Wilhelm Furtwangler and the Art of the Absolute: Interpreting Beethoven examines the conductor's interpretative philosophy as a central manifestation of twentieth-century musical idealism.
Hungarian composer Bela Bartok declared his Cantata profana, composed in 1930 and premiered in London in 1934, his "e;credo,"e; the composition of which was inseparable from the history of his involvement with folklore.
Hungarian composer Bela Bartok declared his Cantata profana, composed in 1930 and premiered in London in 1934, his "e;credo,"e; the composition of which was inseparable from the history of his involvement with folklore.
Sketches and Scholarly Studies: Part II, Musical Settings and Sketches brings together two crucial aspects of Gerard Manley Hopkins's insatiable drive to create: drawing, predominantly (but not exclusively) from the early part of his life, when he had ambitions to be a painter; and music, from the later part of his life, when he found in music suggestions of a new contact with the eternal.
Liedsammlungen aus nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslagern stellen eine einzigartige Quelle dar, deren (musik-)historische Bedeutung noch unzureichend erschlossen ist.
Ang Lee's The Ice Storm is a film of striking significance, which achieved widespread critical acclaim for its well crafted and superbly acted study of suburban morality in 1970s America.
Ang Lee's The Ice Storm is a film of striking significance, which achieved widespread critical acclaim for its well crafted and superbly acted study of suburban morality in 1970s America.
Fake books-anthologies of songs notated in a musical shorthand-have been used by countless pop and jazz musicians in both professional and amateur settings for more than half a century.
Fake books-anthologies of songs notated in a musical shorthand-have been used by countless pop and jazz musicians in both professional and amateur settings for more than half a century.
Paul McCartney is one of the best pop bass players in the world, and this book presents a musical analysis of his consistently inventive and influential bass playing during his tenure in the Beatles.
Paul McCartney is one of the best pop bass players in the world, and this book presents a musical analysis of his consistently inventive and influential bass playing during his tenure in the Beatles.
