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The Interpretation of French Song
ISBN: 9780393008784 / Angielski / Miękka / 1978 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Among eighteen composers whose vocal works are covered in the book are Berlioz, Gounod, Duparc, Chausson, Faure, Debussy, Satie, Ravel--as well as Poulenc and others. The greater part of each composer's output in the genre is discussed: texts of nearly 200 songs are given in French, with line-for-line verse translations by Winifred Radford, notes on pronunciation, and simple but detailed suggestion for performance and interpretation. Preceding these sections on the songs themselves are three most important chapters on performance and interpretation in vocal music, on singing in French, and on...
Among eighteen composers whose vocal works are covered in the book are Berlioz, Gounod, Duparc, Chausson, Faure, Debussy, Satie, Ravel--as well as Pou...
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135,36 |
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Beethoven Quartets
ISBN: 9780393009095 / Angielski / Miękka / 1979 / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A critical study of the structure, style, and significance of the sixteen string quartets.
A critical study of the structure, style, and significance of the sixteen string quartets.
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107,86 |
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Haydn Studies: Proceedings of the International Haydn Conference, Washington, D.C., 1975
ISBN: 9780393014549 / Angielski / Twarda / 1981 / 610 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In October, 1975, the International Haydn Conference was held in Washington, D.C., during the last eight days of the Haydn Festival at Kennedy Center. Scholars and musicians from all over the world were brought together for the conference, participating in panel discussions, round tables, and workshops. This collection of Haydn studies is the meticulously edited result of those activities.
In October, 1975, the International Haydn Conference was held in Washington, D.C., during the last eight days of the Haydn Festival at Kennedy Center....
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cena:
242,73 |
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The Metropolitan Opera: Stories of the Great Operas
ISBN: 9780393018882 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 584 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Here at last is the definitive opera story collection, the only one now authorized by the Metropolitan Opera. Written by the associate editor of Opera News magazine, the volume includes the complete plots of 150 different operas, biographical information on all of the 72 composers represented, easy access to the stories through both a table of contents and an index, and a foreword by Peter Allen.
Here at last is the definitive opera story collection, the only one now authorized by the Metropolitan Opera. Written by the associate editor of Opera...
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238,88 |
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Evenings with the Orchestra: A Norton Companion for Concertgoers (First)
ISBN: 9780393029369 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 756 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This companion to the orchestral concert includes background, biographies, and discussions of 200 masterpieces.
This companion to the orchestral concert includes background, biographies, and discussions of 200 masterpieces.
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cena:
265,85 |
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The Metropolitan Opera: Stories of the Great Operas
ISBN: 9780393040517 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Explores a large area of repertory that lies beyond the basic, with considerable attention paid to American opera, but includes also the less familiar operas of Rossini, Verdi, Massenet, and Wagner. Freeman has organized his material in fastidious though not excessive detail and presents it in a down-to-earth, conversational manner. His highly informative essays on the composers are particularly valuable. George Jellinek"
Explores a large area of repertory that lies beyond the basic, with considerable attention paid to American opera, but includes also the less familiar...
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223,46 |
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Music in the Age of the Renaissance
ISBN: 9780393046083 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 1152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Music in the Age of the Renaissance, written by one of the country's leading scholars, brings to life the musical styles and genres that mark this humanistic period of artistic and scientific revolution. In his compelling treatment of how the music was developed and transmitted, Professor Leeman Perkins grounds his narrative firmly in political, religious, social, and cultural history, opening a window onto the lavish courts, magnificent churches, and thriving urban centers in which music played such a vital role. The latest, best, and most comprehensive survey of Renaissance music...
Music in the Age of the Renaissance, written by one of the country's leading scholars, brings to life the musical styles and genres that mark...
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cena:
390,60 |
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Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay: An Anthology
ISBN: 9780393047004 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 676 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An electrifying collection of the most entertaining and illuminating writing on and from the rock-and-roll scene. "Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay" assembles the writing of those who played the music and pushed it to new limits, as well as those who were there to witness and celebrate its power. 20 photos.
An electrifying collection of the most entertaining and illuminating writing on and from the rock-and-roll scene. "Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay" asse...
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cena:
254,29 |
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New Worlds of Dvorak: Searching in America for the Composer's Inner Life
ISBN: 9780393047066 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Focusing on Dvorak's eventful stay in the United States from 1892 to 1895, this book explores the world behind the public legend, offering fresh insights into the composer's music. We see the traditional image--that of a simple Czech fellow with a flair for composing symphonic and chamber music--give way to one of a complex figure writing works filled with hidden drama and secret programs. In his cogent examination of Dvorak's state of mind, Michael B. Beckerman, a noted scholar of Czech music, concludes that the composer suffered from a debilitating and previously unexplored anxiety... Focusing on Dvorak's eventful stay in the United States from 1892 to 1895, this book explores the world behind the public legend, offering fresh in... |
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118,69 |
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The Compleat Brahms: A Guide to the Musical Works of Johannes Brahms
ISBN: 9780393047080 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The 1997 centennial of Brahms's death has intensified interest amongconcertgoers and music lovers in the composer's prodigious body of work.
The 1997 centennial of Brahms's death has intensified interest amongconcertgoers and music lovers in the composer's prodigious body of work.
