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Einflussreiches Schaffen Gustav Mahlers. Im Zentrum des Handbuches steht die detaillierte Darstellung sämtlicher Werke Gustav Mahlers. Neben einem biografischen Porträt werden die geistige Welt des Künstlers, seine kompositorische Herkunft aus dem 19. Jahrhundert und...
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J.B. Metzler
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2016-08-13
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The book explores two radical changes of cultural and social paradigm that determined the World after 1945 – Modernism and Postmodernism. From the cataclysmic atmosphere emerged the second wave of Modernism. In art this attitude was manifested in the form of a radical...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2016-08-11
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Wenige Monate nach seiner Kaiserproklamation und vor seinem ‚Sacre‘ in Paris bereiste Napoleon Bonaparte die rheinischen ‚Départements réunis‘. Diese Rheinlandreise im Jahre 1804 stellt ein zentrales Element der Legitimation des ersten Kaisers der Franzosen dar. Die...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2016-08-11
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Seine Musik hat ihn unsterblich gemacht. Doch wer war Robert Schumann? Als Komponisten und Virtuosen, Dichter und Journalisten, Freund und Ehemann lernt der Leser ihn kennen und findet Zugang zu seiner Literatur-, Musik- und Kunstanschauung. Im Mittelpunkt stehen...
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J.B. Metzler
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2016-08-09
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Neue Sicht auf Anton Bruckner. Zu Lebzeiten erst spät gewürdigt, zählt der Komponist heute zu den großen und einflussreichen Symphonikern des 19. Jahrhunderts. Die Meinungen über Bruckners Werke gingen von Anfang an auseinander. Die widersprüchlichen Standpunkte zu...
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J.B. Metzler
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2016-08-09
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Musik zwischen Inspiration und Reflexion. Gülkes Schriften geben Auskunft u.a. zu historischer Aufführungspraxis, zur Entwicklung des Orchesters, zur Musikedition, zur musikalischer Interpretation einzelner Werke und zum Wandel des Dirigentenbildes. Porträtiert werden...
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J.B. Metzler
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2016-08-06
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Zum 150. Geburtstag von Richard Strauss. Er zählt zu den bedeutendsten Komponisten vor und nach 1900. Tondichtungen wie Till Eulenspiegel , aber auch Opern wie der Rosenkavalier werden heute vielerorts weiterhin gespielt.Zum Jubiläumsjahr bietet das Handbuch ein...
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J.B. Metzler
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2016-08-05
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The book explores cellular pivots as a new means of progression, functional tonality having disappeared in much of contemporary music. Béla Bartók can be seen as a kind of father figure to the other two composers, Chen Yi and George Crumb, in terms of their stylistic,...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2016-08-05
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This anthology contains seven texts by Kurt Blaukopf (1914–1999) that exemplify the sociological and epistemological position of this pioneer of Austrian music sociology. Blaukopf’s efforts were aimed at a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach and analysis of music...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2016-08-05
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In Rethinking Schubert, today's leading Schubertians offer fresh perspectives on the composer's importance and our perennial fascination with him. Subjecting recurring issues in historical, biographical and analytical research to renewed scrutiny, the twenty-two...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-08-05
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In the last decades of the 17th century, the feast of Christmas in Lutheran Germany underwent a major transformation when theologians and local governments waged an early modern "war on Christmas," discouraging riotous pageants and carnivalesque rituals in favor of more...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-08-04
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A History of Western Choral Music explores the various genres, key composers, and influential works essential to the development of the western choral tradition. Author Chester L. Alwes divides this exploration into two volumes which move from Medieval music and the...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-08-03
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Music and the Broadcast Experience explores the complex ways in which music and broadcasting have developed together throughout the twentieth and into the twenty-first centuries. It brings into dialogue researchers working in media and music studies; explores and...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-08-02
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Early in his career, the composer Arnold Schoenberg maintained correspondence with many notable figures: Gustav Mahler, Heinrich Schenker, Guido Adler, Arnold Rosé, Richard Strauss, Alexander Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, to name a few. In this volume of Oxford's...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-08-02
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When the Second World War broke out, ballet in Britain was only a few decades old. Few had imagined that it would establish roots in a nation long thought to be unresponsive to dance. Nevertheless, the war proved to be a boon for ballet dancers, choreographers and...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-08-01
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The 20th century French composer Olivier Messiaen was a devout Roman Catholic and notably claimed that his music was an expression of his faith. Unsurprisingly, many performers and listeners consider Messiaen's strong religiosity central to their appreciation of the...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-08-01
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This is the powerful, detailed and enlightening biography of the iconic composer, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist - the inimitable Prince.Prince was an icon. A man who defined an era of music and changed the shape of popular culture forever. There is no...
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Trapeze
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2016-07-28
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The Russian school of violin playing produced many of the twentieth century's leading violinists - from the famed disciples of Leopold Auer such as Jascha Heifetz, Nathan Milstein, and Mischa Elman to masters of the Soviet years such as David Oistrakh and Leonid Kogan....
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Oxford University Press
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2016-07-15
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This book explores the Broadway legacy of choreographer Agnes de Mille, from the 1940s through the 1960s. Six musicals are discussed in depth - Oklahoma!, One Touch of Venus, Bloomer Girl, Carousel, Brigadoon, and Allegro. Oklahoma!, Carousel, and Brigadoon were de...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-07-13
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Functional Awareness: Anatomy in Action for Dancers is where anatomy meets artistry. Each chapter provides explorations in embodied anatomy in an engaging manner with the use of images, storytelling, and experiential exercises. It is an accessible introduction to the...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-07-05
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