A rarity in piano literature, Opera Favorites for Piano Four Hands gives piano duos of intermediate and advanced skills the opportunity to recapture some of opera's best moments. Selections include A da's "Triumphal March"; the Carmen "Overture"; Don Giovanni's "Serenade"; from Faust, "Love Song," "Soldiers' March," and "Waltz"; plus many more.

In this unique monograph, Jeanloup Sieff (1933-2000) retraces in words and images the course of 40 years of photographs, encounters, and memories. Divided into four chapters, from the 50s to the 90s, the book brings together the major photographs of a creator who left his imprint on a generation with prolific work in the fields of fashion, landscape, advertising, and portrait photography. Sieff's art testifies to his tireless quest to capture the fleeting beauty of "temps perdu," or "time which cannot recur."

"As they watched on television as airliners controlled by terrorists flew into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the American and international public at large became suddenly aware of the symbolic, political, economic and social importance of architecture." 作者简介： MAX PROTETCH opened his first gallery in 1969 at the age of twenty-three.Since 1978 he has estaboished himself as the world's premier dealer in architectural drawings and objects.He has shown the work of some of the most important architects of the twentieth century,including Frank Lloyd Wright,Mies van der Rohe,Louis Kahn,Aldo Rossi,and Eliel and Eero Saarinen,and proemiered the work of some of the most influential figures in contemporary architecture,in cluding Frank Gehry,Michalel Graves ,Zaha Hadid,John Hejduk,Rem Koolhaas,and Samuel Mockee. The photograph above,by Richard Pare,shows Protetch in 1998 at architect Tadao Ando's Chikatsu-Asuka Hisorical Museum,where ht was preparing for a show of work by Ando and

"Girl before a Mirror" (1932), one of severalstandouts in MoMA's vast collection of Pablo Picasso's work, takesthe traditional artistic theme of a woman before her mirror andreinvents it in radically modern terms. The girl's profile andblonde hair identify her as Marie-Thérèse Walter, the artist'slover, muse and a profoundly transformative presence in both hislife and art, but the painting is far from a conventional portrait.Its dazzling jewel-like colors, boldly contoured shapes and surfacepatterning transform the girl and her shadowy reflection into adeeply mysterious image that is both captivating and strange. Inher essay, MoMA's Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Curator of Paintingand Sculpture, Anne Umland, explores this work in depth anddescribes the circumstances of its creation: the artist's privatelife, his practice as a sculptor, his rivalry with other artistsboth living and dead and his concern, at the age of 51, about hiscontemporary relevance and artistic legacy.

Although influenced by the impressionism of Debussy, Dukas, and Ravel,Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) remained distinctively Spanish, with roots that drew upon both Andalusian folk music and his country's classical traditions.With these two popular ballets, El Amor Brujo (Love, the Magician) and El Sombrero de Tres Picos (The Three-Cornered Hat), he brought the world's atten-tion to the music of Spain. In El Amor Brujo, a gypsy lass is haunted by the ghost of a former swain until her new lover devises a plan to entice the spirit away. Each of the ballet's scenes evokes a different mood that is seamlessly woven into a brilliant musi-cal tapestry. El Sombrero de Tres Picos recounts an elderly man's comic and frustrating attempts to seduce a miller's wife. Its premiere--produced by Diaghilev for the Ballets Russe, with choreography by Massine and designs by Picasso--met with an instant and lasting success. Falla himself made these arrangements of the complete ballets for piano solo.Several of the individual

A SNEAK PREVIEW OF 21ST CENTURY AESTHETICS VIA THE VISION OF TODAY'S MOST INNOVATIVE DESIGNERS HOW DO TODAY'S BEST AND BRIGHTEST DESIGNERS SEE THE FUTURE OF DESIGN? INCLUDING A CROSS SECTION OF THE WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL DESIGNERS, FROM SUPERSTARS TO NEWCOMERS, THIS GUIDE EXPLORES CUTTING EDGE PRODUCT DESIGN, FURNITURE, CERAMICS, APPLIANCES, ELECTRONICS, GLASSWARE, AND TEXTILES.