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cena:
215,75 |
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Music in European Capitals: The Galant Style, 1720-1780
ISBN: 9780393050806 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 1104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This long-awaited book offers a view of eighteenth-century music that is broad and innovative while remaining sensitive to the values of those times and places. One comes away from it with an understanding of the European context behind the triumphs of Haydn and Mozart Lavishly illustrated with music examples and reproductions, both in black-and-white and color, this master study will be of inestimable importance to scholars, cultural historians, performers, and all music lovers.
This long-awaited book offers a view of eighteenth-century music that is broad and innovative while remaining sensitive to the values of those times a...
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cena:
411,38 |
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Machers and Rockers: Chess Records and the Business of Rock & Roll
ISBN: 9780393052800 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A tour-de-force history of Jews, blues, and the birth of a new industry. On the south side of Chicago in the late 1940s, two immigrants, one a Jew born in Russia, the other a black blues singer from Mississippi met and changed the course of musical history. Muddy Waters electrified the blues, and Leonard Chess recorded it. Soon Bo Diddly and Chuck Berry added a dose of pulsating rhythm, and Chess Records captured that, too. Rock & roll had arrived, and an industry was born. In a book as vibrantly and exuberantly written as the music and people it portrays, Rich Cohen tells the engrossing...
A tour-de-force history of Jews, blues, and the birth of a new industry. On the south side of Chicago in the late 1940s, two immigrants, one a Jew bor...
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173,37 |
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Anthology of Medieval Music
ISBN: 9780393090802 / Angielski / Miękka / 1978 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Most of the seventy-one works have been freshly transcribed, and all have been newly engraved for this collection. In choosing the works for inclusion in this collection, many of which have been available in a modern edition, Professor Hoppin ranged widely throughout the gamut of medieval music forms. For example, all the movements for the Solemn Mass of Easter Day are offered along with typical troubadour and trouvere works. Examples of sequence, clausula, organum, and conductus are presented together with Latin and English love songs, motets, rondeaux, and ballate. The result is a... Most of the seventy-one works have been freshly transcribed, and all have been newly engraved for this collection. In choosing the works for ... |
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187,44 |
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The Acoustical Foundations of Music
ISBN: 9780393090963 / Angielski / Twarda / 1977 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The original purpose of Professor Backus's book was to collect and organize the scattered results of research, past and present, in the areas of scientific knowledge that are relevant to music: the physiological properties of sounds; the effect of acoustical environment; the acoustical behavior of musical instruments; and the various applications of electronics and computers to the production, reproduction, and composition of music. The aims and organization of the second edition remain the same; the results are more complete and up-to-date.
The original purpose of Professor Backus's book was to collect and organize the scattered results of research, past and present, in the areas of scien...
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187,44 |
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Twentieth-Century Harmony: Creative Aspects and Practice
ISBN: 9780393095395 / Angielski / Twarda / 1961 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. One of the most important books on contemporary music in the twentieth century.
One of the most important books on contemporary music in the twentieth century.
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210,92 |
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Preludes, Op. 28
ISBN: 9780393096996 / Angielski / Miękka / 1974 / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A score embodying the best available musical text Historical background--what is known of the circumstances surrounding the origin of the work, including (where relevant) original source material A detailed analysis of the music, by the editor of the volume or another well-known scholar Other significant analytic essays and critical comments, exposing the student to a variety of opinions about the music.
A score embodying the best available musical text Historical background--what is known of the circumstances surrounding the origin of the work, includ...
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cena:
103,90 |
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Renaissance and Baroque Music: A Comprehensive Survey
ISBN: 9780393097108 / Angielski / Miękka / 1967 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. These two essays were written by Professor Blume for the monumental encyclopedia of which he was the editor, Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. In the first study he examines the concept of the term 'Renaissance, ' summing up the views of art historians and others; the Renaissance attitude toward music: the treatment of the Renaissance as a period in music history: the various national styles and the types of composition in that period (this section constitutes about half of the essay); and finally the accomplishments of the Renaissance in music.
These two essays were written by Professor Blume for the monumental encyclopedia of which he was the editor, Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. In...
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83,28 |
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Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments
ISBN: 9780393097160 / Angielski / Miękka / 1948 / 466 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The many ramifications of Bach's comprehensive essay have been neatly explained and annotated in a manner that makes the Essay a valuable reference work and an interesting venture in musical literature and history. The translator, William J. Mitchell, brought to his task a long standing familiarity with C. P. E. Bach. The many ramifications of Bach's comprehensive essay have been neatly explained and annotated in a manner that makes the Essay a valuable reference... |
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238,88 |
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Symphony in B Minor (Unfinished)
ISBN: 9780393097313 / Angielski / Miękka / 1971 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Music examples and charts illustrate the analyses, and each essay is fully annotated by the editor. In some cases, the results of the original research by the editor or by others working in the field are published here for the first time. Much of the material has never before appeared in English. A score embodying the best available musical text. Historical background--what is known of the circumstances surrounding the origin of the work, including (where relevant) original source material. A detailed analysis of the music, by the editor of the volume or another... Music examples and charts illustrate the analyses, and each essay is fully annotated by the editor. In some cases, the results of the original rese... |
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98,95 |
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Music in the Romantic Era
ISBN: 9780393097337 / Angielski / Twarda / 1947 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. An illustrated history of musical thought in the nineteenth century and its relationship to the Romantic movement.
An illustrated history of musical thought in the nineteenth century and its relationship to the Romantic movement.
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cena:
227,54 |