Results for: books tagged ‘Musicology’
Wagner's 'Ring' and its Symbols: Robert Donington
Mendelssohn Remembered: Roger Nichols
If Mendelssohn had known he would die before he was forty, he could scarcely have filled his life with more activity and achievement. His startling precocity is equalled perhaps only ... More
Finding the Key: Alexander Goehr
Finding the Key deals with the fundamental issues that face the composer today. In the remarkable 'Letter to Boulez' that opens this collection of essays, Alexander Goehr assesses his own ... More
Orchestral Performance: Christopher Adey
In some ways it is easy to conduct a professional orchestra. If your technique is ropey or your ear less than acute, the players can usually make up for it ... More
Elgar's Third Symphony: Anthony Payne
Elgar's Third Symphony has long been one of the great unknowns of twentieth-century music. Commissioned in 1932 by the BBC, it appeared fragmentary and disorganized when Elgar died in 1934. ... More
Fundamentals of Musical Composition: Arnold Schoenberg
Fundamentals of Musical Composition represents the culmination of more than forty years in Schoenberg's life devoted to the teaching of musical principles to students and composers in Europe and America. ... More
Structural Functions of Harmony: Arnold Schoenberg
First published in 1948, Structural Functions of Harmony is Schoenberg's last theoretical work and contains his ultimate thoughts on classical and romantic harmony. The opening chapters are a resume of ... More
Harrison Birtwistle: Jonathan Cross
Love it or loathe it, few would disagree that the music of Harrison Birtwistle stands amongst the most assured, original and challenging music ever to have been produced by a ... More
On Playing the Flute: Johann Joachim Quantz
Johann Joachim Quantz's On Playing the Flute has long been recognized as one of the primary sources of information about eighteenth-century performance practice. In spite of its title, it is ... More
Conversations with Iannis Xenakis: Balint Andras Varga
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