To contemporaries, Amedeo Modigliani was the very definition of Parisian Bohemia, the controversial darling and target of the popular press and the model on which many a novel, play and film was based. As an artist, the scandalous Modigliani made his name chiefly with his celebrated pictures of women, with almond eyes and long necks and bodies. His style had ancient roots that lay deep in classical antiquity or Africa. But his portraits of intellectual giants of the age, friends such as Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau or Diego Rivera, were inimitable also. In Doris Krystof study, the scene Modigliani was the hero of comes alive, and his sensitive paintings and sculptures speak in tongues.

Renowned for such masterworks as the opera The Bartered Bride and Ma Vlast (My Fatherland), a cycle of symphonic poems, Czech composer Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) was also a composer of important chamber music. The two quartets in this volumeboth autobiographical in nature--are among his finest works in the genre. The String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, a musical recollection of the composer's life, paints a picture of yearning ambition, a happy social life, and the delights of love; but the end brings hints of future difficulties that darken the quarter's sunny mood. The String Quartet No. 2 in D Minor, written in 1882 after deafness had overtaken Smetana, is less sanguine in tone. Its somber themes, suggesting the difficuhies of the composer's life with the handicap of hearing loss, exert a powerful, emotional pull on the listener. Remarkable for their quasi-programmatic realism in recalling Smetana's life, both works are frequently heard and performed today. Reproduced here from authoritative earl

The major composers from Bach and Bartok to Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky * Significant performers from Maurice Andre and Leornard Bernstein to Georg Solti and Yo Yo Ma * The landmark works from Appalachian Spring to Don Juan * A concise history of classical music * A deconstruction of the art form * The language of classical music * Valuable resources for the Curious Listener

An influential early Romantic composer for piano, John Field (1782-1837) redefined the term "nocturne." Field's dreamy, poetic style exerted a lasting effect on such later composers as Chopin, Liszt, and Schumann. This new collection brings together the most popular and often performed of Field's nocturnes, along with a selection of his most important solo piano works.

Ranging from easy to intermediate level, these popular pieces display a wide variety of moods and musical ideas and are favorites with students and accomplished pianists alike. This affordable volume presents all 27 of the composer's bagatelles, including the well-loved "Für Elise," reprinted from authoritative editions.

Product De*ion Renowned among his contemporaries as one of the foremost painters of his era, Flemish baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) practically revolutionized northern European art. A shrewd businessman, international ambassador, passionate scholar, devout Catholic, and loving family man, Rubens--fluent in six languages, no less--cared about nothing more than painting, and thus devoted his life to it. Combining typical Flemish realism with classical themes influenced by the Renaissance, Rubens caught the attention of all of Europe and helped put his native Antwerp on the map. His very profitable workshop of accomplished artists, one of whom was Van Dyck, completed over 2000 works under his supervision. 作者简介： Gilles Neret (1933-2005) was an art historian, journalist, writer, and museum correspondent. He organized several art retrospectives in Japan and founded the SEIBU museum and the Wildenstein Gallery in Tokyo. He edited art reviews such as L'OEil and Connaissance

Handsome, affordable treasury of outstanding works by French master: Pavane pour une infante défunte, Jeux d'eau, Sonatine, Miroirs, Menuet antique, Gaspard de la nuit, more. Influential works belong in the repertoire of every serious pianist.

The Case Study House program (1945 1966) was an exceptional, innovative event in the history of American architecture and remains to this day unique. The program, which concentrated on the Los Angeles area and oversaw the design of 36 prototype homes, sought to make available plans for modern residences that could be easily and cheaply constructed during the postwar building boom. Highly experimental, the program generated houses that were designed to redefine the modern home, and thus had a pronounced influence on architecture American and international both during the program's existence and even to this day. This compact guide includes all projects featured in our XL version, with over 150 photos and plans and a map of where all houses are (or were) located.

