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Olivier Messiaen
Texts, Contexts, and Intertexts (1937–1948)
AvRichard D E Burton,Roger Nichols
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
2 131 kr
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The 20th century French composer Olivier Messiaen was a devout Roman Catholic and notably claimed that his music was an expression of his faith. Unsurprisingly, many performers and listeners consider Messiaen's strong religiosity central to their appreciation of the composer's music. Music scholars have devoted much energy to exploring how Messiaen's music was an extension of his religious beliefs. Yet, these works tend to discuss Messiaen's Catholicism solely in terms of personal religious identity and ignore the composer's broader connections to the cultural landscape of Roman Catholicism in France.In Olivier Messiaen: Texts, Contexts, and Intertexts (1937-1948) the late French literature scholar Richard Burton examines nine of Messiaen's works in the context of the broader French Catholic intellectual tradition. Drawing on an expansive knowledge of the Catholic literature and the surrealist tradition, Burton reveals that Messiaen's middle-period compositions are filled with intertextual references to the Bible and other theological writings, which Messiaen, given his reputation for falsifying facts, may have gone to great lengths to obscure. As a Catholic, Messiaen is presented as somewhat removed from the ethos of his time and place, taking no part in the social side of Catholicism that found expression in the Pétainist litany of 'Patrie, Famille, Travail'. Rather, Messiaen regarded himself as having a 'vertical' relationship with God, which could make him seem unworldly and even uncaring. With insights into the artistic careers of Messiaen's notable contemporaries and historical perspectives on the breakdown of French politics during World War II, Burton creates a vivid picture of the previously unexamined spiritual and philosophical inspirations behind Messiaen's pivotal mid-century compositions.
Olivier Messiaen
Texts, Contexts, and Intertexts (1937--1948)
AvRichard D E Burton,Roger Nichols
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2016
1 258 kr
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The 20th century French composer Olivier Messiaen was a devout Roman Catholic and notably claimed that his music was an expression of his faith. Unsurprisingly, many performers and listeners consider Messiaen''s strong religiosity central to their appreciation of the composer''s music. Music scholars have devoted much energy to exploring how Messiaen''s music was an extension of his religious beliefs. Yet, these works tend to discuss Messiaen''s Catholicism solely in terms of personal religious identity and ignore the composer''s broader connections to the cultural landscape of Roman Catholicism in France.In Olivier Messiaen: Texts, Contexts, and Intertexts (1937-1948) the late French literature scholar Richard Burton examines nine of Messiaen''s works in the context of the broader French Catholic intellectual tradition. Drawing on an expansive knowledge of the Catholic literature and the surrealist tradition, Burton reveals that Messiaen''s middle-period compositions are filled with intertextual references to the Bible and other theological writings, which Messiaen, given his reputation for falsifying facts, may have gone to great lengths to obscure. As a Catholic, Messiaen is presented as somewhat removed from the ethos of his time and place, taking no part in the social side of Catholicism that found expression in the P?tainist litany of ''Patrie, Famille, Travail''. Rather, Messiaen regarded himself as having a ''vertical'' relationship with God, which could make him seem unworldly and even uncaring. With insights into the artistic careers of Messiaen''s notable contemporaries and historical perspectives on the breakdown of French politics during World War II, Burton creates a vivid picture of the previously unexamined spiritual and philosophical inspirations behind Messiaen''s pivotal mid-century compositions.
Saint-SaA ns
On Music and Musicians
AvRoger Nichols
E-bok
Engelska, 2008
536 kr
