A History of Keyboard Literature
Title | A History of Keyboard Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Stewart Gordon |
Publisher | Schirmer |
Total Pages | 584 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |
Intended for the Music Literature course for music majors.
Five Centuries of Keyboard Music
Title | Five Centuries of Keyboard Music PDF eBook |
Author | John Gillespie |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | 514 |
Release | 2013-04-09 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0486318796 |
Gillespie discusses 350 composers and their works for harpsichord and piano, including Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and Debussy. Includes 116 musical examples, illustrations, and a glossary of musical terms.
Men, Women and Pianos
Title | Men, Women and Pianos PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Loesser |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | 674 |
Release | 2012-04-27 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0486171612 |
A renowned concert pianist traces the instrument's design, manufacture, and music in a delightful "piano's eye-view" of the social history of Western Europe and the United States from the 16th to the 20th centuries.
The History of Keyboard Music to 1700
Title | The History of Keyboard Music to 1700 PDF eBook |
Author | Willi Apel |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | 900 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780253211415 |
This classic work is a meticulous chronological survey of music for the keyboard from the earliest extant manuscripts of the 14th century to the end of the 17th. Apel traces the evolution of keyboard instruments, genres, national schools and styles (from Poland to Portugal), and the oeuvre of many composers. A monument of scholarship, this indispensable reference work is also remarkably user-friendly and engagingly written throughout.
Music for the Piano
Title | Music for the Piano PDF eBook |
Author | James Friskin |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | 466 |
Release | 1973-01-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0486229181 |
First published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston in 1954.
Contemporary Piano Literature, Book 2
Title | Contemporary Piano Literature, Book 2 PDF eBook |
Author | Frances Clark |
Publisher | Alfred Music |
Total Pages | 30 |
Release | 1999-11-30 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1457400596 |
The Contemporary Piano Literature series includes a selection of music written for children by Bartók, Gretchaninov, Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Scott, Shostakovich and Stravinsky. In addition, the books contain pieces composed specifically for this series by Ross Lee Finney, David Kraehenbuehl, Douglas Moore, Elie Siegmeister, Alexandre Tansman and Alexander Tcherepnin. Short biographies and portraits help make composers come alive for the student. None of the music is so far in the vanguard that it is difficult to enjoy or understand.
Preparatory Piano Literature: Developing Artist Original Keyboard Classics
Title | Preparatory Piano Literature: Developing Artist Original Keyboard Classics PDF eBook |
Author | Randall Faber |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Total Pages | 24 |
Release | 1998-01-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1616779314 |
(Faber Piano Adventures ). Includes a CD of Accompaniments. Contents include: Allegretto (Kohler) * Ancient Dance (Praetorious) * Circle Dance (Beyer) * Country Ride (Kohler) * Echoes (Kohler) * Five-Note Sonatina (Bolck) * The Hero's March (Vogel) * In an Old Castle (Beyer) * Little March (Turk) * Melody (Beyer) * Ponies (Low) * Sonatina (Wilton).