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Author : Paula Boire
Publisher : Edwin Mellen Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 38,33 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN :
The third in a set of four volumes detailing the development of the art song in Romania. Interviews were conducted with composers or their surviving family members. Included are songs of each composer. A valuable resource for voice teachers, singers and musicologists interested in art song.
Author : Paula Boire
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 15,12 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Songs
ISBN : 9780889464261
Author : Paula Boire
Publisher : Edwin Mellen Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,86 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN :
The final volume in a set of four detailing the development of the art song in Romania. Interviews were conducted with composers or their surviving family members. Included are songs of each composer. A valuable resource for voice teachers, singers and musicologists interested in art song.
Author : Ferdinando Giorgetti
Publisher : Edwin Mellen Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 47,15 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Music
ISBN :
Ferdinando Giorgetti's Metodo per Esercitarsi a Ben Suonare L'Alto Viola (A Self-Training Method for Playing the Viola Well) was first published in Florence in 1854. In this translation, Sciannameo (multidisciplinary studies, music, Carnegie Mellon University) gives background on Giorgetti's life an
Author : Don Michael Randel
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 1020 pages
File Size : 31,63 MB
Release : 2003-11-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 0674417992
This classic reference work, the best one-volume music dictionary available, has been brought completely up to date in this new edition. Combining authoritative scholarship and lucid, lively prose, the Fourth Edition of The Harvard Dictionary of Music is the essential guide for musicians, students, and everyone who appreciates music. The Harvard Dictionary of Music has long been admired for its wide range as well as its reliability. This treasure trove includes entries on all the styles and forms in Western music; comprehensive articles on the music of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Near East; descriptions of instruments enriched by historical background; and articles that reflect today’s beat, including popular music, jazz, and rock. Throughout this Fourth Edition, existing articles have been fine-tuned and new entries added so that the dictionary fully reflects current music scholarship and recent developments in musical culture. Encyclopedia-length articles by notable experts alternate with short entries for quick reference, including definitions and identifications of works and instruments. More than 220 drawings and 250 musical examples enhance the text. This is an invaluable book that no music lover can afford to be without.
Author : Mark A. Radice
Publisher : Edwin Mellen Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 21,66 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
For this vast array of information in these studies, Dr. Radice, Curator of the Karel Husa Archive and Gallery at Ithaca College School of Music, P. rofessor of Music History at Ithaca, has provided cohesion in his opening essay, in which he offers full biographical dat in addition to discussions of everything that Karel has written to date; he has also included selected, edited, and translated correspondence dating back into the 1940s with extensive annotations about personalities and compositions.
Author : Geary Larrick
Publisher : Edwin Mellen Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 18,82 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Music
ISBN :
In this work, a broad spectrum of publication is studied, from Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms, through Rodgers and the Beatles. It contains essays annotating bibliographic entries concerning percussion. Subjects include opera, symphony orchestra, and popular and jazz music.
Author : Wayne E. Goins
Publisher :
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 42,78 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Guitarists
ISBN :
This is a biography on the career of jazz guitarist Charlie Christian, who was raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma during the Depression era in the Southwestern region of the United States. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the details surrounding the events that shaped Christian's musical development, beginning with his early influences of 'Territory bands' and 'western swing' groups. The book documents Christian's performances in the urban area of Oklahoma City on Second Street, better known as 'Deep Deuce', as well as his travels with both Anna Mae Winburn and the Alphonso Trent Orchestra. Christian's discovery by producer John Hammond led to Christian's membership in the Benny Goodman Sextet in August of 1939. The book also chronicles Christian's most significant radio broadcasts, live performances, and recordings for Columbia Records, and also includes facts regarding Christian's pioneering guitar style during the early 1940's, as his performances at Minton's Playhouse in Harlem represented the connection between swing and bebop. The biography finally uncovers details into Christian's private life, and his untimely death during the apex of the Goodman era. ... ground-b Christian's contributions to swing and early bebop.
Author : James Matthew Bohn
Publisher : Edwin Mellen Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 28,41 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
As founder of the Experimental Music Studio at the U. of Illinois in 1958, American composer Lejaren Hiller was a pioneer in the area of computer assisted music composition. In this study, Bohn provides detailed analyses of several of Hiller's most important works, including the ILLIAC Suite and the Computer Cantata . Other topics include (for exam
Author : Pearl Yeadon McGinnis
Publisher : Edwin Mellen Press
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 34,42 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Music
ISBN :
John La Montaine is known primarily for his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 9, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1959. In addition, he has won countless awards for composition. However, his compositions for voice and piano are not yet an established part of the vocal solo repertoire. This work illustrates La Montaine's music for voice and piano through an analysis of musical and dramatic elements that support the text and drama. A biographical study provides details about the composer's life such as musical training, personal influences, awards and goals. In addition, the issues of philosophy, creativity, methods, musical styles, and textual considerations are discussed and are the basis for the following analysis.