Cedric Thorpe Davie. Defines and describes the forms commonly used by Western composers in the period 1550 and 1900.

Walter Gieseking and Karl Leimer. A radical approach towards developing finger and expression technique emphasising listening to one's self and proper understanding as the basis of technique for the piano.

Schumann on Music - A Selection From The Writings

A Photographic Narrative-This book contains more than 150 rare collector or black and white photographs offering a front row fan's perspective on many legendary musical events in the life of Eric Clapton .

This legendary work is a comprehensive survey of the topic covering every issue of significance to today's performers. The text is fully amplified with numerous musical examples authoritative citations scholarly interpretations and syntheses and the author's own conclusions. This rich collection of source material for the musicologist is an equally indispensable companion for conductors editors and performers.

He lived in the shadow of death painfully aware of the tuberculosis that would kill him prematurely. But Frédéric Chopin attained immortality with his Piano works which endure as pinnacles of the instrument's repertoire. This biography by one of the nineteenth century's foremost pianists--Chopin's friend and fellow artist Franz Liszt--offers a highly informed assessment of the Polish composer's musical legacy. It is further enlivened by the author's personal acquaintance with Chopin's other friends who constituted the very cream of Parisian intellectual and artistic society. Born a year apart Chopin and Liszt came of age in an era favorable to musical change when audiences as well as performers were receptive to Romanticism's innovations. Liszt surveys the technical brilliance as well as the poetry of Chopin's masterpieces including the Adagio from Piano Concerto No. 2 and Polonaise in F-sharp Minor. He also chronicles Chopin's progress from child prodigy to the darling of Parisian salons. A source of rare and unparalleled insights into Chopin's world of private anguish and public triumph this memoir recounts the composer's loneliness as a Polish emigré his tempestuous romance with George Sand and his life among a glittering social set that included Balzac Hugo Berlioz Delacroix and Schumann. Reprint of the Oliver Ditson Company Boston 1880 edition. He lived in the shadow of death painfully aware of the tuberculosis that would kill him prematurely. But Frédéric Chopin attained immortality with his Piano works which endure as pinnacles of the instrument's repertoire. This biography by one of the nineteenth century's foremost pianists-- Chopin 's friend and fellow artist Franz Liszt --offers a highly informed assessment of the Polish composer's musical legacy. It is further enlivened by the author's personal acquaintance with Chopin 's other friends who constituted the very cream of Parisian intellectual and artistic society. Born a year apart Chopin and Liszt came of age in an era favorable to musical change when audiences as well as performers were receptive to Romanticism's innovations. Liszt surveys the technical brilliance as well as the poetry of Chopin 's masterpieces including the 'Adagio' from Piano Concerto No. 2 and Polonaise in F-sharp Minor. He also chronicles Chopin 's progress from child prodigy to the darling of Parisian salons. A source of rare and unparalleled insights into Chopin 's world of private anguish and public triumph this memoir recounts the composer's loneliness as a Polish emigré his tempestuous romance with George Sand and his life among a glittering social set that included Balzac Hugo Berlioz Delacroix and Schumann. Reprint of the Oliver Ditson Company Boston 1880 edition.

'Altogether a sensitive and tasteful document.' — Library Journal A series of themed essays rather than a traditional biography this profile of the Polish composer and virtuoso pianist is the work of a legendaryconductor and performer. Alfred Cortot taught at the Paris Conservatory of Music co-founded the École Normale de Musique de Paris and produced printed versions of the complete works of Chopin Schumann and Debussy. In theserevealing chronicles Cortot focuses on Chopin's compositions as well as his performances and personal relationships. Beginning with an account of the composer's physical characteristics the book examines Chopin's role asa teacher; his works as reflected by his correspondence; his identity as a Polish nationalist and his attitude toward France; and his concert performances. It further explores his friendships with Liszt and Delacroix and hisromance with George Sand as well as the composer's chronic illness and the expression of his tormented sensitive nature in his music. Reprint of the Peter Nevill Limited London 1951 edition.

Wallace Berry. An inquiry into tonal textural and rhythmic structures in music with original formulations and provocative ideas.

