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Saint-Saëns: On Music and Musicians
ISBN: 9780195320169 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Camille Saint-Saens is a memorable figure not only for his successes as a composer of choral and orchestral works, and the eternally popular opera Samson et Dalila, but also because he was a keen observer of the musical culture in which he lived. A composer of vast intelligence and erudition, Saint-Saens was at the same time one of the foremost writers on music in his day. From Wagner, Liszt and Debussy to Milhaud and Stravinsky, Saint-Saens was at the center of the elite musical and cultural fin de siecle and early 20th Century world. He championed Schumann and Wagner in...
Camille Saint-Saens is a memorable figure not only for his successes as a composer of choral and orchestral works, and the eternally popular opera |
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197,14 zł |
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Music Quickens Time
ISBN: 9781844674022 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this eloquent book, Daniel Barenboim draws on his profound and uniquely influential engagement with music to argue for its central importance in our everyday lives. While we may sometimes think of personal, social and political issues as existing independently of each other, Barenboim shows how music teaches that this is impossible. Turning to his intense involvement with Palestine, he examines the transformative power of music in the world, from his own performances of Wagner in Israel and his foundation, with Edward Said, of the internationally acclaimed West-Eastern Divan Orchestra....
In this eloquent book, Daniel Barenboim draws on his profound and uniquely influential engagement with music to argue for its central importance in ou...
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79,49 zł |
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The Lives Of Haydn And Mozart: With Observations On Metastasio And On The Present State Of Music In France And Italy (1818)
ISBN: 9781437419153 / Angielski / Twarda / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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267,90 zł |
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The Roman Ritual And Its Canto Fermo Compared With The Works Of Modern Music (1849)
ISBN: 9781437369342 / Angielski / Twarda / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia...
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178,52 zł |
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The Harmonies Of Creation Or The Music Of The Morning Stars: To Which Are Added Miscellaneous Poems, On Religious, Moral, And Patriotic Subjects, An O
ISBN: 9781437389609 / Angielski / Twarda / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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206,75 zł |
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The Triumph Of Music: With Other Poems (1841)
ISBN: 9781437342611 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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103,26 zł |
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The Music Of The Nineteenth Century, And Its Culture: Method Of Musical Instruction (1855)
ISBN: 9781437404524 / Angielski / Twarda / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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225,56 zł |
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Theory Of Musical Composition V2: Treated With A View To A Naturally Consecutive Arrangement Of Topics (1846)
ISBN: 9781437349962 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia...
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178,52 zł |
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Theory Of Musical Composition V2: Treated With A View To A Naturally Consecutive Arrangement Of Topics (1846)
ISBN: 9781437443479 / Angielski / Twarda / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia...
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249,08 zł |
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The Music of Our Lives
ISBN: 9780739120859 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kathleen Higgins argues that the arguments that Plato used to defend the ethical value of music are still applicable today. Music encourages ethically valuable attitudes and behavior, provides practice in skills that are valuable in ethical life, and symbolizes ethical ideals.
Kathleen Higgins argues that the arguments that Plato used to defend the ethical value of music are still applicable today. Music encourages ethically...
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238,61 zł |
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Music: Composition, Interpretation & Effects
ISBN: 9781608761708 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Music is an art form whose medium is sound organised in time. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. This book gathers the research from around the globe in this dynamic field of study.
Music is an art form whose medium is sound organised in time. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its a...
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780,74 zł |
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Emergent Music And Visual Music: Inside Studies: Part One: The Book
ISBN: 9781441479969 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lays the groundwork for experimenting with compositional algorithms by providing insight into the working practices of composer/performer/electronic arts pioneer, Ron Pellegrino. Covers the process of discovering, fine-tuning, and composing algorithms and systems that give rise to Emergent Music and Visual Music. Examines the practical, scientific, and philosophical bases for an experimental and experiential approach to composition and performance in the electronic arts of sound and light. Serves as a basis for Visual Music Studies. Provides background theoretical and historical information...
Lays the groundwork for experimenting with compositional algorithms by providing insight into the working practices of composer/performer/electronic a...
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70,52 zł |
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Poetry and the Romantic Musical Aesthetic
ISBN: 9780521130165 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. James H. Donelan describes how two poets, a philosopher, and a composer Holderlin, Wordsworth, Hegel, and Beethoven developed an idea of self-consciousness based on music at the turn of the nineteenth century. This idea became an enduring cultural belief: the understanding of music as an ideal representation of the autonomous creative mind. Against a background of political and cultural upheaval, these four major figures all born in 1770 developed this idea in both metaphorical and actual musical structures, thereby establishing both the theory and the practice of asserting self-identity in...
