Contemporary Piano Music

Contemporary Piano Music
Author: Madalena Soveral
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781527568839

This collection addresses different issues involving performance and musical creation in contemporary piano music. Organised into three sections, it examines the aesthetic and technical aspects of musical creation in the 20th century, and evaluates the questions that these aspects pose regarding the interpretative and performative process. It also offers a reflection on artistic practices in the 21st century, and explores their contribution to redefining the contemporary performative field.

The Library of Modern Piano Music

The Library of Modern Piano Music
Author: Amsco Publications
Publisher: Wise Publications
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2015-07-13
Genre: Music
ISBN: 178323055X

The Library Of Modern Piano Music strives to illustrate the vigour and variety of modern piano music. These original compositions span standalone pieces, albums, suites and arrangements from talents as diverse as Igor Stravinsky, Francis Poulenc, Lennox Berkeley, Witold Lutosławski , Hans Werner Henze, Peter Maxwell Davies, Philip Glass and Ludovico Einaudi. As well as these concert pieces, a number of works have been written specially for screen. From Michael Nyman’s celebrated music for ‘The Piano’ to Richard Rodney Bennett’s score for the now rarely seen but superb 1980s miniseries of ‘Tender Is The Night’, there is ample proof of the richness added to international screen dramas by first-rate composers. These and over 100 more piano pieces make The Library Of Modern Piano Music a true classic.

The Contemporary Piano

The Contemporary Piano
Author: Alan Shockley
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2018-06-05
Genre: Music
ISBN: 144228188X

With Contemporary Piano: A Performer and Composer’s Guide to Techniques and Resources, Alan Shockley provides a comprehensive resource for composers writing music that uses extended techniques for the piano, and for pianists interested in playing repertoire that makes use of techniques and/or implements unfamiliar to them. Shockley explains dozens of ways to prepare a piano without damaging the instrument, how to notate every standard technique and many, many obscure ones, and the specific geographies of every common concert hall piano. This will be the standard reference for pianists touring and playing inside-the-piano repertoire, and for composers at all levels of familiarity with the piano hoping to understand the mechanical miracle that is the modern piano.

Contemporary Piano Literature, Book 2

Contemporary Piano Literature, Book 2
Author: Frances Clark
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 30
Release: 1999-11-30
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1457400596

The Contemporary Piano Literature series includes a selection of music written for children by Bartók, Gretchaninov, Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Scott, Shostakovich and Stravinsky. In addition, the books contain pieces composed specifically for this series by Ross Lee Finney, David Kraehenbuehl, Douglas Moore, Elie Siegmeister, Alexandre Tansman and Alexander Tcherepnin. Short biographies and portraits help make composers come alive for the student. None of the music is so far in the vanguard that it is difficult to enjoy or understand.

Modern Piano

Modern Piano
Author: Hans-Günter Heumann
Publisher: Schott Music
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2021-05-07
Genre: Music
ISBN: 379572502X

This book Modern Piano contains 90 easy original pieces from the 20th and 21st centuries. The pieces selected display a great variety of styles including New Music, neoclassicism, modern dances, jazz, blues, pop, rock, musical studies, meditative music, New Age music and more besides: a colourful range of different styles, sometimes blurring the distinction between classical and popular music in 'crossover' pieces that bridge the gap between different musical worlds. The little pieces selected invite us to go on a musical journey of discovery, introducing new experiences using modern sounds and rhythms. All these pieces are suitable for tuition purposes, auditions, examinations and school music competitions – or just as stimulating repertoire for pianists interested in music.

Contemporary Piano Masters

Contemporary Piano Masters
Author: HAL LEONARD CORP.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2019-05-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781540047953

(Piano Solo Songbook). This exceptional collection draws upon workds from 20 of the world's greatest piano composers. It is suitable for the intermediate level pianist and offers engaging and inspiring pieces to elevate and expand their repertoire. Selections include: Ballade Pour Adeline (Richard Clayderman) * Dawn from Pride & Prejudice (Dario Marianelli) * Fly (Ludovico Einaudi) * Game of Thrones Theme (Ramin Djawadi) * Glasgow Theme from Love Actually (Craig Armstrong) * In the Morning Light (Yanni) * Opening (Philip Glass) * Penn Ar Roc'h (Yann Tiersen) * River Flows in You (Yiruma) * The Shape of Water Theme (Alexandre Desplat) * and more.

Contemporary Piano Music

Contemporary Piano Music
Author: Madalena Soveral
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2021-05-20
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1527569934

This collection addresses different issues involving performance and musical creation in contemporary piano music. Organised into three sections, it examines the aesthetic and technical aspects of musical creation in the 20th century, and evaluates the questions that these aspects pose regarding the interpretative and performative process. It also offers a reflection on artistic practices in the 21st century, and explores their contribution to redefining the contemporary performative field.

Nineteenth-Century Piano Music

Nineteenth-Century Piano Music
Author: R. Larry Todd
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2013-10-08
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1136731288

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Portuguese Piano Music

Portuguese Piano Music
Author: Nancy Lee Harper
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2013-01-10
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0810883007

As the first book of its kind, Nancy Lee Harper’s Portuguese Piano Music: An Introduction and Annotated Bibliography fills the gap in the historical record of Portuguese piano music from its start in the 18th century to the present. While although Spanish piano music is well documented owing to the reputation of such composers as Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados, and Manuel de Falla, our knowledge of compositions in the tradition of Portuguese piano music has not fared as well, barring the work of Carlos Seixas (1704–1742). This obscurity, however, reflects poorly on the history of early piano music in light of the many compositions written for fortepiano on behalf of the Portuguese court during the first half of the 18th century. Indeed, it was in the royal halls of King John V during his reign from 1706 to 1750 where the early fortepiano was frequently heard. In Portuguese Piano Music, Harper explores this rich musical tradition, offering a brief introduction to the pianistic history of Portugal and overviews of Portugal’s contributions to solo piano music, piano in instrumental chamber music, piano concerti, piano for multiple pianists including with works with electronics, and didactic piano. While paying close attention to female composers, Harper adds an annotated and graded bibliography that presents readers with a comprehensive inventory of compositions. Appendixes include a selected discography, list of publishers, and other types of critical source information. To further illustrate its contents, Portuguese Piano Music contains a CD on which Harper performs representative repertoire, some of which are world premieres. This work is aimed at pianists, teachers, pupils, musicologists, and music lovers seeking to discover the remarkable world of Portuguese piano music.