Musikbücher

Obwohl die Zahl der wissenschaftlichen Veranstaltungen und Veröffentlichungen über Richard Wagner zunimmt und das seit langem geforderte kritische Wagner-Bild schärfere Konturen gewonnen hat, sind imm...

Dorothee Günther und Carl Orff gründeten 1924 in München eine Schule für Gymnastik und Tanz, deren Bogen sich von der Aufbruchstimmung Mitte der 20er Jahre bis zum dramatischen Ende im Zweiten Weltkri...

In ihrem Porträt zeichnet die Moskauer Musikwissenschaftlerin den Weg Rodion Shchedrins vom Chorschüler zum international renommierten Komponisten nach. Der Hauptakzent liegt auf der Analyse seiner We...

Begleitende Publikation zur Benefizgala Music Connects The World am 31. August 2002 im Staatstheater Mainz. Mit Beiträgen von: Hans Günther Bastian, Dr. Peter Hanser-Strecker

Messiaen - En Håndbog ved Poul Borum & Erik Christensen. Baggrundshistorie samt tekster om Olivier Messiaen og hans musik.

An excerpt from the preface of the book: This written work is not a biography. Many excellent books of this kind have already been written, the first being by Halsey Stevens - not to mention the biogr...

Colourful characters and bizarre situations abound in this unpackaged, unplanned solo journey. The author frequently gets into difficulties and finds her western outlook hilariously inadequate. This b...

This book is intended for church musicians, pastors, students, and beyond and focuses on our attitudes concerning the church music of our day. It speaks to advocates of both the old and new, and chall...

A 204-page collection featuring the best of the hymns held under copyright of The Hymn SocietyA 204-page collection featuring the best of the hymns held under copyright of The Hymn Society

In addition to offering numerous helpful hints as to how to execute the many techniques required, this book provides a breakdown and gives exact assignments for fifty published compositions.

This publication celebrates the author's thirty-year odyssey as a hymnwriter. There are 183 hymns and songs included. Generous notes on the hymns and biblical, topical and metrical indexes make this a...

Doug Wagner provides much important information on the 'how-to' write an arrangement or original composition. One of the most exciting activities that you can engage in with your handbell choir is to...

Four pages of handy helps for ringing the right bell in the right place. Four pages of handy helps for ringing the right bell in the right place.

This 1995 collection contains the best of the old and best of the new. Dr. Wren has updated a number of his earlier hymns and mixed those with the new texts he has written since 1992.

This contains the hymns written by Brian Wren from 1993 to 1997. Several significant revisions of previously published texts also appear here for the first time.

A significant addendum to his monumental tome 'Companion to the United Methodist Hymnal, ' this book presents more extensive information on the musical leadership and contributions provided for the We...

Joy Patterson is a highly respected author and composer of both hymn texts and tunes. This is a collection of her best-known works as well as some new material published here for the first time. The F...

Dr. Hustad has completely updated, enlarged, and reorganized his 1981 volume which has been widely used as a textbook. This 1993 edition contains twenty chapters grouped in three sections: 1) General...

This 72-page book describes in detail Mr. Ivey's method of assigning handbells, and gives exact step-by-step breakdown in assignment for five complete compositons, in addition to listing actual assign...

In this 100+ page text, you can share in the expertise of a man who has taught handbell ringers and directors 'how to' for over twenty years. You will learn all the basics of ringing and organizing a...

First published in 1996, this anthology is organized as A Theological Journey. All the poems and hymns are thematically arranged. Co-published with Stainer & Bell of London, many of the hymn texts hav...

Here is a collection of texts from Britain's Alan Gaunt. This book is co-published with Stainer & Bell in London. His earlier works are available under the title 'The Hymn Texts of Alan Gaunt.