The Organ in Western Culture, 750-1250
ISBN: 9780521617079 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How did the organ become a church instrument? How did it develop from an outdoor, Mediterranean noisemaker to an instrument which has become the embodiment of western music and responsible for many of that music's characteristics? In this fascinating, investigation, Peter Williams speculates on these questions and suggests some likely answers. He considers where the organ was placed and why; what the instrument was like in 800, 1000, 1200 and 1400; what music was played, and how. He re-examines known references before 1300, covering such areas as the history of technology; music-theory art...
How did the organ become a church instrument? How did it develop from an outdoor, Mediterranean noisemaker to an instrument which has become the embod...
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The Clavichord
ISBN: 9780521619899 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The clavichord, forerunner of the piano, was one of the most important instruments in Western keyboard history until the first decades of the nineteenth century. Bernard Brauchli's comprehensive history fills a major gap in the literature on this instrument. Beginning with the earliest-known references, he traces the clavichord's evolution up to the mid-nineteenth century, ending with a study of performance technique. The clavichord's structural developments (traced largely through an analysis of extant instruments), literary documentation (much of it presented here for the first time in...
The clavichord, forerunner of the piano, was one of the most important instruments in Western keyboard history until the first decades of the nineteen...
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181,44 zł |
Early Keyboard Instruments: A Practical Guide
ISBN: 9780521643665 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Early Keyboard Instruments discusses a variety of issues involved in the performance of keyboard music from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. It brings together a range of topics that have come to the fore in recent decades and forms a useful introduction to historical performance issues for the student performer or amateur, whether playing on period instruments or on the modern piano.
Early Keyboard Instruments discusses a variety of issues involved in the performance of keyboard music from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centurie...
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449,41 zł |
Early Keyboard Instruments: A Practical Guide
ISBN: 9780521643856 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Early Keyboard Instruments discusses a variety of issues involved in the performance of keyboard music from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. It brings together a range of topics that have come to the fore in recent decades and forms a useful introduction to historical performance issues for the student performer or amateur, whether playing on period instruments or on the modern piano.
Early Keyboard Instruments discusses a variety of issues involved in the performance of keyboard music from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centurie...
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193,35 zł |
The History of the English Organ
ISBN: 9780521654098 / Angielski / Miękka / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This highly readable and lavishly illustrated work describes the history of organs built in England from AD 900 to the present day. The author's experience in organ building gives the account all the benefits of first-hand experience. Stephen Bicknell also draws on new research and includes many important discoveries made during the past twenty years. Written in an elegant, entertaining and informed manner, the book is a vital and much-needed addition to current organ literature.
This highly readable and lavishly illustrated work describes the history of organs built in England from AD 900 to the present day. The author's exper...
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286,89 zł |
The Making of the Victorian Organ
ISBN: 9780521663649 / Angielski / Miękka / 610 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Between 1820 and 1870 a number of influences combined to bring about a radical transformation in the design and use of English organs. This important book provides a comprehensive survey of English organ building during those innovative fifty years in its history. It is richly illustrated with photographs and specially drawn diagrams and contains an invaluable appendix of organ specifications. This is a documentary source book and history that will be indispensable for all those, professionals or amateurs, that have an interest in the organ.
Between 1820 and 1870 a number of influences combined to bring about a radical transformation in the design and use of English organs. This important ...
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193,35 zł |
The Virtuoso Liszt
ISBN: 9780521834438 / Angielski / Twarda / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dana Gooley examines the concert career of the great nineteenth-century piano virtuoso Franz Liszt.
Dana Gooley examines the concert career of the great nineteenth-century piano virtuoso Franz Liszt.
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454,28 zł |
The Organ Music of J. S. Bach
ISBN: 9780521891158 / Angielski / Miękka / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Taking account of Bach scholarship of the past twenty-five years, the first two volumes of Peter Williams's classic study of Bach's organ works are fully revised. This work is a piece-by-piece commentary on this ever-popular repertoire, demonstrating the music's unique qualities and how we might hear and play it today. The book follows the order of the Bach catalog (BWV): beginning with the sonatas, followed by the "free works" and the chorales, and ending with the doubtful works, including the "newly discovered chorales" of 1985.
Taking account of Bach scholarship of the past twenty-five years, the first two volumes of Peter Williams's classic study of Bach's organ works are fu...
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193,35 zł |
Blues Piano: The Complete Guide with Audio!
ISBN: 9780634061691 / Angielski / Book / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Keyboard Instruction). Ever wanted to play the blues, but weren't sure where to start? Blues Piano will teach you the basic skills you need. From comping to soloing, you'll learn the theory, the tools, and even the tricks that the pros use. And, you get seven complete tunes to jam on. Listen to the audio, then start playing along Covers: scales and chords; left-hand patterns; walking bass; endings and turnarounds; right-hand techniques; how to solo with blues scales; crossover licks; and more. Audio is accessed online using the unique code found inside each book and includes Playback+ tools...
(Keyboard Instruction). Ever wanted to play the blues, but weren't sure where to start? Blues Piano will teach you the basic skills you need. From com...
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114,58 zł |
Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Curse of the Black Pearl
ISBN: 9780634077678 / Angielski / Book / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Easy Piano Songbook). 8 easy piano solos from Klaus Badelt's brilliant score to this Oscar-nominated blockbuster. Pieces: The Black Pearl * Blood Ritual/Moonlight Serenade * He's a Pirate * The Medallion Calls * One Last Shot * To the Pirates' Cave * Underwater March. Features photos from the film. Also available in a Piano Solo edition: 00313256/$14.95
(Easy Piano Songbook). 8 easy piano solos from Klaus Badelt's brilliant score to this Oscar-nominated blockbuster. Pieces: The Black Pearl * Blood Rit...
