3,946円 Composer, cultural diplomat, and man about town, Nicolas Nabokov (1903-78) counted among his intimate friends everyone from Igor Stravinsky to George Kennan. While today he is overshadowed by his more famous cousin Vladimir, Nicolas Nabokov was during his lifetime an outstanding and far-sighted p...

6,741円 The music of Tchaikovsky remains as much loved in the twenty-first century as it was a hundred years ago. But it has so much more to offer than luscious orchestration and tuneful melodies. In Experiencing Tchaikovsky: A Listener’s Companion, historian and scholar David Schroeder looks beyond trad...

5,306円 This engaging book is a welcome guide to the most successful and loved ballets seen on the stage today. Dance writer and critic Zoe Anderson focuses on 140 ballets, a core international repertory that encompasses works from the ethereal world of romantic ballet to the edgy, muscular works of mode...

5,306円 This engaging book is a welcome guide to the most successful and loved ballets seen on the stage today. Dance writer and critic Zoe Anderson focuses on 140 ballets, a core international repertory that encompasses works from the ethereal world of romantic ballet to the edgy, muscular works of mode...

1,335円 On a freezing night in January 2013, an assailant hurled acid in the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, Sergei Filin. The crime, organized by a lead soloist, dragged one of Russia’s most illustrious institutions into scandal. Under Vladimir Putin, the Bolshoi Theatre has been ca...

3,100円 In Getting Started in Ballet, A Parent's Guide to Dance Education, authors Anna Paskevska and Maureen Janson comprehensively present the realities that parents can anticipate during their child's training and/or career in ballet. It can be daunting and confusing when parents discover their child'...

1,600円 Die Klaviersonaten Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts gehören bis heute zu den beliebtesten Klavierwerken der Musikgeschichte. Sie zeichnen sich durch ihren Assoziationsreichtum, ihre klangliche Flexibilität und ihre dramatische Präsenz aus. Sie zeugen von Mozarts grundsätzlicher Orientierung an Theatralit...

1,600円 Mozarts Opern Idomeneo, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni und Così fan tutte gehören ebenso wie das Singspiel Die Zauberflöte – um nur einige wenige seiner Bühnenwerke zu nennen – zum festen Repertoire der Opernhäuser in aller Welt. Ja, nicht wenige der Melodien, die darin erklingen, sind feste, j...

1,600円 Die von der Beethoven-Deutung ausgehende Publizistik, die den Aufstieg der Sinfonie zur repräsentativen instrumentalmusikalischen Gattung des bürgerlichen Zeitalters begleitete, ließ das Publikum des 19.Jahrhunderts im Werkverlauf zunehmend eine Bedeutung, eine Idee, einen «Sinn» suchen. Bruckner...

3,241円 Here is the first dual biography of the early lives of two key figures in Russian ballet: famed choreographer George Balanchine and his close childhood friend and extraordinary ballerina Liidia (Lidochka) Ivanova. Tracing the lives and friendship of these two dancers from years just before the 19...

4,368円 Functional Awareness: Anatomy in Action for Dancers is where anatomy meets artistry. Each chapter provides explorations in embodied anatomy in an engaging manner with the use of images, storytelling, and experiential exercises. It is an accessible introduction to the relationship between daily mo...

7,751円 This book explores the Broadway legacy of choreographer Agnes de Mille, from the 1940s through the 1960s. Six musicals are discussed in depth - Oklahoma!, One Touch of Venus, Bloomer Girl, Carousel, Brigadoon, and Allegro. Oklahoma!, Carousel, and Brigadoon were de Mille's most influential and lu...