Letters of Composers Through Six Centuries
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Total Pages | : 619 |
Release | : 1947 |
Genre | : Musicians |
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Total Pages | : 619 |
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Author | : David Dubal |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 1194 |
Release | : 2003-10-24 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1466807261 |
The ultimate guide to classical composers and their music-for both the novice and the experienced listener Music, according to Aaron Copland, can thrive only if there are "gifted listeners." But today's listeners must choose between classical and rock, opera and rap, and the choices can seem overwhelming at times. In The Essential Canon of Classical Music, David Dubal comes to the aid of the struggling listener and provides a cultural-literacy handbook for classical music. Dubal identifies the 240 composers whose works are most important to an understanding of classical music and offers a comprehensive, chronological guide to their lives and works. He has searched beyond the traditional canon to introduce readers to little-known works by some of the most revered names in classical music-Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert-as well as to the major works of lesser-known composers. In a spirited and opinionated voice, Dubal seeks to rid us of the notion of "masterpieces" and instead to foster a new generation of master listeners. The result is an uncommon collection of the wonders classical music has to offer.
Author | : Claudio Monteverdi |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 470 |
Release | : 1980-10-31 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780521235914 |
A comprehensive edition of Monteverdi's letters which span the years 1601-43 and give an unrivalled picture of the composer's life in Mantua, Venice and Parma, his thoughts on the aesthetics of opera, his colleagues, and his own works. Extensive commentaries introduce each letter.
Author | : Josiah Fisk |
Publisher | : UPNE |
Total Pages | : 532 |
Release | : 1997-01-30 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9781555532796 |
This volume is a greatly expanded version of the classic 1956 anthology by Sam Morgenstern. The editor has added 30 composers to the roster, mostly in the pre-Baroque and contemporary eras, and has taken advantage of recent scholarship to prune and update the entries. The result is a glimpse into the writings of 103 major composers, from Marchetto of Paduo (14th century) on the definition of musician, to the contemporary British composer Oliver Knussen on much the same topic, and Bach's famous memorandum to the Town Council of Leipzig, as well as new discoveries, such as the elegant, cryptic prose of Toru Takemitsu.
Author | : Jessie Ann Owens |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 1998-11-19 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0195351665 |
How did Renaissance composers write their music? In this revolutionary look at a subject that has fascinated scholars for years, musicologist Jessie Ann Owens offers new and striking evidence that contrary to accepted theory, sixteenth-century composers did not use scores to compose--even to write complex vocal polyphony. Drawing on sources that include contemporary theoretical treatises, documents and letters, iconographical evidence, actual fragments of composing slates, and numerous sketches, drafts, and corrected autograph manuscripts, Owens carefully reconstructs the step-by-step process by which composers between 1450 and 1600 composed their music. The manuscript evidence--autographs of more than thirty composers--shows the stages of work on a wide variety of music--instrumental and vocal, sacred and secular--from across most of Renaissance Europe. Her research demonstrates that instead of working in full score, Renaissance composers fashioned the music in parts, often working with brief segments, according to a linear conception. The importance of this discovery on editorial interpretation and on performance cannot be overstated. The book opens with a broad picture of what has been known about Renaissance composition. From there, Owens examines the teaching of composition and the ways in which musicians and composers both read and wrote music. She also considers evidence for composition that occurred independent of writing, such as composing "in the mind" or composing with instruments. In chapters on the manuscript evidence, she establishes a typology both of the sources themselves and of their contents (sketches, drafts, fair copies). She concludes with case studies detailing the working methods of Francesco Corteccia, Henricus Isaac, Cipriano de Rore, and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. This book will change the way we analyze and understand early music. Clear, provocative, and painstakingly researched, Composers at Work: The Craft of Musical Composition 1450-1600 makes essential reading for scholars of Renaissance music as well as those working in related fields such as sketch studies and music theory.
Author | : Doris Bosworth Powers |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Composers |
ISBN | : 0815321791 |
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author | : Richard Taruskin |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 840 |
Release | : 2009-08-27 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0195384830 |
A survey of the traditions of western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time, this book illuminates, through a representative sampling of masterworks, those themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to each musical age.
Author | : Richard Taruskin |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 3856 |
Release | : 2009-07-27 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0199813698 |
The Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time. This text illuminates, through a representative sampling of masterworks, those themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to each musical age. Taking a critical perspective, this text sets the details of music, the chronological sweep of figures, works, and musical ideas, within the larger context of world affairs and cultural history. Written by an authoritative, opinionated, and controversial figure in musicology, The Oxford History of Western Music provides a critical aesthetic position with respect to individual works, a context in which each composition may be evaluated and remembered. Taruskin combines an emphasis on structure and form with a discussion of relevant theoretical concepts in each age, to illustrate how the music itself works, and how contemporaries heard and understood it. It also describes how the c
Author | : Lawrence Earp |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 680 |
Release | : 2013-08-21 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1136781773 |
First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author | : Doris Powers |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2013-01-11 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1136799478 |
Although he is the son of J. S. Bach, C. P. E. Bach is an important composer in his own right, this long-awaited annotated bibliography presents a complete listing of the works of C. P. E. Bach. This volume in the Routledge Music Bibliographies series includes many different aspects of his work: the editing of his father's masterpieces, his concertos and sonatas and theoretical essays. Doris Powers also collects writings that consider C. P. E. Bach's influence, the reception of his works and the cultural milieu in which Bach composed.