The Music Listener S Guide

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Chamber Music

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Author : James M. Keller
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2011

Chamber Music written by James M. Keller and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Music categories.

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 greatly admired volumes with Chamber Music. Approaching the tradition of chamber music with knowledge and passion, Keller here serves as the often-opinionated but always genial guide to 192 essential works by 56 composers, providing illuminating essays on what makes each piece distinctive and admirable. Keller spans the history of this intimate genre of music, from key works of the Baroque through the emotionally stirring "golden age" of the Classical and Romantic composers, to modern masterpieces rich in political, psychological, and sometimes comical overtones. For each piece, from Bach through to contemporary figures like George Crumb and Steve Reich, the author includes an astute musical analysis that casual music lovers can easily appreciate yet that more experienced listeners will find enriching. Keller shares the colorful, often surprising stories behind the compositions while revealing the delights of an art form once described by Goethe as the musical equivalent of "thoughtful people conversing."

A Listener S Guide To Free Improvisation

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Author : John Corbett
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2016-03-13

A Listener S Guide To Free Improvisation written by John Corbett and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-13 with Music categories.

In the first book of its kind, John Corbett's A Listener's Guide to Free Improvisation provides a how-to manual for the most extreme example of spontaneous improvising: music with no pre-planned material at all. Drawing on over three decades of writing about, presenting, playing, teaching, and studying freely improvised music, Corbett offers an enriching set of tools that show any curious listener how to really listen, and he encourages them to enjoy the human impulse-- found all around the world-- to make up music on the spot.

New Sounds

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Author : John Schaefer
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date : 1987

New Sounds written by John Schaefer and has been published by HarperCollins Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Music categories.

All kinds of modern music from minimalism to electronic jazz are described and discographies of each are provided.

Surprised By Beauty

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Author : Robert R. Reilly
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016

Surprised By Beauty written by Robert R. Reilly and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Music categories.

"In sound itself, there is a readiness to be ordered by the spirit, and this is seen at its most sublime in music." Max Picard The single greatest crisis of the 20th century was the loss of faith. Noise and its acceptance as music was the product of the resulting spiritual confusion and, in its turn, became the further cause of its spread. Likewise, the recovery of modern music, the theme to which this book is dedicated, stems from a spiritual recovery. This is made explicitly clear by the composers to whom the author spoke with in the interviews collected in this book. Reilly spells out the nature of the crisis and its solution in sections that serve as bookends to the chapters on individual composers. He does not contend that all of these composers underwent and recovered from the central crisis he describes, but they all lived and worked within its broader context, and soldiered on, writing beautiful music. For this, they suffered ridicule and neglect, and he believes their rehabilitation will change the reputation of modern music. There are many such composers whom Reilly discusses in this work, along with mention of many new recordings that have released over the past decade. It is the spirit of music that this book is most about, and in his efforts to discern it, Reilly has discovered many treasures. The purpose of this book is to share them, to entice you to listen because beauty is contagious. English conductor John Eliot Gardiner writes that experiencing Bach's masterpieces "is a way of fully realizing the scale and scope of what it is to be human." The reader may be surprised by how many works of the 20th and 21st centuries of which this is also true. As a special bonus, buyers of this book will be given access to the online Naxos Music Library, and be able to listen to many of the music pieces Reilly discusses in this book. "Robert Reilly's vision of music is profoundly spiritual, expressive of what is best and most enriching in human life, and having the possibility of leading us to encounter God Himself." Stephen Hough, Pianist and Composer"

The Npr Curious Listener S Guide To American Folk Music

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Author : Kip Lornell
language : en
Publisher: Perigee Trade
Release Date : 2004

The Npr Curious Listener S Guide To American Folk Music written by Kip Lornell and has been published by Perigee Trade this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Music categories.

A comprehensive listener's guide to American folk music provides a concise history of the musical genre and its most important performers, along with an A-to-Z glossary of terms, information on stylistic variations, helpful resources, and a listing of dozens of essential folk music CDs.

Guide To Chamber Music

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Author : Melvin Berger
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2001-01-01

Guide To Chamber Music written by Melvin Berger and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with Music categories.

Authoritative guide presents 231 of the most frequently performed pieces by 55 composers. A must for music lovers and musicians alike. "No lover of chamber music should be without this Guide." ? John Barkham Reviews.

Music And The Soul

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Author : Kurt Leland
language : en
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing Company
Release Date : 2005

Music And The Soul written by Kurt Leland and has been published by Hampton Roads Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Music categories.

How to use music to produce well-being, create uplifting moods and enhance mystical states of consciousness.

Schubert S Theater Of Song

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Author : Mark Ringer
language : en
Publisher: Amadeus
Release Date : 2009-03

Schubert S Theater Of Song written by Mark Ringer and has been published by Amadeus this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Ringer sheds new perspectives on Schubert's songs, focusing on their incomparable dramatic power, which often exceeds that of many a full-fledged opera. But Schubert's “stage” was not to be the public theaters of the repressive Metternich regime in Vienna, but the far less censorable “theater of the mind.” Schubert's theater of song would spring to life in intimate social gatherings of like-minded friends, wherever a singer and a fortepiano were available. They rightfully belong to every music lover. This is the first introductory guide for the general reader to appear in many years.

Electronic Music

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Author : Elliott Schwartz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989

Electronic Music written by Elliott Schwartz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with categories.

Listeners Guide To Musical Understanding

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Author : Leon Dallin
language : en
Publisher: WCB/McGraw-Hill
Release Date : 1986

Listeners Guide To Musical Understanding written by Leon Dallin and has been published by WCB/McGraw-Hill this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Music categories.

"...Designed as a textbook for introductory music courses...No prior training or experience in music is assumed or needed..."--preface.