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Defining Deutschtum: Political Ideology, German Identity, and Music-Critical Discourse in Liberal Vienna offers a nuanced look at the intersection of music, cultural identity, and political ideology in late-nineteenth-century Vienna. Drawing on an...

A fun and easy way to learn to play the piano or keyboard, with helpful instruction on classic and favorite songs. Written by the author of the best-selling Build It! series in collaboration with an experienced piano teacher, the Play It! books teach...

In the course of the nineteenth century, four-hand piano playing emerged across Europe as a popular pastime of the well-heeled classes and of those looking to join them. Nary a canonic work of classical music that was not set for piano duo, nary a house...

The book is devoted to Shostakovich's most controversial symphony, composed at the height of Stalin's Purges. It rescued Shostakovich from official disfavour and deeply moved audiences. The critics recognized it as a masterpiece, but they were perplexed...

Mixed Doubles is an imaginative collection of 20 duets to enjoy with a teacher or friend. Here are classical, jazzy, and folk duets, together with characterful dances, the chance to improvise your own duet, and fun listening games. An excellent companion...

How does music heard and played over many years inform one's sense of home? In Distant Melodies, Edward Dusinberre, the English first violinist of the Takacs Quartet, explores changing ideas of home, exile and return in the lives and particular chamber...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781998351046Author Mavis HimesFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Kinetics Design - Kdbooks.CAPublisher Kinetics Design - Kdbooks.CAWeight(grams)...

BL For beginners of all ages BL Clear and systematic progression BL Companion book to Creative Saxophone BL 26 pieces that mirror the progression of the tutor book BL Focuses on contemporary music styles BL First steps in developing ensemble playing...

Music Medals Guitar Ensemble Pieces are five volumes of enjoyable and accessible repertoire. Each volume contains original pieces and imaginative arrangements for duets, trios and quartet. Excellent material for mixed-ability groups as well as being an...

arranged for one or two violin(s), one or two viola(s), and pianoBook InformationISBN 9780193569836Author George Frideric HandelPage Count 16Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams) 87gDimensions(mm) 312mm * 232mm *...

A comprehensive and immersive survey of thirty-five Beethoven piano sonatas "Beethoven piano sonatas accompany every pianist, amateur or professional for his or her entire life and constitute one of the most miraculous constants of the human...

Dave Brubeck's Time Out ranks among the most popular, successful, and influential jazz albums of all time. Released by Columbia in 1959 alongside such other landmark albums as Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and Charles Mingus's Mingus Ah Um, Time Out became...

Performing edition of Walton's String Quartet in A minor, based on the edition published in the Walton Edition Chamber Music volume. The work was first performed in 1947 and later revised as the Sonata for String Orchestra.About the AuthorSir William...

This comprehensive but concise guide for the student of orchestration is also an excellent book of reference for the practicing musician. Each instrument is considered within its respective group and helpful details are given on compass, technique, and...

A new biography of Shostakovich that views him through the intimate music of his string quartets Most previous books about Dmitri Shostakovich have focused on either his symphonies and operas, or his relationship to the regime under which he lived, or...

Music Medals Guitar Ensemble Pieces are five volumes of enjoyable and accessible repertoire. Each volume contains original pieces and imaginative arrangements for duets, trios and quartet. Excellent material for mixed-ability groups as well as being an...

This varied and exciting duet collection is full of new and accessible arrangements for every duet player and lover of Baroque music. In beautifully prepared editions, you'll find perennial favourites as well as a host of other Baroque classics and less...

Music Medals Guitar Ensemble Pieces are five volumes of enjoyable and accessible repertoire. Each volume contains original pieces and imaginative arrangements for duets, trios and quartet. Excellent material for mixed-ability groups as well as being an...

