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The lives of the great composers / by Schonberg, Harold C.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 621-635) and index.This updated and expanded edition of the perennial favorite traces the line of composers from Monteverdi to the tonalists of the 1990s. Schonberg discusses the lives and works of the foremost figures in classical music, weaving a fabric rich in detail and anecdote.Pioneer of opera: Claudio Monteverdi -- Transfiguration of the baroque: Johann Sebastian Bach -- Composer and impresario: George Frideric Handel -- Reformer of opera: Christoph Willibald Gluck -- Classicism par excellence: Joseph Haydn -- Prodigy from Salzburg: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Revolutionary from Bonn: Ludwig van Beethoven -- Poet of music: Franz Schubert -- Freedom and a new language: Weber and the early Romantics -- Romantic exuberance and classic restraint: Hector Berlioz -- Florestan and Eusebius: Robert Schumann -- Apotheosis of the piano: Frédéric Chopin -- Virtuoso, charlatan--and prophet: Franz Liszt -- Bourgeois genius: Felix Mendelssohn -- Voice, voice, and more voice: Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini -- Spectacle, spectacle, and more spectacle: Meyerbeer, Cherubini, Auber -- Colossus of Italy: Giuseppe Verdi -- Colossus of Germany: Richard Wagner -- Keeper of the flame: Johannes Brahms -- Master of the lied: Hugo Wolf -- Waltz, can-can, and satire: Strauss, Offenbach, Sullivan -- Faust and French opera: from Gounod to Saint-Saëns -- Russian nationalism and the mighty five: from Glinka to Rimsky-Korsakov -- Surcharged emotionalism: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky -- From Bohemia to Spain: European nationalists -- Chromaticism and sensibilité: from Franck to Fauré -- Only for the theater: Giacomo Puccini -- Romanticism's long coda: Richard Strauss -- Religion, mysticism and retrospection: Bruckner, Mahler, Reger -- Sympolism and Impressionism: Claude Debussy -- Gallic elegance and the new breed: Maurice Ravel and Les Six -- The chameleon: Igor Stravinsky -- The English Renaissance: Elgar, Delius, Vaughan Williams -- Mysticism and melancholy: Scriabin and Rachmaninoff -- Under the Soviets: Prokofiev and Shostakovich -- German Neoclassicism: Busoni, Weill, Hindemith -- Rise of an American tradition: from Gottschalk to Copland -- The uncompromising Hungarian: Béla Bartók -- The second Viennese school: Schoenberg, Berg, Webern -- The international serial movement: from Varèse to Messiaen -- The new eclecticism: from Carter to the minimalists.
Subjects: Biographies.; Composers;
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Beethoven : a life in nine pieces / by Tunbridge, Laura,1974-author.;
"A major new biography published for the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, offering a fresh, human portrayal The iconic image of Beethoven is of him as a lone genius: hair wild, fists clenched, and brow furrowed. Beethoven may well have shaped the music of the future, but he was also a product of his time, influenced by the people, politics, and culture around him. Oxford scholar Laura Tunbridge offers an alternative history of Beethoven's career, placing his music in contexts that shed light on why particular pieces are valued more than others, and what this tells us about his larger than life reputation. We discover, for example, Beethoven's unusual marketing strategies, his ambitious concert programming, and how specific performers and instruments influenced his works. This book offers new ways to understand Beethoven from an expert voice"--Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-260) and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.; Composers; Composers;
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Liszt / by Watson, Derek,1948-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-389) and index.The wonderchild -- Years of pilgrimage -- Lisztomania -- L'abbe Liszt -- Une vie trifurquee -- The man Liszt -- The piano : technique and teaching -- Musical language : technique and transformation -- Transcriptions -- Original piano music : early works -- Studies -- Hungarian works -- The weimer period -- The Roman years -- Late works -- Concertos -- Orchestral music -- Organ and chamber music -- Choral works -- Songs.Liszt's career at the centre of the Romantic Movement encompassed the legendary virtuoso tours, the composition and transcriptions which revolutionized the possibilities of the instrument, his important period as conducter in Weimer, his creation of new types of orchestral and choral music, his influence as a teacher, and his lifelong radical approach to harmony, tonality, and form. Derek Watson also examines Liszt's liberal religious philosophy, his artistic aesthetic, and his tireless efforts on behalf of fellow musicians, viewing him essentially as a cosmopolitan, pan-European figure, unique in the breadth of his travels and culture, who drew upon a richly diverse legacy of art, and who in turn left his mark on many different schools of composition. Areas of his music which have been hitherto ignored or forgotten are brought to light, and several myths and misunderstandings about the man and his art are exposed and exploded.
