Art music, orchestral and formal music Books

The Minstrelsy of Britain is a book that explores the history of lyrical poetry and poets in Britain from the reign of Queen Elizabeth to the present time. Written by Henry Heavisides and published in 1860, the book provides a comprehensive overview of...

""The Embellishments of Music"" is a comprehensive study of musical ornaments from the time of Johann Sebastian Bach, written by Louis Arthur Russell and first published in 1894. The book covers the entire range of musical ornaments, from the simplest to...

The Elements of Music: Condensed for the Use of Students of the Piano-Forte is a book written by Charles Dawson in 1844. The book is intended for students who are learning to play the piano-forte and provides a condensed overview of the key elements of...

Tchaikovski (1906) is a biography written by Ernest Markham Lee about the life and career of the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The book delves into Tchaikovsky's childhood, education, and early career as a composer, as well as his struggles...

The Art of Counterpoint, written by Homer Albert Norris and first published in 1899, is a comprehensive guide to the principles and techniques of counterpoint in music. The book is geared towards both students and teachers of music theory, and is divided...

""Ricordi e Note"" ����� un libro scritto da Alessandro Zaccherini nel 1889. Questo testo ����� una raccolta di ricordi e pensieri dell'autore riguardo alla sua vita e alla sua carriera musicale. Zaccherini era un compositore e pianista italiano, noto...

""Representing John Marshall and Company: Being Confessions of Edward R. Ward, a Drummer"" is a book written by Earl Underwood and published in 1905. The book is a fictionalized account of the life of a traveling salesman named Edward R. Ward, who works...

Masters In Music V1 is a book written by Daniel Gregory Mason and first published in 1903. The book is a collection of essays that explore the lives and works of some of the most influential composers in classical music history. The composers featured in...

The book ""History Of The Boehm Flute: With Illustrations Exemplifying Its Origin By Progressive Stages"" was written by Christopher Welch in 1883. The book provides a comprehensive history of the Boehm flute, a type of flute that was developed by...

Harmony Made Practical: A Comprehensive Treatise is a book written by Otis Bardwell Boise in the year 1900. It is a comprehensive guide to the study of harmony in music. The book covers a wide range of topics related to harmony, including scales, chords,...

Harmonic Part-Writing, written by William Alfred White and first published in 1911, is a comprehensive guide to the principles and techniques of four-part harmony. The book covers topics such as chord progression, voice leading, and chord inversions, and...

This book offers an account of the sacred music written by Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) in Rome, a city where the composer lived and worked for many years throughout his career. Using archival research, Luca Della Libera provides an overview of...

Das Buch ""Faustina Hasse"" von Elise Polko wurde im Jahr 1860 ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt von der gleichnamigen Hauptfigur Faustina Hasse, die in einer Zeit lebt, in der Frauen in der Gesellschaft noch sehr eingeschr�����nkt sind. Faustina ist eine...

Choice English Lyrics is a collection of poems and songs compiled by James Baldwin and first published in 1894. The book features over 200 pieces of English poetry from the 16th to the 19th century, including works by William Shakespeare, John Milton,...

""Dell'Origine e delle Regole della Musica, colla Storia del suo Progresso, Decadenza, e Rinnovazione"" ����� un libro scritto da Antonio Eximeno y Pujades nel 1774. Il libro tratta dell'origine e delle regole della musica, della sua evoluzione nel corso...

The Harmonics of Aristoxenus is a book written by Aristoxenus, a Greek philosopher and musician who lived in the 4th century BCE. The book is a treatise on music theory and explores the principles of harmony and melody in ancient Greek music. It is one...

Ludwig van Beethoven had a life beyond music. He considered it his duty to spend leisure-time improving his Bildung (sophistication). To this end he familiarised himself with tangible manifestations of Greco-Roman antiquity, for he perceived these...

""Grund-Richtiger, Kurtz, Leicht, Und Nothiger Unterricht Der Musicalischen Kunst"" ist ein Buch von Daniel Speer, das 1687 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es ist ein umfassender Leitfaden f�����r die musikalische Kunst und bietet grundlegende Kenntnisse...

""Friedemann Bach"" ist ein Roman von Albert Emil Brachvogel aus dem Jahr 1859, der sich mit dem Leben und Werk des Komponisten Friedemann Bach besch�����ftigt. Der Roman erz�����hlt die Geschichte von Friedemann Bach, dem �����ltesten Sohn von Johann...

First Published in 1990. Information about individual operas and other types of musical theater is scattered throughout the enormous literature of music. This book is an effort to bring that data together by comprehensively indexing plots and...

Letters On Music, To A Lady (1870) is a collection of letters written by Louis Ehlert, a German music critic and composer, to a lady who is interested in music. The letters cover a wide range of topics related to music, including the history of music,...

