The Keyboard in Baroque Europe

The Keyboard in Baroque Europe
Title The Keyboard in Baroque Europe PDF eBook
Author Christopher Hogwood
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 274
Release 2003-06-12
Genre Music
ISBN 9780521810555

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The Baroque Violin & Viola

The Baroque Violin & Viola
Title The Baroque Violin & Viola PDF eBook
Author Walter Reiter
Publisher
Pages 361
Release 2020
Genre Music
ISBN 0197525113

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In the early seventeenth century, enthusiasm for the violin swept across Europe--this was an instrument capable of bewitching virtuosity, with the power to express emotions in a way only before achieved with the human voice. With this new guide to the Baroque violin, and its close cousin, the Baroque viola, distinguished performer and pedagogue Walter Reiter puts this power into the hands of today's players. Through fifty lessons based on the Reiter's own highly-renowned course at The Royal Conservatory of the Hague, The Baroque Violin & Viola, Volume II provides a comprehensive exploration of the period's rich and varied repertoire. The lessons in Volume II cover the early seventeenth-century Italian sonata, music of the French Baroque, the Galant style, and the sonatas of composers like Schmelzer, Biber, and Bach. Practical exercises are integrated into each lesson, and accompanied by rich video demonstrations on the book's companion website. Brought to life by Reiter's deep insight into key repertoire based on a lifetime of playing and teaching, The Baroque Violin & Viola, Volume II: A Fifty-Lesson Course will enhance performances of professional and amateur musicians alike.

L'art de Toucher Le Clavecin

L'art de Toucher Le Clavecin
Title L'art de Toucher Le Clavecin PDF eBook
Author François Couperin
Publisher
Pages 90
Release 1974
Genre Harpsichord
ISBN

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A History of Baroque Music

A History of Baroque Music
Title A History of Baroque Music PDF eBook
Author George J. Buelow
Publisher Indiana University Press
Pages 732
Release 2004-11-23
Genre Music
ISBN 9780253343659

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"A History of Baroque Music is a detailed treatment of the music of the Baroque era, with particular focus on the seventeenth century. The author's approach is a history of musical style with an emphasis on musical scores. The book is divided initially by time period into early and later Baroque (1600-1700 and 1700-1750 respectively), and secondarily by country and composer. An introductory chapter discusses stylistic continuity with the late Renaissance and examines the etymology of the term "Baroque." The concluding chapter on the composer Telemann addresses the stylistic shift that led to the end of the Baroque and the transition into the Classical period."--Jacket.

The Keyboard Music of J.S. Bach

The Keyboard Music of J.S. Bach
Title The Keyboard Music of J.S. Bach PDF eBook
Author David Schulenberg
Publisher Routledge
Pages 534
Release 2013-05-13
Genre Music
ISBN 1136091467

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The Keyboard Music of J.S. Bach provides an introduction to and comprehensive discussion of all the music for harpsichord and other stringed keyboard instruments by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Often played today on the modern piano, these works are central not only to the Western concert repertory but to musical pedagogy and study throughout the world. Intended as both a practical guide and an interpretive study, the book consists of three introductory chapters on general matters of historical context, style, and performance practice, followed by fifteen chapters on the individual works, treated in roughly chronological order. The works discussed include all of Bach's individual keyboard compositions as well as those comprising his famous collections, such as the Well-Tempered Clavier, the English and French Suites, and the Art of Fugue.

The Cambridge Companion to the Harpsichord

The Cambridge Companion to the Harpsichord
Title The Cambridge Companion to the Harpsichord PDF eBook
Author Mark Kroll
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 407
Release 2019-01-03
Genre Music
ISBN 1107156076

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Covers every aspect of the harpsichord and its music, including composers, genres, national styles, tuning, and the art of harpsichord building.

Mozart the Performer

Mozart the Performer
Title Mozart the Performer PDF eBook
Author Dorian Bandy
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 277
Release 2023
Genre Music
ISBN 0226828557

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"Mozart today is known as one of the foremost composers in Western music; yet, during his lifetime, his compositional mastery seemed to pale in comparison with his achievements on the concert platform. Mozart knew that his fame was due to his piano playing and improvisations; and, as a result, much of the music he wrote was intended to serve a single aim: to set the stage, quite literally, for compelling and captivating performances. In his piano works, symphonies, and operas he sought to amuse, stir, and ravish an awe-struck public. Mozart the Performer brings to life this elusive side of Mozart's musicianship. Over the course of five "variations," Dorian Bandy traces the influence of showmanship on Mozart's style, imbuing his output with a theatricality and evanescence easily lost behind the scrim of familiarity. This insightful and imaginative book reveals the countless ways performance influenced Mozart's compositional habits, ultimately offering a genuinely novel understanding of why, centuries later, Mozart's music still captivates us and inspiring new ways of listening to it"--