Music (Bookshelf)
From Project Gutenberg, the first producer of free electronic books (ebooks).
Music is an art form that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. It is usually expressed in terms of pitch (which includes melody and harmony), rhythm (which includes tempo and meter), and the quality of sound (which includes timbre, articulation, dynamics, and texture). Music may also involve generative forms in time through the construction of patterns and combinations of natural stimuli, principally sound. Music may be used for artistic or aesthetic, communicative, entertainment, or ceremonial purposes. The definition of what constitutes music varies according to culture and social context.
Within "the arts", music can be classified as a performing art, a fine art, or an auditory art form.
—Excerpted from Music on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.
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Musicians / Biographies
- Beethoven
(HTML, LilyPond, MIDI) (English)
- by Fischer, George Alexander
- compiled by Köchel, Ludwig Ritter von and Nohl, Ludwig. Translated by Wallace, Grace, Lady
- Mémoires de Hector Berlioz (French)
- by Hector Berlioz
- by Georges Bizet
- Life of Chopin (English)
- by Martha Elizabeth Duncan Walker Cook
- Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician (English)
- by Frederick Niecks
- Haydn (English)
- by Hadden, J. Cuthbert
- Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 1 (English)
- trans. by Constance Bache
- Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2 (English)
- trans. by Constance Bache
- Edward MacDowell (English)
- by Lawrence Gilman
- Gedenkrede auf Wolfgang Amade Mozart (German)
- by Richard Beer-Hofmann
- trans. by Lady Grace Wallace
- trans. by Henry Edward Krehbiel
- Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday (HTML) (English)
- by Lahee, Henry C.
- by Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915
- Musicians of To-day (English)
- by Rolland, Romain
- Story-Lives of Great Musicians (HTML, MIDI) (English)
- by Rowbotham, Francis Jameson
- The World's Great Men of Music; Story-Lives of Master Musicians (HTML) (English)
- by Brower, Harriette, 1869-1928
- Contemporary American Composers (English)
- by Hughes, Rupert
Music Collections
- Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads (HTML, PDF, Finale, MIDI) (English)
- by Various
- The Good Old Songs We Used to Sing, '61 to '65 (HTML, PDF, MIDI) (English)
- by Oldroyd, Osbourne H.
- Slavery's Passed Away and Other Songs (HTML, LilyPond, MIDI) (English)
- by Various
The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties (HTML, MIDI) (English) (A DP 10K title)
- by Terry, Richard Runciman
- The Liberty Minstrel (HTML, LilyPond, MIDI, PDF) (English)
- by Clark, George W.
Music History
- Critical & Historical Essays; Lectures delivered at Columbia University (HTML, LilyPond, MIDI) (English)
- by MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908; edited by Baltzell, W. J.
- A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present (HTML, PDF, MIDI) (English)
- by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock), 1837-1912
- Woman's Work in Music (HTML) (English)
- by Elson, Arthur
- The Pianoforte Sonata (HTML, LilyPond, MIDI) (English)
- by Shedlock, J.S.
- Critical and Historical Essays (English)
- by MacDowell, Edward
Music Instruction
- Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing (HTML) (English)
- by Mathews, W. S. B.
- The Psychology of Singing (HTML) (English)
- by Taylor, David Clark 1871-1918
- by Howard, Francis E.
- How to sing (English)
- by Lehmann, Lilli
- How to Listen to Music, 7th ed.; Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art (HTML, LilyPond, MIDI) (English)
- by Krehbiel, Henry Edward, 1854-1923.
- Lessons in Music Form; A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition (HTML) (English)
- by Goetschius, Percy, 1853-1943
- Music As A Language; Lectures to Music Students (HTML) (English)
- by Home, Ethel
- Music Notation and Terminology (HTML, MIDI) (English)
- by Gehrkens, Karl Wilson, 1882-1975
- A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons (HTML) (English)
- by Friedrich J. Lehmann
- Essentials in Conducting (English)
- by Gehrkens, Karl Wilson, 1882-1975
- by Kobbé, Gustav, 1857-1918
Music Literature
- Charles Dickens and Music (HTML, LilyPond, MIDI) (English)
- by Lightwood, James T.
- Old Fogy; His Musical Opinions and Grotesques (HTML) (English)
- by Huneker, James, 1860-1921
Opera
Opera is a form of musical and dramatic work in which singers convey the drama. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition. An opera performance incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery and costumes and sometimes incorporates dance. The performance is usually given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble.
—Excerpted from Opera on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.
