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97 produkter
Bach: Mass in B Minor
Häftad, 1991
266 kr
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The Mass in B Minor is arguably Bach's greatest single work. In this short guide John Butt considers the work from many angles offering the reader basic information in a concise and accessible form. The Mass in B Minor is fraught with difficulties regarding its origin, and ambiguities concerning …
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Av James Hepokoski, James a. Hepokoski m. fl.
Häftad, 1993
266 kr
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Sibelius's Fifth is one of the great late-Romantic symphonies. In this searching account, based on a wealth of new information, James Hepokoski takes a fresh look at the work and its composer. His findings have implications beyond Sibelius himself into the entire repertory of Post-Wagnerian …
Vivaldi
The Four Seasons and Other Concertos, Op. 8
Av Paul Everett, Julian Rushton
Häftad, 1996
266 kr
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The Four Seasons and the rest of the concertos in Op. 8 represent Vivaldi's remarkable innovation in the field of the Baroque concerto. This detailed guide examines the work's origin and construction in a way that enables the reader to distinguish what is extraordinary about the Seasons and what …
Serenade in A minor (1898)
2012
527 kr
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This is the first publication of Vaughan Williams's earliest substantial work for orchestra, composed 1897-8 and premiered in April 1901. This attractive work already shows evidence of the composer's emerging musical style and sure grasp of orchestral techniques. Its five movements display much …
Flos campi
2014
329 kr
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for SATB wordless chorus, viola solo, and orchestraA suite for solo viola, wordless chorus (SATB), and small orchestra, Flos Campi is one of Vaughan Williams's most enigmatic pieces. Although the six movements all borrow their titles from the Old Testament's Song of Solomon, the chorus never …
Flos campi
2014
198 kr
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for SATB wordless chorus, viola solo, and orchestraA suite for solo viola, wordless chorus (SATB), and small orchestra, Flos Campi is one of Vaughan Williams's most enigmatic pieces. Although the six movements all borrow their titles from the Old Testament's Song of Solomon, the chorus never …
Mozart
Inbunden, 2006
659 kr
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the great icons of Western music. An amazing prodigy--he toured the capitals of Europe while still a child, astonishing royalty and professional musicians with his precocious skills--he wrote as an adult some of the finest music in the entire European tradition. …
Mozart
Häftad, 2009
362 kr
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the great icons of Western music. An amazing prodigy who toured the capitals of Europe as a child, astonishing royalty and professional musicians with his precocious skills, in his adulthood he wrote some of the finest music in the European tradition. Julian …
The Music of Berlioz
Inbunden, 2001
3319 kr
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The Music of Berlioz offers an overall assessment of Berlioz's musical achievement as we approach the bicentary of his birth in 2003. This is the first full-length musical study of the composer to take into account the rediscovered Messe solennelle, and discusses all aspects of his work, without …
Mozart
E-bok, 2006
182 kr
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the great icons of Western music. An amazing prodigy--he toured the capitals of Europe while still a child, astonishing royalty and professional musicians with his precocious skills--he wrote as an adult some of the finest music in the entire European tradition. …
Mozart
E-bok, 2006
182 kr
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the great icons of Western music. An amazing prodigy--he toured the capitals of Europe while still a child, astonishing royalty and professional musicians with his precocious skills--he wrote as an adult some of the finest music in the entire European tradition. …
Bach: The Goldberg Variations
Av Peter Williams, Julian Rushton
Häftad, 2001
266 kr
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Many listeners and players are fascinated by Bach's Goldberg Variations. In this wideranging and searching study, Professor Williams, one of the leading Bach scholars of our time, helps them probe its depths and understand its uniqueness. He considers the work's historical origins, especially in …
The Musical Language of Berlioz
Häftad, 2008
804 kr
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This book is an analytical and critical study of Berlioz's unique musical style. It does not undertake to analyse all his works, but rather to separate characteristic elements and observe them in action. Berlioz's writings and those of his critics are called upon to help focus the discussion. Part …
W. A. Mozart: Don Giovanni
Av Julian Rushton, Julian Rushton
Häftad, 1981
385 kr
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This book is a study of Mozart's Don Giovanni, his second opera to a libretto by da Ponte. Although it is one of the handful of best-known and most often performed operas of the last two hundred years, Don Giovanni is seldom given in an authentic form and arguments persist as to its nature. Julian …
Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette
Av Julian Rushton, Julian Rushton
Häftad, 1994
266 kr
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Berlioz's 'dramatic symphony' Roméo et Juliette is regarded by many as his finest work; it is certainly among the most original. It is played less often than his earlier symphonies, because it requires solo voices and chorus; yet at its heart is some of the most inspired orchestral music of the …
Chopin: The Four Ballades
Inbunden, 1992
921 kr
