For Astrid Varnay, one of the world's greatest dramatic sopranos, opera was the family business. She literally greww up backstage at the opera. In this forthright, engaging, and witty memoir, Varnay reflects on her remarkable life in opera, discussing her signature roles and performances, vocal preparation, acting styles, and her seamless transition from leading soprano to character roles. Also contains frank and critical observations about vocal artists, conductors, and directors.Northeastern Univ.; 363 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 50,00 Voor/Our Price € 12,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 75 %
Alexander Kastalsky, 1856-1926, was a leading composer in the field of Russian church music whose work determined the course of its development in that period. This study of Kastalsky and his music provides a full account of his life and works.Ashgate, 2003; 323 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 99,95 Voor/Our Price € 21,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 78 %
Giovanni Battista Viotti was unquestionably the most influential violinist of his time, and his style continues to pervade to the present day. Viotti is often considered the founder of the modern or 19th-century school of violin playing. Lister provides the first complete biography in English.Oxford, 2009; 522 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 65,00 Voor/Our Price € 17,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 72 %
Thoughout the second half of the 20th century, Studs Terkel hosted some of the world's most prominent musicians on his radio show. Interviews with a.o. Louis Armstrong, Ravi Shankar, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.Granta, 2005; 301 pp.; EN; hbVan/List Price € 29,50 Voor/Our Price € 10,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 63 %
With the passing of giants like Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti, and with Verdi in decline, Italian opera at the end of the 19th century appeared to be on the wane. Then, suddenly, with the legendary premiere of Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana in 1890, Italian opera entered into a period of enormous artistic creativity and commercial success. Alan Mallach chronicles the last years of Verdi and Catalani and the emergence of the Giovane Scuola of Italian composers led by o.a. Puccini.Northeastern, 2007; 490 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 50,00 Voor/Our Price € 14,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 70 %
Ludwig van Beethoven wordt beschouwd als een van de grootste componisten aller tijden en hij is tot op de huidige dag nog altijd een van de populairste. Dit is eerste biografie in het Nederlands taalgebied die het geheel van zijn leven en werk omspant.Bezige Bij, 2012; 672 pp.; NL; ills. b/w; pbpb € 19,90
Combining musical insight with the most recent research, Kinderman's Beethoven is both a richly drawn portrait of the man and a guide to his music. He gives more attention to Beethoven's early chamber music, his songs, his opera Fidelio, and to a number of often-neglected works of the composer's later years and fascinating projects left incomplete.Oxford, 2009; 414 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 35,00 Voor/Our Price € 14,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 57 %
Beethoven Forum volume 2 examines Beethoven's lifelong affinity for the key of C-minor; the importance of Carl Dahlhaus's Ludwig von Beethoven und seine Zeit; a re-reading of J.W.N. Sullivan's Beethoven: His Spiritual Development, and more.Univ. of Nebraska; 236 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 65,00 Voor/Our Price € 16,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 74 %
Beethoven Forum 3 examines the critical tradition of dividing Beethoven's career into three periods; Beethoven in Vienna and his variations for piano; hybrid themes; Beethoven's sketches for the finale, and more.Univ. of Nebraska; 189 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 65,00 Voor/Our Price € 16,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 74 %
Beethoven Forum volume 4 features the essays: Imitation, Individuality, and Illness - Behind Beethoven's Three Styles-; The Beethoven-Hegelian Tradition and the Tempest Sonata; Beethoven, Shakespeare, and the Appasionata, and more.Univ. of Nebraska; 202 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 65,00 Voor/Our Price € 16,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 74 %
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