Beethoven and His Forerunners
A study positioning Beethoven within a historical lineage, useful both for musical analysis and for understanding early twentieth-century narratives of stylistic evolution.
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A study positioning Beethoven within a historical lineage, useful both for musical analysis and for understanding early twentieth-century narratives of stylistic evolution.
Stokowski: A Counterpoint of View is a substantial biographical source on Leopold Stokowski. Monumental biography based on hundreds of interviews, correspondence and archival research, covering Stokowski’s origins, Philadelphia years, premieres, recording innovations, broadcasting, Hollywood, new-music advocacy and exceptionally long conducting career. The dossier treats the book not merely…
A Life in Music is a substantial biographical or documentary resource concerning Daniel Barenboim. The dossier identifies the work by author and subject and places it within the history of performance, composition, institutions, repertory and reception where relevant. It is especially useful for distinguishing primary testimony, later recollection…
Volume 2 of the fourteen-volume 1915 reference series The Art of Music is devoted to Classicism and Romanticism. The series combines narrative history, specialist essays, illustrations, reference tools and musical examples, creating a broad survey of the repertory and musical culture recognized by English-language scholarship in the early…
Volume 3 of the fourteen-volume 1915 reference series The Art of Music is devoted to Modern Music. The series combines narrative history, specialist essays, illustrations, reference tools and musical examples, creating a broad survey of the repertory and musical culture recognized by English-language scholarship in the early twentieth…
Volume 4 of the fourteen-volume 1915 reference series The Art of Music is devoted to Music in America. The series combines narrative history, specialist essays, illustrations, reference tools and musical examples, creating a broad survey of the repertory and musical culture recognized by English-language scholarship in the early…
Volume 5 of the fourteen-volume 1915 reference series The Art of Music is devoted to The Voice and Vocal Music. The series combines narrative history, specialist essays, illustrations, reference tools and musical examples, creating a broad survey of the repertory and musical culture recognized by English-language scholarship in…
Volume 6 of the fourteen-volume 1915 reference series The Art of Music is devoted to Choral and Church Music. The series combines narrative history, specialist essays, illustrations, reference tools and musical examples, creating a broad survey of the repertory and musical culture recognized by English-language scholarship in the…
Volume 7 of the fourteen-volume 1915 reference series The Art of Music is devoted to Pianoforte and Chamber Music. The series combines narrative history, specialist essays, illustrations, reference tools and musical examples, creating a broad survey of the repertory and musical culture recognized by English-language scholarship in the…
Volume 8 of the fourteen-volume 1915 reference series The Art of Music is devoted to The Orchestra and Orchestral Music. The series combines narrative history, specialist essays, illustrations, reference tools and musical examples, creating a broad survey of the repertory and musical culture recognized by English-language scholarship in…
Volume 9 of the fourteen-volume 1915 reference series The Art of Music is devoted to The Opera. The series combines narrative history, specialist essays, illustrations, reference tools and musical examples, creating a broad survey of the repertory and musical culture recognized by English-language scholarship in the early twentieth…
Volume 10 of the fourteen-volume 1915 reference series The Art of Music is devoted to The Dance. The series combines narrative history, specialist essays, illustrations, reference tools and musical examples, creating a broad survey of the repertory and musical culture recognized by English-language scholarship in the early twentieth…
Volume 11 of the fourteen-volume 1915 reference series The Art of Music is devoted to Dictionary of Musicians and General Index. The series combines narrative history, specialist essays, illustrations, reference tools and musical examples, creating a broad survey of the repertory and musical culture recognized by English-language scholarship…
Volume 12 of the fourteen-volume 1915 reference series The Art of Music is devoted to Dictionary of Music and General Index. The series combines narrative history, specialist essays, illustrations, reference tools and musical examples, creating a broad survey of the repertory and musical culture recognized by English-language scholarship…
Volume 13 of the fourteen-volume 1915 reference series The Art of Music is devoted to Musical Examples. The series combines narrative history, specialist essays, illustrations, reference tools and musical examples, creating a broad survey of the repertory and musical culture recognized by English-language scholarship in the early twentieth…
Volume 14 of the fourteen-volume 1915 reference series The Art of Music is devoted to Modern Musical Examples. The series combines narrative history, specialist essays, illustrations, reference tools and musical examples, creating a broad survey of the repertory and musical culture recognized by English-language scholarship in the early…
Surette and Mason teach concentrated listening through motives, phrases, variation and form, then place these principles in historical perspective and apply them to repertory without requiring professional theoretical training.
Book / Essay related to Johann Sebastian Bach.
Book / Essay related to Johann Sebastian Bach.
Biography related to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Critical Study related to Robert Schumann, Frédéric Chopin, Hector Berlioz, Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, by Daniel Gregory Mason.