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A Conductor's Guide to the Choral-orchestral Works of J.S. Bach

By: Jonathan D. Green

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A Conductor's Guide to the Choral-orchestral Works of J.S. Bach

By: Jonathan D. Green

Focusing on the works of J. S. Bach, this invaluable guide surveys the choral-orchestral repertoire.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810837331

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Inventing the Business of Opera

The Impresario and His World in Seventeenth Century Venice

By: Beth Glixon,Jonathan Glixon

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Inventing the Business of Opera

The Impresario and His World in Seventeenth Century Venice

By: Beth Glixon,Jonathan Glixon

Inventing the Business of Opera explores public opera in its infancy, bringing to life the men and women who successfully established the new genre on the stages of Venice during the seventeenth century. All of the components necessary to opera production are highlighted, from the financial backing, to the libretto and the score, to the singers, dancers, the scenery, and the costumes.

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Oxford University Press

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0195342976

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Choral-Orchestral Repertoire

A Conductor's Guide

By: Jonathan D. Green,David W. Oertel

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Choral-Orchestral Repertoire

A Conductor's Guide

By: Jonathan D. Green,David W. Oertel

Choral-Orchestral Repertoire: A Conductor’s Guide, Omnibus Edition offers an expansive compilation of choral-orchestral works from 1600 to the present. Synthesizing Jonathan D. Green’s earlier six volumes on this repertoire, this edition updates and adds to the over 750 oratorios, cantatas, choral symphonies, masses, secular works for large and small ensembles, and numerous settings of liturgical and biblical texts for a wide variety of vocal and instrumental combinations. Each entry includes a brief biographical sketch of the composer, approximate duration, text sources, performing forces, available editions, and locations of manuscript materials, as well as descriptive commentary, a discography, and a bibliography. Unique to this edition are practitioner’s evaluations of the performance issues presented in each score. These include the range, tessitura, and nature of each solo role and a determination of the difficulty of the choral and orchestral portions of each composition. There is also a description of the specific challenges, staffing, and rehearsal expectations related to the performance of each work. Choral-Orchestral Repertoire is an essential resource for conductors and students of conducting as they search for repertoire appropriate to their needs and the abilities of their ensembles.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442244674

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9781442244672

Routledge Handbook to Luigi Nono and Musical Thought

By: Jonathan Impett

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Routledge Handbook to Luigi Nono and Musical Thought

By: Jonathan Impett

Of the post-war, post-serialist generation of European composers, it was Luigi Nono who succeeded not only in identifying and addressing aesthetic and technical questions of his time, but in showing a way ahead to a new condition of music in the twenty-first century. His music has found a listenership beyond the ageing constituency of ‘contemporary music’. In Nono’s work, the audiences of sound art, improvisation, electronic, experimental and radical musics of many kinds find common cause with those concerned with the renewal of Western art music. His work explores the individually and socially transformative role of music; its relationship with history and with language; the nature of the musical work as distributed through text, time, technology and individuals; the nature and performativity of the act of composition; and, above all, the role and nature of listening as a cultural activity. In many respects his music anticipates the new technological state of culture of the twenty-first century while radically reconnecting with our past. His work is itself a case study in the evolution of musical activity and the musical object: from the period of an apparently stable place for art music in Western culture to its manifold new states in our century. Routledge Handbook to Luigi Nono and Musical Thought seeks to trace the evolution of Nono’s musical thought through detailed examination of the vast body of sketches, and to situate this narrative in its personal, cultural and political contexts.

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Routledge

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0429940858

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The Devastation of Dunelaw

By: Jonathan Boult

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The Devastation of Dunelaw

By: Jonathan Boult

Damore is a contented Trellan, happily living a peaceful life, secure in the belief that tomorrow will be just like today. His home is filled with love and laughter, and the thought of leaving his hometown has never crossed his mind. But everything changes when an unknown army lands in Dunelaw, bringing devastation in its wake. Forced from his quiet routine, Damore takes his first steps beyond Blacksand. As the lone survivor, he embarks on an adventure that reveals a world he never knew existed. Along the way, he’ll be aided by some and hunted by others, encounter dragons and kreaks, forge lifelong friendships, and face mortal enemies. The only thing Damore knows for sure now is that tomorrow will never be the same again...

