Aspects of Wagner
Many music lovers find Wagner's operas inexpressibly beautiful and richly satisfying, while others find them revolting, dangerous, self-indulgent, and immoral. The man who W.H. Auden once called "perhaps the greatest genius that ever lived" has inspired both greater adulation and greater loathing than any other composer. Bryan Magee presents a penetrating analysis of Wagner's work, concentrating on how his sensational and deeply erotic music uniquely expresses the repressed and highly charged contents of the psyche. He examines not only Wagner's music and detailed stage directions but also the prose works in which he formulated his ideas, as well as shedding new light on his anti-semitism and the way in which the Nazis twisted his theories to suit their own purposes. Outlining the astonishing range and depth of Wagner's influence on our culture, Magee reveals how profoundly he continues to shock and inspire musicians, poets, novelists, painters, philosophers, and politicians today.
The Canadian Brass Christmas
(Brass Ensemble). Contents: Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella * Ding Dong! Merrily on High! * Go, Tell It on the Mountain * God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen * Here We Come A-Wassailing * The Huron Carol * I Saw Three Ships * Sussex Carol.
Sound Reinforcement Handbook
(Yamaha Products). Sound reinforcement is the use of audio amplification systems. This book is the first and only book of its kind to cover all aspects of designing and using such systems for public address and musical performance. The book features information on both the audio theory involved and the practical applications of that theory, explaining everything from microphones to loudspeakers. This revised edition features almost 40 new pages and is even easier to follow with the addition of an index and a simplified page and chapter numbering system. New topics covered include: MIDI, Synchronization, and an Appendix on Logarithms. 416 Pages.
Billy Joel
(Easy Piano Personality). 21 of Joel's best, arranged for easy piano, including the songs: Baby Grand * Just the Way You Are * Piano Man * Leave a Tender Moment Alone * 16 more.
The Beatles
(Recorder). Recorder arrangements for 18 Fab Four hits, including: All My Loving * Come Together * Day Tripper * Eight Days a Week * Hey Jude * In My Life * Let It Be * Michelle * Norwegian Wood * Penny Lane * With a Little Help from My Friends * Yesterday * and more. Includes a fingering chart.
Three Poems of Robert Frost
(Vocal Collection). Three settings of titles from The Collected Poems of Robert Frost, composed by Carter in 1942. Titles include: Dust of Snow * The Rose Family * The Line-Gang. Also available in a version orchestrated for 12 players (performance material on rental).
Allan Holdsworth - Reaching for the Uncommon Chord
(Transcribed). Full transcriptions of Holdsworth's original composition and performancenotes complete with photo/ biography section. In notes and tab. Songs: The Abigndon Chasp * Fred * Home * Letters of Marque * Shallow Sea * Temporary Fault * Three Sheets to the Wind * Tokyo Dream * The Unmerry-Go-Round * White Line.
The Singers Musical Theatre Anthology
(Vocal Collection). Are you a mezzo-soprano/belter looking for a comprehensive collection of musical theatre songs to expand your repertoire? Whether you are a singer, teacher, or coach, Volume 1 of The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology is an excellent place to start! Organized specifically for mezzo-sopranos/belters, this trusted source contains 39 selections in their authentic form, excerpted from the original vocal scores. The articulated masterpieces included in this edition are ideal for auditioning, practicing, and performing vocalists. SMTA Series The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology series takes on a unique perspective by looking at the field of musical theatre in terms of vocal literature. Each of the 5 music book volumes hold a collection of songs from the musical stage, categorized by voice type for singing actors. The songs are carefully chosen from a wide selection of classical and contemporary shows. With over 30 years in print, this series continues to be a renowned resource for vocalists. The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology, Volume 1, Mezzo-Soprano/Belter is your ticket to Broadway! Grab your copy today and let the curtain rise on your performance! Contents: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN: I Got the Sun in the Morning, Doin' What Comes Natur'lly * ANYONE CAN WHISTLE: Anyone Can Whistle * BABES IN ARMS: The Lady Is a Tramp * CABARET: Don't Tell Mama, What Would You Do?, Cabaret * CALL ME MADAM: The Hostess with the Mostes' on the Ball * CATS: Memory * CHICAGO: Funny Honey * A CHORUS LINE: Dance: Ten; Looks: Three * CINDERELLA: Stepsisters' Lament * EVITA: Don't Cry for Me Argentina * FINIAN'S RAINBOW: How Are Things in Glocca Morra?, Look to the Rainbow * FLOWER DRUM SONG: I Enjoy Being a Girl * FOLLIES: Broadway Baby, Could I Leave You, In Buddy's Eyes, Losing My Mind * GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, Ain't There Anyone Here for Love? * GODSPELL: Turn Back, O Man * GUYS AND DOLLS: Take Back Your Mink * GYPSY: Some People * HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING: Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm * KISS ME, KATE: Always True to You in My Fashion, Why Can't You Behave? * A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC: The Miller's Son, Send in the Clowns * OKLAHOMA!: I Cain't Say No * ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER: He Wasn't You, What Did I Have That I Don't Have? * SOUTH PACIFIC: A Cock-Eyed Optimist, I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy * SWEENEY TODD: By the Sea, The Worst Pies in London * TWO BY TWO: An Old Man * THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN: I Ain't Down Yet
