"No Encores" The Royal Dublin Society Concert Archive Recitals in Retrospect: 1925-50

A large archive of sources for the RDS classical music recitals is extant in the Society’s Library, Ballsbridge, Dublin. The recitals were established in 1886 for the promotion of chamber music and in order to expose Dublin audiences to the works of the great composers. Extant in the collection are minute books; autographed programmes; newspaper cuttings which include previews, reviews and advertisements; correspondences with artists and agents; promotional material; selections of photographs; records of attendance, artists fees and takings; and volumes of printed music.
This paper will document the organisation, management and occurrence of the RDS classical music recitals for the period 1925 to 1950 and will encompass the opening of the current concert hall (The Members’ Hall, 1925), the Society’s bi-centenary celebrations (1931) and the continuance of the recitals within the context of the Second World War (1939- 45). The paper will examine and analyse the following: networks, repertoire and reception.
The RDS music committee established significant links with many performers and UK-based classical music agents. Recitalists include musicians of international renown; Myra Hess, Isolde Menges, Lili Kraus, Joseph Szigeti, Leon Goossens, Sir Hamilton Harty and The Hallé Orchestra, The Catterall Quartet and many local, Dublin-based musicians; Raidió Éireann Orchestra, Dublin String Orchestra, Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra and Culwick Choral Society. The compromises and collaborations in evidence between the music committee, agents and performers resulted in the presentation of varied and well-balanced programmes featuring sonatas, quartets, trios, concerti, overtures, symphonies and songs by composers including Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn and Brahms. Works by contemporary composers including Bax, Dohnanyi, Szymanowski and Suk were also regularly performed, as were works with an Irish influence or flavour. Audiences mainly consisted of members of the Society, music students were encouraged to attend at a reduced rate and reviews were regularly published in the Irish Times, Irish Independent and Irish Press.

GCSE Music: The Revision Guide.

Este libro cumple las expectativas de los alumnos de música en relación a los exámenes de secundaria para obtener el General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE). Los temas del libro son: leyendo y escribiendo música ( claves, agudos, bemoles, tercetos), escalas mayores y menores, cuerdas (colocando cuerdas a una melodía, diferentes maneras de interpretar las cuerdas), cómo la música está organizada, estructuras básicas para canciones, sonatas, sinfonías y conciertos, ópera, las piezas vocales más pequeñas, componiendo (maneras de variar una composición), instrumentos (cuerdas de orquesta, guitarras, instrumentos de percusión, la voz, las bandas de jazz, la orquesta, tecnología de la música).

Beethoven’s Influence on Modern Musical Thought

Ludwig van Beethoven is undoubtedly one of the most important and influential composers of Western art music. From a young age, he exhibited considerable talent, independence, and willful nonconformity. Over the course of his life, these themes came through both in his compositions, and in his attitude towards social norms regarding music. Composing symphonies, sonatas, string quartets, concertos, and one opera, Beethoven shattered musical boundaries and set the stage for how musicians and listeners would think about music for the next 200 years, up to modern day. This afternoon I will explore various ways in which Beethoven’s conception of music continues to influence our thinking about music, even rock, through analysis of The Beatles’ “A Day in the Life,” off their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Sonata n.1 para piano e divertimento para cordas de Edino Krieger : um estudo comparativo

Este trabalho consiste em um estudo comparativo entre a Sonata n. 1 para piano e sua transcrição intitulada Divertimento para cordas de Edino Krieger. Estas obras integram o segundo período de criação do compositor, marcado pela tendência neoclássica e utilização de temas de caráter brasileiro. Ao comparar os esquemas formais das duas obras e investigar as adaptações idiomáticas ocorridas no processo de transcrição, são traçados paralelos entre a escrita pianística do compositor e elementos idiomáticos dos instrumentos de cordas.

Eunice Katunda (1915-1990) e Esther Scliar (1926-1978) : trajetórias individuais e análise de "Sonata de Louvação" (1960) e "Sonata para Piano" (1961)

Este estudo aproxima Eunice Katunda (1915-1990) e Esther Scliar (1926-1978) pela verificação de suas trajetórias individuais e pela análise musical de ‘Sonata de Louvação’ (1960) e ‘Sonata para Piano’ (1961). A investigação de suas trajetórias enfatiza, com base em documentos como cartas, depoimentos e entrevistas, a experiência vivida. A abordagem prioriza a experiência individual, sem prescindir da contextualização de suas atuações, desde o final dos anos 40, no cenário musical brasileiro. A revisão bibliográfica dos estudos de gênero em música integra o trabalho como ferramenta metodológica para as análises das duas sonatas.

Mus Hs 1204 - Arien und Gesänge mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte

Für Singstimme und Klavier

Carlos Guastavino y su lenguaje en la guitarra : análisis desde la perspectiva de Leonard Meyer

La presente investigación propone relacionar los rasgos de la música criolla rural presentes en la Sonata Nº1 para guitarra del compositor argentino Carlos Guastavino, con el lenguaje compositivo escolástico propio del autor, desde la perspectiva analítica del musicólogo Leonard Meyer.

Deux sonates et La Coquette pour forte piano [Música notada] : oeuvre VI

Encuadernado con: A favourite concerto for the piano-forte or harpsichord with accompaniments for two violins and a violoncello ; Trois trios pour le clavecin ou piano-forte avec violon [et] violoncelle : oeuvre 41. Liv. I y Liv. II ; Haydn's celebrated overture composed for & performed at Mr. Salomon's concert Hanover-Square : adapted for the piano-forte, with an accompaniment for a violin & violoncello ad libitum. N. 2 y N. 3 ; [Sonatas] ; Sonata for the pianoforte or harpsichord : op. 66

Sonata for the pianoforte or harpsichord [Música notada] : op. 66

Hay un ejemplar encuadernado con: Deux sonates et La Coquette pour forte piano (XVIII/2815).

Recuerdo de Weber [Manuscrito]: (Tomado de la sonata op.40)

Arreglo para banda de la "Sonata para piano op.49 de C.M. von Weber"

2e [i.e. deuxième] sonate pour violoncelle et piano /

Mode of access: Internet.

Sonata in C major for the organ.

Mode of access: Internet.

Sonate (A moll) für Violine und Klavier, op. 33 [music] /

v. 1. Klavier -- v. 2. Violine.

Sonates et pièces, pour piano.

Sonate, op. 10, G moll.--Sonate, op. 70, As dur,--Sonate, op. 77, F moll.--La chasse.--La consolation, op. 62.--Les adieux.

Sonata in C major, 2 pianos 4 hands. [music] : K. 545 /

Mode of access: Internet.