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  • The Lute in the Dutch Golden Age

    Musical Culture in the Netherlands ca. 1580-1670

    Traduit par Susan Pond, Helene Reid ...
    par Jan W. Burgers ...
    Collections series Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age
    The lute’s cultural impact throughout the Dutch Golden Age can be compared to that of the piano in the 19th century. It was the universal instrument for solo music-making, as well as in ensembles and to accompany singers, mainly associated with the social elite - the aristocracy and the prosperous burghers. This richly illustrated book is the first to showcase famous and obscure lutenists, ... En savoir plus

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  • Ship Stabilizers

    A Handbook for Merchant Navy Officers

    Ship Stabilizers: The Design and Operation in Correcting the Rolling of Ships presents the working principles and operation of various types of gyrocompasses and automatic pilots. This book discusses the fundamental principles of synchro systems and servomechanisms. Organized into 12 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the problem of the reduction of rolling. This text then explores the ... En savoir plus

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician

    The Learned Musician

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  • Mozart

    A Life

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    Eminent historian Paul Johnson dazzles with a rich, succinct portrait of Mozart and his musicAs he’s done in Napoleon, Churchill, Jesus, and Darwin, acclaimed historian and author Paul Johnson here offers a concise, illuminating biography of Mozart. Johnson’s focus is on the music—Mozart’s wondrous output of composition and his uncanny gift for instrumentation.Liszt once said that Mozart composed ... En savoir plus

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  • The Penguin Companion to Classical Music

    par Paul Griffiths ...
    This superbly authoratitive new work provides a comprehensive A-Z guide to some 1000 years of Western music. It explores in detail the lives and achievements of a vast range of composers, as well as looking at such key topics as music history (from medieval plainchant to contemporary minimalism), performers, theory and jargon. Throught Griffiths skilfully blends lightly worn scholarship with ... En savoir plus

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  • Discover Music of the Baroque Era

    Grandiose and glamorous, Baroque music stands alone, written to glorify the finest courts of Europe, in Italy, France, Germany, England, Austria and even far flung Spain. Its greatest composers, such as Vivaldi, Handel and Bach, head a fascinating cast of musical magicians, including Albinoni, Pachelbel and Scarlatti. Their lives are as intriguing as their music: we find virtuoso performers who ... En savoir plus

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  • Medieval Instrumental Dances

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  • Discover Early Music

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  • A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music, Second Edition

    Revised and expanded, A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth Century Music is a comprehensive reference guide for students and professional musicians. The book contains useful material on vocal and choral music and style; instrumentation; performance practice; ornamentation, tuning, temperament; meter and tempo; basso continuo; dance; theatrical production; and much more. The volume includes new ... En savoir plus

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