Demonstrates the profound impact of The Poems of Ossian on composers of the Romantic Era and later: Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Massenet, and many others.
Ferdinand Ries – ein Name, der oft im Schatten seines berühmten Lehrers Ludwig van Beethoven steht, doch dessen Leben und Werk einen faszinierenden Blick auf eine der spannendsten Epochen der Musikgeschichte bietet.
Jazz is a music of journeys, migration, and global mobility - from the legacies of the transatlantic slave trade to global travels for escape, exchange, or putting down roots.
Tells the forgotten story of post-Rossinian opera buffa, with attention to masterpieces by Donizetti and fascinating comic works by Luigi Ricci, the young Verdi, and other composers.
A history of the Mariposa Folk Festival, from its humble roots in Orillia in 1961 to international acclaim and legendary status as a premier folk music gathering.
The fifteen essays of Performing History glimpse the diverse ways music historians "e;do"e; history, and the diverse ways in which music histories matter.
En el campo de la percepción armónica, del sentido rítmico, de la producción del sonido, de la habilidad corporal o de la expresión, determinadas claves permiten tanto evitar como reparar muchas disfunciones.
Some of Debussy's most beloved pieces, as well as lesser-known ones from his early years, set in a rich cultural context by leading experts from the English- and French-speaking worlds.
This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.
2020 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award WinnerInterpretive and biographical essays by a major authority on Bach and Mozart probe for clues to the driving forces and experiences that shaped the character and the extraordinary artistic achievements of these iconic composers.
Horizons Circled: Reflections on My Music captures Ernst Krenek's profound insights on his artistic journey, articulated through a series of reflective essays.
Create, Produce, Consume explores the cycle of musical experience for musicians, professionals, and budding entrepreneurs looking to break into the music industry.
This representative selection of 50 famous masterpieces will delight beginners and those returning to the piano with very easy to easy arrangements for piano.
Explores the visionary, mystical, and ecstatic traditions that influenced the music of the 1960s *; Examines the visionary, spiritual, and mystical influences on the Grateful Dead, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, the Incredible String Band, the Left Banke, Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, and others *; Shows how the British Invasion acted as the ';detonator' to explode visionary music into the mainstream *; Explains how 1960s rock and roll music transformed consciousness on both the individual and collective levels The 1960s were a time of huge transformation, sustained and amplified by the music of that era: Rock and Roll.
'Fascinating, funny and tender' ADAM BUXTON'My favourite writer and interviewer' JUDE ROGERS'If Kate Mossman's name is on it, then I want to read it' PETE PAPHIDESFrom Jeff Beck to Ray Davies, Jon Bon Jovi to Kevin Ayers, Kate Mossman has long fostered an interest in male musicians of a certain age.
From the author of The Changing Mind and The Organized Mind comes a New York Times bestseller that unravels the mystery of our perennial love affair with music*****'What do the music of Bach, Depeche Mode and John Cage fundamentally have in common?
'A wholly successful endeavour carried along by waves of infectious enthusiasm' Mojo'Fascinating' New StatesmanThe '80s were about big ideas writ large - new money, new style, gender fluidity, gay pride, attritional politics, the 'special relationship', nuclear fear, AIDS, cocaine, ecstasy, tabloid royalty, the rise of urban pop, and ultimately geopolitical chaos.
Throughout this beautiful book, inspired by the true story of Gaspar Borchardt, we will experience how magic, music, nature, and spirituality come together in the same story to leave us with a marvelous message.
'If you stay alive long enough, people eventually catch up'Born in rural Georgia in 1947, Jayne moved to New York and became part of the 60s art scene surrounding Andy Warhol's Factory.
Imogen Holst's Tune (Faber, 1962) is a searching enquiry into the invention of tune and at the same time a comprehensive anthology of tunes from folksong to the present day.
In Listen to This, the award-winning music critic and author of The Rest is Noise, Alex Ross looks forward and backward in musical culture: capturing essential figures in classical music history, as well as giving an alternative view of recent pop music.