Practical Method for Beginners, Op. 599
(Piano Method). Czerny's Foundational Exercises Carl Czerny's Practical Method for Beginners is an essential, wildly popular instructional piano method used by generations of piano students since 1840. These exercises are designed for students at the late beginner to early intermediate level, and help to build agility, strength, and accuracy. The method also provides practice in common phrasing, articulation, and technical topics from Classical era repertoire. Time-Tested Instructional Piano Method The technique curriculum in this book provides learners with essential exercises and etudes. In addition to lessons, there are also historical notes and performance insights. This Practical Method is a reliable resource for music educators and an excellent tool for pianists committed to improving their playing. Vital American Treasure Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics began in 1892 with the intent to create an American edition of the masterworks, published with the needs of American musicians instead of relying on imported European editions. With interesting and qualified editing talent, the library accomplished the release of 1500 volumes by 1926. Schirmer library made a name in American music publishing, eventually leading to a relationship with Hal Leonard in 1986. Hal Leonard is proud to publish volumes that offer value, teacher familiarity, and tradition.
3 Gymnopedies
A group of resourceful kids start solution-seekers.com, a website where cybervisitors can get answers to questions that trouble them. But when one questioner asks the true meaning of Christmas, the kids seek to unravel the mystery by journeying back through the prophecies of the Old Testament. What they find is a series of S words that reveal a spectacular story! With creative characters, humorous dialogue and great music, The S Files is a children's Christmas musical your kids will love performing.
Nocturnes
inch....this work is likely to become a standart work very quickly and is to be recommended to all schools where recorder studies are undertaken inch. (Oliver James, Contact Magazine) A novel and comprehensive approach to transferring from the C to F instrument. 430 music examples include folk and national songs (some in two parts), country dance tunes and excerpts from the standard treble repertoire ofBach, Barsanti, Corelli, Handel, Telemann, etc. An outstanding feature of the book has proved to be Brian Bonsor's brilliantly simple but highly effective practice circles and recognition squares designed to give, in only a few minutes, concentrated practice on the more usual leaps to and from each new note and instant recognition of random notes. Quickly emulating the outstanding success of the descant tutors, these books are very popular even with those who normally use tutors other than the Enjoy the Recorder series.
Six Sonatas
(Piano Collection). Contents: Fugue in B Minor * Sarabande with Variations in D Minor * Courante in G * Air with Variations in B Flat * Allegro in G Minor * Gigue in B Flat * Sarabande in E Minor * Gigue in E Minor * Capriccio in G Minor * Air in D Minor * Gigue in D Minor * Prelude in E * Allemande in B Flat * Passacaglia in G Minor * Allegro in D * Gigue in E Minor * Air in E (The Harmonious Blacksmith) * Gavotte in G * Gigue in G * March from Saul * See! The Conquering Hero Comes (Judas Maccabaeus) * Hallelujah! (Messiah).
Rhapsodies Hongroises 1-8
(Piano Collection). Contents: Au Bord D'une Source * Au Lac de Wallenstadt * Chapelle de Guillaume Tell * Eglogue * Le Mal du Pays * Les Cloches de Geneve * Orage * Pastorale * Vallee D'obermann.
Classics
(Easy Piano Songbook). 23 easy piano arrangements of masterpieces from the giant classical composers including: Debussy, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin and others!
The Pianist’s Problems
"The reader must have noted in the favorite magazines of the practicing pianist how often the same troubled queries reappear: How can memorizing be made easier and more secure? How can the fourth and fifth fingers be strengthened? What produces musicianship? These and many others are perennial questions of the greatest practical importance to student, teacher, and performer. Strange, then, that adequate answers are so hard to find. With all the time and effort devoted to the study of the piano, with all the advances in the psychology of training, with all the special studies that have been conducted, there should be, by now, if not one right answer to each question, at least a preferred answer that will be right for the large majority of pianists. As a matter of fact, there are preferred answers in almost every instance. . . . The need is to bring these answers together, in one place, and to present them in nontechnical language as a concise, up-to-date, coordinated philosophy of piano playing. To meet this need, the present book has been written."-from the Preface
The Best of Richard Clayderman
(Easy Piano Personality). 14 hits arranged by this world-famous entertainer. Includes 'Ballade Pour Adeline.'