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1035853248

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9781035853243

Exploring Art Song Lyrics

Translation and Pronunciation of the Italian, German & French Repertoire

By: Jonathan Retzlaff

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Exploring Art Song Lyrics

Translation and Pronunciation of the Italian, German & French Repertoire

By: Jonathan Retzlaff

Drawing generously from four centuries of Italian, German and French art song, Exploring Art Song Lyrics embraces the finest of the literature and presents the repertoire with unprecedented clarity and detail. Each of the over 750 selections comprises the original poem, a concise English translation, and an IPA transcription which is uniquely designed to match the musical setting. Enunciation and transcription charts are included for each language on a single, easy to read page. A thorough discussion of the method of transcription is provided in the appendix. With its wide-ranging scope of repertoire, and invaluable tools for interpretation and performance, Exploring Art Song Lyrics is an essential resource for the professional singer, voice teacher, and student.

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OUP USA

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019977532X

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Dictionary of Theologians

To 1308

By: Jonathan Hill

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Dictionary of Theologians

To 1308

By: Jonathan Hill

An exhaustive guide to every significant Christian theologian who lived from the first century to 1308, the year in which John Duns Scotus died. The dictionary encompasses the Catholic, Orthodox, Nestorian and Monophysite traditions, including information not previously available in English. Thoroughly indexed, the dictionary incorporates common variants of names and concepts which will help and direct the reader. The main criterion for inclusion has been contribution to the development of Christian theology. Sub-criteria by which that is measured include, above all, originality and influence on later figures. With over 290 entries, the dictionary provides a handy summary of theologiansi lives and writings together with recent scholarship,as well as an up-to-date, definitive bibliography listing primary texts, translations and secondary literature in the major western European languages. Useful for all levels of academia; no other text matches the depth of the dictionaryis bibliographies. The unprecedented thoroughness of Hill's compilation provides an essential resource for studies at all levels on such a large and varied range of Church thinkers.

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James Clarke & Company

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0227179064

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9780227179062

Film Music in the Sound Era

A Research and Information Guide, 2 Volume Set

By: Jonathan Rhodes Lee

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Film Music in the Sound Era

A Research and Information Guide, 2 Volume Set

By: Jonathan Rhodes Lee

Film Music in the Sound Era: A Research and Information Guide offers a comprehensive bibliography of scholarship on music in sound film (1927–2017). Thematically organized sections cover historical studies, studies of musicians and filmmakers, genre studies, theory and aesthetics, and other key aspects of film music studies. Broad coverage of works from around the globe, paired with robust indexes and thorough cross-referencing, make this research guide an invaluable tool for all scholars and students investigating the intersection of music and film. This guide is published in two volumes: Volume 1: Histories, Theories, and Genres covers overviews, historical surveys, theory and criticism, studies of film genres, and case studies of individual films. Volume 2: People, Cultures, and Contexts covers individual people, social and cultural studies, studies of musical genre, pedagogy, and the industry. A complete index is included in each volume.

