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Formal Methods in Musicology
Models and Computation
Techniques from mathematics and statistics are successfully applied to music analysis, helping us understand style and composition. Using examples from various musical styles, this book explains how to use these techniques, supported by case studies from expert researchers.
Techniques from mathematics and statistics are successfully applied to music analysis, helping us understand style and composition. Using examples from various musical styles, this book explains how to use these techniques, supported by case studies from expert researchers.
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An Anthology of French and Francophone Singers from A to Z
“Singin’ in French”
This richly illustrated mini-dictionary provides a collection of portraits of the greatest singers of the French language and describes how they have contributed to the musical landscape in both France and the larger francophone community and the world as a whole.
This richly illustrated mini-dictionary provides a collection of portraits of the greatest singers of the French language and describes how they have contributed to the musical landscape in both France and the larger francophone community and the world as a whole.
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The Global Reach of the Fandango in Music, Song and Dance
Spaniards, Indians, Africans and Gypsies
This book lays the foundations for learning about the fandango, an 18th century dance and music craze across Spain and the Americas. It describes how the dance became a conduit for the syncretism of music, dance and people and how it signified freedom of movement and expression.
This book lays the foundations for learning about the fandango, an 18th century dance and music craze across Spain and the Americas. It describes how the dance became a conduit for the syncretism of music, dance and people and how it signified freedom of movement and expression.
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The Viennese operetta masterpiece *Der Seekadett* delighted audiences for 80 years. This book restores the lost work, presenting the complete libretto in English, German, French, and Italian. The story features humour, romance, a deadly duel, and a chess game with live figures.
The Viennese operetta masterpiece *Der Seekadett* delighted audiences for 80 years. This book restores the lost work, presenting the complete libretto in English, German, French, and Italian. The story features humour, romance, a deadly duel, and a chess game with live figures.
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The Canterbury Catch Club 1826
Music in the Frame
In 1825, a lithograph was commissioned to celebrate a Canterbury musical society. This book analyzes that image and, using unique archives, uncovers a contradictory history where the respectable coexisted with the libertine and culture was a strategic assertion of identity.
In 1825, a lithograph was commissioned to celebrate a Canterbury musical society. This book analyzes that image and, using unique archives, uncovers a contradictory history where the respectable coexisted with the libertine and culture was a strategic assertion of identity.
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Since UNESCO recognized Sutartinės, Lithuania's ancient dissonant music, studies have flourished. This book presents new findings, revealing analogies with foreign folk music and analyzing hymns of mythical beings through data from ethnology, archaeology, and linguistics.
Since UNESCO recognized Sutartinės, Lithuania’s ancient dissonant music, studies have flourished. This book presents new findings, revealing analogies with foreign folk music and analyzing hymns of mythical beings through data from ethnology, archaeology, and linguistics.
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Robert le Diable
The Facsimile
In *Robert le Diable*, Meyerbeer saw man divided between the angel and the devil. Its sensational 1831 première became the principal expression of French Romanticism. This facsimile of the long-lost manuscript reveals the creation of a work that changed opera.
In *Robert le Diable*, Meyerbeer saw man divided between the angel and the devil. Its sensational 1831 première became the principal expression of French Romanticism. This facsimile of the long-lost manuscript reveals the creation of a work that changed opera.
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EIN FELDLAGER IN SCHLESIEN
Singspiel in drei Aufzügen In Lebensbildern aus der Zeit Friedrich den Großen
Composed in 1844 for the King of Prussia, Meyerbeer's patriotic opera *Feldlager* was a success confined to Berlin. Yet its music achieved global fame, with melodies adapted for the ballet *Les Patineurs*, known by many ignorant of their true source.
Composed in 1844 for the King of Prussia, Meyerbeer’s patriotic opera *Feldlager* was a success confined to Berlin. Yet its music achieved global fame, with melodies adapted for the ballet *Les Patineurs*, known by many ignorant of their true source.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
'Alimelek, oder Die beiden Kalifen'
Meyerbeer’s opera Wirt und Gast is based on an Arabian Nights tale. Championed by Weber for its delicate instrumentation, it shows astonishing maturity for a composer of twenty-one, using recurrent themes to present the plot’s conflict before Wagner.
Meyerbeer’s opera Wirt und Gast is based on an Arabian Nights tale. Championed by Weber for its delicate instrumentation, it shows astonishing maturity for a composer of twenty-one, using recurrent themes to present the plot’s conflict before Wagner.
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Too much of piano playing is undermined by half-truths, causing an epidemic of injuries and artistic frustration. The antidote is a focus on the science of body and mind. Written by a pianist for pianists, this book uses biomechanics and neuroscience to transform all we do.
Too much of piano playing is undermined by half-truths, causing an epidemic of injuries and artistic frustration. The antidote is a focus on the science of body and mind. Written by a pianist for pianists, this book uses biomechanics and neuroscience to transform all we do.
