Traces the history of the instrument, from its first appearance in the mid-16th century to its modern use by artists, writers and Hollywood and discusses how the affordable, portable instrument can be used to play Beethoven, jazz and indie ...
John von Rhein, “Orchestra, Lyric Opera in Tune,” Chicago Trihune, December 5, 2009; Daniel Wakin, “Cleveland Settles Orchestra Strike,” New York Times,January 19, 2010; Andrew Manshel, “Too Big to Succeed?” Wall Streetjournal, January ...
Mus. exx., bib. Jean-Baptiste Senaillé (1688–1730) See {468}, {697}, {699}, {702}. Roger Sessions (1896–1985) 1123. See also {665}, {676}, {677}. Carter, Elliott. “Current Chronicle: New York, 1959.” In The Writings of Elliott Carter: ...
Mina Miller, 495–533. Portland, OR: Amadeus, 1994. Examines the stylistic traits of the two violin sonatas (1895 and 1912), two works that exemplify different stages of Nielsen's career. Concludes that Nielsen “juxtaposes ...
He spent, in all, half a yeare with him, and gained some improvement; yet at length he found him not a compleat master of his facultie, as Griffith and Parker were not: and, to say the truth, there was no compleat master in Oxon for ...
This book is the only complete and up-to-date annotated bibliography available on women's activities and contributions in the creation and performance of music through the ages.
... Knouse Ralph Kirkpatrick: Letters of the American Harpsichordist and Scholar Edited by Meredith Kirkpatrick Reviving Haydn: New Appreciations in the Twentieth Century Bryan Proksch The Substance of Things Heard: Writings about Music ...
Rachel Milbauer, a vivacious and outgoing music lover, lay hidden and silent with her family and a family friend in an underground bunker in Nazi-occupied Poland for nearly two years....
Holding it you might even muse on the transience of life against the durability of the instrument and the music it has played. This is the story of that violin.
"Sir Yehudi Menuhin packs a lifetime of recollection, experience, and emotion into the telling of this tale of the violin, from its earliest days as a primitive stringed instrument to...
Reproduction of the original: The Violin by George Hart