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Chopin's four ballades are widely regarded as being amongst the most significant extended works for solo piano of the nineteenth century. In an illuminating discussion, Jim Samson combines history and analysis to provide the reader with a comprehensive picture of these popular piano works. He …
Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos
Av Malcolm Boyd, Julian Rushton
Häftad, 1993
266 kr
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The Brandenburg Concertos represent a pinnacle in the history of the Baroque Concerto, as well as being among the most universally admired of all Bach's works. This fascinating new guide places the concertos in their historical context, investigates their sources, traces their origins and discusses …
Janácek: Glagolitic Mass
Av Paul Wingfield, Julian Rushton
Häftad, 1992
266 kr
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The Glagolitic Mass, written between 1926 and 1927, is not only one of Janácek's most important works: it is also a masterpiece of the twentieth-century choral repertoire. In this fascinating account of the work and its history, Paul Wingfield brings together material from early articles and …
Verdi: Requiem
Av David Rosen, Julian Rushton
Häftad, 1995
266 kr
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Verdi's Messa da Requiem is one of the most frequently performed works of the choral repertoire, and one of Verdi's most important non-operatic works. This new handbook offers an up-to-date account of the work's genesis, its performance history, and issues regarding performing practice. The central …
Schumann: Fantasie, Op. 17
Av Nicholas Marston, Julian Rushton
Häftad, 1992
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
266 kr
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Schumann's Fantasie, Op. 17 is one of the finest examples of Romantic piano music. In a rounded picture of this major keyboard work, Nicholas Marston traces the fascinating history of its composition, drawing on many of Schumann's letters to Clara Wieck and to his publisher. Examining the few …
Beethoven
Symphony No. 9
Av Nicholas Cook, Julian Rushton
Häftad, 1993
266 kr
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Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is acknowledged as one of the supreme masterpieces of the Western tradition. More than any other musical work it has become an international symbol of unity and affirmation. Yet early critics rejected it as cryptic and eccentric, the product of a deaf and ageing composer. …
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 50
Av W. Dean Sutcliffe, W. Dean Sutcliffe m. fl.
Häftad, 1992
266 kr
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The Op. 50 string quartets contain some of the purest writing Haydn ever accomplished. In this first full account of these six quartets Dean Sutcliffe evaluates the Op. 50 in relation to Haydn's more frequently performed quartets and considers their relevance to the composer's wider output. A lucid …
Mozart: The 'Jupiter' Symphony
Av Elaine R. Sisman, Julian Rushton
Inbunden, 1993
1391 kr
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This guide to Mozart's last and most celebrated symphony explores the historical background and aesthetic context of the work as well as the music itself. The early chapters examine the expectations of the symphony in Mozart's Vienna, Mozart's career in 1788 - the year of the three last symphonies …
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Av James Hepokoski, Julian Rushton
Inbunden, 1993
1152 kr
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Sibelius's Fifth is one of the great late-Romantic symphonies. In this searching account, based on a wealth of new information, James Hepokoski takes a fresh look at the work and its composer. His findings have implications beyond Sibelius himself into the entire repertory of Post-Wagnerian …
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides and Other Overtures
Av R. Larry Todd, Julian Rushton
Häftad, 1993
266 kr
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The concert overtures A Midsummer Night's Dream, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, and The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave), conceived by Mendelssohn before the age of twenty, have ranked amongst the most enduring of the nineteenth-century orchestral repertoire. R. Larry Todd offers a historical, stylistic, …
Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex
Av Stephen Walsh, Julian Rushton
Häftad, 1993
266 kr
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Stravinsky's opera-oratorio Oedipus rex is widely acknowledged as one of the most original music-theatre works of the twentieth century. This clear and concise guide is the first ever to be written on this work and it describes the music and its staging in close detail. It offers the first proper …
Mozart: The 'Jupiter' Symphony
Av Elaine R. Sisman, Elaine Rochelle Sisman m. fl.
Häftad, 1993
266 kr
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This guide to Mozart's last and most celebrated symphony explores the historical background and aesthetic context of the work as well as the music itself. The early chapters examine the expectations of the symphony in Mozart's Vienna, Mozart's career in 1788 - the year of the three last symphonies …
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Av John Williamson, Julian Rushton
Häftad, 1993
266 kr
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Richard Strauss's tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra is one of his most controversial works. Its greatest popularity has been achieved when its connection with Nietzsche's book of the same name has seemed less relevant than its associations with Kubrick's film 2001 - A Space Odyssey. Although its …
Brahms: A German Requiem
Av Michael Musgrave, Julian Rushton
Häftad, 1996
266 kr
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The German Requiem is Brahms's largest work, written for orchestra, chorus and two soloists. It made Brahms an international name, and the scope and technique of the composition brought him not only a new audience but also comparison with Bach and Beethoven. Although it fell out of favour for much …
