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Books on: concerto composers

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The Concerto

Book by Ralph Hill; Penguin Books, 1952

Subjects:

Concertos (Piano)--Analysis, Appreciation, Concertos (Violin)--Analysis, Appreciation, Concertos (Violoncello)--Analysis, Appreciation

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...later nineteenth century when the solo concerto reached its fullest expansion as a medium...extremities, it is true, occur the eras of the concerto grosso and the classical solo concerto in which composers were occupied less with the exploitation...
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A Companion to Mozart's Piano Concertos

Book by Arthur Hutchings; Oxford University Press, 1948

Subjects:

Concertos (Piano)--Analysis, appreciation, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus--1756-1791--Concertos--piano, orchestra, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus--1756-1791--Thematic catalogs

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honestly let the D minor Concerto go with that; the work is unlike...other by Mozart and unlike any concerto by other composers. It comes as a surprise. 120...mind before it appeared in the concerto series. We exclaim with Blake...
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Bartok's Viola Concerto: The Remarkable Story of His Swansong

Book by Donald Maurice; Oxford University Press, 2004

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Bartok, Bela--1881-1945--Concertos--Viola, Orchestra

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...work itself: Each of these concertos has strong melodic roots...Neither work represents its composer at his best. Hindemiths Concerto is arguably the more successful...Concerto, completed after the composers death by his pupil Tibor...shall never know what the composer would have eventually made...the Serly version of the concerto, Rob Cowan comments: More...
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Dvoeraak, Cello Concerto

Book by Jan Smaczny; Cambridge University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Dvoeraak, Antonain--1841-1904--Concertos--Violoncello, Orchestra--Op. 104--B Minor

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...though the early Cello Concerto is an interesting example...unrevised form in which the Concerto survives makes judgement about the composers final intention for the work...rhetorical language of the second Concerto. Occasionally in the early...
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Mozart's Piano Concertos: Dramatic Dialogue in the Age of Enlightenment

Book by Simon P. Keefe; Boydell Press, 2001

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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus--1756-1791--Concertos--Piano, Orchestra

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...asserted: In fact, the concerto has no fixed character...but a practice session for composers and players, and a totally...did not indicate that the concerto was incapable of possessing...dialogue, Koch lent the concerto new-found gravitas. Greek...inspired by C. P. E. Bachs concertos (Introductory Essay, pp...

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Journal Articles on: concerto composers

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A Pan-African Composer? Coleridge-Taylor and Africa

Journal article by Paul Richards; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 21, 2001

Subjects:

African music--Influence, Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel--Works, Composers--Works

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...West African friend" who was at the composers side when he died (60). To this snapshot of the composer, toward the end of his life, well...century. Perhaps she sang it to the composer from memory. Dr. Randle certainly would have known the composers father; the world of Sierra Leonean...Coleridge-Taylor musical events), the composer clearly understood Du Bois message. That the composers efforts with the Negro Melodies hit...
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"Honor Your German Masters": the Use and Abuse of "classical" Composers in Nazi Propaganda

Journal article by David B. Dennis; Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Vol. 30, 2002

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Classical music, Composers, Germany-pre-1945, Nazi era, Propaganda

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...attention given "Romantic" composers in the Volkischer Beobachter...six of the "leading" composers in the list (Wagner, Bruckner...Wagner and other Romantic composers as models for an "Iron...newspaper referred to this composer as the "greatest German...readers that the Brandenburg Concertos were "contributions to...performances of his Double Violin Concerto on the occasion of Hitlers...
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The Composer's Voice: "what Women Can Do"

Journal article by Brenda Dalen; Canadian University Music Review, Vol. 16, 1995

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Archer, Violet, Careers, Composers, Montreal Quebec Canada, Traditions, Women

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...artists, scholars, and composers remained as appallingly...the extreme. The woman composer stands where the actress...Western music for women composers, Violet Archer had no authentic...pieces for solo oboe, and a concerto for classical accordion...is married to an Italian composer-but shes English originally...International Festival of Women Composers last year. The one whom...
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With a Song in Her Heart: a Celebration of Canadian Women Composers through Performance and Discussion

Journal article by Edward Kovarik; Canadian University Music Review, Vol. 15, 1995