Music Medals Guitar Ensemble Pieces are five volumes of enjoyable and accessible repertoire. Each volume contains original pieces and imaginative arrangements for duets, trios and quartet. Excellent material for mixed-ability groups as well as being an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786690213Author Renata BrattImprint Mel Bay Publications,U.S.Publisher Mel Bay Publications,U.S.

Music Medals Guitar Ensemble Pieces are five volumes of enjoyable and accessible repertoire. Each volume contains original pieces and imaginative arrangements for duets, trios and quartet. Excellent material for mixed-ability groups as well as being an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906509040Author Christian TylerFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Unicorn Publishing GroupPublisher Unicorn Publishing Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374527006Author Arnold SteinhardtFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...

More String Time Joggers is a welcome addition to the ensemble repertoire for beginner strings from the authors of the award-winning Fiddle Time series. This exciting collection provides inventive and enjoyable ensemble material for all string groups,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617804236Author Ludwig van BeethovenPage Count 76Imprint G Schirmer, IncorporatedPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

More String Time Joggers is a welcome addition to the ensemble repertoire for beginner strings from the authors of the award-winning Fiddle Time series. This exciting collection provides inventive and enjoyable ensemble material for all string groups,...

Oxford's highly successful listener's guides-The Symphony, The Concerto, and Choral Masterworks-have been widely praised for their blend of captivating biography, crystal clear musical analysis, and delightful humor. Now James Keller follows these...

In early 2005, an engineer at the Library of Congress accidentally discovered, in an unmarked box, the recording of Thelonious Monk's and John Coltrane's performance at a 1957 benefit concert at Carnegie Hall. Long considered one of the most important...

Fantasy for Violin and Piano was originally written for the final scene of the feature film Ladies in Lavender where two Cornish sisters (Dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith) attend a London premiere of a young virtuoso violinist (Daniel Bruhl) who they...

`Valentin Berlinsky (1925-2008) was a founding member of the Borodin Quartet and its cellist and mainstay for more than six decades. A proud Russian but also a man of compromise, his was a life lived for and through the Borodin Quartet. This book...

Music Medals Recorder Ensemble Pieces are five volumes of enjoyable and accessible repertoire. Each volume contains original pieces and imaginative arrangements for duets, trios and quartets. Excellent source of material for mixed-ability groups as well...

Donat's vast expertise provides unique insight into the history and genesis of key works in the chamber music repertoire. This is the first full-length study in English of an important area of Beethoven's output that has seldom been explored in...

Donat's vast expertise provides unique insight into the history and genesis of key works in the chamber music repertoire. This is the first full-length study in English of an important area of Beethoven's output that has seldom been explored in...

The book is devoted to Shostakovich's most controversial symphony, composed at the height of Stalin's Purges. It rescued Shostakovich from official disfavour and deeply moved audiences. The critics recognized it as a masterpiece, but they were perplexed...

Beethoven's String Quartet in C-sharp minor Op. 131 (1826) is not only firmly a part of the scholarly canon, the performing canon, and the pedagogical canon, but also makes its presence felt in popular culture. Yet in recent times, the terms in which the...

Contains practice material for Options - the musicianship tests that are part of Music Medals. Options cover a range of skills from improvising to sight-reading and are a means of developing musical understanding and awareness. Designed as a teacher's...

Music Medals Recorder Ensemble Pieces are five volumes of enjoyable and accessible repertoire. Each volume contains original pieces and imaginative arrangements for duets, trios and quartets. Excellent source of material for mixed-ability groups as well...

Jazz Works is a brand new collection of compositions for jazz ensembles at three levels. For each level there are eight original pieces in a challenging range of styles, with parts for C, Bb, Eb and bass-clef instruments, and for a rhythm section of...

Jazz Works is a brand new collection of compositions for jazz ensembles at three levels. For each level there are eight original pieces in a challenging range of styles, with parts for C, Bb, Eb and bass-clef instruments, and for a rhythm section of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorSourek /f OtakarBook InformationISBN 9780837143422Format HardbackPage Count 351Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc