Author: Jim SamsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781383008210
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
By interweaving biography and musical commentary, Jim Samson has produced a well-rounded portrait of Chopin, the man and the musician.
Chopin: The Four Ballades
Author: Jim SamsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521386159
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Chopin's four ballades are widely regarded as being amongst the most significant extended works for solo piano of the nineteenth century. In an illuminating discussion, Jim Samson combines history and analysis to provide the reader with a comprehensive picture of these popular piano works. He begins by investigating the social and musical background to Chopin's unique style. He describes the manuscript sources and evaluates the many subsequent printed editions, then considers the critical reception of the ballades and the differing interpretations of well-known nineteenth- and twentieth-century pianists. The final two chapters examine the music of all four works analytically. There is a clearly presented formal synopsis of each ballade in turn, followed by a discussion of the works collectively which explores Chopin's own conception of the title 'ballade' and how it may be understood as a musical genre.
Author: Thomas Hutchinson
Author: Andrew LangBallades & Rhymes from Ballades in Blue China and Rhymes a la Mode
Author: Andrew LangPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
The following is a collection of ballads and rhymes written by Andrew Lang, a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Featured titles in this book include Ballade of the Midnight Forest, Ballade of Dead Cities, and Ballade of the Royal Game of Golf.
Author: Andrew LangChopin's Polish Ballade
Author: Jonathan BellmanPublisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0195338863
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Chopin's Polish Ballade examines the Second Ballade, Op. 38, and how that work gave voice to the Polish cultural preoccupations of the 1830s, using musical conventions from French opera and amateur piano music. This approach provides answers to several persistent questions about the work's form, programmatic content, and poetic inspiration.
Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, etc
Author: VariousPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
"Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, etc" by Various. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author: Gleeson White
Author: Norma Lorre Goodrich