Subjects:

Composers, Concerts, Conferences, Windsor Ontario Canada, Women

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...contemporary, but lesser-known, Concerto for Piano and Strings, with...and a second by practising composers. The opening session was...number of younger Quebec women composers. While noting that music...there). The handful of composers listed are all hyphenated: "pianist-composer," "soprano-composer...
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'In the Midst of Many Peoples' - Some Nineteenth-Century Jewish Composers and Their Jewishness

Journal article by David Conway; European Judaism, Vol. 36, 2003

Subjects:

Alkan, Valentin--Biography, Composers--History, European Jews--Biography, Halevy, Jacques--Biography, Jewish musicians--History, Jews, European--Biography, Mendelssohn, Felix--Biography, Meyerbeer, Giacomo--Biography, Musicians, Jewish--History

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...term correspondent, the composer Ferdinand Hiller (himself...the score was shown by the composer to the critic Leon Kreutzer...described by Kreutzer), a Concerto for solo piano, the first...name and date of each of the composers Paris productions). Alkans...married, first, his pupil the composer Georges Bizet, and then...

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Magazine Articles on: concerto composers

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John Williams Writes a New Harp Concerto for Ann Hobson Pilot

Magazine article by Elizabeth Huntley; American Harp Journal, Vol. 22, Winter 2009

Subjects:

Composers--Criticism and interpretation, Composers--Works, Concertos--Criticism and interpretation, Harpists--Appreciation, On Willows and Birches (Musical work)--Criticism and interpretation, Pilot, Ann Hobson--Appreciation, Williams, John (American composer)--Criticism and interpretation, Williams, John (American composer)--Works

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...Williams Writes a New Harp Concerto for Ann Hobson Pilot. by...Orchestra, Oscar winning composer John Williams has written a new harp concerto in her honor at the request...For instance, his bassoon concerto, written in 1995 for Judith...
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The Concerto Comes Back to Life

Magazine article by Dermot Clinch; New Statesman, Vol. 125, August 30, 1996

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Composers--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Concertos--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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The concerto comes back to life...during which eight new concertos will have been played...a concerto?" the composer asked himself, and...One things that composers of concertos do is to capitalise...the South African composer Kevin Volans abolishes...orchestra altogether. His Concerto for Piano and Wind...
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A Guide to Authentic Performance Practice in Handel's Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Concerto VI, Op. 4

Magazine article by Kathy Bundock Moore; American Harp Journal, Vol. 22, Winter 2009

Subjects:

Baroque music--Appreciation, Concerto VI, Op. 4 (Musical work), Handel, George Frideric--Works, Harp--Usage, Harps--Usage, Music, Baroque--Appreciation

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...Practice in Handels Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Concerto...originally conceived by the composer. This trend has increased...Purcell, and other composers of the period did...sole existing harp concertos from the Baroque era...arranged for organ by the composer and included in the six Opus 4 Organ Concertos. Arrangements of Handels Concerto VI, Op. 4, have...
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Mozart: The Complete Violin Concertos: This Recording for Nonesuch Captures the Restlessness of the Young Mozart, Writes Rick Jones

Magazine article; New Statesman, Vol. 138, July 20, 2009

Subjects:

Mozart: The Complete Violin Concertos (Sound recording)--Sound recording reviews, Sound recordings--Sound recording reviews

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...preciousness of his own creativity, composers composed in quantity, bulk...41 symphonies, 27 piano concertos and 23 string quartets...Mozart wrote five violin concertos. Most later composers were...struggle. Mozarts five violin concertos give every impression of...last movement of the last concerto is a Turkish march with a...
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Did Handel Invent the English Keyboard Concerto?

Magazine article by Peter Holman; Musical Times, Vol. 144, Summer 2003

Subjects:

Babel, William, Composers, Handel, George (1685-1759), Lyricists, Music

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...English Keyboard Concerto? by Peter Holman...the performance of CONCERTOS ON THE ORGAN, a...Unlike most great composers, Stanley Sadie wrote...Charles was not a composer: there are no pieces...is presumably the concerto that has survived...and he remains the composer of the earliest complete organ concertos, published in op...type of keyboard concerto.