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Camille Saint-Saëns is a memorable figure not only for his successes as a composer of choral and orchestral works, and the eternally popular opera Samson et Dalila, but also because he was a keen observer of the musical culture in which he lived. A composer of vast intelligence and erudition, Saint-Saëns was at the same time one of the foremost writers on music in his day. From Wagner, Liszt and Debussy to Milhaud and Stravinsky, Saint-Saëns was at the center of the elite musical and cultural fin de siècle and early 20th Century world. He championed Schumann and Wagner in France at a period when these composers were regarded as dangerous subversives whose music should be kept well away from the impressionable student. Yet Saint-Saëns himself had no aspirations to being a revolutionary, and his appreciation of Wagner the composer was tempered by his reservations over Wagner the philosopher and dramatist, suspicious as he was of what he called "the Germanic preoccupation with going beyond reality." Whether defending Meyerbeer against charges of facility or Berlioz against those who questioned his harmonic grasp, Saint-Saëns was always his own man: in both cases, he claimed, it was "not the absence of faults but the presence of virtues" that distinguishes the good composer. Saint-Saëns''s writings provide a well-argued counter-discourse to the strong modernist music critics who rallied around Debussy and Ravel during the fin de siècle. And above all, they demonstrate a brilliantly sharp and active brain, expressing itself through prose of a Classical purity and balance, enlivened throughout with flashes of wit and, at times, of sheer malice. In this generously annotated volume, renowned scholar, seasoned translator and radio broadcaster Roger Nichols brings some of the composer''s most striking and evocative writings brilliantly to life in English translation, many for the first time. Nichols has carefully chosen these selections for their intrinsic interest as historical documents to create a well-balanced and engaging view of the man, the music, and the age.
Camille Saint-Saëns
On Music and Musicians
AvNICHOLS,Roger Nichols
Inbunden, Engelska, 2008
819 kr
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Camille Saint-Saëns is a memorable figure not only for his successes as a composer of choral and orchestral works, and the eternally popular opera Samson et Dalila, but also because he was a keen observer of the musical culture in which he lived. A composer of vast intelligence and erudition, Saint-Saëns was at the same time one of the foremost writers on music in his day.From Wagner, Liszt and Debussy to Milhaud and Stravinsky, Saint-Saëns was at the center of the elite musical and cultural fin de siècle and early 20th Century world. He championed Schumann and Wagner in France at a period when these composers were regarded as dangerous subversives whose music should be kept well away from the impressionable student. Yet Saint-Saëns himself had no aspirations to being a revolutionary, and his appreciation of Wagner the composer was tempered by his reservations over Wagner the philosopher and dramatist, suspicious as he was of what he called the Germanic preoccupation with going beyond reality. Whether defending Meyerbeer against charges of facility or Berlioz against those who questioned his harmonic grasp, Saint-Saëns was always his own man: in both cases, he claimed, it was not the absence of faults but the presence of virtues that distinguishes the good composer. Saint-Saëns's writings provide a well-argued counter-discourse to the strong modernist music critics who rallied around Debussy and Ravel during the fin de siècle. And above all, they demonstrate a brilliantly sharp and active brain, expressing itself through prose of a Classical purity and balance, enlivened throughout with flashes of wit and, at times, of sheer malice. In this generously annotated volume, renowned scholar, seasoned translator and radio broadcaster Roger Nichols brings some of the composer's most striking and evocative writings brilliantly to life in English translation, many for the first time. Nichols has carefully chosen these selections for their intrinsic interest as historical documents to create a well-balanced and engaging view of the man, the music, and the age.
Saint-SaA ns
On Music and Musicians
AvRoger Nichols
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2008
536 kr
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Camille Saint-Saëns is a memorable figure not only for his successes as a composer of choral and orchestral works, and the eternally popular opera Samson et Dalila, but also because he was a keen observer of the musical culture in which he lived. A composer of vast intelligence and erudition, Saint-Saëns was at the same time one of the foremost writers on music in his day. From Wagner, Liszt and Debussy to Milhaud and Stravinsky, Saint-Saëns was at the center of the elite musical and cultural fin de siècle and early 20th Century world. He championed Schumann and Wagner in France at a period when these composers were regarded as dangerous subversives whose music should be kept well away from the impressionable student. Yet Saint-Saëns himself had no aspirations to being a revolutionary, and his appreciation of Wagner the composer was tempered by his reservations over Wagner the philosopher and dramatist, suspicious as he was of what he called "the Germanic preoccupation with going beyond reality." Whether defending Meyerbeer