Music & Performing Arts

ISBN: 9781783274109
Published by : Boydell Press
Johanna Kinkel (1810-1858) was a composer, music pedagogue, pianist, poet, writer, and activist. Her biography features both an unusually strong socio-cultural engagement and the self-perception of a typical nineteenth-century mother. After the fa... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781783275519
Published by : Boydell Press
When Ludwig van Beethoven died in March 1827, the world of music felt an intense loss. The composer's funeral procession was one of the largest Vienna had ever witnessed, and the poet Franz Grillparzer's eulogy brought the tensions between the com... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780907689904
Published by : Toccata Press
Series: Musicians on Music
Volume: Volume 11
Sir Andrzej Panufnik used to say that he communicated in music, not words. But his literary legacy is substantial, as this book demonstrates. Its major element is Composing Myself, the autobiography he wrote in 1985, long since a collector'... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781640140301
Published by : Camden House
Series: Camden House German Film Classics
Volume: Volume 5
Actor and director Paul Wegener released his 1920 silent film The Golem, How He Came into the World in the aftermath of Germany's defeat in World War I. The film's innovative cinematography, lighting effects, modernist architectural design,... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781580469937
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Beethoven's music stands as a universal symbol of personal and artistic achievement. As we reach and then surpass the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth, Jeremy Yudkin has commissioned a collection of new essays from some of the most insigh... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781580469852
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
Volume: Volume 89
In 1959, King Kong, an interracial jazz opera, swept across South Africa and became a countrywide phenomenon. Its performances sold out, its LP record was widely heard, and its cast became recognized celebrities. Featuring an African compos... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781783275489
Published by : Boydell Press
The flageolet is a small recorder-like instrument dating back to the seventeenth century. Predominantly an instrument of the amateur, the flageolet seldom featured in the orchestra but nevertheless occupied a unique niche in musical history. In ni... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781580465984
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Eastman/Rochester Studies Ethnomusicology
Volume: Volume 9
Since the 1970s, klezmer music has become one of the most popular world music genres, at the same time influencing musical styles as diverse as indie rock, avant-garde jazz, and contemporary art music. Klezmer is the celebratory instrumental music... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781580469395
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Volume: Volume 168
In the annals of music history, few figures have dominated the discussion of virtuosity as much as Franz Liszt. A flamboyant performer whose hair-raising technical feats at the piano created a sense of awe-inspiring excitement and an icon whose st... .... Learn More