James H. Donelan describes how two poets, a philosopher, and a composer Holderlin, Wordsworth, Hegel, and Beethoven developed an idea of self-consciou...
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234,85 zł |
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Music Instinct: How Music Works and Why We Can't Do Without It
ISBN: 9780199754274 / Angielski / Twarda / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Bach fugues to Indonesian gamelan, from nursery rhymes to rock, music has cast its light into every corner of human culture. But why music excites such deep passions, and how we make sense of musical sound at all, are questions that have until recently remained unanswered. Now in The Music Instinct, award-winning writer Philip Ball provides the first comprehensive, accessible survey of what is known--and still unknown--about how music works its magic, and why, as much as eating and sleeping, it seems indispensable to humanity. Deftly weaving together the latest findings...
From Bach fugues to Indonesian gamelan, from nursery rhymes to rock, music has cast its light into every corner of human culture. But why music excite...
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407,78 zł |
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What to Listen For in Music
ISBN: 9780451531766 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whether they listen to Mozart or Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland invites readers to ask two basic questions: are they hearing everything that is going on? Are they really being sensitive to it. With his provocative suggestions, Aaron Copland guides readers through a deeper appreciation of the most rewarding of art forms.
Whether they listen to Mozart or Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland invites readers to ask two basic questions: are they hearing everything that is going o...
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37,59 zł |
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Music, Language, and the Brain
ISBN: 9780199755301 / Angielski / Miękka / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the widespread belief that music and language are processed independently. Since Plato's time, the relationship between music and language has attracted interest and debate from a wide range of thinkers. Recently, scientific research on this topic has been growing rapidly, as scholars from diverse disciplines, including linguistics, cognitive science, music cognition, and neuroscience are drawn to the music-language interface as one way to...
In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel chall...
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287,87 zł |
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Doctor Mozart Music Theory Workbook Level 1A
ISBN: 9780978127725 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What's Inside? You can see some sample pages from this Doctor Mozart workbook at DoctorMozart.com/LookInside.php Help Your Child Succeed with Music Music theory knowledge is essential for your child's success. Doctor Mozart's keyboard-based approach to music theory can help your child succeed with any musical instrument, including piano, guitar, flute, violin, and voice. Doctor Mozart workbooks will help your child with:
What's Inside? You can see some sample pages from this Doctor Mozart workbook at DoctorMozart.com/LookInside.php He... |
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64,98 zł |
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Integrated Practice: Coordination, Rhythm & Sound
ISBN: 9780195317077 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To be a musician is to "speak music." When you have something to say and the means to say it, your gestures and sounds become both meaningful and free. Offering an innovative, comprehensive approach to musicians' health and wellbeing, Integrated Practice gives you the tools to combine total-body awareness with a deep and practical understanding of the rhythmic structure of the musical language, so that you can use the musical text itself as your guide toward psychophysical and creative freedom. The book shows you how to establish an imaginative dialogue between the relatively...
To be a musician is to "speak music." When you have something to say and the means to say it, your gestures and sounds become both meaningful and free...
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555,11 zł |
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Quantifying Music: The Science of Music at the First Stage of Scientific Revolution 1580-1650
ISBN: 9789048183883 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The soul rejoices in perceiving harmonious sound; when the sound is not harmonious it is grieved. From these affects of the soul are derived the name of consonances for the harmonic proportions, and the name of dissonances for the unharmonic proportions. When to this is added the other harmonie proportion whieh consists of the longer or shorter duration of musical sound, then the soul stirs the body to jumping dance, the tongue to inspired speech, according to the same laws. The artisans accommodate to these harmonies the blows of their hammers, the soldiers their pace. As long as the...
The soul rejoices in perceiving harmonious sound; when the sound is not harmonious it is grieved. From these affects of the soul are derived the name ...
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791,87 zł |
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Reflections on Musical Meaning and Its Representations
ISBN: 9780253223166 / Angielski / Miękka / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How is it possible to talk or write about music? What is the link between graphic signs and music? What makes music meaningful? In this book, distinguished scholar Leo Treitler explores the relationships among language, musical notation, performance, compositional practice, and patterns of culture in the presentation and representation of music. Treitler engages a wide variety of historical sources to discuss works from medieval plainchant to Berg s opera Lulu and a range of music in between. "How is it possible to talk or write about music? What is the link between graphic signs and music? What makes music meaningful? In this book, disti... |
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140,99 zł |