against charges of facility or Berlioz against those who questioned his harmonic grasp, Saint-Saëns was always his own man: in both cases, he claimed, it was "not the absence of faults but the presence of virtues" that distinguishes the good composer. Saint-Saëns''s writings provide a well-argued counter-discourse to the strong modernist music critics who rallied around Debussy and Ravel during the fin de siècle. And above all, they demonstrate a brilliantly sharp and active brain, expressing itself through prose of a Classical purity and balance, enlivened throughout with flashes of wit and, at times, of sheer malice. In this generously annotated volume, renowned scholar, seasoned translator and radio broadcaster Roger Nichols brings some of the composer''s most striking and evocative writings brilliantly to life in English translation, many for the first time. Nichols has carefully chosen these selections for their intrinsic interest as historical documents to create a well-balanced and engaging view of the man, the music, and the age.
Ravel
AvRoger Nichols
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
241 kr
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This new biography of Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), by one of the leading scholars of nineteenth- and twentieth-century French music, is based on a wealth of written and oral evidence, some newly translated and some derived from interviews with the composer’s friends and associates. As well as describing the circumstances in which Ravel composed, the book explores new evidence to present radical views of the composer’s background and upbringing, his notorious failure in the Prix de Rome, his incisive and often combative character, his sexual preferences, and his long final illness. It also contains the most detailed account so far published of his hugely successful American tour of 1928. The world of Maurice Ravel—including friendships (and some fallings-out) with Debussy, Fauré, Diaghilev, Gershwin, and Toscanini—is deftly uncovered in this sensitive portrait.
Poulenc
A Biography
AvRoger Nichols
Inbunden, Engelska, 2020
319 kr
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An authoritative account of the life and work of Francis Poulenc, one of the most prolific and striking figures in twentieth-century classical music"An assured overview of Poulenc’s life and work."—Alex Ross, New Yorker“Essential reading for anyone interested in the French musical culture of Poulenc’s time. This is the biography the composer deserves.”—Christopher Dingle, BBC Music Magazine, Named one of the Best Books on Classical Music in 2020 by BBC Music MagazineFrancis Poulenc is a key figure in twentieth-century classical music, as well as an unorthodox and striking individual. Roger Nichols draws upon Poulenc's music and other primary sources to write an authoritative life of this great artist. Although associated with five other French composers in what came to be called “Les Six”, Poulenc was very much sui generis in personality and in his music, where he excelled over a wide repertoire—opera, songs, ballet scores, chamber works, piano pieces, sacred and secular choral works, orchestral works and concertos. This book fully covers this wide range, while also describing the vicissitudes of Poulenc's life and the many important relationships he had with major figures such as Satie, Ravel, Stravinsky, Diaghilev, Cocteau and others.
Livy: Stories of Rome
AvLivy,Roger Nichols
Häftad, Engelska, 1982
245 kr
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Accessible translations for GCSE students. The translated extracts in Livy: Stories of Rome are linked by commentaries which continue the narrative and discuss points in the text needing explanation.
Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
AvRoger Nichols,Richard Langham Smith
Häftad, Engelska, 1989
301 kr
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The first comprehensive guide to Pelléas et Mélisande, Debussy's only completed opera, this book is written by three of the leading authorities on French music of the period. As a background to the opera Richard Langham Smith discusses the play, by the Belgian dramatist Maeterlinck, and considers its literary roots. David Grayson then traces the genesis and composition of the opera, examining also the sketches and rejected versions in order to illuminate Debussy's compositional strategies. A detailed synopsis by Roger Nichols, which considers carefully Debussy's musical response to the text, forms a central chapter. The book then moves on to consider more detailed aspects of the style and language of the opera. The relationship between symbols and musical motives forms the basis of a chapter by Richard Langham Smith, and a subsequent chapter by him considers the themes of darkness and light and the key-schemes used to portray them. Two chapters by Roger Nichols on the various performances since 1902 and on the ideas of interpreters and commentators complete the text. The book concludes with a detailed bibliography and a discography.
