The Cambridge Companion To Haydn

Author : Caryl Leslie Clark
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521833479
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Haydn written by Caryl Leslie Clark and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-11-24 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the musical work and cultural world of Joseph Haydn.

Author : Julian Horton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107469708
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Symphony written by Julian Horton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few genres of the last 250 years have proved so crucial to the course of music history, or so vital to public musical experience, as the symphony. This Companion offers an accessible guide to the historical, analytical and interpretative issues surrounding this major genre of Western music, discussing an extensive variety of works from the eighteenth century to the present day. The book complements a detailed review of the symphony's history with focused analytical essays from leading scholars on the symphonic music of both mainstream composers, including Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven and lesser-known figures, including Carter, Berio and Maxwell Davies. With chapters on a comprehensive range of topics, from the symphony's origins to the politics of its reception in the twentieth century, this is an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in the history, analysis and performance of the symphonic repertoire.

Author : Glenn Stanley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107494044
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Beethoven written by Glenn Stanley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-05-11 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion, first published in 2000, provides a comprehensive view of Beethoven and his work. The first part of the book presents the composer as a private individual, as a professional, and at the work-place, discussing biographical problems, Beethoven's professional activities when not composing and his methods as a composer. In the heart of the book, individual chapters are devoted to all the major genres cultivated by Beethoven and to the elements of style and structure that cross all genres. The book concludes by looking at the ways that Beethoven and his music have been interpreted by performers, writers on music, and in the arts, literature, and philosophy. The essays in this volume, written by leading Beethoven specialists, maintain traditional emphases in Beethoven studies while incorporating other developments in musicology and theory.

Author : Julian Horton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521884985
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Symphony written by Julian Horton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to the historical, analytical and interpretative issues surrounding one of the major genres of Western music.

Author : Robin Stowell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139826549
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet written by Robin Stowell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-11-13 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion offers a concise and authoritative survey of the string quartet by eleven chamber music specialists. Its fifteen carefully structured chapters provide coverage of a stimulating range of perspectives previously unavailable in one volume. It focuses on four main areas: the social and musical background to the quartet's development; the most celebrated ensembles; string quartet playing, including aspects of contemporary and historical performing practice; and the mainstream repertory, including significant 'mixed ensemble' compositions involving string quartet. Various musical and pictorial illustrations and informative appendixes, including a chronology of the most significant works, complete this indispensable guide. Written for all string quartet enthusiasts, this Companion will enrich readers' understanding of the history of the genre, the context and significance of quartets as cultural phenomena, and the musical, technical and interpretative problems of chamber music performance. It will also enhance their experience of listening to quartets in performance and on recordings.

Author : Simon P. Keefe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521001922
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Mozart written by Simon P. Keefe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-05-22 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents

Author : Caryl Clark
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781107567429
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Haydn Encyclopedia written by Caryl Clark and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For well over two hundred years, Joseph Haydn has been by turns lionized and misrepresented - held up as celebrity, and disparaged as mere forerunner or point of comparison. And yet, unlike many other canonic composers, his music has remained a fixture in the repertoire from his day until ours. What do we need to know now in order to understand Haydn and his music? With over eighty entries focused on ideas and seven longer thematic essays to bring these together, this distinctive and richly illustrated encyclopedia offers a new perspective on Haydn and the many cultural contexts in which he worked and left his indelible mark during the Enlightenment and beyond. Contributions from sixty-seven scholars and performers in Europe, the Americas, and Oceania, capture the vitality of Haydn studies today - its variety of perspectives and methods - and ultimately inspire further exploration of one of western music's most innovative and influential composers.

Author : James Parsons
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521804714
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Lied written by James Parsons and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-07 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Author : Edward Green
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316194132
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington written by Edward Green and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-08 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duke Ellington is widely held to be the greatest jazz composer and one of the most significant cultural icons of the twentieth century. This comprehensive and accessible Companion is the first collection of essays to survey, in depth, Ellington's career, music, and place in popular culture. An international cast of authors includes renowned scholars, critics, composers, and jazz musicians. Organized in three parts, the Companion first sets Ellington's life and work in context, providing new information about his formative years, method of composing, interactions with other musicians, and activities abroad; its second part gives a complete artistic biography of Ellington; and the final section is a series of specific musical studies, including chapters on Ellington and song-writing, the jazz piano, descriptive music, and the blues. Featuring a chronology of the composer's life and major recordings, this book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Ellington's enduring artistic legacy.

Author : Nicholas Cook
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521865824
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Recorded Music written by Nicholas Cook and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-26 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring fascinating accounts from practitioners, this Companion examines how developments in recording have transformed musical culture.