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Allegro Barbaro and Other Short Works for Solo PianoAn outstanding authority on the folk music of Central and Eastern Europe, Hungarian composer B la Bart k (1881-1945) explored the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic vocabulary of these regions, evolving a terse, vibrant, and unique musical language in his own works.This important compilation of...
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La Mer (the Sea): Three Symphonic SketchesIt may be in fact I have taken on a task that is too much for me; there is no precedent, so I'm obliged to invent new forms. -- Claude DebussyOne of the most revolutionary and influential of modern composers, Claude Debussy (1862-1918) overturned...
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The Leschetizky Method: A Guide to Fine and Correct Piano PlayingBorn in Poland in 1830, Theodor Leschetizky was a pianist, teacher, and composer. Although he toured widely as both a player and conductor, and composed two operas and a number of piano pieces, it was as a teacher that he achieved his greatest renown....
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Frédéric Chopin: The Piano Concertos Arranged for Two Pianos: The Joseffy EditionThis volume offers pianists a unique opportunity to study and master Chopin's two piano concertos: The Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11, and the Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21. Although the composer wrote both works to launch...
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Symphony No. 7 in Full ScoreAmong the most popular of Mahler's symphonic works, the 7th Symphony has neither a "program" nor a folk-song theme. It is a purely instrumental composition, both hopeful and romantic in feeling. The restrained mood and thematic economy of the symphony make it one of...
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Complete Organ Symphonies, Series ICharles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), the greatest French organist of his day, called the ten solo compositions in this two-volume edition organ symphonies to reflect both their secular spirit and the orchestral wealth of the timbres of the new French organs. Cast in the distinctive new...
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Keyboard WorksRenowned for the originality of his music and his gifts as a melodist, Henry Purcell (1659-1695) was the preeminent English composer of the seventeenth century and one of the greatest that nation has ever produced. His gifts are apparent not only in the vocal...
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Symphonies Nos. 5, 6, and 7 in Full ScoreBeethoven's symphonies are among this greatest works -- in the opinion of many, the greatest orchestral compositions in the history of music. Perfect in their fusion of emotion and form, filled with drama and great beauty, they are among the best-known and best-loved works...
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Mass in B Minor in Full ScoreThe B Minor Mass, a cornerstone of Western music, is a composition of truly monumental dimensions, one that occupied Bach intermittently from the 1720s to the 1740s, and the work often regarded as the crowning glory of the great composer's lifework in the field...
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French Song from Berlioz to DuparcInvaluable as a work of reference, in addition to being full of sound judgments and happy suggestions. -- Jacques Barzun, MLA NotesA distinguished musicologist explores 19th-century French art songs in this fascinating study of the melodies of Berlioz, Liszt, Bizet, Saint-Saëns, Franck, Fauré, and...
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Structural Hearing: Tonal Coherence in MusicWritten by a pupil of the late Heinrich Schenker, this outstanding work is the most thorough exposition in English of Schenker's work. Developing and extending the Schenker approach to include modern music, it explores the phenomenon of tonal organization in Western music by means...
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The Led Zeppelin Curse: Jimmy Page and the Haunted Boleskine House"This book is so well-researched and so well-written that I read it non-stop from cover-to-cover because it was so engrossing. Add to it the unsettling possibilities of unknown forces at work, and you have one hell of a story.""This is a well written, exhilarating...
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A Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race & the Soul of America". . . extraordinarily far-reaching. . . . highly accessible." --Notes "No one has written this way about music in a long, long time. Lucid, insightful, with real spiritual, political, intellectual, and emotional grasp of the whole picture. A book about why music matters,...
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Punk FarmFrom the author of National Book Award finalist Hey, Kiddo. After a long day of work, Farmer Joe goes home to bed. But meanwhile, back at the barn . . .Cow sets up her drums.Pig plugs in his amp.Goat tunes his bass.Chicken sets up...
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Selena: Como La FlorA lovingly documented biography of music superstar Selena Quintanilla's life, work, and musical legacy. Selena Quintanilla was a vibrant musical performer, wildly pouplar in the growing field of Tejano music. But her rising star suddenly fell when she was murdered at the age of...
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Unfaithful Music & Disappearing InkThe perfect gift for music lovers and Elvis Costello fans, telling the story behind Elvis Costello's legendary career and his iconic, beloved songs. Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink provides readers with a master's catalogue of a lifetime of great music. Costello reveals the process...
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Basic Harmonic ProgressionsIn this new text, designed to follow SCALES, INTERVALS, KEYS, TRIADS, RHYTHMS, AND METER by the same authors, the procedures of programmed instruction are utilized to promote the student's mastery of part-writing fundamentals and understanding of the basic concepts of harmonic progression.Author: John CloughPublisher:...
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Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America from the Great War Through the Cold WarDangerous Melodies vividly evokes a time when classical music stood at the center of twentieth-century American life, occupying a prominent place in the nation's culture and politics. The work of renowned conductors, instrumentalists, and singers--and the activities of orchestras and opera companies--were intertwined with...
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Beethoven: The Music and the LifeThis brilliant portrayal weaves Beethoven's musical and biographical stories into their historical and artistic contexts. Lewis Lockwood sketches the turbulent personal, historical, political, and cultural frameworks in which Beethoven worked and examines their effects on his music. The result is that rarest of achievements,...
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Thoroughbass MethodIt contains excerpts from the theoretical works by Praetorius, Niedy, Telemann, Mattheson, Heinichen, J. S. and C. P. E. Bach, Quantz, Padre Mattei; numerous examples, including complete pieces, from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and many exercises for the student.Author: Hermann KellerPublisher: W. W....
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