A Biographical Guide to Spanish Music for the Violin and Viola, 1900-1997

Meeting the existing need for a resource on Spanish violin and viola music, this guide provides the teacher and performer with information on approximately 300 works for violin and viola in solo, with piano, and with orchestra. The annotated entries provide practical information with regard to level of difficulty, musical language, and duration and number of movements. An overview of Spanish music in this century, including a brief examination of violin and viola activity in Spain, places the work in historical context and introduces major names in Spanish musical history.

Short biographical sketches on composers complement the historical information presented about Spanish viola and violin music of the 20th century. Each entry contains a list of the composer's compositions and is annotated with information pertaining to the publisher, musical style, and date of the premiere. Musical scholars with interest in Spanish music and viola and violin music will appreciate this informative volume, complete with appendices and index.

List of contents

Preface
Instrument Codes and Abbreviations
Introduction
A Brief Survey of Twentieth-Century Spanish Music
The Modern Violin and Viola in Spain
Works for Violin and Viola
Appendix I: Works Arranged by Instrumentation
Appendix II: Chronological List of Composers
Appendix III: Libraries and Archives
Appendix IV: Festivals and Seminars of Contemporary Music
Appendix V: Publishers
Appendix VI: Foundations and Associations
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

LAURA KLUGHERZ, Professor of Music at Colgate University, teaches and plays the violin and viola throughout Europe, Latin America, and the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Laura Klugherz, Klugherz Laura
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.06.1998
• EAN: 9780313305900
• ISBN: 978-0-313-30590-0
• No. of pages: 120
• Weight: 340 g
• Series: Music Reference Collection
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Spain, 20th Century, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Strings, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Art music, orchestral and formal music, String instruments, Bibliographies, catalogues, Western "classical" music, Popular Culture: Music and Performing Arts