Author: John HawkinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
A General History of the Science and Practice of Music ... A New Edition, with the Author's Posthumous Notes. (Supplementary Volume of Portraits.).
Author: John HawkinsA General History of the Science and Practice of Music
Author: Sir John HawkinsPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368717987
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
“A” General History of the Science and Practice of Music
Author: John HawkinsThe Sight of Sound
Author: Richard LeppertPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520917170
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Richard Leppert boldly examines the social meanings of music as these have been shaped not only by hearing but also by seeing music in performance. His purview is the northern European bourgeoisie, principally in England and the Low Countries, from 1600 to 1900. And his particular interest is the relation of music to the human body. He argues that musical practices, invariably linked to the body, are inseparable from the prevailing discourses of power, knowledge, identity, desire, and sexuality. With the support of 100 illustrations, Leppert addresses music and the production of racism, the hoarding of musical sound in a culture of scarcity, musical consumption and the policing of gender, the domestic piano and misogyny, music and male anxiety, and the social silencing of music. His unexpected yoking of musicology and art history, in particular his original insights into the relationships between music, visual representation, and the history of the body, make exciting reading for scholars, students, and all those interested in society and the arts.
A General History of the Science and Practice of Music
Author: John HawkinsThe Music of the English Parish Church: Volume 1
Author: Nicholas TemperleyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521274579
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Companion volume (v. 2) contains examples of the music, sources and critical notes.
The First Fleet Piano: Volume One
Author: Geoffrey LancasterPublisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1922144657
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 919
Book Description
During the late eighteenth century, a musical–cultural phenomenon swept the globe. The English square piano—invented in the early 1760s by an entrepreneurial German guitar maker in London—not only became an indispensable part of social life, but also inspired the creation of an expressive and scintillating repertoire. Square pianos reinforced music as life’s counterpoint, and were played by royalty, by musicians of the highest calibre and by aspiring amateurs alike. On Sunday, 13 May 1787, a square piano departed from Portsmouth on board the Sirius, the flagship of the First Fleet, bound for Botany Bay. Who made the First Fleet piano, and when was it made? Who owned it? Who played it, and who listened? What music did the instrument sound out, and within what contexts was its voice heard? What became of the First Fleet piano after its arrival on antipodean soil, and who played a part in the instrument’s subsequent history? Two extant instruments contend for the title ‘First Fleet piano’; which of these made the epic journey to Botany Bay in 1787–88? The First Fleet Piano: A Musician’s View answers these questions, and provides tantalising glimpses of social and cultural life both in Georgian England and in the early colony at Sydney Cove. The First Fleet piano is placed within the musical and social contexts for which it was created, and narratives of the individuals whose lives have been touched by the instrument are woven together into an account of the First Fleet piano’s conjunction with the forces of history. View ‘The First Fleet Piano: Volume Two Appendices’. Note: Volume 1 and 2 are sold as a set ($180 for both) and cannot be purchased separately.
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Author: Clara MarvinPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135617546
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
First Published in 2002. This guide introduces students and scholars to the literature on Palestrina as well as the complicated history of the publication of his works. This bibliography is divided into four primary sections: historical background on musical, social, and cultural life; biographical literature; studies of sources, music, and style; and reception history. They are divided roughly into the periods dating from Palestrina's lifetime to about 1750; from about 1750 to about 1914; from 1914 to the present. This title also contains historical research on performance conditions and practices as they would have applied in Palestrina's time.
A General History of Music, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Period. To which is Prefixed, a Dissertation on the Music of the Ancients. By Charles Burney, Mus. D. F.R.S. Volume the First [-the Fourth!
Author: Henry Purcell
Author: Franklin B. ZimmermanPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512809098
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.