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Author
Series
Pub. Date
1973
Physical Desc
101 pages : music ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Originally written as an introduction to a critical edition of Beethoven's piano concertos, this informative performance guide is the work of an accomplished pianist, composer, and conductor. In addition to over 100 annotated and analyzed musical examples, the text focuses on the execution of the trill. New Introduction and Notes by Anton Cuerti.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1972
Physical Desc
xii, 228 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The demands of tuning (attaining the perfect scale) and temperament (the compromises necessary for composing in every key) have challenged musicians from the earliest civilizations onward. This guide surveys these longstanding problems, devoting a chapter to each principal theory and offering a running account of the complete history of tuning and temperament. Organized chronologically, the book features a helpful glossary and numerous illustrative...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1969
Edition
2nd ed., rev. & rewritten / with appendi.
Physical Desc
xix, 505 pages : facsimile ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The first scholarly account of the full range of English musical achievements, The History of English Music focuses on the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries, which Davey considered the golden age of English music. In this book, he claims that the earliest known free instrumental compositions, as well as the polyphonic style, originated in England during the fifteenth century-these controversial findings were his most important contribution....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1973
Physical Desc
135 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eminent musician and musical scholar Leo Schrade reflects on Bach and his music.
"UNDERSTANDING AND esteem for Bach's music have developed in a way not altogether regular. The course of men's appreciation of Bach has moved back and forth, like the tides. The causes that have set these tides in motion have changed from time to time. Hence we always think we are "discovering" Bach anew. If signs are not wholly deceptive, a new wave seems to be rising...
14) Anthology of instrumental music from the end of the sixteenth to the end of the seventeenth century
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1973
Physical Desc
xxiii pages, 6 unnumbered pages, 80 pages : music ; 24 x 32 cm.
Language
English
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