Art music, orchestral and formal music

Dhrupad is believed to be the oldest style of classical vocal music performed today in North India.

Edward MacDowell was born on the eve of the Civil War into a Quaker family in lower Manhattan, where music was a forbidden pleasure.

For the three forces competing for political authority in France during World War II, music became the site of a cultural battle that reflected the war itself.

A comprehensive account of music in Florence from the late Middle Ages until the end of the Medici dynasty in the mid-eighteenth century.

Delve into the fascinating world of violin making with "e;Antonio Stradivari: His Life and Work (1644-1737)"e; by W.

In these three librettos, Philippe Quinault turns from classical opera to medieval legends--Renaud and Armida, Amadis and Oriana, and Angelica and Roland--exploring the tensions between love and glory.

Nach dem Erfolg des ersten Bandes finden die Philharmonischen Begegnungen im zweiten Band ihre Fortsetzung.

"La interpretación de la música de los siglos XVII y XVIII", de Arnold Dolmetsch, es un hito de la música barroca.

"La interpretación de la música de los siglos XVII y XVIII", de Arnold Dolmetsch, es un hito de la música barroca.

A fresh analytical and musicological exploration of Schubert''s incorporation of lyric elements into sonata form by way of his string quartets.

WINNER: 2014 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title AwardAnalyzes two groups of "e;musical novels"e; -- novels that take music as a model for their construction -- including jazz novels by Toni Morrison and Michael Ondaatje, and novels based on Bach's Goldberg Variations.

This book explores the crossroads between autobiographical narratives and musical composition in Alban Berg's Lulu, unveiling aspects of encoded social customs, gender identity, and personal experiences within musical structures.

The writing down of music is one of the triumphant technologies of the West.

In Harmony: The Complementary Musical Tales of the Brockton Symphony Orchestra, Sharon Civic Orchestra, and Sharon Community Chamber Orchestra is a stirring, historical account of these three Massachusetts ensembles.

Was macht die ganz besondere Klangsprache eines Dirigenten aus?

Robert Schumann nannte Mendelssohn den "Mozart des 19.

Dies ist die erste große zusammenfassende Darstellung der Geschichte musikalischer Interpretation in den letzten beiden Jahrhunderten.

Keiner hat die Musikgeschichte des 19.

Im Zentrum des Buches steht die europäische Musikgeschichte der sogenannten "Sattelzeit".

Alfred Brendel und Peter Gülke pflegen die Kunst des Interpretierens auf einzigartige Weise: Brendel als weltberühmter Pianist, der auch Bücher über Musik publiziert, Peter Gülke als mehrfach für seine Sprach-Kunst des Interpretierens ausgezeichneter Autor, der auch Dirigent ist.

Formtreuer Klassizist oder »verkappter Programmmusiker«?

Das von der internationalen Presse hochgelobte Buch des Historikers David Schoenbaum erzählt die Lebensgeschichte der Violine:wie sie gebaut, gespielt, verkauft und wie sie in der Kunst dargestellt wurde.

Das von der internationalen Presse hochgelobte Buch des Historikers David Schoenbaum erzählt die Lebensgeschichte der Violine:wie sie gebaut, gespielt, verkauft und wie sie in der Kunst dargestellt wurde.

Was macht die ganz besondere Klangsprache eines Dirigenten aus?

Peter Gülke widmet sich in 54 Essays dem großen Thema Tod und Abschied in der Musik, aber auch in der Literatur.

Peter Gülke widmet sich in 54 Essays dem großen Thema Tod und Abschied in der Musik, aber auch in der Literatur.

Melodien gehen ins Herz, Rhythmus in den Körper.

Melodien gehen ins Herz, Rhythmus in den Körper.

Bestellnummer: DBV 185-01Koproduktion Bärenreiter und Metzler"Er ist der Mozart des 19ten Jahrhunderts, der hellste Musiker, der die Widersprüche der Zeit am klarsten durchschaut und zuerst versöhnt.

Längst gehört es zum guten Ton, sich über den historischen Stil zu informieren, wenn man Musik einer bestimmten Epoche aufführen möchte – nicht mehr nur bei Spezialisten, sondern unabhängig vom Instrumentarium und quer durch alle Ensembles.

Die Tage autoritärer Alphatiere am Dirigentenpult sind gezählt, denn: Wer heutzutage Leistung will, muss Sinn stiften, motivieren und das Ensemble zur Realisierung eigener, glaubhafter Visionen führen.

Bernadeta Czapraga gibt in diesem Buch einen Überblick über den Wandel der Interpretationen im Zeitraum zwischen 1965 und 2005, indem sie sechs in dieser Zeit entstandene Videoaufnahmen (Yehudi Menuhin, Roberto Michelucci, Gidon Kremer, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Leonidas Kavakos und Anne-Sophie Mutter) zu Aufführungen von Mozarts A-Dur-Violinkonzert zugrunde legt.

This monograph offers a comprehensive study of the topos of the malmariee or the unhappily married woman within the thirteenth-century motet repertory, a vocal genre characterized by several different texts sounding simultaneously over a foundational Latin chant.

This monograph offers a comprehensive study of the topos of the malmariee or the unhappily married woman within the thirteenth-century motet repertory, a vocal genre characterized by several different texts sounding simultaneously over a foundational Latin chant.

The principal purpose of topics in musicology has been to identify meaning-bearing units within a musical composition that would have been understood by contemporary audiences and therefore also by later receivers, albeit in a different context and with a need for historically aware listening.

The principal purpose of topics in musicology has been to identify meaning-bearing units within a musical composition that would have been understood by contemporary audiences and therefore also by later receivers, albeit in a different context and with a need for historically aware listening.

In his first album, Frank Zappa already formulated his ambition to become an important composer.

Reveals how in the culturally volatile 1930s the symphony, long associated with ideas of selfhood, was a flourishing transnational phenomenon.

The first full-length study of the English composer's complex interaction with his physical environment, and its new relevance in the 21st century.

The first full-length study of the English composer's complex interaction with his physical environment, and its new relevance in the 21st century.

Since its premiere in 1868, Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg has defied repeated upheavals in the cultural-political landscape of German statehood to retain its unofficial status as the German national opera.

The most celebrated of Western composers in the twentieth century, Igor Stravinsky may have been the greatest as well.

The most celebrated of Western composers in the twentieth century, Igor Stravinsky may have been the greatest as well.

Examines post-colonial issues in Madama Butterfly, the historical background, conflicted representation of the heroine, and controversial reception in Japan.

Examines post-colonial issues in Madama Butterfly, the historical background, conflicted representation of the heroine, and controversial reception in Japan.

This book explores art song as an emblem of musical modernity in early twentieth-century East Asia and Australia.

This book explores art song as an emblem of musical modernity in early twentieth-century East Asia and Australia.