The Oxford Companion to Musical Instruments
ISBN: 9780193113343 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Musical instruments, from the simplest pipes and drums to those of the utmost complexity, have formed an integral part of the cultures of all peoples of the world from the beginning of time. Their range and diversity have inspired the skill and genius of maker, composer, and player. This book is a celebration of that achievement, examining in one alphabetical sequence the astonishing variety of Western and non-Western acoustic musical instruments. Individual entries encapsulate the essential information about the instrument considered. Each entry offers a concise description and, with the aid...
Musical instruments, from the simplest pipes and drums to those of the utmost complexity, have formed an integral part of the cultures of all peoples ...
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Conducting a Choir: A Guide for Amateurs
ISBN: 9780193134072 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Imogen Holst (1907-1984), the daughter of the composer Gustav Holst, was a much-loved source of inspiration for the many musicians and students who encountered her over the years at the Dartington Summer School of Music and the Aldeburgh Festival. In this book, originally published in 1973, she sets out clearly and concisely--and often amusingly--a wealth of practical information that will be of particular interest to the amateur conductor. She gives precise and detailed advice on the technique of conducting, how to form and train a choir, the presentation and rehearsal of music, and how to...
Imogen Holst (1907-1984), the daughter of the composer Gustav Holst, was a much-loved source of inspiration for the many musicians and students who en...
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Elements of Sonata Theory: Norms, Types, and Deformations in the Late-Eighteenth-Century Sonata
ISBN: 9780195146400 / Angielski / Twarda / 680 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Elements of Sonata Theory is a comprehensive, richly detailed rethinking of the basic principles of sonata form in the decades around 1800. This foundational study draws upon the joint strengths of current music history and music theory to outline a new, up-to-date paradigm for understanding the compositional choices found in the instrumental works of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and their contemporaries: sonatas, chamber music, symphonies, overtures, and concertos. In so doing, it also lays out the indispensable groundwork for anyone wishing to confront the later adaptations and...
Elements of Sonata Theory is a comprehensive, richly detailed rethinking of the basic principles of sonata form in the decades around 1800. T...
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681,98 zł |
Musical Instruments: History, Technology, and Performance of Instruments of Western Music
ISBN: 9780198165040 / Angielski / Twarda / 518 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Musical Instruments presents the first comprehensive survey to explain how Western musical instruments work, how they developed historically, how they are manufactured, and how they are used to make music. A full glossary and index also contain definitions of technical terms and notes on instruments not included in the text, making this the essential reference for everyone researching and working with musical instruments and performance.
Musical Instruments presents the first comprehensive survey to explain how Western musical instruments work, how they developed historically, how they...
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Roots of the Classical: The Popular Origins of Western Music
ISBN: 9780198166474 / Angielski / Twarda / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Roots of the Classical identifies and traces to their source the patterns that make Western classical music unique, setting out the fundamental laws of melody and harmony, and sketching the development of tonality between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. The author then focuses on the years 1770-1910, treating the Western music of this period - folk, popular, and classical - as a single, organically developing, interconnected unit in which the popular idiom was constantly feeding into 'serious' music, showing how the same patterns underlay music of all kinds.
Roots of the Classical identifies and traces to their source the patterns that make Western classical music unique, setting out the fundamental laws o...
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The Finale in Western Instrumental Music
ISBN: 9780198166955 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why are finales different from other movements? Why can we nearly always tell whether a movement comes first or last in a work with several movements? Is the special character of finales necessary as well as traditional? Michael Talbot explores these questions in depth. His wide-ranging analytical and historical survey covers instrumental (and some vocal) music from the Renaissance up to the present day.
Why are finales different from other movements? Why can we nearly always tell whether a movement comes first or last in a work with several movements?...
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On Concepts and Classifications of Musical Instruments
ISBN: 9780226425498 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kartomi first moves through a culture-specific inspection of several societies in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and then, synthesizing current ethnomusicological trends, proceeds to make a large-scale comparative study of classification schemes and the concepts which govern them.
Kartomi first moves through a culture-specific inspection of several societies in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and then, synthesizing current ethnomusico...
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Rumba: Dance and Social Change in Contemporary Cuba
ISBN: 9780253209481 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using dance anthropology to illuminate the values and attitudes embodied in rumba, Yvonne Daniel explores the surprising relationship between dance and the profound, complex changes in contemporary Cuba. From the barrio and streets to the theatre and stage, rumba has emerged as an important medium, contributing to national goals, reinforcing Caribbean solidarity, and promoting international prestige. Since the Revolution of 1959, rumba has celebrated national identity and cultural heritage, and embodied an official commitment to new values. Once a lower-class recreational dance,... Using dance anthropology to illuminate the values and attitudes embodied in rumba, Yvonne Daniel explores the surprising relationship between dance... |
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The Music of Alexander Scriabin
ISBN: 9780300033373 / Angielski / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Alexander Scriabin was one of a few major composers who revolutionized musical style in the first decade of the twentieth century by eliminating key as a structural principle and by establishing a new use of dissonant harmonies. This book by James M. Baker is a study of Scriabin's twentieth-century music, the first thorough analysis of the composer's evolution from conventional tonality to his later atonal structure. Baker demonstrates that in Scriabin's transitional music, tonal and atonal procedures--generally considered mutually exclusive--work together to create unified compositions....
Alexander Scriabin was one of a few major composers who revolutionized musical style in the first decade of the twentieth century by eliminating key a...
