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Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 600 cross-referenced entries on composers, conductors, instruments, important technical terms, and emerging musical forms.lo

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Greenberg gives novice listeners and longtime classical music buffs alike the knowledge that will transform their listening experiences. Readers will become fluent in the language of music and versed in its enthralling history.

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A discography of the works and recordings of Igor Stravinsky to date and a chronicle of the composer's recording career. Following an introduction tracing his recording history, it lists 191 studio performances, recorded issues and unpublished recordings.

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Though the term Irish music typically evokes images of fiddles, flutes, and Riverdance, Ireland and its culture have also given rise to a wealth of orchestral music, including compositions ranging from string quartets to operas.

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This is the first scholarly work to document the musical contribution of Joseph Holbrooke, one of Britains most controversial composers during the first half of the twentieth century. Paul Watt and Anne-Marie Forbes have gathered a team of scholars who focuses on the musical and literary life of the composer.

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In Listening to Art Song, Margaret Olson offers an easy-to-read, fresh perspective on the remarkably diverse musical genre of art song, surveying for readers such topics as the development of song, the elements that make up song, and the art of listening to song. Readers will ...

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Lukas Foss's career encompasses the worlds of composition, conducting, performing, teaching, and the organization of major music festivals. discographical citations to compositions by Foss as well as to works conducted and performed by him;

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Chronologically following Nicholas Tawa's The Coming of Age of American Art Music, this new study stands on its own in examining the music of the most prominent American composers active in the first three decades of the twentieth century.

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Manchester Beethoven studies presents ten original chapters by scholars with close ties to the University of Manchester. The volume contains new research on a range of biographical, analytical and cultural topics, and reflects the breadth of ongoing Beethoven scholarship in Manchester.

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The first comprehensive guide to pre-1934 female popular vocal recordings sung in Englishfrom around the world and including all stylesthis discographical study includes solos, duets, trios, and quartets composed by the great songwriters of the early 1900s (from Irving Berlin to Victor Young).

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Yet another highlight of the book is an up-to-date account of exciting recent research on Mozart's skull and the bronze death mask.

The first book in English devoted entirely to Mozart's physical and mental health, Mozart in Person contains a comprehensive bibliography of books and articles from musical and medical literatures.

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"An overview of recent developments and the current state of music composition, and a guide for students and composers who are working within these changing practices"--

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This book introduces every important aspect of the Elizabethan music world. Music became a form of strategy within court politics, and secular music evolved through the musical and poetic influences of the Italian Renaissance.

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This annotated chronology contains material concerning the background, philosophy, theory, notation, style, manuscript sources, theoretical sources, classes of music, composers and instruments for the period from 1425 to 1520, the first part of the Renaissance.

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This annotated chronology of western music is the third in a series of outlines on the history of music in western civilization.

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Foreign words, parts of the liturgy of the Roman Catholic church, musical terms, titles of theoretical works and musical manuscripts, and names of composers, theorists, and places of interest are defined in the section entitled Definition and Pronunciation.

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The troubadours of France, Meistersingers of Germany,the Cantus Firmus of Italy, and the instruments that played the music are all included in this thorough guide to music of the middle ages.

Topics include: the British Isles, Dance Music, Eastern Europe, France, Germanic Lands, Harps, Italy, the Low Countries, Spain, and more.