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Features 50 compositions from early Middle Ages to mid-18th century, including a Gregorian hymn, English lute piece, operatic arias, instrumental and vocal motets; works by Vivaldi, Telemann, Scarlatti, and others. Features commentary.
The Plague of Milan (c. 1680) is commonly called an oratorio but is best described as a motet. The text, a description of the charitable acts of the Bishop of Milan during the bubonic plague of 1576, is based on Charpentier's holograph manuscript and includes a full score for soloists, double chorus, winds, and strings. This edition includes an analysis of the music and text, a translation of the test, a discussion of editorial problems, and a collection of writings on the work. Originally published in 1979. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
A progressive repertoire series designed to motivate students while allowing them to progress evenly and smoothly from the earliest classics toward intermediate literature. These pieces are from the standard classical literature, chosen to appeal both to teacher and student. Each volume comes with a corresponding CD. PIanist Kim O'Reilly Newman holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Illinois. She has performed throughout North America and Europe with the Hambro Quartet of Pianos and was an editor and recording pianist for Alfred Music. Kim is a brain tumor survivor and now specializes in performing music for the left hand.
"Introduces more than one hundred of the most popular and frequently performed classical works of our era; includes works by Copland, Ives, Gershwin, Bartok, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Ravel, Shostakovich, and many more"--Page 4 of cover.
Michael Steinberg's highly successful listener's guides--The Symphony and The Concerto--have been universally praised for their blend of captivating biography, crystal clear musical analysis, and delightful humor. Now Steinberg follows these two greatly admired volumes with Choral Masterworks: A Listener's Guide, the only such guide available to this most popular of musical forms. Here are more than fifty illuminating essays on the classic choral masterworks, ranging from Handel's Messiah, Bach's Mass in B Minor, and Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, to works by Haydn, Brahms, Mendelssohn, and many others. Steinberg spans the entire history of classical music, from such giants of the Romantic era as Verdi and Berlioz, to leading modern composers such as Elgar, Rachmaninoff, Vaughan Williams, and Stravinsky, to contemporary masters such as John Adams and Charles Wuorinen. For each piece, Steinberg includes a fascinating biographical account of the work's genesis, often spiced with wonderful asides, such as the true story of Mozart's Requiem--Salieri had nothing to do with the composition of it, nor did he poison Mozart, who most likely died of rheumatic fever. The author also includes an astute musical analysis of each piece, one that casual music lovers can easily appreciate and that musicians and more serious fans will find invaluable. The book also includes basic information such as the various movements of the work, the organization of the chorus and orchestra, and brief historical notes on early performances. More than twenty million Americans perform regularly in choirs or choruses. Choral Masterworks will appeal not only to concert goers and CD collectors, but also to this vast multitude of choral performers, an especially engaged and active community.
Early Music History is devoted to the study of music from the early Middle Ages to the end of the seventeenth century. It demands the highest standards of scholarship from its contributors, all of whom are leading academics in their fields. It gives preference to studies pursuing interdisciplinary approaches and to those developing novel methodological ideas. The scope is exceptionally broad and includes manuscript studies, textual criticism, iconography, studies of the relationship between words and music and the relationship between music and society. Articles in volume ten include: Machaut's motet 15 and the Roman de la Rose: the literary context of Amours qui a le pouoir/Faus Samblant m' a deceii/Vidi Dominum; Giulo de' Medici's music books; Parisian nobles, a Scottish princess and the woman's voice in late medieval song.
Poems inspired by traditional nursery rhymes depict the grim reality of inner city life, including such topics as crime, drug abuse, unemployment, and inadequate housing.
Three-volume set features complete translation of major writings by a distinguished Austrian music theorist. Volume I includes analyses of keyboard pieces by Bach, Scarlatti, Chopin, and Beethoven; Bach's music for solo violin, and more.