The Polyphonic Vocal Style of the Sixteenth Century-This classic introductory text focuses on the polyphonic vocal style perfected by Palestrina. Unlike many other texts it maintains a careful balance between theoretical and practical problems between historical and systematic methodology. The result is an exceptionally useful resource ideal for classroom use in teaching modal counterpoint. Unabridged Dover (1992) republication of the edition published by Prentice Hall Inc. New York 1939. Translated by Glen Haydon. New foreword by Alfred Mann. Knud Jeppesen. The Polyphonic vocal style of the Sixteenth Century.

The 457 letters collected here are the most important letters in the spirit that was to shape and move a century. With explanatory notes by Dr. A. C. Kalisher.

The three volumes of The Masterwork In Music present complete English translations of major works by Austrian music theorist Heinrich Schenker one of the twentieth century's leading figures in the field. First published in German between 1925 and 1930 these essays represent Schenker's greatest writings in analysis prior to the 1935 definitive formulation of his theory of music in Der freie Satz (Free Composition). This new publication of the long-awaited English translation which first appeared in the distinguished Cambridge University Press edition provides a valuable resource for scholars. Editorial annotations and elucidations byDr.William Drabkin and his translators offer additional insights. Volume One includes analyses of keyboard pieces by Bach Scarlatti Chopin and Beethoven along with studies of solo violin music by Bach. Volume Two contains a major essay on Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor and shorter studies of works by Bach Haydn and Reger. Volume Three's contents include Schenker's celebrated analysis of Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony and other works.

W. Henry Hill Arthur F. Hill and Alfred E. Hill. Covers his apprenticeship to Amati distinguishing characteristics of his instruments and materials used in them.

A first hand report of the composer's intentions in regard to the performance of his music interpreted by the composer's friend Robert Schmitz.

Selected and edited by Hans Mersmann. Covers the composer's entire life from his childhood travels to his last days. Includes several letters to and from his father.

Albert Schweitzer. Discusses Bach's choral music - the chorales cantatas the 'Magnificat' the 'St. John Passion' and the 'St. Michael Passion'.

Edited by Friedrich Kerst and Henry Krehbiel. As revealed in his own words. A composite portrait of Mozart the man and artist as he communicates his optimisms and anticipations.

A distinguished musicologist explores nineteenth-century French art songs in this fascinating study of the melodies of Berlioz Liszt Bizet Saint-Saëns Franck Fauré and others. The songs are described and analyzed in terms of structure style prosody and melo-harmonic features. Sensitive evaluations of the melodies include more than 250 musical examples. Author Frits Noske was the first musicologist to fully trace the origins and early development of the French art songs known as mélodie. He discusses the forms from which the genre evolved intermediary compositions by Niedermeyer and Monpou and the effect of Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies. Additional topicsinclude Berlioz's contribution to the emerging form the influence of German song the special problems of French-language prosody and the changing role of the accompaniment. Music history and voice majors musicologists and music enthusiasts of all ages will appreciate this valuable guide to an unjustly neglected musical genre. Reprint of the North-Holland Publishing Company Amsterdam and the Presses Universitaires de France Paris 1954 edition. 'Invaluable as a work of reference in addition to being full of sound judgments and happy suggestions.' — Jacques Barzun MLA Notes

This volume traces the development of equal-temperament and the scientific search for the perfect scale from Pythagoras to Bach and beyond. Each chapter is devoted to a specific principal theory critically evaluating the contributions of well and lesser-known students of the issue. Written by internationally respected authority J. Murray Barbour the book requires minimal background of music or scientific theory. A vital text for every student of tonality instrumental innovation and the interaction between scientific and musical development.

The three volumes of The Masterwork In Music present complete English translations of major works by Austrian music theorist Heinrich Schenker one of the twentieth century's leading figures in the field. First published in German between 1925 and 1930 these essays represent Schenker's greatest writings in analysis prior to the 1935 definitive formulation of his theory of music in Der freie Satz (Free Composition). This new publication of the long-awaited English translation which first appeared in the distinguished Cambridge University Press edition provides a valuable resource for scholars. Editorial annotations and elucidations byDr.William Drabkin and his translators offer additional insights. Volume One includes analyses of keyboard pieces by Bach Scarlatti Chopin and Beethoven along with studies of solo violin music by Bach. Volume Two contains a major essay on Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor and shorter studies of works by Bach Haydn and Reger. Volume Three's contents include Schenker's celebrated analysis of Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony and other works.

Cecil Forsyth describes 57 instruments tracing their origins development and status at the beginning of World War I. He discusses the evolution of each instrument and players' impressions of what they play.