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Author: Tim Dowley
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Published: 2011-05-16
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 0857125680
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This series of biographies presents the great composers against the background of their times. Each draws on personal letters and recollections, engravings, paintings and, when they exist, photographs, to present a complete picture of the composer's life.
Author: Tim Dowley
Publisher: Omnibus Press& Schirmer Trade Books
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780711902619
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Elgar was England's greatest late romantic composer. His symphonies, the Enigma Variations and oratorios made him the toast of Europe and America during his lifetime. His ceremonial music, such as the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, made him a national institution.
Author: Neil Wenborn
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Published: 2011-08-01
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 0857124374
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book traces the remarkable course of a creative career which spanned the drawing rooms of the Imperial Russia and the social ferment of 1960s America, and serve to establish Stravinsky not only as the most celebrated composer of his time but also as one of the defining forces of twentieth-century culture.
Author: Peggy Woodford
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Published: 2011-08-01
Total Pages: 159
ISBN-13: 0857124951
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Schubert died at the age of thirty-one, in obscurity, his genius unrecognised except by a few friends. Today he is acknowledged as one of the greatest composers of all times. His nine symphonies include what is probably the most famous of all symphonies - The Unfinished- and his chamber music, the best loved of all quintets - The Trout. Perhaps his most impressive accomplishment was the composition of over six hundred exquisite songs, including the Schöne Mullerin and Winterreise song cycles, which never cease to delight audiences. In this new biography, the author traces the life and times of Schubert, the development of his music and the political and social climate of Vienne in the years following the Congress of 1814. Documentation of the period, Schubert's own letters and the recollections of his friends help bring Schubert's time alive. The text is completed with a number of facsimile reproductions of Schubert's manuscripts and published editions.
Author: Robert Layton
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Published: 2011-05-16
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 0857125672
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A series of biographies of the great composers which present the subjects against the social background of their times. This volume focuses on Grieg and draws on personal letters and recollections, engravings, paintings and - where they exist - photographs, to build up a complete picture of the composer’s life.
Author: Ates Orga
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Published: 2015-03-15
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 0857128477
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Harold C. Schonberg
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Published: 1981-01-01
Total Pages: 653
ISBN-13: 9780393013023
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Biographies of the important composers from Monteverdi and Bach to Bartok and Webern are designed to show the history of music.
Author: Paul Holmes
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Published: 2011-08-01
Total Pages: 88
ISBN-13: 0857124331
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Lavishly illustrated throughout, this fascinating biography sets Debussy's musical revolution in the context of his times. It will be invaluable to musicians and concert-goers alike.
Author: Tim Dowley
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Published: 2011-08-01
Total Pages: 150
ISBN-13: 0857124366
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A new and fascinating biography of the most outstanding composer in musical history. Covering Bach's earliest efforst in Eisenach, his cultural inheritance, his series of posts as organist or musician, and his stormy career in Leipzig, Bach: The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers traces the significant stages of development in his family and his music.
Author: Matthew Robert Walker
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Published: 2011-08-01
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 085712434X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this biography, Robert Walker skilfully blends the fascinating story of Rachmaninoff's life with the historical background of his times. The author shows, too, how outside influences- the 1905 and 1917 revolutions, the Great War, the Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression- very much affected Rachmaninoff as an artist. As well as the use of contemporary accounts, letters and reminiscences, the author has obtained recollections first-hand from distinguished musicians who knew the composer initmately and worked closely with him. The Book is illustrated throughout with photographs of the time, which are as fascinating as the text.