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122,15 zł |
Tunes You'Ve Always Wanted To Play
ISBN: 9780711919327 / Angielski / Book / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This outstanding album containing over 155 pages of favorite classical and traditional melodies, arranged for easy piano by Carol Barratt. Includes: Fur Elise * Moonlight Sonata * Clair De Lune * The Can-Can * and more.
This outstanding album containing over 155 pages of favorite classical and traditional melodies, arranged for easy piano by Carol Barratt. Includes: F...
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114,58 zł |
Revisiting The Piano
ISBN: 9780711968844 / Angielski / Book / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Available for the first time for solo piano, here are four fabulous arrangements from the motion-picture soundtrack of The Piano plus the two favorite themes from the award-winning film by Jane Campion. This is another wonderfully presented edition with stills from the film, an origianl manuscript sketch and note from Nyman to lead actress Holly Hunter, who performs the pieces herself in the film.
Available for the first time for solo piano, here are four fabulous arrangements from the motion-picture soundtrack of The Piano plus the two favorite...
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76,32 zł |
3 Novelettes: Revised Edition, 1999
ISBN: 9780711978133 / Angielski / Book / 12 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Music Sales America). The Trois Novelettes are typical of their composer's charm-with-a-twist and illustrate his accessible yet multi-layered piano writing. Edited by Millan Sachania, with introduction by Caroline Potter. Revised edition 1999.
(Music Sales America). The Trois Novelettes are typical of their composer's charm-with-a-twist and illustrate his accessible yet multi-layered piano w...
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58,57 zł |
BEST OF JAMES CHORD BOOK
ISBN: 9780711995574 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of music arranged for solo piano, including "Metamorphoses One to Five" collected together for the first time. Suitable for intermediate to advanced pianists.
A collection of music arranged for solo piano, including "Metamorphoses One to Five" collected together for the first time. Suitable for intermediate ...
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91,60 zł |
Pianos: Care and Restoration
ISBN: 9780718824631 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A simple but comprehensive treatment of the elementary aspects of piano care.
A simple but comprehensive treatment of the elementary aspects of piano care.
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142,16 zł |
Premier Piano Course Theory, Bk 2a
ISBN: 9780739037041 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Correlated page-for-page with the Lesson Book, each new musical concept is reinforced through fun-filled writing, listening and playing exercises. With games and puzzles added to compositional and creative activities, students retain concepts more easily and learn more thoroughly.
Correlated page-for-page with the Lesson Book, each new musical concept is reinforced through fun-filled writing, listening and playing exercises. Wit...
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43,53 zł |
Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist
ISBN: 9780743243124 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Among the world's instruments, the piano stands out as the most versatile, powerful, and misunderstood -- even by those who have spent much of their lives learning to play. In Piano Notes, a finalist for a 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award, Charles Rosen, one of the world's most talented pianists, distills a lifetime of wisdom and lore into an unforgettable tour of the hidden world of piano playing.
You'll read about how a note is produced, why a chord can move us, why the piano -- "hero and villain" of tonality -- has shaped the course of Western music, and why it is... Among the world's instruments, the piano stands out as the most versatile, powerful, and misunderstood -- even by those who have spent much of their l...
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The Organ
ISBN: 9780747805601 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The organ has been called the king of instruments. This extensively illustrated book is an introduction to the organ, its history, design, and repertoire, and will be especially useful to the general enthusiast and the novice organist. The Organ begins with a description of the different kinds of organ pipe and sounds they make, the mechanism and the layout and design of a typical instrument. This is followed by a brief history of the organ and a note of famous instruments still extant. The final chapter looks at the techniques of organ playing, the various forms of music written for the...
The organ has been called the king of instruments. This extensively illustrated book is an introduction to the organ, its history, design, and reperto...
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54,65 zł |
Automatic Pianos: A Collector's Guide to the Pianola, Barrel Piano, & Aeolian Orchestrelle
ISBN: 9780764320248 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The era of the self-playing or automatic piano embraced the first three decades of the 20th century. Piano-playing cabinets were followed by the pneumatic player-piano, soon to be known the world over by the name of the leading American make - Pianola. There were many other makes, of course, with names like Kastonome, Triumph, Pistonola, Claviola, Autoplayer and Apollo. Invented almost simultaneously in Germany and America, player pianos became the most sought-after addition to the family home and the huge industry that built them and made their perforated paper music rolls became both...
The era of the self-playing or automatic piano embraced the first three decades of the 20th century. Piano-playing cabinets were followed by the pneum...
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448,53 zł |
Automatic Organs: A Guide to the Mechanical Organ, Orchestrion, Barrel Organ, Fairground, Dancehall & Street Organ, Musical Clock, and O
ISBN: 9780764325687 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The worldwide interest in automatic organs is larger now than ever before. From delicate and musically sublime little organs contained in musical clocks of the type Mozart and Haydn composed music for, through to enormous and loud dancehall and street organs, the genre exists to please everybody and to suit all tastes. This comprehensive, yet delightful and easy-to-read, reference unlocks the mysteries of mechanical versions of the King of Instruments and its smaller counterparts. 79 color and 538 black and white photos display examples from 18 chapters and six Appendices that specify how...
The worldwide interest in automatic organs is larger now than ever before. From delicate and musically sublime little organs contained in musical cloc...
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623,58 zł |