Author: Hugo von HofmannsthalPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Operas
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Author: Richard Strauss
Author: Richard StraussDon Giovanni Vocal Score
Author: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048643155X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Romance, murder, and revenge "Don Giovanni" offers an ingenious blend of comic and tragic elements in recounting the adventures of a dashing libertine whose trail of seductions and abandonments leads (literally!) to hell. Mozart's masterpiece, a product of his inspired collaboration with poet Lorenzo da Ponte, premiered to public and critical acclaim in 1787. Since then, every great opera singer has assayed one or another of its leading roles, and audiences around the world have delighted in its charms. This addition to Dover's series of vocal scores for the world's most popular operas contains the complete music for voice with a piano reduction of the orchestral part. Handsome and inexpensive, it features large pages and clear type for easy reading. Reproduced from an authoritative edition, and including an English-language version of the libretto, this edition of "Don Giovanni" will prove an indispensable, practical aid for soloists, chorus members, and rehearsal pianists. "
La Sonnambula in Full Score
Author: Vincenzo BelliniPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486494489
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
A favorite with audiences and musicians since its first performance in 1831, this tale of two lovers unfolds in an idyllic village setting. Bellini was one of the most popular composers of his era, and this opera is particularly admired for the simplicity and economy of its orchestration and its inspired lyricism.
Der Rosenkavalier
Author: Richard StraussPublisher: Alma Books
ISBN: 0714544957
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Der Rosenkavalier has one of the longest and most exquisitely crafted texts of all opera. The depth and subtlety of the characterization can only be appreciated after a careful reading. Derrick Puffett notes that the sentimentality and parody of the subject perfectly matched Strauss's genius. Michael Kennedy's detailed musical commentary shows how the large orchestra is handled with exceptional skill. Peter Branscombe points out that Hofmannsthal set a new standard of libretto-writing and shows how the ideas in Der Rosenkavalier may be traced to his other works for the stage, in his prose and poetry.Contents: An Introduction to 'Der Rosenkavalier', Derrick Puffett; Comedy for Music, Michael Kennedy; Hugo von Hofinannsthal - Man of Letters, Peter Branscombe; Der Rosenkavalier: Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal; Der Rosenkavalier: English translation by Alfred Kalisch
Creating Der Rosenkavalier
Author: Michael ReynoldsPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783270497
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
A full account of the making, during 1909-10, of Der Rosenkavalier with emphasis on its derivation from a French opérette of 1907, L'Ingenu libertin. L'Ingenu libertin was seen in Paris by Count Harry Kessler and formed the basis of the opera then to be written by Hofmannsthal and Strauss. Previous scholarship has credited the narrative and characters of Der Rosenkavalier to much older French sources known to and studied by Hofmannsthal, but this book shows clearly how every element in L'Ingenu libertin is in fact taken (and transformed) by Kessler and Hofmannsthal into the work that made fortunes for Hofmannsthal and Strauss, but left Kessler on the sidelines. Michael Reynolds casts a major new light on Strauss's most popular operatic success, highlighting in particular how it was that Hofmannsthal - who had not until then had any theatrical success as an original playwright - was advised and empowered by Kessler to produce a work that succeeded onstage from its very first performance and went rapidly on to conquer the stages of the world. Michael Reynolds is an established writer on opera, a translator and an online music critic, an interest that he sustained throughout thirty years in the world of international diplomacy. His previous book for Boydell, About Suffolk, was an anthology of writing about his adopted county.
Mass in B Minor in Full Score
Author: Johann Sebastian BachPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486314448
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
The crowning glory of Bach's lifework in the field of sacred music and a universal statement of Christian faith, reprinted from the authoritative Bach-Gesellschaft edition. Includes translation of text.
L'enfance du Christ, Op 25. in Full Score
Author: Hector BerliozPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486408523
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Unlike much of Berlioz' music, this meditation on the childhood of Christ is restrained, lyrical, and delicate. The three-part work is scored for seven solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, combining dramatic action and theatricality with philosophical reflection and moments of serene contemplation. The singing text appears in French and German.
The Schubert Song Transcriptions for Solo Piano/Series I
Author: Franz LisztPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486171434
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Favorite Franz Schubert melodies in piano transcriptions that reflect Franz Liszt's incomparable mastery of the keyboard. Reproduced from extremely rare early editions overseen by Liszt himself.