This lively book takes us back to the first performances of five famous musical compositions: Monteverdi's Orfeo in 1607, Handel's Messiah in 1742, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in 1824, Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique in 1830, and Stravinsky's Sacre du printemps in 1913. Thomas Forrest Kelly sets the scene for each of these premieres, describing the cities in which they took place, the concert halls, audiences, conductors, and musicians, the sound of the music when it was first performed (often with instruments now extinct), and the popular and critical responses. He explores how performance styles and conditions have changed over the centuries and what music can reveal about the societies that produce it. Kelly tells us, for example, that Handel recruited musicians he didn't know to perform Messiah in a newly built hall in Dublin; that Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was performed with a mixture of professional and amateur musicians after only three rehearsals; and that Berlioz was still buying strings for the violas and mutes for the violins on the day his symphony was first played. Kelly's narrative, which is enhanced by extracts from contemporary letters, press reports, account books, and other sources, as well as by a rich selection of illustrations, gives us a fresh appreciation of these five masterworks, encouraging us to sort out our own late twentieth-century expectations from what is inherent in the music.
(Piano Collection). 144 pieces by CPE Bach, JS Bach, Bartok, Beethoven, Burgmuller, Clementi, Dubernoy, Ellmenreich, Greig, Gurlitt, Handel, Heller, Kohler, Kullak, le Couppey, Petzold, Reinecke, Reinhold, Schumann, Streabbog, and Tchaikovsky. All are at the early intermediate level in a convenient value-priced edition. Includes - ANONYMOUS: Minuet in G Major, BWV Appendix 116; Polonaise in G minor, BWV Appendix 119; Musette in D Major, BWV Appendix 126; Minuet in D minor, BWV Appendix 132 * CPE BACH: March in D Major, BWV Appendix 122 * JS BACH: Prelude in C Major, BWV 939 * BARTOK: 9 selections from Ten Easy Pieces * BEETHOVEN: Sonatina in G Major, Anh. 5, No. 1; Waltz in D Major, WoO 85; Eccossaise in E-flat Major, WoO 86 * BURGMULLER: 13 selections from 25 Easy and Progressive Studies , Op. 100 * CLEMENTI: Sonatina in C Major, Op. 36, No.1 * DUVERNOY: Study in A Major from 25 Elementary Studies, Op. 176, No. 15 * ELLMENREICH: Spinning Song, Op. 14, No. 4 * GRIEG: Watchman's Song from Lyric Pieces , Op. 12, No. 3; National Song from Lyric Pieces , Op. 12, No. 8; Sailor's Song from Lyric Pieces , Op. 68, No. 1 * GURLITT: 10 selections from Albumleaves for the Young , Op. 101 * HANDEL: Sarabanda from Suite in D minor, HWV 437 * HELLER: Scampering from 25 Studies , Op. 47, No. 1; Lullaby from 25 Studies , Op. 47, No. 19 * KOHLER: 12 Easy Studies for the Piano , Op. 157 * KULLAK: The Clock from Scenes from Childhood , Op. 62, No. 2 * LE COUPPEY: The Alphabet , Op. 17 * PETZOLD: Minuet in G Major, BWV Appendix 114; Minuet in G minor, BWV Appendix 115 * REINECKE: Sonatina in C Major, Op.136, No. 1; Sonatina in G Major, Op. 136, No. 2 * REINHOLD: March from Miniatures , Op. 39, No. 1; Hungarian Dance from Miniatures , Op. 39, No. 9; Gypsy Song from Miniatures , Op. 39, No. 13 * SCHUMANN: 12 selections from Album for the Young , Op. 68 * STREABBOG: 12 Very Easy and Melodious Studies , Op. 63; 12 Easy and Melodious Studies , Op. 64 * TCHAIKOVSKY: Morning Prayer from Album for the Young , Op. 39, No. 1; The Sick Doll from Album for the Young , Op. 39, No. 6; The Doll's Burial from Album for the Young , Op. 39, No. 7; In Church from Album for the Young , Op. 39, No. 24