Vocal Selections from Walt Disney’s Peter Pan
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). An excellent souvenir folio with 8 piano/vocal/guitar selections, color photos, and a story synopsis. Songs: The Elegant Captain Hook * Following the Leader * Never Smile at a Crocodile * A Pirate's Life * The Second Star to the Right * What Made the Red Man * You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly! * Your Mother and Mine.
The Estelle Liebling Vocal Course
(Vocal Method). A method that has long been highly regarded among teachers and students alike. Each of these books consists of 3 parts: Part I describes the vocal mechanism and its function briefly and in simple, non-technical language. Part II consists of basic, fundamental vocalises carefully selected to develop the specific voices for which the book is written. Part III presents the important elements of diction in the 5 languages most commonly used in singing: English, Italian, French, German and Spanish.
The Estelle Liebling Vocal Course
(Vocal Method). A method that has long been highly regarded among teachers and students alike. Each of these books consists of 3 parts: Part I describes the vocal mechanism and its function briefly and in simple, non-technical language. Part II consists of basic, fundamental vocalises carefully selected to develop the specific voices for which the book is written. Part III presents the important elements of diction in the 5 languages most commonly used in singing: English, Italian, French, German and Spanish.
Coffin’s Overtones of Bel Canto
Presents in acoustic phonetics, register and musical notation, many exercises that will make the voice stronger and more musical according to the precepts of Bel Canto.
Genesis of a Music
Among the few truly experimental composers in our cultural history, Harry Partch's life (1901-1974) and music embody most completely the quintessential American rootlessness, isolation, pre-civilized cult of experience, and dichotomy of practical invention and transcendental visions. Having lived mostly in the remote deserts of Arizona and New Mexico with no access to formal training, Partch naturally created theatrical ritualistic works incorporating Indian chants, Japanese kabuki and Noh, Polynesian microtones, Balinese gamelan, Greek tragedy, dance, mime, and sardonic commentary on Hollywood and commercial pop music of modern civilization. First published in 1949, Genesis of a Music is the manifesto of Partch's radical compositional practice and instruments (which owe nothing to the 300-year-old European tradition of Western music.) He contrasts Abstract and Corporeal music, proclaiming the latter as the vital, emotionally tactile form derived from the spoken word (like Greek, Chinese, Arabic, and Indian musics) and surveys the history of world music at length from this perspective. Parts II, III, and IV explain Partch's theories of scales, intonation, and instrument construction with copious acoustical and mathematical documentation. Anyone with a musically creative attitude, whether or not familiar with traditional music theory, will find this book revelatory.
Pedal Steel Guitar
(Music Sales America). This complete guide to pedal steel guitar is a simple, straightforward instruction manual starts at the very beginning with tuning and playing fundamentals. It covers beginning to advanced instruction in the E9 tuning and an introduction to the C6 tuning. Includes access to audio examples online. Also includes a discography. Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
The Country Blues
From the field cries and work chants of Southern Negroes emerged a rich and vital music called the country blues, an intensely personal expression of the pains and pleasures of black life. This music--recorded during the twenties by men like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Big Bill Broonzy, and Robert Johnson--had all but disappeared from memory until the folk music revival of the late 1950's created a new and appreciable audience for the country blues.On of the pioneering studies of this unjustly-neglected music was Sam Charter's The Country Blues. In it, Charters recreates the special world of the country bluesman--that lone black performer accompanying himself on the acoustic guitar, his music a rich reflection of his own emotional life.Virtually rewriting the history of the blues, Charters reconstructs its evolution and dissemination, from the first tentative soundings on the Mississippi Delta through the emergence, with Elvis Presley, of rock and roll. His carefully-researched biographies of near-legendary performers like Lonnie Johnson, Blind Boy Fuller, and Tampa Red--coupled with his perceptive discussions of their recordings--pay tribute to a kind of artistry that will never be seen or heard again. And his portraits of the still-strumming Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Muddy Waters, and Lightnin' Hopkins--point up the undying strength and vitality of the country blues.
