Musical Expression!

Musical Expression


The Art of expressive playing: interpretation, phrasing, articulation, sound, color ....

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  1. Philip Farkas: The Art of Musicianship: A Treatise on the Skills, Knowledge, and Sensitivity Needed by the Mature Musician to Perform in an Artistic and Professional Manner, 1976
  2. David Blum: Casals and the Art of Interpretation, 1977
  3. Mathis Lussy: Musical Expression (Traite de L'expression, 1877)
  4. Mathis Lussy: Le Rhythme Musicale, 1884
  5. Mathis Lussy: Musicology  Book 1 Anacrusis in modern music (L'anacrouse dans la musique moderne, 1903), Book 2 Musical rhythm (Le Rythme Musical, 1884)
  6. John Krell: Kincaidiana, 1997
  7. David McGill: Sound in Motion: A Performer's Guide to Greater Musical Expression, 2009
  8. Hermann Keller: Phrasing and Articulation: A Contribution to a Rhetoric of Music, 1973
  9. James Morgan Thurmond: Note Grouping: A Method for Achieving Expression and Style in Musical Performance, 2000
  10. Leila Storch: Marcel Tabuteau - How Do You Expect to Play the Oboe If You Can’t Peel a Mushroom?, 2018
  11. James Umble: Jean-Marie Londeix-Master of the Modern Saxophone
  12. Emile Stiévenard: Essay sur la Prosodie Musicale, 1924
  13. Adolph F. Christiani: The Principles of Expression in Pianoforte Playing, 1885
  14. Tobias Matthay, Musical Interpretation, 1914
  15. Maurice Emmanuel, Histoire de la Langue Musicale
  16. Leopold Stokowski: Music for All of Us, 1943
  17. Dom Joseph Gajard: The Rhythm of Plainsong, 1945
  18. Hugo Riemann: Vademecum der Phrasierung, 1912
  19. Finn Egeland Hansen: Layers of Musical Meaning, 2006
  20. Leopold Stokowski: Music for All of Us, 1943
  21. William J. Finn: The Conductor Raises His Baton, 1946
  22. Vandercook: Expression in Music, 1989