The Life of Debussy
AvRoger Nichols
Inbunden, Engelska, 1998
721 kr
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'That great blue Sphinx', Debussy called the sea. Debussy himself was something of a Sphinx: in the early 1890s he was thinking of 'founding a society for musical esotericism', and although, on the surface, most of his music is instantly engaging and accessible, at a deeper level run currents that are dangerous, unpredictable, destructive. In this biography, Roger Nichols considers the life and music of this seminal figure, charting the currents and the whirlpools in which other humans were sometimes unlucky enough to get caught. Debussy's status is such that no modern composer has been able to ignore him, asking, as he does, any number of riddles to which late twentieth-century music is still searching for answers.
The Life of Debussy
AvRoger Nichols
Häftad, Engelska, 1998
426 kr
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'That great blue Sphinx', Debussy called the sea. Debussy himself was something of a Sphinx: in the early 1890s he was thinking of 'founding a society for musical esotericism', and although, on the surface, most of his music is instantly engaging and accessible, at a deeper level run currents that are dangerous, unpredictable, destructive. In this biography, Roger Nichols considers the life and music of this seminal figure, charting the currents and the whirlpools in which other humans were sometimes unlucky enough to get caught. Debussy's status is such that no modern composer has been able to ignore him, asking, as he does, any number of riddles to which late twentieth-century music is still searching for answers.
Henri Dutilleux: Music - Mystery and Memory
Conversations with Claude Glayman
AvRoger Nichols,Roger Nichols
Inbunden, Engelska, 2003
2 640 kr
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Born in 1916, Henri Dutilleux is one of France’s leading composers, enjoying an international reputation for his beautifully crafted works. This is the first translation into English of a series of interviews between Dutilleux and the French writer and journalist Claude Glayman which took place in 1996. Dutilleux discusses aspects of his life including his early training at the Paris Conservatoire, the German occupation of France and the time that he spent in the United States. The interviews reveal much about his music and his approach to composition, as well as the influences on his musical style. Originally published by Actes Sud in 1997, this English edition is the work of translator Roger Nichols, one of the UK’s leading specialists on French music.
Francis Poulenc: Articles and Interviews
Notes from the Heart
AvNicolas Southon,Roger Nichols
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
646 kr
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’He plays the piano well,’ wrote the society hostess Mme de Saint-Marceaux in her diary on 18 March 1927. ’His compositions are not devoid of talent but he’s not a genius, and I’m afraid he thinks he is.’ Intelligent though the lady was, she got this one spectacularly wrong. Poulenc has in fact outpaced his colleagues in Les Six by many a mile, as singers and instrumentalists all over the world will attest, and while he would never have accepted the title of ’genius’, preferring ’artisan’, a genius is increasingly what he appears to have been. Part of the answer lay in always being his own man, and this independence of spirit shows through in his writings and interviews just as brightly as in his music, whether it’s boasting that he’d be happy never to hear The Mastersingers ever again, pointing out that what critics condemn as the ’formlessness’ of French music is one of its delights, voicing his outrage at attempts to ’finish’ the Unfinished Symphony, writing ’in praise of banality’ - or remembering the affair of Debussy’s hat. And in every case, his intelligence, humour and generosity of spirit help explain why he was so widely and deeply loved. This volume comprises selected articles from Francis Poulenc: J’écris ce qui me chante (Fayard, 2011) edited by Nicholas Southon. Many of these articles and interviews have not been available in English before and Roger Nichols's translation, capturing the very essence of Poulenc’s lively writing style, makes more widely accessible this significant contribution to Poulenc scholarship.
Henri Dutilleux: Music - Mystery and Memory
Conversations with Claude Glayman
AvRoger Nichols,Roger Nichols
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
883 kr