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Music with Expressive Power
An Audio and Musical Quest
For those passionate about quality music, this book explains why high-quality audio reproduction is hard. It highlights the often-ignored role of the listener, enabling you to make informed choices about your equipment and gain richer musical experiences.
For those passionate about quality music, this book explains why high-quality audio reproduction is hard. It highlights the often-ignored role of the listener, enabling you to make informed choices about your equipment and gain richer musical experiences.
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This book presents Romania's globally unknown oral culture and traditional musical instruments. It highlights their evolution and spread, with unique photographs of disappearing cultural events. The book will be of interest to both specialists and non-specialists.
This book presents Romania’s globally unknown oral culture and traditional musical instruments. It highlights their evolution and spread, with unique photographs of disappearing cultural events. The book will be of interest to both specialists and non-specialists.
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Music as a Spandrel of Evolutionary Adaptation for Speech
The Doors of Imagination
Music makes no sense in the light of evolution. This book reveals it as an innate language that unlocks our imagination, allowing us to transcend reality and create. Not bad for what began as a spandrel of speech.
Music makes no sense in the light of evolution. This book reveals it as an innate language that unlocks our imagination, allowing us to transcend reality and create. Not bad for what began as a spandrel of speech.
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Folk and Songs in Japan and Beyond
Ethnomusicological Essays in Honour of David W. Hughes
This volume of essays honors David Hughes, a leading scholar of the music of Japan and South-East Asia. His groundbreaking work covers Japanese min'yō (folk song) and more. Written by former students and collaborators, these papers reflect the depth and breadth of his influence.
This volume of essays honors David Hughes, a leading scholar of the music of Japan and South-East Asia. His groundbreaking work covers Japanese min’yō (folk song) and more. Written by former students and collaborators, these papers reflect the depth and breadth of his influence.
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Auber’s operas, with librettist Eugene Scribe, cover a tumultuous 50-year period of French history. Their work is a remarkable reflection on the era's great themes: political tumult, bourgeois rectitude, the artistic life, rebel outlaws, and enterprising womanhood.
Auber’s operas, with librettist Eugene Scribe, cover a tumultuous 50-year period of French history. Their work is a remarkable reflection on the era’s great themes: political tumult, bourgeois rectitude, the artistic life, rebel outlaws, and enterprising womanhood.
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A Taxonomical Framework for Evaluating Piano Performances
Tempo Styles beyond Fast and Slow
Musicians find it difficult to put what they hear into words. This book offers a framework for evaluating six aspects of tempo. Analyzing 30 recordings of Chopin and Liszt, it shows how to precisely describe and evaluate a performer’s style of tempo and tempo variation.
Musicians find it difficult to put what they hear into words. This book offers a framework for evaluating six aspects of tempo. Analyzing 30 recordings of Chopin and Liszt, it shows how to precisely describe and evaluate a performer’s style of tempo and tempo variation.
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Carols of Birds, Bells, and Sacred Hymns from Ukraine
An Anthology and Cultural Companion
This anthology of Ukrainian carols is a prism through which Ukraine’s history, culture, and vibrant spirit are revealed. It includes the original “Carol of the Bells,” music scores, translations, and the gripping narratives of choral activism that helped a nation survive.
This anthology of Ukrainian carols is a prism through which Ukraine’s history, culture, and vibrant spirit are revealed. It includes the original “Carol of the Bells,” music scores, translations, and the gripping narratives of choral activism that helped a nation survive.
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This book bridges the gap between theory and creativity in musicianship. It moves beyond the idea of theory as rigid and creativity as wild, providing a discussion of the creative drive in theory and how these ideas shape performance through illuminating examples.
This book bridges the gap between theory and creativity in musicianship. It moves beyond the idea of theory as rigid and creativity as wild, providing a discussion of the creative drive in theory and how these ideas shape performance through illuminating examples.
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Romanticism, Rhetoric and the Search for the Sublime, 2nd Edition
A Neo-Romantic Theory
This book builds a Neo-Romantic rhetorical theory for our time. It traces Romanticism's roots through key writers and artists, linking their love of nature to the current environmental crisis and empowering those seeking to save the environment.
This book builds a Neo-Romantic rhetorical theory for our time. It traces Romanticism’s roots through key writers and artists, linking their love of nature to the current environmental crisis and empowering those seeking to save the environment.
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In the postmodern ironic music of composer Bojidar Spassov, old and new times, and cultural traditions emerge like carnival masks. This book is the first monograph on this paradoxical multicultural artist and the first attempt to shed light on the contemporary music of Bulgaria.
In the postmodern ironic music of composer Bojidar Spassov, old and new times, and cultural traditions emerge like carnival masks. This book is the first monograph on this paradoxical multicultural artist and the first attempt to shed light on the contemporary music of Bulgaria.
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