1991
Conversations with Karajan
Karajan: Profile of a Musician Conversations with Karajan The Formative Years The Italian Connection Berlin Philharmonic On Conducting Sibelius, Richard Strauss, and the Second Viennese School Gramophone and Film: The Recorded Legacy Afterwords Epilogue Karajan and Oxford Karajan and Opera Production Selected Bibliography Selected Recordings
The AB Guide to Music Theory, Part 2
Voices Singers and choirs Voices in score Non-harmony notes Passing notes Auxiliary notes Anticipations Changing notes Appoggiaturas Suspensions Pedal points More about tonal harmony Counterpoint Part-writing Harmonic rhythm Second-inversion chords Extensions of the triad (7ths, 9ths etc.) Modulation Chromatic chords Borrowed chords Altered chords The Neapolitan sixth The diminished seventh The augmented sixth Harmonic sequences …
Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten, Volume 2, 1939-45
1939-42: The American Years 1942-45: The Return to England: The Writing of Grimes
The Maestro Myth
Introduction: The Making of a Myth The Tears of a Clown: The composer as conductor; the personal tragedy of Hans von Bülow Honest Hans and the Magician: Nikisch and Richter Masters of the House: Mahler and Strauss; Walter, Klemperer and Krauss Facing the Dictators: Toscanini v. Furtwängler; Szell, Reiner and the Soviet system The Karajan …
Taste
Foreword Imbroglio Taste: The Story of an Idea Scenario Architecture: Painting the Lily Interiors: Vacuums of Taste Fashion: Being and Dressing Food: Acquired Taste The Sport of Things
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Introduction “Their Manners are Decorous and Praiseworthy” The Long Walk of the Navahos Little Crow’s War War Comes to the Cheyennes Powder River Invasion Red Cloud’s War “The Only Good Indian Is a Dead Indian” The Rise and Fall of Donehogawa Cochise and the Apache Guerrillas The Ordeal of Captain Jack The War to Save …
The Face of Battle
Old, Unhappy, Far-off Things A Little Learning The Usefulness of Military History The Deficiencies of Military History The ‘Battle Piece’ ‘Killing No Murder?’ The History of Military History The Narrative Tradition Verdict or Truth? Agincourt, October 25th, 1415 The Campaign The Battle Archers versus Infantry and Cavalry Cavalry versus Infantry Infantry versus Infantry The Killing …
Almost a Gentleman
A Palpable Miss Camp Following May 8th ‘Take it Orfe’ ‘I Have a Go, Lady. I Do. I Have a Go’ Barwick’s Suit ‘All Russia is my Garden’ The October Bonfire Broadly Speaking American Panic ‘His own Worst Enemy’ ‘Not at his Best’ ‘Letting down England’ A Night to Remember Surprised by Joy Viva Mexico! …
Film Directing Shot by Shot
Visualization: The Process Visualization Production Design Storyboards Visualization: Tools and Techniques The Production Cycle Elements of The Continuity Style Composing Shots: Spatial Connections Editing: Temporal Connections The Workshop The Basics Applied Staging Dialogue Sequences Dialogue Staging with Three Subjects Four or More Player Dialogue Stagings Mobile Staging Depth of the Frame Camera Angles Open and …