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Biancolli, Louis was born on April 17, 1907 in New York City. Son of Carmine and Achilla (Montesano) Biancolli.
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A comprehensive guide to symphonic music. In one volume, the largest most informative collection of concert notes ever made! An indispensable guide and companion for those who appreciate good music. Not only will you find little-known anecdotes and dramatic details of composers' lives, but you will learn how a masterwork was first conceived in the composer's mind, the problems that beset him, what he was urgently trying to express, how his composition was first received in concert form, and how it is now generally regarded by music critics. It covers standard symphonic music--pieces frequently performed by the major symphony orchestras, and includes lesser known works which are important because of their significance. One hundred and sixty-two composers-- from Handel and Bach to Shostakovich and Bernstein-- are presented alphabetically, and concise interpretations and descriptions are given more than 500 compositions, grouped by symphony, concerto, overture, suite, etc. Instrumentation, scores, and themes are analyzed so you learn the human side of the composer's creative process, and are able to find what you want to know technically about the music. Because you learn, often in the composer's own words, exactly what he was trying to do in his music, musical scores suddenly become more alive, more colorful and exciting, and stimulate the mind to a new kind of listening. Consequently, the music-- whether you hear it over the radio, by phonograph, or in a concert hall-- becomes far more dramatic and satisfying than it ever was before. The Concert Companion is a book than can used for years-- that will never be exhausted. It will become an indispensable guide to be referred to before attending a concert, while listening to a broadcast, or when buying music. As you use the book, you will discover how the drama and romance and tragedy in the lives of the composers are often echoed in their music.
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This is a "family Beethoven" in many respects. It measures up to what we have come to describe as "family size." It offers as comprehensive a view of Beethoven and his music as is possible in one volume. This Beethoven guide is for all Beethoven lovers. It takes the Master period by period, development by development, plateau by plateau, and examines him and his music from start to finish. Each of the sections summarizes the events of a given span of years. This is followed by the reminiscences of those who knew Beethoven, that in turn by the relevant letters, and finally a classified analysis of the compositions of those years, technical and lucid, for musician and layman alike.
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(The Concert Companion, a comprehensive guide to symphonic...)
The Concert Companion, a comprehensive guide to symphonic music by Robert Bagar & Louis Biancolli Publisher: Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill book company Date published: 1947 Format: hard cover Condition: used, (fair) no jacket, covers worn, text on spine fading, small lite stain on the bottom page edges, otherwise it is clean & unmarked (All photos and or scans of my items are of the actual item offered for your consideration)
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"Biographical studies of the great orchestral composers from Bach to Prokofiev". Contains 20 to 40-page entries for 14 major composers, including Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Richard Strauss.
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Biancolli, Louis was born on April 17, 1907 in New York City. Son of Carmine and Achilla (Montesano) Biancolli.
AB, New York University, 1935. AM, New York University, 1936. Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1938.
American Council Learned Societies grant for studies Russian, Intensive Language Programs, Columbia University, 1943.
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(The Opera Reader, McGraw-Hill,1953.)
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Member Music Critics Circle, Phi Beta Kappa.
Son of Carmine and Achilla (Montesano) B. M. Edith Rattner, 1933 (deceased 1957). 1 daughter, Margaret (Mistress Murray Weissbach).
M. Jeanne Mitchell, 1958. Children: Lucy, Amy.