著者:Robert Layton
出版社: Music Sales Limited
発売日: 2011年05月16日
A series of biographies of the great composers which present the subjects against the social background of their times. This volume focuses on Grieg and draws on personal letters and recollections, ……続きを見る
著者:Alan Walker
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2013年03月20日
The second volume in Alan Walker's magisterial biography of Franz Liszt.
"You can't help but keep turning the pages, wondering how it will all turn out: and Walker's accumulated readings of Liszt's ……続きを見る
著者:Jonathan Cott
出版社: Oxford University Press, USA
発売日: 2012年11月30日
Leonard Bernstein was arguably the most highly esteemed, influential, and charismatic American classical music personality of the twentieth century. Conductor, composer, pianist, writer, educator, a……続きを見る
Mendelssohn is one of the worlds best-loved composers. His greatest music The Hebrides, the Violin Concerto, the Italian Symphony is a cornerstone of the classical repertoire, while the Wedding Ma……続きを見る
著者:Phil G. Goulding
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2011年03月16日
MAKE A SOUND INVESTMENT IN CLASSICAL MUSIC
Who are the ten most important classical composers? Who in the world was Palestrina? Why did Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" cause a riot? Which five of each……続きを見る
Haydn was among the first great composers whose fame in his own lifetime endured after his death. While he is loved for a handful of popular, tuneful symphonies and the oratorio The Creation, the br……続きを見る
Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994), who claimed that 'talking was not his speciality', emerges during a series of conversations with the music critic Tadeusz Kaczynski as a most lucid and articulate com……続きを見る
Still Got It, Never Lost It! tells the story of Louie Spence, star of Pineapple Dance Studios and ruthless judge on Dancing on Ice.
‘I did everything my sisters did, that’s how my dancing days start……続きを見る
Just as Russian dancers defected from the former Soviet Union in the 1970s, Cuban dancers are now fleeing Castro's regime in droves. Their unique style of ballet is galvanizing the world of dance. T……続きを見る
Aspiring ballerina-slash-amateur detective Dani Spevak is back in this humorous short story!
Dani and her friends are spending spring break in beautiful Sedona, Arizona for the annual Southwest Teen……続きを見る
著者:Mark Franko
出版社: Oxford University Press
発売日: 2016年05月31日
Often called the Picasso, Stravinsky, or Frank Lloyd Wright of the dance world, Martha Graham revolutionized ballet stages across the globe. Using newly discovered archival sources, award-winning ch……続きを見る
This book is not intended for sophisticated music aficionados although even they might find it enlightening. It is designed for novice followers of classical music and those who as yet remain blissf……続きを見る
As the Soviet Union's foremost composer, Shostakovich's status in the West has always been problematic. Regarded by some as a collaborator, and by others as a symbol of moral resistance, both he and……続きを見る
著者:Paul Holmes
出版社: Music Sales Limited
発売日: 2011年08月01日
Lavishly illustrated throughout, this fascinating biography sets Debussy's musical revolution in the context of his times. It will be invaluable to musicians and concert-goers alike.
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著者:Tim Dowley
出版社: Music Sales Limited
発売日: 2011年05月16日
This series of biographies presents the great composers against the background of their times. Each draws on personal letters and recollections, engravings, paintings and, when they exist, photograp……続きを見る
Here is the first dual biography of the early lives of two key figures in Russian ballet: famed choreographer George Balanchine and his close childhood friend and extraordinary ballerina Liidia (Lid……続きを見る
著者:Simon Morrison
出版社: Oxford University Press
発売日: 2016年05月31日
Sergey Prokofiev was one of the twentieth century's greatest composers--and one of its greatest mysteries. Until now. In The People's Artist, Simon Morrison draws on groundbreaking research to illum……続きを見る
著者:Peter Gay
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2000年01月01日
A biography of the greatest musical mind in Western history
Mozart's unshakable hold on the public's consciousness can only be strengthened by historian and biographer Peter Gay's concise and deft l……続きを見る
Are you looking for a journey that will take you through The Greatest Female Pianists of All Time: Top 100, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are lo……続きを見る
著者:Doris Powers
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2013年01月11日
Although he is the son of J. S. Bach, C. P. E. Bach is an important composer in his own right, this long-awaited annotated bibliography presents a complete listing of the works of C. P. E. Bach. Thi……続きを見る
Collins Shorts – insight in an instant.
There’s more to classical music than Beethoven’s Fifth, but where to start? Gareth Malone, the charismatic TV choirmaster, gives you some easy tips on how to ……続きを見る
Los griegos celebraban sus fiestas al principio y al final de la siega, piden a los dioses que el campo sea fecundo, y concretamente, lo piden a Dionisos. Una procesión de danzantes dionisíacos que ……続きを見る
Secrets and passion will bring them to their knees... ~ RITA Finalist, Best Historical Romance ~
Clara Becker is a supremely gifted composer--a talent of little to use to a woman in 1830s Europe. He……続きを見る
Exploring the best practices for achieving true musical expressivity, this offering from a team of leading conductors is a practical guide to achieving the primary goal of any wind band performance:……続きを見る
First published in 2011**,** this text provides citations to the core Holst literature. The volume is intended for students and researchers, as well as those seeking an introduction to Holst. The in……続きを見る
Off the Record is a revealing exploration of piano performing practices of the high Romantic era. Author and well-known keyboard player Neal Peres Da Costa bases his investigation on a range of earl……続きを見る
This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and linked Index
CONTENTS Preface. Beethoven's Harbingers. Symphony, No. 1, Op. 21. Symphony, No. 2. Op. 36.&n……続きを見る
著者:Peggy Woodford
出版社: Music Sales Limited
発売日: 2011年08月01日
Schubert died at the age of thirty-one, in obscurity, his genius unrecognised except by a few friends. Today he is acknowledged as one of the greatest composers of all times. His nine symphonies inc……続きを見る
著者:Scott Burnham
出版社: Princeton University Press
発売日: 2012年11月12日
Aspects of beauty in the music of Mozart
It is a common article of faith that Mozart composed the most beautiful music we can know. But few of us ask why. Why does the beautiful in Mozart stand apar……続きを見る