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David Amram B 1930
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Author : Wayne Allen Romer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
David Amram B 1930 written by Wayne Allen Romer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.
The repertoire of the modern wind band has experienced a dramatic metamorphosis throughout the past one hundred years. With firm beginnings in the British band movement at the turn of the century with noted composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, and Percy Grainger, this unique literature has continued to expand with other composers including Darius Milhaud, Paul Hindemith, Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, and others. Among the current pioneers of notable wind music composers stands David Werner Amram (b. 1930). Spanning the past fifty years, Amram's musical output rivals that of many of his contemporaries. This composer has etched a distinctive position in the American musical culture. As the first composer-in-residence in the history of the New York Philharmonic, Amram secured his stature as one of the world's leading composers, but his background and life experiences have produced a style that is uniquely his own. Amram's professional career includes an eclectic diversity, which encompasses working with jazz legends such as Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. He has also achieved fame for his collaborations with Joseph Papp and his Shakespearean performances in New York City. In addition, he has traversed the globe as a major advocate of world music. As a composer of opera, symphonies, concertos, chamber music, and film and television scores, David Amram has developed a style that is purely his own. His compositions are essentially tonal, occasionally dissonant, at times neo-Elizabethan, but very often infused with a distinct jazz element and other folk tendencies. This thesis will trace these elements through an investigation of three compositions for wind band, comparing and contrasting specific traits that are unique to Amram. The titles include, King Lear Variations, Andante and Variations on a Theme for Macbeth and Ode to Lord Buckley. As one source for this paper, in addition to the Sources Consulted and personal analysis, David Amram spoke with me in a one hour tape recorded session on June 1, 2009. The focus of this session included questions and discussions of various aspects of his life, philosophies, and iv compositional techniques from 1967 to the present, following on his autobiography Vibrations, which chronicles his life from 1930-1967. Concluding comments on this topic will discuss commonalities of these three pieces and the impact his compositions have had on the overall contribution to the repertoire of the wind band.
David Amram S Concerto For Violin And Orchestra 1974 An Exploration Of Amram S Diverse Style
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Author : Laura Tagawa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
David Amram S Concerto For Violin And Orchestra 1974 An Exploration Of Amram S Diverse Style written by Laura Tagawa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.
This document examines David Amram's (b. 1930) diverse compositional style, as represented by his Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1974). Amram's unique background as a performer in various genres allows him to blend styles seamlessly. He highlights the use of a wide range of styles in this work, which makes this concerto a significant work in the twentieth century, American violin concerto repertoire as well as bridging the classical, jazz, and world genres creating a truly American style of music. This document examines how these influences--including classical, jazz, world music, and "Beat Generation" artists--have influenced David Amram's compositional style as represented in his Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. Biographical information about David Amram, including his life, compositional output, and a brief musical analysis with an emphasis on performance information useful to violinists are presented. In addition an interview with Amram was conducted, in which his compositional style and in particular his Concerto for Violin and Orchestra was discussed. A transcript of the interview is provided in the Appendix of this document.
The Horn
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Author : Renato Meucci
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2023-11-28
The Horn written by Renato Meucci and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-28 with Music categories.
A rich and fascinating account of one of music history’s most ancient, varied, and distinctive instruments From its origins in animal horn instruments in classical antiquity to the emergence of the modern horn in the seventeenth century, the horn appears wherever and whenever humans have made music. Its haunting, timeless presence endures in jazz and film music, as well as orchestral settings, to this day. In this welcome addition to the Yale Musical Instrument Series, Renato Meucci and Gabriele Rocchetti trace the origins of the modern horn in all its variety. From its emergence in Turin and its development of political and diplomatic functions across European courts, to the revolutionary invention of valves, the horn has presented in innumerable guises and forms. Aided by musical examples and newly discovered sources, Meucci and Rocchetti’s book offers a comprehensive account of an instrument whose history is as complex and fascinating as its music.
A History Of The Music For Wind Band
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Author : Leon J. Bly
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Release Date : 2024-07
A History Of The Music For Wind Band written by Leon J. Bly and has been published by LIT Verlag Münster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07 with categories.
