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Building the Operatic Museum: Eighteenth-Century Opera in Fin-De-Siècle Paris
ISBN: 9781580465878 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focusing on the operas of Mozart, Gluck, and Rameau, Building the Operatic Museum examines the role that eighteenth-century works played in the opera houses of Paris around the turn of the twentieth century. These works, mostly neglected during the nineteenth century, became the main exhibits in what William Gibbons calls the Operatic Museum -- a physical and conceptual space in which great masterworks from the past and present could, like works of visual art in the Louvre, entertain audiences while educating them in their own history and national identity. Drawing on the fields of...
Focusing on the operas of Mozart, Gluck, and Rameau, Building the Operatic Museum examines the role that eighteenth-century works played in the opera ...
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131,11 |
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International Who's Who in Classical Music 2017
ISBN: 9781857438925 / Angielski / Twarda / 1018 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The International Who s Who in Classical Music 2017 is a vast source of biographical and contact information for singers, instrumentalists, composers, conductors, managers and more. Each entrant has been given the opportunity to update his or her information for the new improved 2017 edition. Each biographical entry comprises personal information, principal career details, repertoire, recordings and compositions, and full contact details where available. Appendices provide contact details for national orchestras, opera companies, music festivals, music... The International Who s Who in Classical Music 2017 is a vast source of biographical and contact information for singers, instr... |
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1700,24 |
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The Three Choirs Festival: A History: New and Revised Edition
ISBN: 9781783272099 / Angielski / Twarda / 552 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Described in the Radio Times (27 July 2015) as 'A remarkable, unique institution lying at the heart of British life', the Three Choirs Festival celebrated its three-hundred-year anniversary in 2015. Rotating each summer between the English cathedral cities of Hereford, Gloucester and Worcester, the Festival is a week-long programme of choral and orchestral concerts, cathedral services, solo and chamber music recitals, master classes, talks, theatre and exhibitions. At the heart of the modern festival are the daily services of Choral Evensong, representing the tradition of Anglican music and...
Described in the Radio Times (27 July 2015) as 'A remarkable, unique institution lying at the heart of British life', the Three Choirs Festival celebr...
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194,31 |
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Believe Your Ears: Life of a Lyric Composer
ISBN: 9781538104385 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Believe Your Ears is the memoir of composer Kirke Mechem, whose unorthodox path to music provides a fascinating narrative. He wrote songs and played music by ear as a newspaper reporter, a touring tennis player, and a Stanford creative-writing major before studying composition and conducting at Harvard. He describes his residencies in San Francisco, Vienna, London, and Russia, and gives detailed attention to his choral music, operas, and symphonies. He writes that "the twentieth century gave us much brilliant music" but shows how atonality came to dominate the post-war period. His lyric style...
Believe Your Ears is the memoir of composer Kirke Mechem, whose unorthodox path to music provides a fascinating narrative. He wrote songs and played m...
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184,60 |
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The Persistence of Voice: Instrumental Music and Romantic Orality
ISBN: 9789004343351 / Angielski / Twarda / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work, completed by Neubauer on the very eve of his death in 2015, complements both his benchmark The Emancipation of Music from Language (Yale UP, 1986) and his History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe (John Benjamins, 2004-10). It thematizes Romantic interest in oral speech, its poetical usage in music and musical discourse, and its political usage in the national-communitarian cult of the vernacular community. Subtly and with great erudition, Neubauer traces in different genres and fields the many transnational cross-currents around Romantic cultural...
This work, completed by Neubauer on the very eve of his death in 2015, complements both his benchmark The Emancipation of Music from Language (...
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582,16 |
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The Beatles for Easy Classical Piano
ISBN: 9781495089145 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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75,98 |
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Music Festivals in the UK: Beyond the Carnivalesque
ISBN: 9781472436207 / Angielski / Twarda / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The popular music festival market has developed and expanded over the past twenty years to become a highly significant part of the British summertime leisure experience. Research produced by UK Music (2011) estimates that music festivals boost the UK economy by over A850 million per annum and that the sector sustains nearly 20,000 full time jobs. Over 800 events are staged annually in the UK, of which over 300 are outdoor greenfield events, ranging from mega-events such as Glastonbury Festival, V Festival and the Reading and Leeds Festivals to very small scale 'boutique' events with maximum...
