The three volumes of The Masterwork in Music present complete English translations of major works by Austrian music theorist Heinrich Schenker, one of the twentieth century's leading figures in the field. First published in German between 1925 and 1930, these essays represent Schenker's greatest writings in analysis prior to the 1935 definitive formulation of his theory of music in Der freie Satz (Free Composition). This new publication of the long-awaited English translation, which first appeared in the distinguished Cambridge University Press edition, provides a valuable resource for scholars. Editorial annotations and elucidations by Dr. William Drabkin and his translators offer additional insights. This volume comprises the eminent Austrian theorist's main writings from the mid-1920s to 1930. In addition to essays on music theory in cultural context, the book is dominated by one of Schenker's most celebrated studies of a single work: the analysis of Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony, which discusses all four movements in painstaking detail. Volume One includes analyses of keyboard works by Bach, Scarlatti, Chopin, Beethoven, and Handel and solo violin music by Bach, along with studies of other works. Volume Two contains a major essay on Mozart's Symphony #40 in G minor and shorter studies of works by Bach, Haydn, and Reger.Reprint of The Masterwork in Music, A Yearbook, Volume III, Cambridge University Press, 1997, with a new Introduction by William Drabkin.- See more at: http://store.doverpublications.com/048678004x.html#sthash.eWy8wFW3.dpuf / Divers

Le ?Bach tchèque?. C?est ainsi que le compositeur Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) a été longtemps qualifié non seulement par ses contemporains mais aussi par la postérité. Fils d'un organiste de Lounovice, il fut instruit dans un collège de Jésuites à Prague. Il obtint un poste de contrebassiste à la cour du roi de Saxe, à Dresde, en 1710. Entre 1716 et 1719, il fit un voyage à Vienne (où il étudia auprès de Johann Joseph Fux), puis en Italie où, selon toute vraisemblance, il put connaître Antonio Lotti et Alessandro Scarlatti. En un temps où la musique gagnait ses lettres de noblesse en Allemagne, ce contrebassiste tchèque partagea souvent sa vie entre Prague et Dresde, au service de la Chapelle Royale où il demeura jusqu'à la fin de ses jours. Son oeuvre, riche de quelque 200 opus, comprend de superbes pages pour instruments à vent mais aussi pour l?église, privilégiant la voix et les offices religieux. / Livre /