Die Trauer um Friedrich den Großen hallte weit über die Grenzen Preußens hinaus und inspirierte den begnadeten Komponisten Johann Friedrich Reichardt zu einem Werk von außergewöhnlicher Tiefe und Ausdruckskraft: der Trauer-Kantate auf den Tod des preußischen Königs.
This collection of reprinted essays takes the trends of the author's Music, Patronage and Printing in Late Renaissance Florence (also in the 'Variorum' series) in a somewhat different direction.
Tauchen Sie ein in das faszinierende Leben von Jacopo Peri, dem visionären Musiker und Komponisten, der als „Vater der Oper“ in die Geschichte einging.
Originally published in 1936, as a second edition in 1948 and as an enlarged and third edition in 1982, Karl Geiringer's biography of Brahms is generally regarded as one of the finest studies of the composer ever published in any language.
Charles-Valentin Alkan was a pianist and composer of unparalleled brilliance, whose intricate compositions and extraordinary skill at the keyboard earned him the admiration of contemporaries such as Franz Liszt and Frédéric Chopin.
Supporting Vulnerable Performance Traditions: Keeping it Going in Contexts of Continuity and Change explores endangered forms of performance from across the world, and the aspirations of practitioners, community members and researchers to keep these traditions going.
This collection of reprinted essays takes the trends of the author's Music, Patronage and Printing in Late Renaissance Florence (also in the 'Variorum' series) in a somewhat different direction.
Originally published in 1924, and authored by a renowned pianist and musicologist, this book is a comprehensive study of the history and evolution of pianoforte music from its origins in the early 18th century to modern times.
Charles Frederick Frantz provides a quantitative and qualitative analysis of Debussy's music through the lens of Bergson's philosophical perspective of duree, revealing his "e;revolution"e; in musical time.
Performer and researcher Peter O'Hagan studies the musical style of Pierre Boulez during his final creative period, by means of a detailed consideration of the ensemble work sur Incises, which stands at the heart of Boulez's later output.
Professor Slim deals here with the several roles that music can play in the artworks of the Renaissance, looking in particular at Italian painting of the 16th century.
Originally published in 1936, as a second edition in 1948 and as an enlarged and third edition in 1982, Karl Geiringer's biography of Brahms is generally regarded as one of the finest studies of the composer ever published in any language.
Performer and researcher Peter O'Hagan studies the musical style of Pierre Boulez during his final creative period, by means of a detailed consideration of the ensemble work sur Incises, which stands at the heart of Boulez's later output.
When this volume was originally published in 1954 it was the first complete history of the Bach family from the 16th Century miller Veit to Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst (1759-1845), Johann Sebastian's grandson.
Originally published in 1967, in this book the author delves deeply into the fascinating field of Bach's music and the reasons for his 'borrowing', and adaptation within his oeuvre.
Adalbert Gyrowetz, in Böhmen geboren und später in Wien beheimatet, war ein herausragender Komponist, der zu Lebzeiten großen Erfolg feierte, heute jedoch oft im Schatten von Größen wie Haydn, Mozart und Beethoven steht.