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Routledge

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1000091287

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Harrison Birtwistle: The Mask of Orpheus

By: Jonathan Cross

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Harrison Birtwistle: The Mask of Orpheus

By: Jonathan Cross

Hailed at its premiere at the London Coliseum in 1986 as the most important musical and theatrical event of the decade, The Mask of Orpheus is undoubtedly a key work in Harrison Birtwistle's output. His subsequent stage and concert pieces demand to be evaluated in its light. Increasingly, it is also viewed as a key work in the development of opera since the Second World War, a work that pushed at the boundaries of what was possible in lyrical theatre. In its imaginative fusion of music, song, drama, myth, mime and electronics, it has become a beacon for many younger composers, and the object of wide critical attention. Jonathan Cross begins his detailed study of this 'lyric tragedy' by placing it in the wider context of the reception of the Orpheus myth. In particular, the significance of Orpheus for the twentieth century is discussed, and this provides the backdrop for an examination of Birtwistle's preoccupation with the story in a variety of works across his creative life. The sources and genesis of The Mask of Orpheus are explored. This is followed by a close reading of the work's three acts, analysing their structure and meaning, investigating the relationship between music, text and drama, drawing on Zinovieff's textual drafts and Birtwistle's compositional sketches. The book concludes by suggesting a range of contexts within which The Mask of Orpheus might be understood. Its central themes of time, memory and identity, loss, mourning and melancholy, touch a deep sensibility in late-modern society and culture. Interviews with the librettist and composer round off this important study.

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Routledge

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1351564137

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Filippino Lippi

An Abundance of Invention

By: Jonathan K. Nelson

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Filippino Lippi

An Abundance of Invention

By: Jonathan K. Nelson

Offering particular insight into Filippino Lippi’s artistic problem-solving, an innovative look at the Renaissance master. The first focused study of Filippino Lippi in a generation, and the first in English in over eighty years, this book presents a new understanding of the Renaissance master-artist. Celebrated as “ingenious” by Vasari in 1550, Filippino was highly praised and influential, then fell out of favor and was forgotten for centuries. He was rediscovered by the poet Swinburne, who in 1868 celebrated the painter’s “inventive enjoyment and indefatigable fancy.” In a similar spirit, this volume explores Filippino’s creativity in solving artistic problems. If a Roman cardinal requested a classically inspired work or a Florentine humanist wanted to dazzle observers with his antiquarian interests, Filippino had the sensitivity to understand these diverse needs and express them with highly original solutions.

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Reaktion Books

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178914602X

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9781789146028

From Renaissance to Baroque

Change in Instruments and Instrumental Music in the Seventeenth Century

By: Jonathan Wainwright

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From Renaissance to Baroque

Change in Instruments and Instrumental Music in the Seventeenth Century

By: Jonathan Wainwright

Historians of instruments and instrumental music have long recognised that there was a period of profound change in the seventeenth century, when the consorts or families of instruments developed during the Renaissance were replaced by the new models of the Baroque period. Yet the process is still poorly understood, in part because each instrument has traditionally been considered in isolation, and changes in design have rarely been related to changes in the way instruments were used, or what they played. The essays in this book are by distinguished international authors that include specialists in particular instruments together with those interested in such topics as the early history of the orchestra, iconography, pitch and continuo practice. The book will appeal to instrument makers and academics who have an interest in achieving a better understanding of the process of change in the seventeenth century, but the book also raises questions that any historically aware performer ought to be asking about the performance of Baroque music. What sorts of instruments should be used? At what pitch? In which temperament? In what numbers and/or combinations? For this reason, the book will be invaluable to performers, academics, instrument makers and anyone interested in the fascinating period of change from the 'Renaissance' to the 'Baroque'.

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Routledge

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1351566253

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Ezra Pound and His Classical Sources

The Cantos and the Primal Matter of Troy

By: Jonathan Ullyot

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Ezra Pound and His Classical Sources

The Cantos and the Primal Matter of Troy

By: Jonathan Ullyot

This book uses Ezra Pound's The Cantos as a lens to understand modernism's ambition to revolutionize literature through mythical and scientific methods. Homer's Odyssey plays a unique methodological and structural role in The Cantos. The Cantos translates, interprets, abridges, adapts, critiques, parodies, trivializes, allegorizes, and “ritualizes” the Odyssey. Partly inspired by Joyce's use of different literary styles or “technics” in Ulysses, and partly inspired by medieval classicism and 19th century philology, Pound uses a plethora of methods to translate Homer and other classical texts. This book argues that The Cantos is a modernist vision of the Matter of Troy, a term used by medieval authors to designate the cycle of texts based on the Trojan war and its aftereffects, including the nostoi (returns) of the Greek heroes. This is the first study to explore how medieval classicism and translation informs Pound's mythical method and to systematically outline the variety and evolution of Pound's Odyssey translations in The Cantos.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350260231