The popular music festival market has developed and expanded over the past twenty years to become a highly significant part of the British summertime ...
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704,38 |
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Symphony of Seduction: The Great Love Stories of Classical Composers
ISBN: 9781863958400 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Great Love Stories of Classical Composers. What was love like for the people who could really feel that song coming on? 'Symphony of Seduction' tells of the romantic misadventures, tragedies and occasional triumphs of some of classical music's great composers, and traces the music that emerged as a result. Christopher Lawrence takes what we know about these love-crazed geniuses and adds a garnish of imagined pillow talk to recreate stories that are ultimately stranger than fiction - and come with a great soundtrack.
The Great Love Stories of Classical Composers. What was love like for the people who could really feel that song coming on? 'Symphony of Seduction' ...
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80,84 |
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Mozart's Starling
ISBN: 9780316370905 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On May 27th, 1784, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart met a flirtatious little starling in a Viennese shop who sang an improvised version of the theme from his Piano Concerto no. 17 in G major. Sensing a kindred spirit in the plucky young bird, Mozart bought him and took him home to be a family pet. For three years, the starling lived with Mozart, influencing his work and serving as his companion, distraction, consolation, and muse.
Two centuries later, starlings are reviled by even the most compassionate conservationists. A nonnative, invasive species, they invade sensitive habitats, outcompete... On May 27th, 1784, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart met a flirtatious little starling in a Viennese shop who sang an improvised version of the theme from his P...
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75,98 |
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Experiencing Berlioz: A Listener's Companion
ISBN: 9780810886063 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Experiencing Berlioz offers the non-specialist a pathway into discovering the underlying allure of Berlioz's music. His views on rehearsing and conducting, bumpy career ride and failures, the journey of a work through revisions and editions, and historical performance practices provide a backdrop to discussions of his most significant works.
Experiencing Berlioz offers the non-specialist a pathway into discovering the underlying allure of Berlioz's music. His views on rehearsing and conduc...
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189,45 |
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Curtain, Gong, Steam: Wagnerian Technologies of Nineteenth-Century Opera
ISBN: 9780520279681 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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301,70 |
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Wendy Carlos's Switched-On Bach
ISBN: 9781501320286 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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48,53 |
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Father Finn's Carol Book - 60 Christmas Carols Old and New for SATB Chorus
ISBN: 9781528700986 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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80,84 |
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International Who's Who in Classical Music 2018
ISBN: 9781857439243 / Angielski / Twarda / 1024 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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3157,59 |
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The Catholic Organist's Quarterly: Spring - Manuals Only
ISBN: 9781545514009 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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159,44 |
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The Catholic Organist's Quarterly: Fall - Manuals Only
ISBN: 9781545565582 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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159,44 |
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The Catholic Organist's Quarterly: Winter - Manuals Only
ISBN: 9781545567210 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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159,44 |
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The Sound of a Superpower: Musical Americanism and the Cold War
ISBN: 9780190649692 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After two decades of remarkable success, the quest to create a uniquely American classical music faltered in the 1950s. Many blamed the Cold War for its demise, but the conflict also brought Americanist composers unprecedented opportunities. This book examines this complex picture and its long-term effects.
After two decades of remarkable success, the quest to create a uniquely American classical music faltered in the 1950s. Many blamed the Cold War for i...
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241,01 |
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Organized Time: Rhythm, Tonality, and Form
ISBN: 9780190696481 / Angielski / Twarda / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Organized Time is the first attempt to unite theories of harmony, rhythm, and form under a common idea of structured time. This is a major advance in the field of music theory, leading to new theoretical approaches to topics such as closure, hypermeter, and formal function.
Organized Time is the first attempt to unite theories of harmony, rhythm, and form under a common idea of structured time. This is a major advance in ...
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673,62 |
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Life Beyond Reggae Music: The Artists We Love & Want to Know
ISBN: 9781495132971 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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95,74 |