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Born in 1916, Henri Dutilleux is one of France’s leading composers, enjoying an international reputation for his beautifully crafted works. This is the first translation into English of a series of interviews between Dutilleux and the French writer and journalist Claude Glayman which took place in 1996. Dutilleux discusses aspects of his life including his early training at the Paris Conservatoire, the German occupation of France and the time that he spent in the United States. The interviews reveal much about his music and his approach to composition, as well as the influences on his musical style. Originally published by Actes Sud in 1997, this English edition is the work of translator Roger Nichols, one of the UK’s leading specialists on French music.
Francis Poulenc: Articles and Interviews
Notes from the Heart
AvRoger Nichols,Nicolas Southon
E-bok
Engelska, 2016
750 kr
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’He plays the piano well,’ wrote the society hostess Mme de Saint-Marceaux in her diary on 18 March 1927. ’His compositions are not devoid of talent but he’s not a genius, and I’m afraid he thinks he is.’ Intelligent though the lady was, she got this one spectacularly wrong. Poulenc has in fact outpaced his colleagues in Les Six by many a mile, as singers and instrumentalists all over the world will attest, and while he would never have accepted the title of ’genius’, preferring ’artisan’, a genius is increasingly what he appears to have been. Part of the answer lay in always being his own man, and this independence of spirit shows through in his writings and interviews just as brightly as in his music, whether it’s boasting that he’d be happy never to hear The Mastersingers ever again, pointing out that what critics condemn as the ’formlessness’ of French music is one of its delights, voicing his outrage at attempts to ’finish’ the Unfinished Symphony, writing ’in praise of banality’ - or remembering the affair of Debussy’s hat. And in every case, his intelligence, humour and generosity of spirit help explain why he was so widely and deeply loved. This volume comprises selected articles from Francis Poulenc: J’écris ce qui me chante (Fayard, 2011) edited by Nicholas Southon. Many of these articles and interviews have not been available in English before and Roger Nichols''s translation, capturing the very essence of Poulenc’s lively writing style, makes more widely accessible this significant contribution to Poulenc scholarship.
Francis Poulenc: Articles and Interviews
Notes from the Heart
AvRoger Nichols,Nicolas Southon
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2016
750 kr
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’He plays the piano well,’ wrote the society hostess Mme de Saint-Marceaux in her diary on 18 March 1927. ’His compositions are not devoid of talent but he’s not a genius, and I’m afraid he thinks he is.’ Intelligent though the lady was, she got this one spectacularly wrong. Poulenc has in fact outpaced his colleagues in Les Six by many a mile, as singers and instrumentalists all over the world will attest, and while he would never have accepted the title of ’genius’, preferring ’artisan’, a genius is increasingly what he appears to have been. Part of the answer lay in always being his own man, and this independence of spirit shows through in his writings and interviews just as brightly as in his music, whether it’s boasting that he’d be happy never to hear The Mastersingers ever again, pointing out that what critics condemn as the ’formlessness’ of French music is one of its delights, voicing his outrage at attempts to ’finish’ the Unfinished Symphony, writing ’in praise of banality’ - or remembering the affair of Debussy’s hat. And in every case, his intelligence, humour and generosity of spirit help explain why he was so widely and deeply loved. This volume comprises selected articles from Francis Poulenc: J’écris ce qui me chante (Fayard, 2011) edited by Nicholas Southon. Many of these articles and interviews have not been available in English before and Roger Nichols''s translation, capturing the very essence of Poulenc’s lively writing style, makes more widely accessible this significant contribution to Poulenc scholarship.
Henri Dutilleux: Music - Mystery and Memory
Conversations with Claude Glayman
AvRoger Nichols,Roger Nichols
E-bok
Engelska, 2017
1 061 kr
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Born in 1916, Henri Dutilleux is one of Franceâ€˜s leading composers, enjoying an international reputation for his beautifully crafted works. This is the first translation into English of a series of interviews between Dutilleux and the French writer and journalist Claude Glayman which took place in 1996. Dutilleux discusses aspects of his life including his early training at the Paris Conservatoire, the German occupation of France and the time that he spent in the United States. The interviews reveal much about his music and his approach to composition, as well as the influences on his musical style. Originally published by Actes Sud in 1997, this English edition is the work of translator Roger Nichols, one of the UKâ€˜s leading specialists on French music.
