts about Frederick Delius and his music, covering the far-ranging influences this significant composer has had and still has on composers and scholars today.

Sourcebook for Research in Music, Third Edition

Sourcebook for Research in Music, Third Edition
Author: Allen Scott
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2015-06-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0253014565

Since it was first published in 1993, the Sourcebook for Research in Music has become an invaluable resource in musical scholarship. The balance between depth of content and brevity of format makes it ideal for use as a textbook for students, a reference work for faculty and professional musicians, and as an aid for librarians. The introductory chapter includes a comprehensive list of bibliographical terms with definitions; bibliographic terms in German, French, and Italian; and the plan of the Library of Congress and the Dewey Decimal music classification systems. Integrating helpful commentary to instruct the reader on the scope and usefulness of specific items, this updated and expanded edition accounts for the rapid growth in new editions of standard works, in fields such as ethnomusicology, performance practice, women in music, popular music, education, business, and music technology. These enhancements to its already extensive bibliographies ensures that the Sourcebook will continue to be an indispensable reference for years to come.

The Concert Companion

The Concert Companion
Author: Robert C. Bagar
Publisher: New York : Whittlesey House
Total Pages: 888
Release: 1947
Genre: Concertos
ISBN:

Program notes written for the New York Philhamonic-Symphony Society's concerts in the 1940s. They emphasize little-known anecdotes and details of composer's lives, and the process that each composer went through in composing a musical composition.

The Cambridge Companion to the Symphony

The Cambridge Companion to the Symphony
Author: Julian Horton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2013-05-02
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0521884985

A comprehensive guide to the historical, analytical and interpretative issues surrounding one of the major genres of Western music.

Two Centuries of British Symphonism

Two Centuries of British Symphonism
Author: Jürgen Schaarwächter
Publisher: Georg Olms Verlag
Total Pages: 619
Release: 2015-02-27
Genre: Music
ISBN: 3487152282

Die britische Sinfonik ist erst in jüngster Zeit ins allgemeine Interesse gerückt. Ein Überblick über die sinfonische Entwicklung im Vereinigten Königreich seit den Anfängen im 18. Jahrhundert bis ins 20. Jahrhundert blieb aber bis heute ein Desideratum. Der hier vorgelegte Überblick zeigt, wie sich die Identität einer britischen Sinfonik über mehr als hundert Jahre entwickelte, geprägt durch Einflüsse vom europäischen Kontinent und von dem Bedürfnis, eigene Wege zu finden. Gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts nahm das sinfonische Schaffen in Großbritannien stark zu, brachte jedoch erst mit Edward Elgar einen prominenten Vertreter von internationalem Rang hervor. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt dieser Publikation liegt auf jenen Werken, die zu einem gewissen Grade von anderen überschattet wurden, unveröffentlicht oder unaufgeführt blieben. Das Ergebnis ist das Bild einer vielgestaltigen sinfonischen Landschaft Großbritanniens, das die ästhetischen Perspektiven der einzelnen Komponisten wie auch ihre soziokulturellen Kontexte erhellt. Ein umfangreiches Verzeichnis aller bekannten Werke und eine ausführliche Bibliographie laden zu weiterer Erkundung des Sujets ein. Only in relatively recent times has any real attention been given to British symphonies. So a comprehensive survey, showing what exists and how the situation in the United Kingdom developed, from the beginnings in the 18th century until well into the 20th century, is long overdue. The preliminary survey presented here shows how a British symphonic identity gradually took shape over more than a century, through influences from abroad and, at home, enterprising attempts to find new ways of expression. By the end of the 19th century, British symphonists had produced an impressive body of work, yet only with the appearance of Elgar’s two symphonies in the following decade did this flourishing school find a champion of international renown. In this publication, light is shone on those works that have to some extent been overshadowed, as well as on those that have remained unpublished or unperformed. The result is a multi-faceted panorama of British symphonism, offering many insights into the composers’ thinking and their socio-cultural contexts. A comprehensive catalogue of all known works and an extensive bibliography invite readers to delve further into the subject.