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The Impact of the British Oboist Léon Goossens

A Breath in Time

By: Jonathan Tobutt

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The Impact of the British Oboist Léon Goossens

A Breath in Time

By: Jonathan Tobutt

In this study of Léon Goossens’ musical life, the author reassesses the current limited and fragmented perspectives of Léon’s contribution to British oboe playing through his interpretative and performance strategies, his orchestral and solo careers, the people who influenced and were influenced by him, his character as reported by those who studied and worked with him and, significantly, his pivotal role as a catalyst for new compositions that created a considerable library of British oboe music addressing a paucity in the repertoire. To place Léon’s impact in the context of the oboe’s history in Britain, factors concerning the influence of the French School on the British style of oboe playing are explored, as well as the entrenched polarised attitudes towards the instrument and a solo compositional vacuum prevalent in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that ultimately provided a platform for a restoration of the instrument’s status.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527510808

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9781527510807

The Love of Italy

By: Jonathan Keates

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The Love of Italy

By: Jonathan Keates

Italy, 'the spring of western civilization,' is as fascinating today as it has always been, and both its modern and traditional aspects are the subject of this book. All that has made Italy famous, and host to countless numbers of visitors - its masterpieces of antiquity, its Renaissance art and architecture, its magnificent scenery of mountain, coast and plain, the food and wine, the vitality of the people - all this and more is captured in the informative text and color photographs.

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Crescent

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0517305631

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Basic Music Theory

How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music

By: Jonathan Harnum

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Basic Music Theory

How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music

By: Jonathan Harnum

An excellent and friendly primer on written music. Short, easy lessons from the absolute basics through simple chord progressions. Extensively cross-referenced, indexed, glossary of terms, blank staff paper. A friendly, funny book which makes learning to read music a fun experience.

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Questions Ink. Publishing

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097075129X

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American Authorship and Autobiographical Narrative

Mailer, Wideman, Eggers

By: Jonathan D’Amore

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American Authorship and Autobiographical Narrative

Mailer, Wideman, Eggers

By: Jonathan D’Amore

This book explores the conflicted relationship writers have with their public image, particularly when they have written about their personal lives. D'Amore analyzes the autobiographical works of Norman Mailer, John Edgar Wideman, and Dave Eggers in light of theories of authorship, autobiography, and celebrity.

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Springer

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0230390684

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A Conductor's Guide to the Choral-orchestral Works of J.S. Bach

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Inventing the Business of Opera

Inventing the Business of Opera

Choral-Orchestral Repertoire

Choral-Orchestral Repertoire

Routledge Handbook to Luigi Nono and Musical Thought

Routledge Handbook to Luigi Nono and Musical Thought

The Devastation of Dunelaw

The Devastation of Dunelaw

Exploring Art Song Lyrics

Exploring Art Song Lyrics

Dictionary of Theologians

Dictionary of Theologians

Film Music in the Sound Era

Film Music in the Sound Era

Harrison Birtwistle: The Mask of Orpheus

Harrison Birtwistle: The Mask of Orpheus

Filippino Lippi

Filippino Lippi

From Renaissance to Baroque

From Renaissance to Baroque

Ezra Pound and His Classical Sources

Ezra Pound and His Classical Sources

The Impact of the British Oboist Léon Goossens

The Impact of the British Oboist Léon Goossens

The Love of Italy

The Love of Italy

Basic Music Theory

Basic Music Theory

American Authorship and Autobiographical Narrative

American Authorship and Autobiographical Narrative

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