Henri Dutilleux: Music - Mystery and Memory
Conversations with Claude Glayman
AvRoger Nichols,Roger Nichols
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2017
1 061 kr
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Born in 1916, Henri Dutilleux is one of Franceâ€˜s leading composers, enjoying an international reputation for his beautifully crafted works. This is the first translation into English of a series of interviews between Dutilleux and the French writer and journalist Claude Glayman which took place in 1996. Dutilleux discusses aspects of his life including his early training at the Paris Conservatoire, the German occupation of France and the time that he spent in the United States. The interviews reveal much about his music and his approach to composition, as well as the influences on his musical style. Originally published by Actes Sud in 1997, this English edition is the work of translator Roger Nichols, one of the UKâ€˜s leading specialists on French music.
Francis Poulenc: Articles and Interviews
Notes from the Heart
AvNicolas Southon,Roger Nichols
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
2 561 kr
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’He plays the piano well,’ wrote the society hostess Mme de Saint-Marceaux in her diary on 18 March 1927. ’His compositions are not devoid of talent but he’s not a genius, and I’m afraid he thinks he is.’ Intelligent though the lady was, she got this one spectacularly wrong. Poulenc has in fact outpaced his colleagues in Les Six by many a mile, as singers and instrumentalists all over the world will attest, and while he would never have accepted the title of ’genius’, preferring ’artisan’, a genius is increasingly what he appears to have been. Part of the answer lay in always being his own man, and this independence of spirit shows through in his writings and interviews just as brightly as in his music, whether it’s boasting that he’d be happy never to hear The Mastersingers ever again, pointing out that what critics condemn as the ’formlessness’ of French music is one of its delights, voicing his outrage at attempts to ’finish’ the Unfinished Symphony, writing ’in praise of banality’ - or remembering the affair of Debussy’s hat. And in every case, his intelligence, humour and generosity of spirit help explain why he was so widely and deeply loved. This volume comprises selected articles from Francis Poulenc: J’écris ce qui me chante (Fayard, 2011) edited by Nicholas Southon. Many of these articles and interviews have not been available in English before and Roger Nichols's translation, capturing the very essence of Poulenc’s lively writing style, makes more widely accessible this significant contribution to Poulenc scholarship.
Sturm-Liouville Operators, Their Spectral Theory, and Some Applications
AvFritz Gesztesy,Roger Nicholsm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
1 614 kr
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This book provides a detailed treatment of the various facets of modern Sturm-Liouville theory, including such topics as Weyl:ndash;Titchmarsh theory, classical, renormalized, and perturbative oscillation theory, boundary data maps, traces and determinants for Sturm-Liouville operators, strongly singular Sturm–Liouville differential operators, generalized boundary values, and Sturm-Liouville operators with distributional coefficients. To illustrate the theory, the book develops an array of examples from Floquet theory to short-range scattering theory, higher-order KdV trace relations, elliptic and algebro-geometric finite gap potentials, reflectionless potentials and the Sodin-Yuditskii class, as well as a detailed collection of singular examples, such as the Bessel, generalized Bessel, and Jacobi operators. A set of appendices contains background on the basics of linear operators and spectral theory in Hilbert spaces, Schatten-von Neumann classes of compact operators, self-adjoint extensions of symmetric operators, including the Friedrichs and Krein-von Neumann extensions, boundary triplets for ODEs, Krein-type resolvent formulas, sesquilinear forms, Nevanlinna-Herglotz functions, and Bessel functions.
Del 201 - Eastman Studies in Music
Berlioz the Critic
Selected Writings from 1837 to 1850
AvRoger Nichols,Julian Rushton
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
1 162 kr
