Are You Beating Two Or Four?

Centenary Appreciation Book

John Curwen A Short Critical Biography

Choirmaster In Action Book

Geoffrey Tankard was a British composer conductor and highly esteemed educator at the Royal College of Music and later in Bermuda. His seminal work Pianoforte Technique on an Hour a Day has remained an touchstone of Piano technical study since its appearance in 1960. In Specimen Answers Tankard does not attempt to give answers for memorization but rather to offer some possible answers for consideration.The language is erudite and refreshingly straightforward and any student of these two works would find this volume a welcome guide to understanding the pieces in depth.Geoffrey Tankard was a British composer conductor and highly esteemed educator at the Royal College of Music and later in Bermuda. His seminal work Pianoforte Technique on an Hour a Day has remained an touchstone of Piano technical study since its appearance in 1960. In Specimen Answers Tankard does not attempt to give answers for memorization but rather to offer some possible answers for consideration.The language is erudite and refreshingly straightforward and any student of these two works would find this volume a welcome guide to understanding the pieces in depth.

A detailed analysis of the first 24 of Bach's 48 preludes and fugues. Each prelude is reduced to show the structure and each fugue is analysed bar by bar. Both are followed by summaries and remarks.

Edward Lockspeiser Michael Hurd. A major series of titles containing clear and concise accounts of the lives and music of some of the great composers. Written by leading authorities they give students a background sufficient for all but very specialist study.

F. Bonavia Michael Hurd. A major series of titles containing clear and concise accounts of the lives and music of some of the great composers. Written by leading authorities they give students a background sufficient for all but very specialist study.

Christopher Palmer Michael Hurd. A major series of titles containing clear and concise accounts of the lives and music of some of the great composers. Written by leading authorities they give students a background sufficient for all but very specialist study.

Michael Hurd. A major series of titles containing clear and concise accounts of the lives and music of some of the great composers. Written by leading authorities they give students a background sufficient for all but very specialist study.

Geoffrey Sharp Michael Hurd. A major series of titles containing clear and concise accounts of the lives and music of some of the great composers. Written by leading authorities they give students a background sufficient for all but very specialist study. Geoffrey Sharp Michael Hurd. A major series of titles containing clear and concise accounts of the lives and music of some of the great composers. Written by leading authorities they give students a background sufficient for all but very specialist study.

Michael Hurd. A major series of titles containing clear and concise accounts of the lives and music of some of the great composers. Written by leading authorities they give students a background sufficient for all but very specialist study.

W. McNaught Michael Hurd. A major series of titles containing clear and concise accounts of the lives and music of some of the great composers. Written by leading authorities they give students a background sufficient for all but very specialist study.

From The Great Masters-Paul Steinitz. Melodies for harmonisation selected from the works of reputable composers. By studying music critically and by comparing answers with the originals students will soon learn some of the characteristics that distinguish the harmonic languages of say Bach and Schubert.

Composer conductor and educator Anthony Milner taught music theory at Morley College in London (Gustav Holst and Sir Michael Tippett have been Directors of Music there among others) followed by positions at London University King’s College London Goldsmith’s College and the Royal College of Music. His music Voice has been described as ‘orderly but impassioned’ which can also be said of his pedagogy.This short – 54 pages – book studies music of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries from Bach to Beethoven as an easy starting point for understanding of theory and harmony. Milner believed that the best method of teaching harmony was one-on-one at the Keyboard butdevised this book for an academic year’s class work as the next best option. The teaching is unassailable though it is Milner’s own Voice that seasons the text with sound advice and gives the book is personable flavour. Of eccentrically personal music notation he says ‘Writing [music] is a means of communication not of character portrayal. Write clearly.’Of the narrowness of the material covered ‘Let the knowledge of one small part of music be…a gateway to the love and understanding of the rest.’ Milner is a practical characterful colleague in the teaching of music theory.

Chopin Biography

Falstaff - Analytical Notes

Retford Bows And Bowmakers Book

W. R. Anderson Michael Hurd. A major series of titles containing clear and concise accounts of the lives and music of some of the great composers. Written by leading authorities they give students a background sufficient for all but very specialist study.

Herbert Howells is a giant of 20th century Anglican church music the remainder of whose oeuvre is in the process of gaining new appreciation. This short – 88 pages in total – book includes an interview with the composer sensitive and expert probing of the influences on his work with many examples included for illustration and a list of Howells’ principal works. The book is widely considered a trail-blazing study a work of essential reading for those intrigued by the work of this composer.As well as being a writer on music and a biographer of musicians the author Christopher Palmer was himself a most accomplished composer and arranger. He was extremely highly regardedas a symphonic Orchestrator both of film scores and of symphonic suites based on the legacies of other composers.The book has an introduction by renowned Choral conductor Sir David Willcocks. Herbert Howells is a giant of 20th century Anglican church music the remainder of whose oeuvre is in the process of gaining new appreciation. This short – 88 pages in total – book includes an interview with the composer sensitive and expert probing of the influences on his work with many examples included for illustration and a list of Howells’ principal works. The book is widely considered a trail-blazing study a work of essential reading for those intrigued by the work of this composer.As well as being a writer on music and a biographer of musicians the author Christopher Palmer was himself a most accomplished composer and arranger. He was extremely highly regardedas a symphonic Orchestrator both of film scores and of symphonic suites based on the legacies of other composers.The book has an introduction by renowned Choral conductor Sir David Willcocks.