The book provides a historical survey of the wind band’s music and denotes how historical and cultural developments have influenced it over the course of time. Although the modern wind band developed first in the 19th century, it has its roots in the wind music of ancient times, and music survives that has been composed since the Middle Ages. Therefore, this book covers the music from that time to the present, including the dance music of the Renaissance, the Harmoniemusik of the Classical Period, and the nationalistic music of the Romantic Period, as well as the major wind band repertoire developed after 1900.
Winds Of Change Ii The New Millennium
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Author : Frank L. Battisti
language : en
Publisher: Meredith Music
Release Date : 2012-04-01
Winds Of Change Ii The New Millennium written by Frank L. Battisti and has been published by Meredith Music this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-01 with Music categories.
(Meredith Music Resource). This new publication is an extension of The Winds of Change , that traced the development of the American wind band/ensemble in the twentieth century. This book covers all the important conferences, concerts, events, initiatives, and compositions created for wind bands/ensembles during the first decade of the twenty-first century. In gathering information for this book, the author examined hundreds of scores, listened to dozens of recordings, attended conferences, interviewed wind band/ensemble director-conductors, and surveyed numerous professional journals and magazines. The result is a book that provides a panorama view of the American wind band/ensemble scene from 2000-2010.
Hard To Be A Saint In The City
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Author : Robert Inchausti
language : en
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Release Date : 2018-01-30
Hard To Be A Saint In The City written by Robert Inchausti and has been published by Shambhala Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
An exploration of Beat spirituality--seen through excerpts from the writings of the seminal writers of Beat Generation themselves. It’s been said that Jack Kerouac made it cool to be a thinking person seeking a spiritual experience. And there is no doubt that the writers he knew and inspired—iconic figures like Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Gary Snyder, and Michael McClure—were thinkers seeking exactly that. In this re-claiming of their vision, Robert Inchausti explores the Beat canon to reveal that the movement was at heart a spiritual one. It goes deeper than the Buddhism with which many of the key figures became identified. It’s about their shared perception of an existence in which the Divine reveals itself in the ordinary. Theirs is a spirituality where real life triumphs over airy ideals and personal authenticity becomes both the content and the vehicle for a kind of refurbished American Transcendentalism.
The Jazz Masters
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Author : Peter C. Zimmerman
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2021-11-01
The Jazz Masters written by Peter C. Zimmerman and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-01 with Music categories.
The Jazz Masters: Setting the Record Straight is a celebration of jazz and the men and women who created and transformed it. In the twenty-one conversations contained in this engaging and highly accessible book, we hear from the musicians themselves, in their own words, direct and unfiltered. Peter Zimmerman’s interviewing technique is straightforward. He turns on a recording device, poses questions, and allows his subjects to improvise, similar to the way the musicians do at concerts and in recording sessions. Topics range from their early days, their struggles and victories, to the impact the music has had on their own lives. The interviews have been carefully edited for sense and clarity, without changing any of the musicians’ actual words. Peter Zimmerman tirelessly sought virtuosi whose lives span the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The reader is rewarded with an intimate look into the past century’s extraordinary period of creative productivity. The oldest two interview subjects were born in 1920 and all are professional musicians who worked in jazz for at least five decades, with a few enjoying careers as long as seventy-five years. These voices reflect some seventeen hundred years of accumulated experience yielding a chronicle of incredible depth and scope. The focus on musicians who are now emeritus figures is deliberate. Some of them are now in their nineties; six have passed since 2012, when Zimmerman began researching The Jazz Masters. Five of them have already received the NEA’s prestigious Jazz Masters award: Sonny Rollins, Clark Terry, Yusef Lateef, Jimmy Owens, and most recently, Dick Hyman. More undoubtedly will one day, and the balance are likewise of compelling interest. Artists such as David Amram, Charles Davis, Clifford Jordan, Valery Ponomarev, and Sandy Stewart, to name a few, open their hearts and memories and reveal who they are as people. This book is a labor of love celebrating the vibrant style of music that Dizzy Gillespie once described as “our native art form.” Zimmerman’s deeply knowledgeable, unabashed passion for jazz brings out the best in the musicians. Filled with personal recollections and detailed accounts of their careers and everyday lives, this highly readable, lively work succeeds in capturing their stories for present and future generations. An important addition to the literature of music, The Jazz Masters goes a long way toward “setting the record straight.”
