Modern Music and Musicians
Author | : Louis Charles Elson |
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Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Music |
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Author | : Louis Charles Elson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Music |
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Author | : Louis Charles Elson |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2017-12-25 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780484761048 |
Excerpt from Modern Music and Musicians, Vol. 3 Music, as we know it now, with its broad melodies, its harmonic wealth, dazzling instrumental color, its intense expressiveness, is the youngest of the arts. The beginning of its present position dates only from the end of the eighteenth century - from Beethoven. But Beethoven had predecessors who for several centuries had prepared the ground for its heavenly seed. In Russia, music as an art goes back only to 1836, and thanks to the genius of Glinka - armed of a sudden, completely equipped, without preparation of any sort. True it is that the soil was fertile and that the musical genius of the Russian people had long before revealed itself in admirable folk songs which attracted the attention of musicians like Beethoven. I refer to his use of Russian themes in his quartets. In Russia, as everywhere else, vocal music preceded the instrumental. Since the first half of the eighteenth century (1735) an opera house has existed in Petrograd, but the first opera there was Italian. Twenty years later a troupe of Russian singers was organized and music was written to Russian words. Catherine II wrote the texts of five operas. The composers were foreigners. The efforts of a few native composers, even of the most gifted, such as Verstarsky, were so colorless and unskilled that hardly any fragments of the scores have come down to us. Michael Glinka (1804-1857) gave serious study to the piano. As for theory, he busied himself with it, sometimes in Petrograd and sometimes when abroad, but he never took a complete and systematic course. His natural gifts supplied the deficiency. He determined to write an opera, and in "A Life for the Czar," presented in 1836, at once created a masterpiece. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : Louis Charles Elson |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2017-11-19 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780331415483 |
Excerpt from Modern Music and Musicians, Vol. 3: Compositions for Piano Soirée de Vienne, A Minor Valse Impromptu Theme and Variations, Op. 19, No. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : Wigan (England). Free Public Library |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 58 |
Release | : 1903 |
Genre | : Library catalogs |
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Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Music |
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Author | : Louis Charles Elson |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2015-06-24 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9781330102961 |
Excerpt from Modern Music and Musicians, Vol. 3 Music, as we know it now, with its broad melodies, its harmonic wealth, dazzling instrumental color, its intense expressiveness, is the youngest of the arts. The beginning of its present position dates only from the end of the eighteenth century - from Beethoven. But Beethoven had predecessors who for several centuries had prepared the ground for its heavenly seed. In Russia, music as an art goes back only to 1836, and thanks to the genius of Glinka - armed of a sudden, completely equipped, without preparation of any sort. True it is that the soil was fertile and that the musical genius of the Russian people had long before revealed itself in admirable folk songs which attracted the attention of musicians like Beethoven. I refer to his use of Russian themes in his quartets. In Russia, as everywhere else, vocal music preceded the instrumental. Since the first half of the eighteenth century (1735) an opera house has existed in Petrograd, but the first opera there was Italian. Twenty years later a troupe of Russian singers was organized and music was written to Russian words. Catherine II wrote the texts of five operas. The composers were foreigners. The efforts of a few native composers, even of the most gifted, such as Verstarsky, were so colorless and unskilled that hardly any fragments of the scores have come down to us. Michael Glinka (1804-1857) gave serious study to the piano. As for theory, he busied himself with it, sometimes in Petrograd and sometimes when abroad, but he never took a complete and systematic course. His natural gifts supplied the deficiency. He determined to write an opera, and in "A Life for the Czar," presented in 1836, at once created a masterpiece. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : Ruth Glasser |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 1997-05-23 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0520208900 |
Puerto Rican music in New York is given center stage in Ruth Glasser's original and lucid study. Exploring the relationship between the social history and forms of cultural expression of Puerto Ricans, she focuses on the years between the two world wars. Her material integrates the experiences of the mostly working-class Puerto Rican musicians who struggled to make a living during this period with those of their compatriots and the other ethnic groups with whom they shared the cultural landscape. Through recorded songs and live performances, Puerto Rican musicians were important representatives for the national consciousness of their compatriots on both sides of the ocean. Yet they also played with African-American and white jazz bands, Filipino or Italian-American orchestras, and with other Latinos. Glasser provides an understanding of the way musical subcultures could exist side by side or even as a part of the mainstream, and she demonstrates the complexities of cultural nationalism and cultural authenticity within the very practical realm of commercial music. Illuminating a neglected epoch of Puerto Rican life in America, Glasser shows how ethnic groups settling in the United States had choices that extended beyond either maintenance of their homeland traditions or assimilation into the dominant culture. Her knowledge of musical styles and performance enriches her analysis, and a discography offers a helpful addition to the text.
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Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : Music |
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Author | : Thomas Busby |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : 2013-09-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1108065279 |
Published in 1825, this highly entertaining three-volume collection yields all manner of insights into musical life through history.
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Total Pages | : 452 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : Music |
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