Author: Ethan Mordden
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 588
ISBN-13: 0195040414
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This authoritative guide gives the non-musician the fundamentals of orchestral music. It begins with a general introduction to the symphony and various musical styles and then describes, chronologically, over seven hundred pieces--from Vivaldi to twentieth-century composers. Mordden also includes a glossary of musical terms and other useful aids for the music lover.
Author: Michael Ewans
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2016-02-25
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1474239099
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Performing Opera: A Practical Guide for Singers and Directors Michael Ewans provides a detailed and practical workbook to performing many of the most commonly produced operas. Drawing on examples from twenty-four operas ranging in period from Gluck and Mozart to Britten and Tippett, it illustrates exactly how opera functions as dramatic form. Grounded in close analyses of performances of thirty scenes and five whole operas by first-rate singers and celebrated directors, Performing Opera provides readers with an appreciation of the unique challenges and skills required by performers and directors. It will assist them in their own performance and equip them with detailed knowledge of works most commonly featured in the repertoire. In the first part of the book the analysis progresses from scenes in which the singers are silent, via arias and monologues, duets and confrontations, up to ensembles. Wider issues are subsequently addressed: encounters with offstage events, encounters with the numinous, characterization, and the sense of inevitability in tragic opera.
Author: Esther Singleton
Publisher:
Published: 2020-04-22
Total Pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780461747683
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Author: Esther Singleton
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-02-26
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780666434128
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from A Guide to Modern Opera The scores of the new works not only demand increase of numbers, but constantly call for strange instruments, barbaric instruments, instruments that have become obsolete, and new instruments. Conspicuous among the latter are the Celesta and the Heckelphone (see pages 215 and There seems to be a growing fondness for the sound of bells and the throb of drums; and Puccini has even tried the humming voice used as an instrument in the introduction to the last Act of M adama Butterfly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Esther Singleton
Publisher:
Published: 2022-10-27
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781017530636
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Esther Singleton
Publisher:
Published: 2008-08-01
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9781436986373
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Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Arranged chronologically with an index of operas and a separate index of composers, librettists and literary sources.