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Hector Berlioz combined writing music with lively and informed music criticism. This collection of articles, engagingly translated by Roger Nichols, covers the middle years of his critical career.PRESTO MUSIC BOOK OF THE MONTH JUNE 2025Berlioz's music criticism from 1837 to 1850 covers a period druing which he composed some of his finest works, and travelled abroad to perform them before appreciative audiences in Germany, Russia, and England. Roger Nichols has chosen and translated extracts from fifty-eight articles of particular interest, with commentary and notes identifying people mentioned. Berlioz scholars Peter Bloom and Julian Rushton provide an informative introduction and a comprehensive editorial apparatus. In the selected articles Berlioz discusses Paris performances of early and modern music, including new operas and revivals, and concerts at the Paris Conservatoire. He comments freely but with understanding on conductors, singers and instrumentalists. The essays demonstrate the composer's concern with innovation in the design of musical instruments and assess the quality of performing venues. Berlioz writes on the musical life of London, France, and Germany, most entertainingly about the inauguration of statues of Beethoven and Rossini. The selection is framed by major articles on "Imitation in Music" and on Gluck's opera Alceste.
Light Being's Journey
AvRoger Nichols
E-bok
Engelska
51 kr
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Weaving the Web: Beyond the Light
AvRoger Nichols
E-bok
Engelska
51 kr
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Twin Souls: Lighting the Path
AvRoger Nichols
E-bok
Engelska
51 kr
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Piano Concerto in G major (Urtext Edition)
Edition Peters
2014
396 kr
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This new Urtext edition, by the leading Ravel scholar, Roger Nichols, is based on all available manuscript and printed sources, and the first recording (1932), made under Ravel’s supervision. It includes a historical preface, in which Roger Nichols considers the origins or the work and early public reaction, and a critical commentary.
Diese Urtext-Ausgabe des Klavierkonzertes in G-Dur, herausgegeben vom führenden Ravel-Forscher Roger Nichols, basiert auf allen erreichbaren handschriftlichen und gedruckten Quellen sowie der ersten Aufnahme von 1932, die unter Ravels persönlicher Aufsicht entstand. Die Ausgabe für zwei Klaviere enthält ein instruktives Vorwort, in dem Roger Nichols die Ursprünge des Werks und die frühen öffentlichen Reaktionen thematisiert, sowie einen Kritischen Bericht.
Méditation from Thaïs (Arranged for Violin and Piano)
Edition Peters
2001
179 kr
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This arrangement for violin and piano of the famous Méditation from Massenet's opera Thaïs from Edition Peters contains separate violin and piano parts and has been arranged and edited by Roger Nichols. One of the world's foremost authorities on the music of France, Roger Nichols has published and broadcast extensively on the music of composers such as Ravel, Satie, Debussy, Chabrier and Berlioz. In 2006 he was appointed chevalier de la Légion d'honneur for his services to French music.Thaïs, Massenet's tenth completed opera, had its première at the Paris Opéra on 16 March 1894 with the American soprano Sibyl Sanderson in the title role. The libretto by Louis Gallet was based on Anatole France's novel of the same name, serialized in the Revue des deux mondes in 1889 and published in book form the following year.The story tells of the conversion to Christianity of the courtesan Thaïs by the holy man Athanael, and his parallel but opposite conversion to a life dominated by lust for her. The "Méditation" for solo violin and orchestra, joining the two scenes of Act II, describes the beginning of Thaïs's conversion. The work was not received well initially; by 1897, when Sanderson retired, it had reached only its fourteenth performance. But the "Méditation" was an instant success with violinists, and its religious association also encouraged church organists to play it at Mass during the Communion. Even Pope Pius X's motu proprio of 1903, specifically demanding that the music heard in church should "not include reminiscences of those employed in the opera house", could not prevail against it.
Méditation aus Thaïs (Bearbeitung für Violine und Klavier)Das bei weitem berühmteste Stück des französischen Komponisten Jules Massenet, Méditation, stammt aus der Oper Thaïs, führte durch dessen Beliebtheit die Oper und auch Massenet zu großem Erfolg. In der Geschichte symbolisiert diese Melodie die Bekehrung der Hauptfigur Thaïs zum Christentum, doch ihre Melodramatik wirkt auch abseits der Bühne. Oft wird das Stück als Zugabe genutzt, oder im Gottesdienst, mit Verweis auf den Bezug zum Christentum in Thaïs. Die Meditation gibt dem Spieler eine relativ simple Basis, um in der Interpretation höchste Gefühle auszudrücken.
Le tombeau de Couperin for Piano
Edition Peters
2001
240 kr
