הוצאת Amadeus Press
הספרים של הוצאת Amadeus Press
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President of The Juilliard School and then Lincoln Center from 1945 to 1968, Schuman (1910-1992) was an artistic catalyst who was instrumental in shaping how America perceived and supported music, dance and drama in the second half of the twentieth centry. His influence as an administrator, educator...
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With more than 200 stunning color photographs by noted photographer Wendy McDougall, Classical Destinations takes readers on a tour of the history and geography of classical music, examining the lives of the great composers as related to their places of birth, education, triumphs, and failures. For ...
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The latest release in this value rich book/CD series brings us the great German composer who bridged the classical and romantic eras. In Beethoven's Symphonies - A Guided Tour, readers are treated to a detailed nuts-and-bolts description in easy-to-understand English of each of the famous nine Beeth...
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The Art of the Piano: Its Performers, Literature, and Recordings Revised and Expanded Edition (Amadeus)
מאת David Dubal
This is the only complete and up-to-date book containing every major pianist (thousands) and their essential repertoire and recordings. This third edition is completely revised (second edition: 1995 Harvest Books, ISBN# 0-15-600019-9), with hundreds more entries and updated information about existin...
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This holistic approach to the keyboard, based on a sound understanding of the relationship between physical function and musical purpose, is an invaluable resource for pianists and teachers. Professor Fink explains his ideas and demonstrates his innovative developmental exercises that set the pianis...
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As Flower Maiden in Wagner's Parsifal, she gave her opera debut. As Marschallin in Strauss's Rosenkavalier, she made history. One of the greatest singers of the last century, Elizabeth Schwarzkopf possessed not only an unmistakable timbre, but also a bewitching beauty. This pictorial volume contains...
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Encompassing a history of more than 2000 years, the music of the Arabs is unique among the world's various musical cultures. This book presents an overview of Arabic music throughout history and examines the artistic output of contemporary musicians, covering secular and sacred, instrumental and voc...
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Ringer sheds new perspectives on Schubert's songs, focusing on their incomparable dramatic power, which often exceeds that of many a full-fledged opera. But Schubert's "stage" was not to be the public theaters of the repressive Metternich regime in Vienna, but the far less censorable "theatre of the...
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In this groundbreaking book, prize-winning pianist and noted educator William Westney helps readers discover their own path to the natural, transcendent fulfillment of making music. Drawing on experience, psychological insight, and wisdom ancient and modern, Westney shows how to trust yourself and s...
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Zubin Mehta has created a body of work with the world's greatest orchestras, including the Vienna, Berlin, Los Angeles, and New York Philharmonics. Zubin Mehta: The Score of My Life is a frank and direct account of Mehta's entire musical life. From his childhood days in Bombay to his journey to Vien...
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Dvorak : Romantic Music's Most Versatile Genius (with CD) (Unlocking the Masters Series)
מאת David Hurwitz The music of Antonin Dvorák defies fashion. He is one of the very few composers whose works entered the international mainstream during his own lifetime, and some of them have remained there ever since. The pieces that historically define his inter... |
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The story of Tanglewood - the summer home of the Boston Symphony since 1935 - as told in first-person accounts by such Tanglewood luminaries as Leonard Bernstein, Serge Koussevitzky, Aaron Copland, Erich Leinsdorf, Phyllis Curtin, Seiji Ozawa, Yo-Yo Ma, Dawn Upshaw, John Harbison, James Levine, and ...
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Since Gustav Mahler was rediscovered in the early 1960s, his symphonies have become arguably the most popular works in the modern orchestral repertoire. Orchestras worldwide ask to be judged by their expertise in playing these lengthy and colorful scores, while few composers since the mid-20th centu...
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Schubert's Instrumental Music - A Listener's Guide: Unlocking the Masters Series, No. 19
מאת John Bell Young
"Such is the spell of Schubert's emotional world that it very nearly blinds us to the greatness of your craftsmanship." - Franz Liszt In this survey of Schubert's instrumental music, John Bell Young explores some of the richest and most memorable music ever written. How did the prolific composer of ...
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Born in Belgium as Clara Lardinois, the youngest of 17 children, Blanche Arral was destined for a life wilder than fiction. She began her career at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, where Massenet added a small part to Manon for her, but her love for adventure soon led her to perform around the world. Du...
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Jean Langlais (1907–1991) was one of the glories of twentieth-century French music, uniting two great traditions. As organist of the church of Sainte-Clotilde in Paris for more than forty years, he maintained the deeply spiritual musical legacy established there by César Franck and continued ...
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In this survey of Brahm's music, John Bell Young explores in depth the composer's private world of musical intimacies that infuriated Wagner, but inspired Schumann, Schoenberg, and millions of music lovers for generations to come. He also addresses a controversial issue long-neglected by biographers...
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The Worlds of J.S. Bach offers both traditional and new perspectives on the life and work of the man who is arguably the central figure in the Western musical tradition. It appears at a time when, because of the fall of the Iron Curtain, extraordinary new discoveries are being made about Bach and hi...
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