The great instrumental works / M. Owen Lee.

Author/creator Lee, M. Owen
Format Book
Publication InfoPompton Plains, NJ : Amadeus Press, 2006.
Descriptionxiv, 256 pages ; 23 cm + 2 audio discs.
Subjects
Instrumental music--Analysis, appreciation.
Music appreciation.

SeriesUnlocking the masters series ; no. 7
Unlocking the masters series ; no. 7. ^A590063
Contents Instrumental music. Instruments ; Keys ; Forms ; The symphony ; The concerto ; Chamber music -- Italians. Vivaldi, Antonio ; Scarlatti, Domenico -- The Germanic canon. Bach, Johann Sebastian ; Handel, George Frideric ; Haydn, Franz Joseph ; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus ; Beethoven, Ludwig von ; Schubert, Franz ; Schumann, Robert ; Brahms, Johannes -- More Germans. Weber, Carl Maria von ; Mendelssohn, Felix -- Parisians. Berlioz, Hector ; Liszt, Franz ; Chopin, Frederic -- Masters of opera. Verdi, Giuseppe ; Wagner, Richard -- Slavs. Borodin, Alexander ; Mussorgsky, Modest ; Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai ; Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich ; Smetana, Bedřich ; Dvořák, Antonín -- Late romantics. Franck, César ; Grieg, Edvard ; Bruch, Max ; Bruckner, Anton ; Mahler, Gustav -- More Parisians. Saint-Saëns, Camille ; Debussy, Claude Achille ; Ravel, Maurice -- The twentieth century. Janáček, Leoš ; Strauss, Richard ; Sibelius, Jan ; Rachmaninoff, Sergei [Rachmaninov] ; Stravinsky, Igor ; Prokofiev, Sergei ; Shostakovich, Dmitri ; Bartók, Béla ; Schoenberg, Arnold ; Berg, Alban ; Bloch, Ernest ; Elgar, Edward ; Vaughan Williams, Ralph ; Holst, Gustav ; Britten, Benjamin ; Gershwin, George ; Barber, Samuel ; Messiaen, Olivier ; Pärt, Arvo.
Abstract From Mozart to Debussy to Olivier Messiaen, the works of 50 composers are closely examined in this book. The author explores the symphonies of Mozart, the string quartets of Beethoven, the orchestral works of Debussy and Ravel, and the contemporary pieces of Olivier Messiaen and Arvo Pärt, discussing the intricacies of classical form and key relationships.
Local noteJoyner-JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY BOOK ACCOMPANIED BY SOUND RECORDINGS LOCATED AT CALL NUMBER CD-6474.
ISBN1574671170 (pbk.)

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