Art music, orchestral and formal music

In this groundbreaking book, prize-winning pianist and noted educator William Westney helps readers discover their own path to the natural, transcendent fulfillment of making music.

Mahler's 10 symphonies and Das Lied von der Erde are intensely personal statements that have touched wide audiences.

The Artist as Citizen is a compilation of Joseph W.

An urgently needed guide to understanding medieval music to be used as a text for the university undergraduate, graduate students in music and interdisciplinary medieval studies, and for the professional musicologist and medievalist.

This book discusses microtonal tunings in the Arabic maqam, prevalent in the Middle East and Central Asia, which employs microtonal intervals from Pythagorean tuning by perfect fifths.

Leading Tones is a glimpse into several aspects of the musical world.

It is no secret that the opera industry is contracting and that there are fewer professional opportunities.

Bach's Operas of the Soul is the first introduction to Bach's sacred cantatas for the general music lover.

"e;Life of Beethoven"e; is a 1840 biography of Beethoven written by his friend Anton Schindler.

A wonderful collection of 100 Latvian folk songs in German and Latvian.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) was an extraordinarily prolific and seminal composer during the Classical era.

The Andante favori was written between 1803 and 1804, and published in 1805.

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788), was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and second (surviving) son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach.

George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) was a German baroque composer.

George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) was a German baroque composer.

In questa tomba oscura, WoO133, is the result of a musical challenge issued in 1807-1808, when composers were invited to set the poem by Giuseppe Carpani (1752-1825), an Italian poet resident in Vienna.

Beethoven's Adelaide, Op.

Beethoven's Six variations on a Swiss song was composed between 1790 and 1792 amd published in 1798.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) was a German musician and composer during the Baroque period.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) was a German musician and composer during the Baroque period.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) was a German musician and composer during the Baroque period.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) was a German musician and composer during the Baroque period.

Bagatelle No.

First published in 1910, "e;Ships, Sea Songs and Shanties"e; is a vintage collection of traditional sailing songs, collected and published in this volume by W.

First published in 1912, this book contains the original musical notation for Charles V.

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924) was an Irish composer, conductor, and teacher of music.

This vintage book contains Charles V.

Charles Stanford's "e;Three Motets, Op.

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924) was an Irish composer, conductor, and teacher of music.

This volume contains Charles V.

String Quartet No.

Blake Set to Music: A Bibliography of Musical Settings of the Poems and Prose of William Blake by Donald Fitch offers an extensive and meticulously compiled reference work detailing the musical interpretations of William Blake's poetry.

The Variations for keyboard on a step by Ernst Christoph Dressler WoO 63 by Ludwig van Beethoven were composed in 1782.

Violin Sonata No.

Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.

'An alternately funny and moving book about the most important art form on Planet Earth.

Ludwig holds the last cords as the music totally dies out.

'How refreshing, to read a book about music written for a music lover and not a musicologist.

In this classic work on music biography, Sacheverell Sitwell narrates Franz Liszt's rapid ascent to European fame - and the effect that this incredible early success as a wonderfully gifted pianist had on his later life - with insight, sympathy and humanity, One of the very first studies of Liszt to be published in English, this remarkable biography uses the full force of Sitwell's poetic talent to bring this brilliant and difficult man's world vividly to life, and captures the artistic mood of the era in extraordinary detail.

A concise and beautifully evocative appreciation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's career and genius by the famed writer and poet Sacheverell Sitwell.

El romanticismo es la filosofa, el arte y la ciencia que dejan el campo de la razn pura y se interna en el bello jardn de los sentimientos y de las emociones que slo tienen como razn suprema el embellecimiento, la expresin de la vida en toda su plenitud.

This book presents the first study of music in convent life in a single Hispanic city, Barcelona, during the early modern era.

This book is about teaching the joy and understanding of classical music to young children.

Adorno's aesthetics are one of the most important philosophical analyses of the 20th century, but their development remains unclear.

Adorno's aesthetics are one of the most important philosophical analyses of the 20th century, but their development remains unclear.

Afrosonic Life explores the role sonic innovations in the African diaspora play in articulating methodologies for living the afterlife of slavery.

Afrosonic Life explores the role sonic innovations in the African diaspora play in articulating methodologies for living the afterlife of slavery.

Since 2006, leading opera companies have beamed their shows to thousands of cinema screens all over the world - live.

Since 2006, leading opera companies have beamed their shows to thousands of cinema screens all over the world - live.