Le livre Berryer (1855) de Mirecourt, Eugene De, est une biographie de Pierre-Antoine Berryer, un c�����l�����bre avocat et homme politique fran�����ais du XIXe si�����cle. Le livre explore la vie et la carri�����re de Berryer, en se concentrant sur ses...

This collection of essays delves into the historiographical traditions that have dominated how the stories of European postwar avant-garde music are told, seeking to approach commonplaces of that history writing from new perspectives.

Il libro ""Eduardo Fabbri Ricordi (1887)"" scritto da Teodolinda Franceschi Pignocchi, ����� una biografia del celebre compositore e direttore d'orchestra italiano Eduardo Fabbri. Il testo racconta la vita e l'opera di Fabbri, nato nel 1887 a Bologna e...

Elementary History Of Music is a book written by N. D'Anvers and published in 1882. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the history of music from ancient times to the present day. It covers various aspects of music, including its origin,...

Eight Ballets and Madrigals, 1598 is a collection of musical pieces composed by Thomas Weelkes, an English composer and organist who lived in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The book was first published in 1895 and contains eight ballets and...

Echoes From The Harp Of France is a book written by Harriet Mary Carey and published in 1858. The book is a collection of poems and songs inspired by the French Revolution, which took place from 1789 to 1799. The poems and songs are written in a variety...

""Der Eremit Auf Formentera: Ein Schauspiel Mit Gesang In Zwey Aufzugen"" ist ein Werk des deutschen Schriftstellers August von Kotzebue, das im Jahr 1790 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das St�����ck handelt von einem Eremiten namens Don Sylvio, der auf der...

Famous Musical Composers: Being Biographies Of Eminent Musicians is a book written by Lydia T. Morris and published in 1891. The book provides biographies of some of the most renowned musical composers of the time. It is a comprehensive collection of the...

Dupin (1854) est un livre �����crit par Mirecourt, Eugene De. Il s'agit d'un roman qui raconte l'histoire de Dupin, un d�����tective priv����� qui r�����sout des crimes complexes ������ Paris. Le livre suit Dupin alors qu'il enqu������te sur une...

Since the transformative 1960s, concert masses have incorporated a range of political and religious views that mirror their socio-cultural context.

This book introduces a new perspective on Claudio Monteverdi's Orfeo (1607), a work widely regarded as the 'first great opera', by exploring the influence of the Mantuan Accademia deglia Invaghiti, the group which hosted the opera's performance, and to...

Music is the very spread form of art, which enchanted the human society from very early times.Based on sound as medium, on common elements as pitch, rhythm, dynamics and on sonic qualities as timbre and texture, the music completed and enriched the life...

Drawing on twenty years of teaching experience, author Mark Rush systematically builds the fundamentals of violin playing from the ground up. The book focuses on proper setup from how to stand, to holding the violin, to the best way to move the bow...

The famous quip I don't know much about art, but I know what I like sums up many people's ideas about how to judge a work of art; but there are inherent limitations if we rely on immediate impressions in judging what should be enduring products of our...

This book examines the relationship between narrative film and reality, as seen through the lens of on-screen classical concert performance. By investigating these scenes, wherein the performance of music is foregrounded in the narrative, Winters...

Roma Randles has used the time on her hands during the Melbourne Covid Lockdown to respond to innumerable requests for an account of her thirty years of extraordinary and exciting European adventures. It makes for some compelling reading.So many...

Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Song Cycles: Analytical Pathways Toward Performance presents analyses of fourteen song cycles composed after the turn of the twentieth century, with a focus on offering ways into the musical and poetic structure of...

La Plus Nouvelle Academie Universelle Des Jeux V1: Ou Divertissemens Innocens (1752) par Philidor, Francois Danican est un livre qui propose une vari�����t����� de jeux et de divertissements pour tous les �����ges. Il comprend des jeux de cartes, des...

""Die Kunst Die Welt Mitzunehmen In Den Verschiedenen Arten Der Spiele"" ist ein Buch des franz������sischen Schachspielers und Komponisten Francois Danican Philidor aus dem Jahr 1756. Das Buch besch�����ftigt sich mit verschiedenen Arten von Spielen und...

""The Organ And Its Position In Musical Art"" is a comprehensive book written by Henry Heathcote Statham in 1910. It is intended for both professional musicians and amateurs who are interested in learning about the organ and its role in music. The book...

The Renaissance of Music is a book written by Morton Latham in 1890. The book is a historical account of the development of music during the Renaissance period. It explores the various musical styles, techniques, and innovations that emerged during this...

The Psalter Noted is a book that was first published in 1856 by Thomas Helmore. It is a collection of psalms that have been set to music and is intended to be used in Anglican worship services. The book contains 150 psalms, each of which is accompanied...

The Parish Choir V9 is a book written by Charles Lewis Hutchins and published in 1889. The book is a collection of hymns and songs that are specifically designed for use in parish choirs. It includes a wide variety of music, ranging from traditional...