Opera Librettos
- by Gay, John, 1685-1732
- The Beggar's Opera (English)
- by Gay, John, 1685-1732
- La Bohème (English)
- by Giacosa, Giuseppe and Illica, Luigi
- by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir, 1836-1911; and Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900
- Tristan and Isolda : Opera in Three Acts (English)
- by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
- Zanetto and Cavalleria Rusticana (English, Italian)
- by Mascagni, Pietro; Menasci, Guido; and Targioni-Tozzetti, Giovanni
- L'Endimione (Italian)
- by Metastasio
- Il sogno di Scipione (Italian)
- by Metastasio
Opera Excerpts (Recordings)
- Ah! Fors' é Lui (from La Traviata)
(Italian) (Music recording)
- by Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901; Bori, Lucrezia (soprano) [Performer]
- La Gioconda (excerpt) (Italian) (Music recording)
- by Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886; Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918; Benedetti, Preste [Performer]; Koraleck, Paola [Performer]
- Höchstes Vertrauen (from Lohengrin) (German) (Music recording)
- by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883; Knote, Heinrich [Performer]
- M'appari (from Martha) (Italian) (Music recording)
- by Flotow, Friedrich von, 1812-1883; Friedrich, W., 1820-1879; Bonci, Alessandro, 1870-1940 [Performer]
- Ride of the Valkyries (from Die Walküre) (Music recording)
- by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883; performed by the American Symphony Orchestra
- Sei Forse L'Angelo Fedele (from Eugene Onegin) (Italian) (Music recording)
- by Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893; Muzio, Claudia (soprano) [Performer]
- William Tell Overture, Pt. 2 (Music recording)
- by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868; Sodero's Band [Performer]
Opera Plot Summaries, etc.
- by Krehbiel, Henry Edward, 1854-1923
- A Second Book of Operas (English)
- by Krehbiel, Henry Edward, 1854-1923
- Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande : A Guide to the Opera with Musical Examples from the Score (English)
- by Gilman, Lawrence
- Opera Stories from Wagner (English)
- by Akin, Florence, 1878-
- Parsifal : A Mystical Drama By Richard Wagner Retold In The Spirit Of The Bayreuth Interpretation (English)
- by Huckel, Oliver, 1864-1940
- by Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald), 1839-1901
- by Upton, George P. (George Putnam), 1834-1919
- Stories of the Wagner Opera (English)
- Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline), 1859-1929
Opera History and Commentary
- by Krehbiel, Henry Edward, 1854-1923
- by Runciman, John F., 1866-1916
- by Streatfeild, R. A. (Richard Alexander), 1866-1919; and Fuller-Maitland, J. A. [Commentator]
- by Shaw, George Bernard, 1856-1950
- Richard Wagner : Composer of Operas (English)
- by Runciman, John F., 1866-1916
- Some Forerunners of Italian Opera (English)
- by Henderson, W. J. (William James), 1855-1937
- by Hight, George Ainslie, 1851-
Opera Fiction
- by Pearce, Charles Edward, -1924
- The Phantom of the Opera (English)
- by Leroux, Gaston, 1868-1927
- The Song of the Lark (English)
- by Cather, Willa Sibert, 1873-1947
Plays adapted as operas
- La Tosca : Drame en cinq actes (French) by Victorien Sardou
- Puccini: Tosca
- The Robbers by Frederich Schiller
- Verdi: I masnadieri
- Kabale und Liebe (German) by Frederich Schiller
- Verdi: Luisa Miller
- Macbeth by Shakespeare
- Verdi: Macbeth
- The Two Foscari found in The Works of Lord Byron, Volume V.
- Verdi: I due Foscari
- Woyzeck by Georg Büchner (German)
- Alban Berg: Wozzeck
- La Folle Journée ou le Mariage de Figaro by Beaumarchais (French)
- Mozart: Nozze di Figaro
- Boris Godunov: a drama in verse by Pushkin
- Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
- Pélléas and Mélisande by Maeterlinck (English translation)
- Debussy: Pélléas et Mélisande
- Alcestis by Euripides (English translation)
- Gluck: Alceste
Novels adapted as operas
- La dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils
- Verdi: La traviata
- Hernani by Victor Hugo
- Verdi: Ernani
- Massenet: Thaïs
- Die Leiden des jungen Werther Band 1 Band 2 (German) The Sorrows of Young Werther (English) by Goethe
- Massenet: Werther
- Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost (French)
- Puccini: Manon Lescaut and Massenet: Manon
- Scènes de la vie de bohème (French) Bohemians of the Latin Quarter (English) by Henry Murger
- Puccini: La Bohème
- The Girl of the Golden West by David Belasco
- Puccini: La fanciulla del West
- The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
- Benjamin Britten: The Turn of the Screw
- The Borough (Peter Grimes section) by George Crabbe
- Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes
- Carmen by Prosper Merimee
- Bizet: Carmen
- Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
- The Queen Of Spades by Pushkin
- Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades
- Le Mariage de Loti by Pierre Loti
- Léo Delibes: Lakmé
- The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott
- Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
- Ambroise Thomas: Mignon
- L'ami Fritz (French) by Erckmann-Chatrian
- Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz
- Jerusalem Delivered (English translation) by Torquato Tasso
- Operas by Niccolò Jommelli, Rossini, Antonio Sacchini and Haydn
- Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson
- Niccolò Piccinni: La buona figliuola
Other
- by Upton, George P. (George Putnam), 1834-1919
- Chopin and Other Musical Essays (HTML) (English)
- by Finck, Henry Theophilus, 1854-1926
- Music talks with children (English)
- by Tapper, Thomas
- by Ferruccio Busoni