Subjects: Biographies.; Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886.; Composers;
© 2000., Oxford University Press,
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Stephen Sondheim : a life / by Secrest, Meryle.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-443) and index.
Subjects: Sondheim, Stephen.; Composers;
© 1998., Knopf,
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Being Wagner : the story of the most provocative composer who ever lived / by Callow, Simon,1949-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218) and index.Richard Wagner's music dramas have never been more popular or more divisive. His ten masterpieces, created against the backdrop of a continent in severe political and cultural upheaval, constitute an unmatched body of work. A man who spent most of his life in abject poverty, inspiring both critical derision and hysterical hero-worship, Wagner was a walking contradiction: belligerent, flirtatious, disciplined, capricious, demanding, visionary, and poisonously anti-Semitic. Acclaimed biographer Simon Callow evokes the intellectual and artistic climate in which Wagner lived and takes us through his most iconic works, from his pivotal successes in The Flying Dutchman and Lohengrin, to the musical paradigm shift contained in Tristan and Isolde, to the apogee of his achievements in The Ring of the Nibelung and Parsifal, which debuted at Bayreuth shortly before his death. Being Wagner brings to life this towering figure, creator of the most sublime and most controversial body of work ever known.Young Richard -- Out in the world -- Doldrums -- Triumph -- The world in flames -- Pause for thought -- It begins -- Suspension -- Limbo -- Enter a swan -- Towards the green hill -- The long day's task is done.
Subjects: Biographies.; Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.; Composers;
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Copland. by Copland, Aaron,1900-; Perlis, Vivian.;
Bibliography: p. [373]-389.v.1. 1900 through 1942 -- v.2. Since 1943.
Subjects: Copland, Aaron, 1900-; Composers;
© c1984., St. Martin's /Marek,
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The secrets of songwriting : leading songwriters reveal how to find inspiration & success / by Tucker, Susan,1950-;
Brett Beavers -- Jason Blume -- Chuck Cannon -- Bob DiPiero -- Stewart Harris -- Carolyn Dawn Johnson -- Gretchen Peters -- Hugh Prestwood -- Mike Reid -- Steve Seskin -- Allen Shamblin -- Tia Sillers -- Craig Wiseman.
Subjects: Popular music; Composers;
© c2003., Allworth Press,
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As thousands cheer : the life of Irving Berlin / by Bergreen, Laurence.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 601-604).
Subjects: Berlin, Irving, 1888-; Composers;
© c1990., Viking,
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Stardust melody : the life and music of Hoagy Carmichael / by Sudhalter, Richard M.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-399) and indexes.Daybreak -- Discovery -- Initiation -- Sunshine and sock-time -- Monk -- Bix -- Washboard blues -- Stardust melody -- Big town blues -- Coming on age -- Bread, gravy, and cream -- Paradise perceived -- Quests failed and fulfilled -- A poke in his pocket... -- Movie star -- Tide: rise and ebb -- Period of adjustment -- Loss -- Ev'ntide.
Subjects: Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-; Composers;
© 2003., Oxford University Press,
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J.S. Bach : a life in music / by Williams, Peter,1937-2016.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-391) and indexes.Early years 1685-1703 -- First appointments 1703-8 -- Weimar 1708-17 -- Cöthen 1717-23 -- Leipzig, the first years -- Leipzig, the middle years -- Leipzig, the final years -- Observations, descriptions, criticisms.Explores the life of Bach through his original Obituary, exploring what the work reveals about Bach's musical style, inspirations, and ambitions.
Subjects: Biographies.; Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.; Composers;
© 2007., Cambridge University Press,
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