The two-hundred-year development of the symphonic form is traced through a discussion of representative compositions from each period. Narrative covers background and heritage of the classical symphony in Austria and Germany; developments from 1780 to 1914; and the evolution of the symphony in the twentieth century from an international perspective. The student and scholar will find this text rich with illustrations and musical examples.

The Symphony (Detroit Monographs in Musicology)

Arts & Photography

Cuyler, Louise Elvira

Music

Harmonie Park Press

The first published biography on the early career of Salt Lake Tabernacle organist Alexander Schreiner looks at the life of the young German immigrant in the 1930's as he laid the foundation of his stellar career in southern California.

Alexander Schreiner, the California Years

Udy, Kenneth L.

Festschrift reflects the diversity and freedom Murray Lefkowitz, exemplary scholar and teacher, encouraged in his students and colleagues. Each essay contributes to the literature in its own area of specialization, offering a tribute to an inspiring and exacting mentor and warm friend.

The Varieties of Musicology: Essays in Honor of Murray Lefkowitz (Detroit Monographs in Musicology/Studies in Music, No. 29)

In this tribute to an important scholar, composer and teacher, noted researchers offer a collection of essays covering the age of antiquity and the early Christian church to contemporary music in the Americas from a broad cross-cultural perspective.

Music in Performance and Society: Essays in Honor of Roland Jackson (Detroit Monographs in Musicology)

Ethnomusicologist Bruno Nettl highlights the social and intellectual influences that shaped his world view and discusses how the study of music within its societal contexts has changed since the turn of the century. Those concerned with the elements that form the basis for the study of ethnomusicology and the role of the ethnomusicologist will find this conceptual memoir intriguing as the author chronicles his life as a scholar from his birth in Prague, his emigration to the U.S., and his adventures in the field, collecting data and developing professionally within an academic environment. This is Nettl’s story of what it was like to participate in the development of ethnomusicology as a student, teacher, fieldworker, author, editor, advisor, and often just as an observer, for half a century.

Encounters in Ethnomusicology: A Memoir (Detroit Monographs in Musicology)

Bruno Nettl

Professor Rubin's book is based on his work identifying, collecting, and studying over 3,500 glees written during the reign of George III. It is packed with musical examples and their analyses, explores the societal forces that spawned the glee, demonstrates its style and performance practice, and examines the reason underlying its neglect since the late nineteenth century.

The English Glee in the Reign of George III: Participatory Art Music for an Urban Society (Detroit Monographs in Musicology)

Emanuel Rubin

Mischa Mischakoff, widely considered the world's finest concertmaster in the mid-twentieth century and called "Toscanini's third hand" by critics and conductors, enjoyed a seven-decade career in the first chair. This biography by his daughter describes that career in Russia, Poland, and the top orchestras of America. It highlights as well the personal traits and experiences that made Mischakoff so outstanding as a concertmaster and that sustained him through revolutions, wars, and the politics of the world of music. The memoir is enlivened by the recollections of his family and students and some hundred photographs of Mischakoff and the conductors and musicians with whom he worked. An accompanying CD features excerpts of Mischakoff's playing in his divergent roles as soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and concertmaster.

Mischa Mischakoff: Journeys of a Concertmaster. (Detroit Monographs in Musicology)

Biographies & Memoirs

Heiles, Anne Mischakoff

Arts & Literature

The present volume, edited by George S. Bozarth, brings together essays, articles, and program notes on Brahms written by Karl Geiringer between 1933 and his death.

On Brahms and His Circle: Essays and Documentary Studies by Karl Geiringer (Detroit Monographs in Musicology)

Revised and Enlarged by George S. Bozarth

Reference

Collection of 28 essays which pay tribute to memory of J. Bunker Clark (1931-2003), noted author, teacher, and performer. A specialist in American music, history of keyboard music, and the Baroque organ, Professor Clark for thirty-eight years -was professor of musicology, and later emeritus professor, at University of Kansas in Lawrence. During the last 21 years of his life he was also the book series editor at Harmonie Park Press.

On Bunker's Hill: Essays in Honor of J. Bunker Clark (1931-2003) (Detroit Monographs in Musicology)

Edited by William A. Everett and Paul R. Laird

This unique book, based on extensive research on more than 180 concertmasters and dozens of interviews, looks at the training and personality traits that have yielded great leaders in the string sections of orchestras in the United States and Canada. After a brief overview of some of the early concertmasters in Europe, twelve chapters present the histories of the concertmaster position in twelve North American orchestras, together with in-depth profiles of twenty-two of the men and women who are the recent and present occupants of the first chair in these symphony and opera orchestras. America's Concertmasters depicts their love affair with violins, their political and psychological acumen, their activism on behalf of their colleagues, and how they model ethical and professional standards. It describes in their words how they advocate for and cede authority to the conductor they serve. And it examines how they make musical decisions, react in crises, and in practical ways deal with the pressures of their solo work.

America's Concertmasters (Detroit Monographs in Musicology/Studies in Music, No. 51)

Anne Mischakoff Heiles

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