Pictures at an Exhibition

Pictures at an Exhibition PDF

Author: Anna Harwell Celenza

Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1570914923

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Suggests how the death of a friend, Victor Hartmann, inspired the music of Modest Mussorgsky in St. Petersburg in the 1870s.

Pictures at an Exhibition

Pictures at an Exhibition PDF

Author: Sara Houghteling

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2009-02-17

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0307271242

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A sweeping and sensuous novel of a son’s quest to recover his family’s lost masterpieces, looted by the Nazis during the occupation. Max Berenzon’s father is the most successful art dealer in Paris, owner of the Berenzon Gallery, home to both Picasso and Matisse. To Max’s great surprise, his father forbids him from entering the family business, choosing instead to hire a beautiful and brilliant gallery assistant named Rose Clément. When Paris falls to the Nazis, the Berenzons survive in hiding, but when they return in 1944 their gallery is empty, their priceless collection vanished. In a city darkened by corruption and black martketers, Max chases his twin obsessions: the lost paintings and Rose Clément.

Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition

Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition PDF

Author: Anna Harwell Celenza

Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing

Published: 2016-04-12

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 158089528X

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When his friend Victor suddenly dies, composer Mussorgsky is deeply saddened. But, with the help of his friends, and through his own music, Modest finds a way to keep Victor's spirit alive. Readers of all ages will enjoy the inspirational story behind the composition of Pictures at an Exhibition. Bright, colorful illustrations incorporate elements of Russian folk art and traditional symbols. View pages from artist JoAnn Kitchel's notebook for explanations of the symbols and see her pencil-sketch research of the Russian culture.

Vivaldi's Four Seasons

Vivaldi's Four Seasons PDF

Author: Anna Harwell Celenza

Publisher: Charlesbridge

Published: 2012-07-01

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1607344629

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Depicts the story of how Antonio Vivaldi composed and wrote his famous Four Seasons concertos and the accompanying sonnets.

Resonances

Resonances PDF

Author: Esther M. Morgan-Ellis

Publisher:

Published: 2020-06-02

Total Pages: 566

ISBN-13: 9781940771311

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Resonances: Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context offers a fresh curriculum for the college-level music appreciation course. The musical examples are drawn from classical, popular, and folk traditions from around the globe. These examples are organized into thematic chapters, each of which explores a particular way in which human beings use music. Topics include storytelling, political expression, spirituality, dance, domestic entertainment, and more. The chapters and examples can be taught in any order, making Resonances a flexible resource that can be adapted to your teaching or learning needs. This textbook is accompanied by a complete set of PowerPoint slides, a test bank, and learning objectives.

The rite of spring

The rite of spring PDF

Author: Igor Stravinsky

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 0486411745

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With this brilliant and uncompromising work perhaps the most famous musical work of the twentieth century Stravinsky changed the course of modern music forever. Discarding conventional harmonies for bizarrely dissonant chords, and uniform metrics for harshly jarring beat patterns, he created a sensational theater piece that, at the work's 1931 premier, caused the music world's most talked-about riot. "Every law of musical syntax, every canon of harmony seems to have been violated, every limit of rhythmic perversity and eccentricity of orchestration exceeded in this tumultuous cataclysm of sound," says "Grove's"; "yet with all its deliberate crudity and violence the 'Rite' is a clearly planned and perfectly controlled and coordinated piece of music [that] has long been accepted universally as a masterpiece and is in the repertory of every large symphony orchestra." Reproduced here from an authoritative edition, the score is ideal for study in the classroom, at home, or in the concert hall. This affordable, durable, and portable volume will be the edition of choice for music students and music lovers alike."

Fauré, Selected Piano Works

Fauré, Selected Piano Works PDF

Author: Gabriel Fauré

Publisher: Alfred Music

Published: 2006-11-09

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 1457421119

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French composer, teacher and pianist Gabriel Fauré is remembered for the beauty and elegance of his music as well as for his harmonic and melodic innovations. This critical edition addresses sources, discrepancies and performance issues (tempi, pedaling, fingering, style, interpretation and technique). The preface also includes historical, cultural, and social background.