Music Musique is a study of American and French composers active in the late 19th through early 20th centuries and the influence of jazz on their compositional styles. Starting with a look at the formation of American and French styles of composition, Meister discusses the jazz influence on American composers such as Ives, Copland, and Seeger, and their reception in France. She then takes a parallel look at the jazz influence on prominent French composers such as Ravel, Milhaud, and Messiaen, with a conclusion that briefly outlines post--World War II musical developments. Considerable attention is paid to the social and political worlds in which these artists lived and created. Of particular interest is the community of Afro-American jazz musicians who settled in Paris after World War I, and their influence on the likes of Ravel, Milhaud, Satie, and other artists with New Orleans--based styles. Meister also discusses the more famous coteries of American writers who lived and worked in Paris during the 1920s and 1930s. The stories of these two groups of Americans in Paris form a fascinating background to the main topic of the book. Music Musique is intended for amateurs and experts alike; it provides ideas about repertoire as well as information about compositions that are likely to be heard in performance. The emphasis of the text is always on the piano solo literature or other piano music -- song accompaniments, piano duets, or internal orchestral piano parts.
Song by song, this comprehensive study addresses each composer's complete works for solo voice and piano. When necessary, errors in popular published editions are pointed out and corrected. For each song, the full French text is given, followed by Barbara Meister's translation."--Page 4 of cover.
The AALI offers an assessment of central processing skills important to learning: Visual Discrimination, Visual Memory, Auditory Discrimination, and Auditory Memory. This is done by presenting a variety of tasks that require listening, manipulating, showing, matching, visualizing, telling, and writing. The inventory is valuable for determining the best form that instruction should take for the child with disabilities. It offers a comprehensive and detailed examination of the skills that underlie writing, reading, speaking, listening, spelling, and counting.
The AALI offers an assessment of central processing skills important to learning: Visual Discrimination, Visual Memory, Auditory Discrimination, and Auditory Memory. This is done by presenting a variety of tasks that require listening, manipulating, showing, matching, visualizing, telling, and writing. The inventory is valuable for determining the best form that instruction should take for the child with disabilities. It offers a comprehensive and detailed examination of the skills that underlie writing, reading, speaking, listening, spelling, and counting.
Song by song this study addresses the comple te works of each of the composers for solo voice and piano. When necessary, errors in the published editions are correct ed and the full French text is provided alongside the author ''s translations
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