A History of the Concerto 0931340616, 9780931340611

This lucid guide traces the concerto's evolution over the major periods of music: baroque, classical, romantic, and

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A History of the Concerto
0931340616, 9780931340611

In the Shadow of Hob's Hill... Brecken Kendall doesn't plan on becoming a composer. She also doesn't exp

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Since the eighteenth century, violin concertos have provided a showcase for dramatic interplay between a soloist’s virtu

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A cri de cœur or fully imagined poem on the myth and history of Jerusalem/Al-Quds from the author revered as the greates

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No musical genre has had a more chequered critical history than the concerto but simultaneously retained as consistently

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Although Dvorák's cello concerto is enormously popular, no extended study of it has been undertaken hitherto. This

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