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The Country Blues
ISBN: 9780306800146 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the field cries and work chants of Southern Negroes emerged a rich and vital music called the country blues, an intensely personal expression of the pains and pleasures of black life. This music--recorded during the twenties by men like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Big Bill Broonzy, and Robert Johnson--had all but disappeared from memory until the folk music revival of the late 1950's created a new and appreciable audience for the country blues.On of the pioneering studies of this unjustly-neglected music was Sam Charter's The Country Blues. In it, Charters recreates the special world...
From the field cries and work chants of Southern Negroes emerged a rich and vital music called the country blues, an intensely personal expression of ...
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Soul Music
ISBN: 9780306802461 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This pioneering study documents the birth of soul music in America during the 1950s and '60s when, in response to the black community's new self-awareness and pride, musicians such as James Brown, The Impressions, Wilson Pickett, King Curtis, Stevie Wonder, and others were discovering in the urban blues, gospel, and r&b a new sound--soul--that expressed fresh musical and social ideals.
This pioneering study documents the birth of soul music in America during the 1950s and '60s when, in response to the black community's new self-aware...
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The Aesthetics of Rock
ISBN: 9780306802874 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This infamous book has enjoyed a lively underground reputation since its first publication in 1970. Richard Meltzer (a.k.a. R. Meltzer) took his training as a young philosopher and applied it with unalloyed enthusiasm to the lyrics, sound, and culture of rock and roll. Never before had anyone noticed the relationship between the philosophy of Heidegger and a tune by Little Anthony and the Imperials, heard the cries of agony in the Shangri Las' "Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)," or transcribed every "papa-ooma-mow-mow" in the Trashmen's "Surfin' Bird."From Dionne Warwick to Plato, Jim...
This infamous book has enjoyed a lively underground reputation since its first publication in 1970. Richard Meltzer (a.k.a. R. Meltzer) took his train...
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Big Road Blues: Learning from the Rise and Fall of Public Arts Funding
ISBN: 9780306803000 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book analyzes the process of composition, learning and performance of the Southern folk blues of black America. Never before has this musical form been examined so scrupulously. Evans traces the impact of commercialism, especially the phonograph record, on blues history, as well as the various local traditions that produce a given blues tune and text. The author has done extensive field work in Mississippi and provides here a structure for understanding not only the blues but almost any other oral literature from other cultures.
This book analyzes the process of composition, learning and performance of the Southern folk blues of black America. Never before has this musical for...
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Freedom in the Air: Song Movements of the Sixties
ISBN: 9780313223938 / Angielski / Twarda / 127 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author focuses on two parallel folk trends: the Freedom Songs arising from the civil rights battles in the South and the topical songs composed by Northern writer/singers.
The author focuses on two parallel folk trends: the Freedom Songs arising from the civil rights battles in the South and the topical songs composed... |
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The Composer's Point of View: Essays on Twentieth-Century Choral Music by Those Who Wrote It
ISBN: 9780313224614 / Angielski / Twarda / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of essays by 20th-century American, English, and European composers in which each composer discusses a large choral work or works he has written, along with the principles that guided the composition.
A collection of essays by 20th-century American, English, and European composers in which each composer discusses a large choral work or works he h... |
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Folksingers and Folksongs in America: A Handbook of Biography, Bibliography, and Discography
ISBN: 9780313231049 / Angielski / Twarda / 750 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Biographies of about 225 singers, collections of American ballads, folklore activities, and the history and use of folk-music instruments are among the Handbook's highlights.
Biographies of about 225 singers, collections of American ballads, folklore activities, and the history and use of folk-music instruments are among... |
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Year by Year in the Rock Era: Events and Conditions Shaping the Rock Generations That Reshaped America
ISBN: 9780313234569 / Angielski / Twarda / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This chronological account of the rock era and its evolution will appeal to many researchers interested in the period. This book will also appeal to trivia buffs with its inordinate amount of little-known information." Reference Books Bulletin
"This chronological account of the rock era and its evolution will appeal to many researchers interested in the period. This book will also appeal to ...
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Busoni and the Piano: The Works, the Writings, and the Recordings
ISBN: 9780313236716 / Angielski / Twarda / 423 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Compendium of Modern Instrumental Techniques
ISBN: 9780313285127 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An important characteristic of contemporary art music has been the use of conventional instruments in unconventional ways, achieving effects undreamed of or thought impossible in the early twentieth century. This compendium codifies these techniques, explains their production and effects, cites representative scores, and provides numerous example from an international selection of composers. Part One considers techniques and procedures that apply to all instruments; Part Two takes up idiomatic techniques with specific instruments in all orchestral categories. This monumental survey is... An important characteristic of contemporary art music has been the use of conventional instruments in unconventional ways, achieving effects undrea... |
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Guide to Sonatas: Music for One or Two Instruments
ISBN: 9780385413022 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the same authority, insight, and unique ability to bring music to life on the printed page that he brought to his Guide to Chamber Music, Melvin Berger gives us an indispensable guide to the sonata form. Comprehensive, analytical, and historical, including descriptions in nontechnical language of over two hundred of the best best-known sonatas, Guide to Sonatas is designed to help all music lovers casual listeners, experienced concertgoers, performers, conductors, or teachers deepen their understanding and enhance their enjoyment of the classical repertoire.
Mr. Berger is a... With the same authority, insight, and unique ability to bring music to life on the printed page that he brought to his Guide to Chamber Music, ...
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