The Cambridge Companion to Bach

Author: John Butt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521587808
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to Bach, first published in 1997, goes beyond a basic life-and-works study to provide a late twentieth-century perspective on J. S. Bach the man and composer. The book is divided into three parts. Part One is concerned with the historical context, the society, beliefs and the world-view of Bach's age. The second part discusses the music and Bach's compositional style, while Part Three considers Bach's influence and the performance and reception of his music through the succeeding generations. This Companion benefits from the insights and research of some of the most distinguished Bach scholars, and from it the reader will gain a notion of the diversity of current thought on this great composer.

The Cambridge Companion to Beethoven

Author: Glenn Stanley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107494044
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
This Companion, first published in 2000, provides a comprehensive view of Beethoven and his work. The first part of the book presents the composer as a private individual, as a professional, and at the work-place, discussing biographical problems, Beethoven's professional activities when not composing and his methods as a composer. In the heart of the book, individual chapters are devoted to all the major genres cultivated by Beethoven and to the elements of style and structure that cross all genres. The book concludes by looking at the ways that Beethoven and his music have been interpreted by performers, writers on music, and in the arts, literature, and philosophy. The essays in this volume, written by leading Beethoven specialists, maintain traditional emphases in Beethoven studies while incorporating other developments in musicology and theory.

The Cambridge Companion to Brahms

Author: Michael Musgrave
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139825305
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 352

Book Description
This Companion gives a comprehensive view of the German composer Johannes Brahms (1833–97). Twelve specially-commissioned chapters by leading scholars and musicians provide systematic coverage of the composer's life and works. Their essays represent recent research and reflect changing attitudes towards a composer whose public image has long been out-of-date. The first part of the book contains three chapters on Brahms's early life in Hamburg and on the middle and later years in Vienna. The central section considers the musical works in all genres, while the last part of the book offers personal accounts and responses from a conductor (Roger Norrington), a composer (Hugh Wood), and an editor of Brahms's original manuscripts (Robert Pascall). The volume as a whole is an important addition to Brahms scholarship and provides indispensable information for all students and enthusiasts of Brahms's music.

The Cambridge Companion to the Violin

Author: Robin Stowell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521399234
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 326

Book Description
Enth. S.1 - 29: The violin and bow - origins and development / John Dilworth

The Cambridge Companion to the Harpsichord

Author: Mark Kroll
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107156076
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 407

Book Description
Covers every aspect of the harpsichord and its music, including composers, genres, national styles, tuning, and the art of harpsichord building.

The Cambridge Companion to the Organ

Author: Nicholas Thistlethwaite
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107494036
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 358

Book Description
This Companion is an essential guide to all aspects of the organ and its music. It examines in turn the instrument, the player and the repertoire. The early chapters tell of the instrument's history and construction, identify the scientific basis of its sounds and the development of its pitch and tuning, examine the history of the organ case, and consider the current trends and conflicts within the world of organ building. Central chapters investigate the practical art of learning and playing the organ, introduce the complex area of performance practice, and outline the relationship between organ playing and the liturgy of the church. The final section explores the vast repertoire of organ music, focusing on a selection of the most important traditions.

The Cambridge Companion to Mozart

Author: Simon P. Keefe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521001922
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
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The Cambridge Companion to Chopin

Author: Jim Samson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139824996
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 364

Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to Chopin provides the enquiring music-lover with helpful insights into a musical style which recognises no contradiction between the accessible and the sophisticated, the popular and the significant. Twelve essays by leading Chopin scholars make up three parts. Part 1 discusses the sources of Chopin's style in the music of his predecessors and the social history of the period. Part 2 profiles the mature music, and Part 3 considers the afterlife of the music - its reception, its criticism and its compositional influence in the works of subsequent composers.

The Cambridge Companion to Schumann

Author: Beate Perrey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139826379
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
This Companion is an accessible introduction to Schumann: his time, his temperament, his style and his œuvre. An international team of scholars explores the cultural context, musical and poetic fabric, sources of inspiration and interpretative reach of key works from the Schumann repertoire ranging from his famous lieder and piano pieces to chamber, orchestral and dramatic works. Additional chapters address Schumann's presence in nineteenth- and twentieth-century composition and the fascinating reception history of his late works. Tables, illustrations, a detailed chronology and advice on further reading make it an ideally informative handbook for both the Schumann connoisseur and the music lover. An excellent textbook for the university student of courses on key composers of nineteenth-century Western Classical music, it is an invaluable guide for all who are interested in the thought, aesthetics and affective power of one of the most intriguing figures of a culturally rich and formative period.

The Cambridge Companion to the Piano

Author: David Rowland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521479868
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
A Companion to the piano, one of the world's most popular instruments.