Selected Letters Of Langston Hughes
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Author : Langston Hughes
language : en
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date : 2015-02-10
Selected Letters Of Langston Hughes written by Langston Hughes and has been published by Knopf this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-10 with Literary Collections categories.
This is the first comprehensive selection from the correspondence of the iconic and beloved Langston Hughes. It offers a life in letters that showcases his many struggles as well as his memorable achievements. Arranged by decade and linked by expert commentary, the volume guides us through Hughes’s journey in all its aspects: personal, political, practical, and—above all—literary. His letters range from those written to family members, notably his father (who opposed Langston’s literary ambitions), and to friends, fellow artists, critics, and readers who sought him out by mail. These figures include personalities such as Carl Van Vechten, Blanche Knopf, Zora Neale Hurston, Arna Bontemps, Vachel Lindsay, Ezra Pound, Richard Wright, Kurt Weill, Carl Sandburg, Gwendolyn Brooks, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Jr., Alice Walker, Amiri Baraka, and Muhammad Ali. The letters tell the story of a determined poet precociously finding his mature voice; struggling to realize his literary goals in an environment generally hostile to blacks; reaching out bravely to the young and challenging them to aspire beyond the bonds of segregation; using his artistic prestige to serve the disenfranchised and the cause of social justice; irrepressibly laughing at the world despite its quirks and humiliations. Venturing bravely on what he called the “big sea” of life, Hughes made his way forward always aware that his only hope of self-fulfillment and a sense of personal integrity lay in diligently pursuing his literary vocation. Hughes’s voice in these pages, enhanced by photographs and quotations from his poetry, allows us to know him intimately and gives us an unusually rich picture of this generous, visionary, gratifyingly good man who was also a genius of modern American letters.
Sourcebook For Wind Band And Instrumental Music
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Author : Russ Girsberger
language : en
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Release Date : 2014-11-01
Sourcebook For Wind Band And Instrumental Music written by Russ Girsberger and has been published by Hal Leonard Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-01 with Music categories.
(Meredith Music Resource). This sourcebook was created to aid directors and teachers in finding the information they need and expand their general knowledge. The resources were selected from hundreds of published and on-line sources found in journals, magazines, music company catalogs and publications, numerous websites, doctoral dissertations, graduate theses, encyclopedias, various databases, and a great many books. Information was also solicited from outstanding college/university/school wind band directors and instrumental teachers. The information is arranged in four sections: Section 1 General Resources About Music Section 2 Specific Resources Section 3 Use of Literature Section 4 Library Staffing and Management
Literary Eats
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Author : Gary Scharnhorst
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-04-11
Literary Eats written by Gary Scharnhorst and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-11 with Literary Criticism categories.
This is a comprehensive collection of authentic recipes, some 500 in all, for drinks and dishes that more than 150 American authors since the late 18th century are known to have enjoyed. The book should appeal to amateur chefs and so-called "foodies" who may want to test some of the recipes in their kitchens; to American literature instructors and scholars who may use it as a teaching tool; and general readers who will read it for pleasure. In effect, this is a celebrity cookbook to which many literary celebrities, living and dead, have contributed, among them Harriet Beecher Stowe, Rudolfo Anaya, Denise Chavez, Emily Dickinson, William Faulkner, Harlan Ellison, Ursula Le Guin, Benjamin Franklin, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Jack London, Allen Ginsberg, Lafcadio Hearn, Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, Elmore Leonard, Bobbie Ann Mason, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Leslie Marmon Silko, Gertrude Stein, Onoto Watanna, Eudora Welty, Walt Whitman, and Gerald Vizenor.