An Encyclopedia of the Violin
This encyclopedia is the diverse lexicographic work available in the English language and provides a treasure trove of information on the violin--its technique, its history, and its place in music. Beginning with the 1880's, the work traces the evolution of violin technique, examines its construction and manufacture, lists makers in America and Europe, offers a biographical section on chamber music ensembles with rare photographs, and presents a glossary of music and musical terms. This Da Capo paperback features a new preface by noted concert violinist, Stuart Canin. This standard handbook for professional musicians and students will interest all those with a love for music.
J. S. Bach
Independent of his international renown as a humanitarian, Albert Schweitzer is well known as a great musicologist; a reputation that rests largely upon this book. Schweitzer's J. S. Bach is one of the great full-length studies of the composer, his life, and his work. Its influence on the subsequent performance of Bach's music was enormous, and there is scarcely a later work on Bach which does not acknowledge a deep debt to Schweitzer's. Grove's Dictionary says of the book, "Schweitzer has probably been more quoted than any authority since Spitta."The first volume contains a virtual history of Protestant church music, examining the role of music in the early Protestant services of many European countries. Frequent allusions to the parallel development of art and poetry, to the leading philosophic and religious concepts of the time, and to events of contemporary history supplement and enrich the text. Narrowing the study to Germany, Schweitzer traces to their roots the forms used by Bach (with particular emphasis on the German chorale and the forms built around it), and assess the contributions of Sch羹tz, Sheidt, Buxtehude, Pachelbel, and others of Bach's predecessors. The volume includes a full account of Bach's life, and discusses his works for organ, clavier, strings, and orchestra. Suggestions for performance include sections on bowing, on playing chords and double stops, and on the practice of ornamentation in Bach's time.Volume Two is concerned with Bach's choral music -- the chorales, cantatas, the Magnificat, the St. Matthew and St. John Passions, the motets, songs, oratorios, and masses. The illuminating analysis of these works, illustrated by hundreds of musical examples, is dominated by Schweitzer's highly original theories regarding Bach's pictorial representation of the text in the music, and the expressive motives Schweitzer has found and identified throughout Bach's compositions. A long concluding chapter makes recommendations for performance on tempo, phrasing, accentuation, dynamics, and on the size and arrangement of the orchestra and choir.Schweitzer's J. S. Bach is among the definitive reference works on Bach and is high on the list of required reading for music students. Yet it is not a difficult or formidable work. It offers a stimulating, well-written narrative, with much in it to interest the music lover as well as the scholar.
Man of LA Mancha
(Piano). Includes 8 songs from this beloved musical: Aldonza La Mancha * Dulcinea * I Really Like Him * The Impossible Dream (The Quest) * Knight of Woeful Count * Little Bird Little Bird * A Little Gossip * Man of La Mancha (I, Don Quixote).
Schoenberg and His School
This book talks about music. It incorporates modal and tonal music. It talks about Arnold Schoenberg, the founder of contempoary music, Alban Berg and how the past plays on contemporary music and Anton Webern and the future of contemporary music. As well as the structure of contemporary musical speech. Ren矇 Leibowitz was a French composer, conductor, music theorist and teacher born in Warsaw, Poland. During the early 1930s, Leibowitz studied composition and orchestration with Ravel in Paris, where he was introduced to Schoenberg's Twelve-note technique by the German pianist and composer Erich Itor Kahn. He subsequently studied with Schoenberg's pupil Webern. Many of the works of the Second Viennese School were first heard in France at the International Festival of Chamber Music established by Leibowitz in Paris in 1947. Leibowitz was highly influential in establishing the reputation of the Second Viennese School, both through activity as a teacher in Paris after WWII and through his book Schoenberg et son ecole, published in 1947 and translated by Dika Newlin as Schoenberg and his School (US and UK editions 1949). This was among the earliest theoretical treatises written on Schoenberg's 12-tone method of composition. Leibowitz's advocacy of the Schoenberg school was taken further by his two most gifted pupils, each taking different paths in promoting the musics of Schoenberg, Webern and the development of serialism, namely Pierre Boulez and Jacques-Louis Monod. His American students include the composers Will Ogdon, Janet Maguire, and the avant-garde film director-animator John Whitney. As conductor, Leibowitz was active in many recording projects. One of the most widely circulated and most notable is a set of the Beethoven symphonies made for Reader's Digest Recordings; it was apparently the first recording of the symphonies to follow Beethoven's original metronome markings. In choosing this approach, Leibowitz was influenced by his friend and colleague Rudolf Kolisch. Leibowitz likewise made many recordings for Reader's Digest in their various compilation albums. He also wrote for Les Temps modernes, applying existentialist ideas to musicology.
