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"In this wonderfully engaging and informative collection we hear the voice of a different Paul Bowles. Writing on a wide range of subjects--jazz, film music, classical music, popular music, ethnic music--he is direct, opinionated, incisive, analytical, humorous, and passionate."—Millicent Dillon, author of You Are Not I: A Portrait of Paul Bowles
An acclaimed multi-volume treatise presents precise and creative exercises for serious painists and teaches technique, pedaling, fingering, and other methods.
An acclaimed multi-volume treatise presents precise and creative exercises for serious painists and teaches technique, pedaling, fingering, and other methods.
These impressionistic, difficult-to-find creations from an important American composer of the early 20th century include Three Tone-Pictures, Op. 5 ("The Lake at Evening," "The Vale of Dreams," and "The Night Winds"); Fantasy Pieces, Op. 6 ("Barcarolle," "Notturno," and "Scherzo"); Roman Sketches, Op. 7 ("The White Peacock," "Nightfall," "The Fountains of the Acqua Paolo," and "Clouds"); and Sonata. Reproduced from authoritative scores.
In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
This essential reference focuses on the lives, careers, and musical contributions of over 150 American pianists from early days of the nation until the present day. Richard Masters spotlights both modern and historical pianists—including women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ pianists who either never had the opportunity to win widespread acclaim but were top notch performers or who achieved important careers against heavy odds but were soon forgotten after their deaths, such as Augusta Cottlow, George Copeland, and Natalie Hinderas. This volume also gives attention to important collaborative pianists—none of whom have ever appeared in any volume on classical pianists—and influential pedag...
Describes the all important role of the imagination in the composition, performance, appreciation and intelligent comprehension of music and surveys its influence on contemporary music.
(Amadeus). This is the story of how the Steinway piano came to be the instrument of choice for the world's greatest pianists. In 1953, Theodore Steinway wrote this narrative in longhand on yellow legal pads as a tribute to his father and to commemorate the first 100 years of Steinway & Sons. The book was a memento for employees and was never released to the public. This revised edition brings the history of this remarkable company to the present day through recollections of Henry E. Steinway, the last family member to remain involved with the company, and Peter Goodrich, vice president of concert and artist relations, who has been with the company for 30 years. In 1850, Henry Engelhard Stein...
Original collection features Liszt's interpretations of his own "Totentanz" plus Saint-Saens' "Danse Macabre, " Berlioz's "Dance of the Sylphes" from" The Damnation of Faust, "Weber's "Overtures to Die ""Freischutz" and "Oberon, "and several other pieces.