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Newspaper Articles on: concerto composers

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Childs Grows Up and Lives the Dream by Taking His First Bite at the Big Apple; Euphonium Player David Childs Will Make His New York Debut This Month with a Very Special Concerto fromWelsh Composer Karl Jenkins. the Young Musician Tells Karen Price about the Performance

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), March 1, 2010

Subjects:

Composers

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...This Month with a Very Special Concerto fromWelsh Composer Karl Jenkins. the Young Musician...premiere of Karl Jenkins Euphonium Concerto conducted by the composer himself...euphonium. "But Karl Jenkins concerto is particularly special to me...
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Breathing New Life into the Bassoon; Christopher Morley Talks to the Composer of a Concerto with a Difference

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 17, 2011

Subjects:

Composers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Christopher Morley Talks to the Composer of a Concerto with a Difference. Byline...world premiere of the Bassoon Concerto by John Robson, specially...There are not many estimable concertos around for this amiable instrument...about the genesis of his new concerto for bassoon, percussion...
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Go: Classical: Composer's Concerto Was Chamber Made

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), October 15, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Go: Classical: Composers Concerto Was Chamber Made. Byline...on a link with a city composer going back more than...performing the piano concerto by Robert Ramskill...he composed the piano concerto in 1997 for the Leamington...
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So What's in a Name? A Girl, a Submarine and a Cello Concerto; Three Months after Being Appointed Resident Composer of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Mark Bowden Is Premiering a Piece at the Vale of Glamorgan Festival of Music. He Tells Karen Price about the Inspirations for His First Cello Concerto

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), September 3, 2011

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...a Submarine and a Cello Concerto; Three Months after Being Appointed Resident Composer of the BBC National Orchestra...the first hes written as composer in residence of the BBC...meanings but while most concertos are written in three movements...majority of the score at a composers residence in Sweden...admits Bowden, who is also composer in residence for the Rambert...
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Culture: Working to Music of a Different Kind; Dominic Muldowney's Second Piano Concerto, Commissioned by the BBC to Celebrate Its 80th Anniversary, Has Its World Premiere in Birmingham on Thursday. Terry Grimley Tracked Down the Composer in Rural Maryland

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), November 4, 2002

Subjects:

British Broadcasting Corp., Broadcasting, Broadcasting industry

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Dominic Muldowneys Second Piano Concerto, Commissioned by the BBC...Grimley Tracked Down the Composer in Rural Maryland. Byline...Muldowney, possibly the only composer ever to set a lonely hearts...choose and feel youre being a composer, not a hack. As a teenager...Messiaen or even classical composers, I dont get the impression...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: concerto composers

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Concerto

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and Vivaldi established the concerto grosso in three movements...slow movements. These three composers were active in the development of all forms of the concerto in the baroque period. J. S. Bachs six Brandenburg concertos and the concertos of Handel...the 18th cent. the solo concerto displaced the concerto grosso...
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Adams, John , American Composer

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

ADAMS, JOHN , American composer (John Coolidge Adams), 1947 , American composer, b. Worcester, Mass...technically adept, and influential composer of his generation, Adams...Dorado (1993), a violin concerto (1993), Lollapalooza...
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Beethoven, Ludwig Van

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...recognized as one of the greatest composers of the Western European...the first three piano concertos (1795 1800); the first...emperor, the disillusioned composer renamed his work the "Heroic...1806) and No. 5 (Emperor Concerto, 1809); the Razumovsky...extraordinarily prolific composer, Beethoven produced, in...influence on subsequent composers has been immeasurable...
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Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...ske, 1840 93, Russian composer, b. Kamsko-Votkinsk...one of the most popular composers in history. The son of...Tchaikovsky wrote 11 operas, four concertos, six symphonies, a great...orchestra); and the Piano Concerto in B Flat Minor (1875) and the Violin Concerto in D (1881). Of his operas...symphonies, ballets, and concertos. Tchaikovsky toured Europe...
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Cowell, Henry Dixon

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...HENRY DIXON kou l, 1897 1965, American composer and pianist, b. Menlo Park, Calif...by contemporary American and European composers. In 1931, with the help of Leon Theremin...mechanically, for which he wrote a concerto (1932). An interest in counterpoint...chamber music, and edited American Composers on American Music (1933). He also...

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