Hooked on Classics

Hooked on Classics
Author: Kenneth A. Christensen
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Total Pages: 1078
Release: 2024-08-21
Genre: Music
ISBN:

Drawing on his love and his own appreciation for classical music, Kenneth A. Christensen works to help educate and inspire fellow music lovers regarding numerous composers and their contributions to music throughout the years. Including composer biographies, suggested list of recordings, and music history, Hooked on Classics will surely help amateur music lovers to gain a better, firmer understanding of music. About the Author Kenneth A. Christensen is a private music teacher and church soloist from Crystal Lake, IL. He has won a Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who's Who in America in 2020. He is a graduate of Crystal Lake South High School and McHenry County College in Crystal Lake, IL, and Elmhurst University in Elmhurst, IL. He has served as cantor and assistant choir director to St. John's Lutheran Church in Algonquin, IL and Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in McHenry, IL. He is a prolific composer as well as the author of sixteen books.

Handbook

Handbook
Author: Lake Placid Club
Publisher:
Total Pages: 716
Release: 1914
Genre: Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
ISBN:

Classical Fake Book (Songbook)

Classical Fake Book (Songbook)
Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 1003
Release: 1992-02-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1458492044

(Fake Book). A comprehensive reference for all classical music lovers, the second edition of this fake book features 250 pieces added since the last edition. Imagine having one handy volume that includes everything from Renaissance music to Vivaldi to Mozart to Mendelssohn to Debussy to Stravinsky, and you have it here! We have included as much of the world's most familiar classical music as possible, assembling more than 850 beloved compositions from ballets, chamber music, choral music, concertos, operas, piano music, waltzes and more. Featuring indexes by composer, title and genre, as well as a timeline of major classical composers, this encyclopedic fake book is great to use for playing and performing, but it's also a terrific resource for concert-goers, music students and music lovers. The chords of the harmony are indicated, and lyrics, in the original language, are included where appropriate.

The Great Waltzes in Full Score

The Great Waltzes in Full Score
Author: Johann Strauss
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 339
Release: 1989-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486260097

Complete authoritative scores of 8 melodic masterpieces: The Beautiful Blue Danube; Artist's Life; Tales from the Vienna Woods; Wine, Women and Song; Wiener Blut; Roses from the South; Voices of Spring; and Emperor Waltz. Unabridged republication of editions published by Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, n.d., and Izdatel'stvo "Musyka," Moscow, 1981.

The Best of Johann Strauss, Jr. Waltzes

The Best of Johann Strauss, Jr. Waltzes
Author: Paul Paradise
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 32
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457458323

Paul Paradise has selected and edited 26 beautiful Strauss waltzes specifically for string quartet or string orchestra. The pieces were chosen to provide each player with a meaningful part, and have been assembled according to level of difficulty and edited with contemporary fingerings and bowings. Contents are: * Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325 -- Waltz No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 * Artist's Life, Op. 316 -- Waltz No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 * Wine, Woman, and Song, Op. 333 -- Waltz No. 1, 2, 3, 4 * Viennese Blood, Op. 354 -- Waltz No. 1, 2, 3, 4, Coda * Emperor Waltz, Op. 437 -- Waltz No. 1, 2, 3, 4.