Abraham, Gerald 1904-1988

Overview

Works:	544 works in 2,442 publications in 4 languages and 38,698 library holdings
Genres:	Criticism, interpretation, etc Music Biography Songs and music Reference works Biographies History
Roles:	Author, Editor, Translator, Author of introduction, Other, wpr, Creator, Honoree, Compiler, Illustrator, Composer, Adapter

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Gerald Abraham

Essays on Russian and East European music by Gerald Abraham( Book )
Gerald Abraham papers by Gerald Abraham( )

Most widely held works by Gerald Abraham

The concise Oxford history of music by Gerald Abraham( Book )

32 editions published between 1979 and 1993 in English and held by 1,891 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Concise Oxford History of Music, written by one of the world's most respected musicologists, remains the one-volume history for anyone seriously interested in the subject. This comprehensive work covers the whole history of music by genre from its first recorded emergence in Egypt to the death of Stravinsky

A hundred years of music by Gerald Abraham( Book )

70 editions published between 1938 and 1982 in English and German and held by 1,639 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Mozart companion by H. C. Robbins Landon( Book )

50 editions published between 1956 and 1986 in English and held by 1,484 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mussorgsky by M. D Calvocoressi( Book )

31 editions published between 1946 and 1978 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,215 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fifteen-year-old Linda, who resembles her father and has his gift for music, pursues the truth about her long-absent parent now that he has died, and her own interest in the guitar

Masters of Russian music by M. D Calvocoressi( Book )

39 editions published between 1936 and 2013 in English and held by 1,135 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ars nova and the Renaissance, 1300-1540 by Anselm Hughes( Book )

54 editions published between 1960 and 2007 in English and Latin and held by 1,071 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Chopin's musical style by Gerald Abraham( Book )

61 editions published between 1939 and 1980 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,058 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The legacy which Chopin left to the world constitutes something unique in the literature of music--unique not only in its scope, but in its extraordinary variety and its range of colour and feeling. In the great corpus of his compositions for the piano (he wrote nothing of significance for any other medium) he expressed thoughts and feelings that had not previously found expression in music and on all he wrote he left the clear mark of his own personality. In this book Gerald Abraham has analysed the factors and circumstances which go to make up Chopin's musical style; he demonstrates clearly the past models on which Chopin built and traces the growth and development of his highly individual keyboard forms

The tradition of Western music by Gerald Abraham( Book )

20 editions published in 1974 in English and held by 1,058 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Slavonic and Romantic music; essays and studies by Gerald Abraham( Book )

19 editions published between 1968 and 2013 in English and held by 1,052 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The age of humanism, 1540-1630 by Gerald Abraham( Book )

48 editions published between 1953 and 2004 in English and held by 1,048 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Covers this golden age of church music with such masters as Palestrina, Lassus, Victoria and Byrd, as well as the secular vocal music and purely instrumental music, exemplified by the madrigal in Italy and England, the solo song and opera

The Age of Beethoven, 1790-1830 by Gerald Abraham( Book )

53 editions published between 1958 and 2007 in English and held by 1,028 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The music of Schubert by Gerald Abraham( Book )

15 editions published between 1946 and 1969 in English and German and held by 1,007 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Grieg : a symposium by Gerald Abraham( Book )

31 editions published between 1948 and 1975 in 3 languages and held by 980 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Handel : a symposium by Gerald Abraham( Book )

26 editions published between 1954 and 1980 in English and held by 967 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The music of Tchaikovsky by Gerald Abraham( Book )

11 editions published between 1946 and 1969 in English and held by 953 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The music of Sibelius by Gerald Abraham( Book )

16 editions published between 1947 and 1975 in English and held by 924 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Studies in Russian music; critical essays on the most important of Rimsky-Korsakov's operas, Borodin's Prince Igor, Dargomizhky's Stone guest, etc., with chapters on Glinka, Mussorgsky, Balakirev and Tchaikovsky by Gerald Abraham( Book )

37 editions published between 1935 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 922 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Although this is a book of separate essays, it is, I hope, given a certain unity by the fact that each chapter deals with some product or aspect of the "classical" period of Russian music: the music of Glinka and, more particularly, that written in the half-century following his death. I have almost ignored Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky, preferring to concentrate on the less discussed members of the "mighty handful," above all on Rimsky-Korsakov who has hitherto been unaccountably neglected by non-Russian critics. But in these studies of some of Korsakov's operas I have concerned myself only with certain aspects of them -- perhaps too exclusively -- in the attempt to investigate the working of the composer's musical mind. - Preface

Eight Soviet composers by Gerald Abraham( Book )

48 editions published between 1900 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 902 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The composers of Soviet Russia were well known among the most die hard music fans in the United Kingdoms. This delightful book was written as a bridge for the uninitiated who wish to learn more about classical music from the heartland of the U.S.S.R

Concert music, 1630-1750 by Gerald Abraham( Book )

31 editions published between 1985 and 2007 in English and Undetermined and held by 822 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Schumann; a symposium by Gerald Abraham( Book )

24 editions published between 1951 and 1977 in English and held by 821 WorldCat member libraries worldwide