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2) Music
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Kids have always loved music. But the way they make, access, buy, and listen to music has changed radically over the years. What has driven this change? Innovation! This book uses Music to get students to think critically about the impact of innovation.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Did you know that the U.S. Army concert Band was formed in 1922? Today, it performs more than 100 concerts every year. Discover these and other fascinating facts in Concert Bands, one of the titles in the Bands series.
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This landmark of 20th-century symphonic writing, one of Mahler's most popular and admired works, is notable for innovation, poetic drama and the fresh and formidable thinking Mahler brought to its composition. The full orchestral score is reprinted here from authoritative Universal-Edition, Vienna, 1912. New glossary of German terms.
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A unique study of dance forms and rhythms in the Baroque composer's repertoire.
Stylized dance music and music based on dance rhythms pervade Bach's compositions. Although the music of this very special genre has long been a part of every serious musician's repertoire, little has been written about it.
The original edition of this book addressed works that bore the names of dances-a considerable corpus. In this expanded version of their practical...
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Composer Johannes Brahms took an independent approach to writing for the orchestra, bringing an unusual power and intensity to his works. These qualities are strikingly evident in his Academic Festival Overture, Tragic Overture, and Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn. All are reproduced here from the authoritative Breitkopf and Härtel editions.
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The great Austrian composer's most highly regarded work, a fusion of song and symphony epitomizing both his genius and the very spirit of late Romanticism. Reprinted from the original Viennese edition published in 1912 by Universal Edition, with English translations of song texts. Table of contents.
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Mahler's seventh symphony ranks among the composer's most popular and accessible works. Possessing neither a "program" nor a folk-song theme, it is a purely instrumental composition, both hopeful and romantic in mood, with a harmonic and stylistic structure that evokes the daily journey from dusk till dawn. This miniature score is reproduced from an authoritative edition, complete with numbered movements for easy reference. Affordable and compact,...
10) String Quartets by Debussy and Ravel: Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10/Debussy; Quartet in F Major/Ravel
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Superb one-volume edition of two influential compositions noted for individuality, unique interpretations of the medium, delicate and subtle beauties. Based on authoritative French editions, this clearly printed volume is sturdily bound for long life on the music stand.
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Complete unabridged scores of Schubert's 4 most popular symphonies, edited by Johannes Brahms. Includes No. 4 in C Minor ("Tragic"); No. 5 in B-flat Major; No. 8 in B Minor ("Unfinished"); and No. 9 in C Major ("Great"). Reprinted from the Breitkopf & Härtel edition. Study score.
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Handsome, unabridged edition of modern masterpiece renowned for brilliant orchestration, glowing color, evocative power. Reprinted from authoritative Russian edition. Includes list of characters and instruments, plus new English translation of Table of Contents.
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A fresh, accessible guide to Mozart's life and works. Over a period of roughly twenty years, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed more than 600 finished pieces of music. If you were the director of a major symphony orchestra, you could program only works by Mozart for an entire year-and still you would barely have scratched the surface of the composer's immense, and immensely moving, body of work.
The Mostly Mozart Guide to Mozart is an accessible, insightful,...
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Chopin's piano works are of such uniformly high quality that they are all absolutely essential in the repertoire of any aspiring pianist. The Preludes and Etudes are exquisitely beautiful examples of his genius. Numbering 52 pieces in all, they are reproduced here from the authoritative Mikuli edition and are available for the first time in a low-priced, one-volume publication. The opus listings are: 25 Preludes-Op. 28, Nos. 1–24; Prelude in C-sharp...
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Brahms' greatest, most ambitious vocal work is a masterpiece of choral music that is now one of the most performed and recorded works in the repertoire of religious music. Reprinted in full score, including solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, from definitive Breitkopf & Härtel edition.
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Memorable tribute from one musical genius to another, reproduced from authoritative editions, reveals Liszt's remarkable capacity for translating orchestral effects into pianistic terms. An astonishing, brilliant, and sensitive tribute to the master by the 19th-century's greatest piano virtuoso. Includes Liszt's original handwritten preface in French with an English translation.
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UN RELATO FASCINANTE E INSÓLITO DE LOS GRANDES HITOS DE LA MÚSICA CLÁSICA
El autor nos acerca —con inusual maestría— a los grandes nombres de la música clásica a través de un apasionante viaje musical en torno a las curiosidades que encierran las grandes obras y los compositores que las crearon.
Se trata, pues, de una notable recreación de piezas muy destacadas y representativas de grandes compositores y una serie de anécdotas vitales...
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Noted for their extraordinary romantic warmth and imagination, Schumann's piano pieces are among the very greatest ever written. Selected from works originally published by Breitkopf & Härtel, this collection includes 15 pieces: Intermezzi, Op .4; Impromptus, Op. 5; Supplement to Op. 13; Romances, Op. 28; Four Marches, Op. 76; Morning Songs, Op. 133; and more.
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Sparkling, graceful and tinged with an ineffable melancholy, Chopin's waltzes succeed in conveying an air of mystery while retaining their ballroom splendor. His scherzos are truly novel metamorphoses of the form - tumultuous emotional outpourings that frequently attain tragic heights. Prepared by Carl Mikuli, Chopin's student and teaching assistant, this edition of these innovative works is particularly authoritative, reflecting Mikuli's knowledge...
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