Harmonic Tonality in the Music Theories of Jérôme-Joseph Momigny, 1762-1842
Author: Glenn Gerald Caldwell
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9780889464261
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A Biography of Charlie Christian, Jazz Guitar's King of Swing
Author: Wayne E. Goins
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 504
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a biography on the career of jazz guitarist Charlie Christian, who was raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma during the Depression era in the Southwestern region of the United States. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the details surrounding the events that shaped Christian's musical development, beginning with his early influences of 'Territory bands' and 'western swing' groups. The book documents Christian's performances in the urban area of Oklahoma City on Second Street, better known as 'Deep Deuce', as well as his travels with both Anna Mae Winburn and the Alphonso Trent Orchestra. Christian's discovery by producer John Hammond led to Christian's membership in the Benny Goodman Sextet in August of 1939. The book also chronicles Christian's most significant radio broadcasts, live performances, and recordings for Columbia Records, and also includes facts regarding Christian's pioneering guitar style during the early 1940's, as his performances at Minton's Playhouse in Harlem represented the connection between swing and bebop. The biography finally uncovers details into Christian's private life, and his untimely death during the apex of the Goodman era. ... ground-b Christian's contributions to swing and early bebop.
An Examination of the Neo-classical Wind Works of Igor Stravinsky
Author: Scott Lubaroff
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 140
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This study asserts that Stravinsky's Octour pour instruments a vents (1923) is pivotal within Stravinsky's progressions in regard to orchestrational practice, instrumental choices, and compositional choices, and presents it as the point in which all of these transitions came together for the first time. After an opening discussion of Stravinsky's early life and compositional career, it concentrates on setting up the Octet and Concerto through discussion of the years leading up to their composition. In addition to placing the two works within their context of their position and broader influence upon Stravinsky's surrounding production, it provides a full musical analysis of the Octet, followed by comparative analysis between it and the Concerto. The analysis is predominantly centered around compositional practices and orchestrational techniques.
A Comprehensive Study of Romanian Art Song
Author: Paula Boire
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 288
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The final volume in a set of four detailing the development of the art song in Romania. Interviews were conducted with composers or their surviving family members. Included are songs of each composer. A valuable resource for voice teachers, singers and musicologists interested in art song.
A Researcher's Guide to the Bassoon
Author: Daniel G. Lipori
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 412
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is a valuable tool for anyone researching the bassoon or bassoon-related topics. It includes citations for nearly every book, article, dissertation, thesis, and video dealing with the bassoon. It is divided into different sections, allowing one to easily look up available information on a particular bassoon player, composer, information on bassoon reeds, or other aspects of the instrument. There is also an alphabetical section by author included along with the category listings. The set-up of the volume is similar to that of a telephone book, with headers at the top of each page, allowing one to readily browse through and find the needed information quickly.
Karel Husa
Author: Mark A. Radice
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 292
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For this vast array of information in these studies, Dr. Radice, Curator of the Karel Husa Archive and Gallery at Ithaca College School of Music, P. rofessor of Music History at Ithaca, has provided cohesion in his opening essay, in which he offers full biographical dat in addition to discussions of everything that Karel has written to date; he has also included selected, edited, and translated correspondence dating back into the 1940s with extensive annotations about personalities and compositions.
Tempo in the Soprano Arias of Puccini's La Boheme, Tosca, and Madame Butterfly
Author: Mei Zhong
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 252
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Difficulties in establishing tempos for Puccini's soprano arias arise from the lack of markings in some cases, ambiguous or impractical markings in others, doubts about the authorship of some markings, and wide variations in tempo among recorded performances. This study seeks to establish the originally intended tempos for these operas. By examining Puccini's autographs, the first edition vocal scores, and many early recordings - especially those by the sopranos or conductors who worked with the composer or performed the arias during Puccini's lifetime - it establishes tempos that conform to Puccini's musical and dramatic intentions. Additional sources include the commentaries of Luigi Ricci, Puccini's rehearsal pianist; contemporaneous and contemporary commentaries; and current scholarship.
A History of the Sacred Musical Life of an Orthodox Church in America
Author: Stephen F. Duncan (OCCA, DMA.)
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 198
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"History of the musical life of our parish ... a melding of Greek, Russian, and Serbian musical traditions."--P. x.
A Computer-aided Inquiry on Music Communication
Author: Mario Baroni
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 584
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Integrating contemporary research in the domains of analysis, stylistic analysis, semiotics, and approaches based on cognitive science, this study of 31 arias of Giovanni Legrenzi, a minor composer of the Baroque era, formulates 118 rules which describe the texts of the arias and their formal, melodic, and harmonic properties as well as the movement of the bass. The rules are then applied to a sample of melodies culled from ten centuries of Western music. A computer program that tests the validity of these rules is also described.
An Historical Introduction and Translation of Ferdinando Giorgetti's Viola Method, 1854 : Metodo Per Esercitarsi a Ben Suonare L'alto-viola
Author: Ferdinando Giorgetti
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 150
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ferdinando Giorgetti's Metodo per Esercitarsi a Ben Suonare L'Alto Viola (A Self-Training Method for Playing the Viola Well) was first published in Florence in 1854. In this translation, Sciannameo (multidisciplinary studies, music, Carnegie Mellon University) gives background on Giorgetti's life an
