50,577円 The Dictionary of American Classical Composers covers over 650 composers active from the 18th century to today. Covering all classical styles, it offers the most comprehensive overview of key composers in the United States available. Entries include basic biographical information and critical ana...

9,724円 Building on ideas first advanced by Arnold Schoenberg and later developed by Erwin Ratz, this book introduces a new theory of form for instrumental music in the classical style. The theory provides a broad set of principles and a comprehensive methodology for the analysis of classical form, from ...

1,657円 Chopin is one of the great originals of musical history and among the most universally beloved of all composers. Every one of his compositions involves the piano and his contribution to the development of the instruments potential cannot be underestimated. This biography offers a clear perspectiv...

570円 Arthur aime la techno. Son papa, lui, aime la « grande » musique. Il va lui raconter la longue évolution de la musique occidentale depuis la préhistoire jusqu’aux musiques d’aujourd’hui, en passant par Machaut, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel, Boulez, ... A travers un ...

1,159円 Amidst a background of wars and revolution, the nineteenth century produced many of the worlds best-loved composers. Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin and Tchaikovsky are just some of the many familiar names whose music was shaped by the events of the period: Discover Music of the Romantic Era charts the...

612円 This edition features a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS THE GREAT ITALIAN AND FRENCH COMPOSERS. PALESTRINA. PICCINI, PAISIELLO, AND CIMAROSA ROSSINI. VERDI. CHERUBINI AND HIS PREDECESSORS. MÉHUL, SPONTINI, AND HALÉVY. BOÏELDIEU AND AUBER. MEYERBEER. GOUNOD AND THOMAS. BERLIOZ. THE GREAT GERMAN ...

3,560円 This is the first literal, word-for-word translation of Wagners epic masterwork with the full German text. It is at once reliable and readable, adhering closely to the original verse form and to Wagners poetic intentions. The German text is given in parallel, and Spencer also contributes illumina...

1,555円 Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who (when we can discern his personality at all) seems so ordinary, so opaqueーand occasionally so intemperate? John Eliot Gardiner grew up passing one of...

3,581円 As perhaps the most influential composer of the twentieth century, Igor Stravinsky lived much of his long life on the public stage. But behind that public face was a very private man, at once father and husband, and patriarch of an extended but tightly knit Russian family.This two-part chronicle ...

2,334円 Packed with rich and fascinating detail, the third volume of the magisterial biography of Igor Stravinsky casts a brilliant new light on the greatest composer of the twentieth century. • “Among the best musical biographies of the last half-century, patiently disentangling fact and myth.” ーMinnea...

825円 Montreal in the 1970s. The Vietnam War is still sparking controversy. The second tide of feminism still washes in on women as Daisy, a flaxen-haired cocker spaniel, recounts in touching, albeit humorous, detail, the story of her life as it intersects with her humans. Through Daisy, we meet Har...

21,058円 First Published in 2003. The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint is an introductory text to the analysis and composition of tonal counterpoint. Using examples from the music of J.S. Bach - the master of this style - the author takes students through a series of carefully graded, cumulative exercises that...