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New Urtext Edition of the music of Maurice Ravel by Roger Nichols. In preparing this Urtext edition of Ravel's piano music, Roger Nichols consulted no fewer than 14 sources - including sound recordings by Ravel himself and other pianists with whom the composer worked. As a result he is uniquely qualified to evaluate the complexity of the sources and, with this edition, has provided today's pianists with the tools to make their own well-informed performance choices about this infinitely-rewarding repertoire. This volume contains Le tombeau de Couperin, Ravel's elegy for friends who had died in the First World War. Contains a preface in French, English and German, critical commentary, and authoratitive text of the score.
Le tombeau de Couperin für KlavierNeue Urtextausgabe der Musik von Maurice Ravel von Roger Nichols. Bei der Erstellung dieser Urtextausgabe von Ravels Klaviermusik hat Roger Nichols nicht weniger als 14 Quellen herangezogen – darunter Tonaufnahmen von Ravel selbst und anderen Pianisten, mit denen der Komponist zusammengearbeitet hat. Dadurch ist er in einzigartiger Weise in der Lage, die Komplexität der Quellen einzuschätzen, und hat mit dieser Ausgabe den heutigen Pianisten die Werkzeuge an die Hand gegeben, mit denen sie ihre eigenen, wohlüberlegten Aufführungsentscheidungen für dieses unendlich lohnende Repertoire treffen können. Dieser Band enthält Le Tombeau de Couperin, Ravels Elegie für Freunde, die im Ersten Weltkrieg gefallen waren. Enthält ein Vorwort in Französisch, Englisch und Deutsch, einen kritischen Kommentar und einen maßgeblichen Text der Partitur.
Dôme épais: Flower Duet from Lakmé
Edition Peters
2001
153 kr
Skickas inom 11-20 vardagar
Lakmé is set in a province of nineteenth-century India under British rule, and the opening scene, during which this duetis heard, takes place in the beautiful gardenof the temple built by the Brahmin priest, Nilakantha. He hates the British invaders (for one thing, they have forbidden him to practise his religion) and the plot hinges around the clash between this hatred and the love between his daughter Lakmé and the British officer Gérald. Before Gérald appears, Lakmé and her slave Mallika sing this duet as they prepare to bathe in the river.
Dôme épais: Blumenduett aus Lakmé für Sopran, Mezzosopran und Klavier
Sonatine
Edition Peters
2001
139 kr
Skickas inom 11-20 vardagar
Sonatine by Ravel for solo piano. In preparing this Urtext edition of Ravel’s piano music, Roger Nichols consulted no fewer than 14 sources - including sound recordings by Ravel himself and other pianists with whom the composer worked. As a result he is uniquely qualified to evaluate the complexity of the sources and, with this edition, has provided today’s pianists with the tools to make their own well-informed performance choices about this infinitely-rewarding repertoire.
Ravels Sonatine für Klavier. Bei der Vorbereitung dieser Urtextausgabe hat Roger Nichols nicht weniger als 14 Quellen herangezogen - darunter Tonaufnahmen von Ravel selbst und anderen Pianisten, mit denen der Komponist zusammenarbeitete. Dadurch ist er in einzigartiger Weise in der Lage, die Komplexität der Quellen zu bewerten, und mit dieser Ausgabe hat er den Pianisten von heute das Handwerkszeug an die Hand gegeben, um ihre eigenen, fundierten Aufführungsentscheidungen für dieses unendlich lohnende Repertoire zu treffen.
Ave Maria
Edition Peters
2004
166 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
Ave Maria (for High Voice: G; Medium Voice: F; Low Voice: D), violin and piano. Gounod wrote the first version of this famous song in 1852 and it was published in December of that year by Mayaud as 'Premier prélude de J.S. Bach'. The words were by Lamartine – 'Vers sur un album' from his Recueillments poétiques of 1839. Exactly when these words were supplanted by those of the 'Ave Maria' is not clear, but it seems to have happened within the first few years of the song's life. Includes score and separate violin part.

Roger Nichols – författare

Olivier Messiaen

Olivier Messiaen

Saint-SaA ns

Camille Saint-Saëns

Saint-SaA ns

Ravel

Poulenc

Livy: Stories of Rome

Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande

The Life of Debussy

The Life of Debussy

Henri Dutilleux: Music - Mystery and Memory

Francis Poulenc: Articles and Interviews

Henri Dutilleux: Music - Mystery and Memory

Francis Poulenc: Articles and Interviews

Francis Poulenc: Articles and Interviews

Henri Dutilleux: Music - Mystery and Memory

Henri Dutilleux: Music - Mystery and Memory

Francis Poulenc: Articles and Interviews

Sturm-Liouville Operators, Their Spectral Theory, and Some Applications

Berlioz the Critic

Light Being's Journey

Weaving the Web: Beyond the Light

Twin Souls: Lighting the Path

Piano Concerto in G major (Urtext Edition)

Méditation from Thaïs (Arranged for Violin and Piano)

Le tombeau de Couperin for Piano

Dôme épais: Flower Duet from Lakmé

Sonatine

Ave Maria