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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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278,39 zł |
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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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190,76 zł |
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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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444,40 zł |
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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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181,55 zł |
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Piano Technique Book 1: Hal Leonard Student Piano Library
ISBN: 9780634004261 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This first book in a series of five piano technique books presents short, 4-measure exercises with helpful text imagery (Warm-Ups), and brief etudes. The skills emphasized in the Warm-Ups are given a musical context in the Etudes that follow them. Each Warm-Up and Etude in the book has its own original accompaniment, available on a separate CD or GM disk. Piano Technique Book 1 focuses on basic skills at the piano: good posture & hand position; creating a beautiful tone; attention to silence; playing forte and piano; playing detached tones; and playing connected notes.
This first book in a series of five piano technique books presents short, 4-measure exercises with helpful text imagery (Warm-Ups), and brief etudes. ...
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34,55 zł |
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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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113,51 zł |
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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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115,97 zł |
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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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78,20 zł |
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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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60,49 zł |
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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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88,35 zł |
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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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133,16 zł |
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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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65,29 zł |
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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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51,19 zł |
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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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420,12 zł |
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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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584,08 zł |
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Hanon: The Virtuoso Pianist - Complete
ISBN: 9780793525447 / Angielski / Book / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the first release of this classic Schirmer edition over 100 years ago, almost anyone who has taken piano lessons for more than two years has played from The Virtuoso Pianist. Millions of copies have been sold of these progressive exercises which guide a player's technique, building finger independence and strength. This was the first American edition released of this music, and remains a classic at a remarkably affordable price.
Since the first release of this classic Schirmer edition over 100 years ago, almost anyone who has taken piano lessons for more than two years has pla...
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34,55 zł |
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Teach Me to Play: Preliminary Beginner Book: Piano Technique
ISBN: 9780793552948 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Piano Method). A preliminary book that can be used to introduce young beginners to Piano Course Book 1, "Teach Me" covers approximately the first half of the first year.
(Piano Method). A preliminary book that can be used to introduce young beginners to Piano Course Book 1, "Teach Me" covers approximately the first hal...
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69,13 zł |
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Giraffes, Black Dragons, and Other Pianos: A Technological History from Cristofori to the Modern Concert Grand, Second Edition
ISBN: 9780804733168 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This lavishly illustrated book treats the history of the piano from its invention in 1700 to the present in terms of its technology. Looking at the technologies of design, materials, and manufacture, and focusing its description on specific existing pianos, it describes the changes in pianos from the earliest days to contemporary instruments. This revised edition incorporates the results of recent research that increases knowledge of the work of Bartolomeo Cristofori, the inventor of the piano; changes perceptions of how eighteenth-century pianos were made and used; adds to the available...
This lavishly illustrated book treats the history of the piano from its invention in 1700 to the present in terms of its technology. Looking at the te...
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608,48 zł |
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Giraffes, Black Dragons, and Other Pianos: A Technological History from Cristofori to the Modern Concert Grand, Second Edition
ISBN: 9780804745499 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This lavishly illustrated book treats the history of the piano from its invention in 1700 to the present in terms of its technology. Looking at the technologies of design, materials, and manufacture, and focusing its description on specific existing pianos, it describes the changes in pianos from the earliest days to contemporary instruments. This revised edition incorporates the results of recent research that increases knowledge of the work of Bartolomeo Cristofori, the inventor of the piano; changes perceptions of how eighteenth-century pianos were made and used; adds to the available...
This lavishly illustrated book treats the history of the piano from its invention in 1700 to the present in terms of its technology. Looking at the te...
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145,98 zł |
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Piano: The Making of a Steinway Concert Grand
ISBN: 9780805083040 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Satisfying to the point of sensuousness." Like no other instrument, a grand piano melds the magic of engineering with the magic of great music. Alone among the big piano companies, Steinway & Sons still crafts each of its pianos largely by hand, imbuing each one with the promise and burden of its brand. In this captivating narrative, James Barron of The New York Times tells the story of one Steinway piano, from raw lumber to finished instrument. Barron follows that brand-new piano-known by its number, K0862-on its journey... "Satisfying to the point of sensuousness." Like no other instrument, a grand piano melds th... |
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88,39 zł |