Art music, orchestral and formal music

Canadian music has come of age in the twentieth century.

Over the past twenty-five years Europe and North America have witnessed an enormous revival of interest in early music.

As Timothy McGee says in his introduction, 'It is not an exaggeration to say that John Beckwith has been the single most important influence on Canadian music over the past forty years.

School and Amateur Orchestras is devoted to a discussion of school and amateur orchestras and consideration of instruments that are normally associated with them.

The Future of Music was first published under the title TERPANDER or Music and the Future in 1926 in a series "e;"e;To-day and Tomorrow"e;"e; (Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.

An inspiring collection of poems, meditations, and lyrics by one of the world's most revered musical legendsBob Marley's music defined a movement and forever changed a nation.

The Oxford Handbook of the British Musical provides a comprehensive academic survey of British musical theatre offering both a historical account of the musical's development from 1728 and a range of in-depth critical analyses of the unique forms and features of British musicals, which explore the aesthetic values and sociocultural meanings of a tradition that initially gave rise to the American musical and later challenged its modern pre-eminence.

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Sandy Clyburn, (fictitious), was orphaned at five, during Londons Blitz), 1943.

Conducting an orchestra is something that is seen as well as heard, but it is quite misunderstood when it comes to knowing what this person actually does for a living.

Ludwig van Beethoven's chamber works are some of his most revered compositions.

An expansive and insightful exploration of one of the most iconic and electrifying artists ever, this book reveals the stunning, multi-generational influence and appeal of Prince and his revered musicfrom celebrated journalist, author, and host of the popular podcast The Tour Show.

For decades, eighteenth-century Paris had been declining into a baroque backwater.

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Since the thirteenth century, the sitara stringed, plucked instrument of Indiahas transformed into an instrument beloved by millions in its country of origin as well as all over the world.

Characterized by an interdisciplinary approach, these essays highlight the relationship between music and poetry in Italian secular works of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, examine the role of images in shedding light on the cultural context in which these and other works came into being (music iconography), and explore the binaries and similarities of the arts in this period.

Why do so many of us listen to classical music, and how can you get the most from listening to it?

Andras Schiff is one of the most important pianists of our time.

'A delight to read' Philip Pullman'Essential reading .

British Literature and Classical Music explores literary representations of classical music in early 20th century British writing.

British Literature and Classical Music explores literary representations of classical music in early 20th century British writing.

From Stage to Studio: Performances versus Recordings in Classical Music presents a cultural study of classical music-making through the analysis of live and studio performances of orchestral and operatic repertoire conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras.

An intimate conversation about music and creativity, between the internationally bestselling writer Haruki Murakami and world-class conductor, Seiji Ozawa.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

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The 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op.

This book contains the complete vocal score of "e;Iolanthe; or, The Peer and the Peri"e;.

This vintage book is a fascinating treatise on ballet.

This vintage book contains a collection of stories based upon Wagner's operas told by Gladys Davidson.

The classic work on the philosophy of musicnow available in English to a new generation of readersVladimir Jankelevitch left behind a remarkable ?

During his lifetime (1888-1970), Hall Johnson's concert arrangements of spirituals have been performed and recorded by stellar singers, such as Marian Anderson, Leontyne Price, Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman, and Denyce Graves, and were sung by school and concert choirs all over the world.

An insightful biography of one of the world's greatest musicians, Bob Dylan, by bestselling author Paul Morley.

Ben Folds is an internationally celebrated musician, singer-songwriter and former front man of the alternative rock band, Ben Folds Five, beloved for songs such as ';Brick', ';You Don't Know Me', ';Rockin' the Suburbs' and ';The Luckiest'.

On October 13, 2016, it was announced that Bob Dylan had been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, recognizing his countless contributions to music and letters over the last fifty years.

WINNER OF THE 2016 NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE ';100 Songs is a good start, for anybody lucky enough to be starting out with such a genius' The London Evening Standard A new collection of Bob Dylan's most essential lyrics one hundred songs that represent the Nobel Laureate's incredible musical range through the entirety of his career so far.

Songwriters dramatically captured the details of how Americans lived, thought and changed in the first half of the twentieth century.

The first articles here focus on Johannes Tinctoris, the prominent late 15th-century music theorist.

This is a story (MITYA), about a great man.

A composer's study and celebration of a difficult but influential artist, his work, and his timeProposing that Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) has been more discussed than heard, more tolerated than loved, composer Allen Shawn puts aside ultimate judgments about Schoenberg's place in musical history to explore the composer's fascinating world in a series of "e;linked essays--soundings"e; that are more searching than analytical, more suggestive than definitive.

Despite the Modernist search for new and innovative aesthetics and rejection of traditional tonality, several twentieth century composers have found their own voice while steadfastly relying on the aesthetics and techniques of Romanticism and 19th century composition principles.

Leoncavallo: Life and Works is the first fully documented biography of the beloved and popular composer Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), whose credits include Pagliacci and the operatic works Chatterton, Der Roland von Berlin, Zaza, Maia, Zingari, La boheme, and the incomplete trilogy Crepusculum.

In September 1979, there was a cosmic shift that went unnoticed by the majority of mainstream America.