An introduction to the German Expressionist painter, graphicartist and sculptor who, at the turn of the 19th century, wasGermany's most influential artist.

Product De*ion Renowned among his contemporaries as one of the foremost painters of his era, Flemish baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) practically revolutionized northern European art. A shrewd businessman, international ambassador, passionate scholar, devout Catholic, and loving family man, Rubens--fluent in six languages, no less--cared about nothing more than painting, and thus devoted his life to it. Combining typical Flemish realism with classical themes influenced by the Renaissance, Rubens caught the attention of all of Europe and helped put his native Antwerp on the map. His very profitable workshop of accomplished artists, one of whom was Van Dyck, completed over 2000 works under his supervision. 作者简介： Gilles Neret (1933-2005) was an art historian, journalist, writer, and museum correspondent. He organized several art retrospectives in Japan and founded the SEIBU museum and the Wildenstein Gallery in Tokyo. He edited art reviews such as L'OEil and Connaissance

FRENCH-GERMAN PAINTER COUNT BALTHASAR KLOSSOWSKI DE ROLA (1908-2001), KNOWN AS BALTHUS, SHOCKED THE PARISIAN ART WORLD IN 1934 WITH HIS DREAMY, SENSUAL, NEO-CLASSICAL PORTRAITS OF NYMPHETS AT A TIME WHEN SURREALISM AND ABSTRACTION WERE DE RIGUEUR. AS A PROVOCATEUR, BALTHUS WAS OFTEN SCORNED; AS AN ARTIST, HE WAS WIDELY EMBRACED AS A PRODIGY. IN RESPONSE TO CRITICS OF HIS REALIST STYLE, BALTHUS SAID: "THE REAL ISN'T WHAT YOU THINK YOU SEE. ONE CAN BE A REALIST OF THE UNREAL AND A FIGURATIVE PAINTER OF THE INVISIBLE." HIS EROTIC, POETIC PAINTINGS LIVE ON AS EXAMPLES OF THE BEST FIGURATIVE WORK OF THE MODERN ERA.

Joan Miro (1893-1983) is one of the most significant Spanishpainters of the 20th century. His early work clearly shows theinfluence of Fauvism and Cubism. The Catalan landscape also shapesthe themes and treatment of these initial works. In his travels,Miro encountered the intellectual avant-garde of his time. Hisfriends included Francis Picabia, Tristan Tzara, Andr Masson, JeanArp and Pablo Picasso. From the mid-twenties onward, Miro strove toleave direct objective references behind and developed thepictograms that typify his style. The pictures of this period,which include perhaps the most beautiful and significant ones ofhis whole oeuvre, dispense with spatiality and an unambiguousreference to objects. From now on, the surfaces are defined bynumerals, writing, abstract emblems, and playful figures andcreatures. Nineteen-forty-four saw the beginning of his extensivegraphic oeuvre, ceramics, monumental mural works, and sculptures.In these works, too, the Catalan artist sought the solid foundationof a f

Paganini and Wieniawski were two of the most famous violin virtuosos of the 19th century, and composers of a number of the most treasured masterpieces in the violin repertory. Here, in a comprehensive playing edition, are three of their most celebrated works for solo violin: Paganini's innovative Caprices, Op. 1, and Wieniawski's maior collections of studies, L'Ecole Moderne, Op. 10, and Etudes-Caprices, Op. 18. Nicol6 Paganini （1782-1840） developed a phenomenal playing technique, and literally transformed violin playing with his dazzling technical breakthroughs-fingered octaves, double-triple-and quadruple-stop chords, and "ricochet" bowings among them. His twenty-four Caprices, reprinted here from the definitive C. F. Peters edition, are a virtual textbook summation of his extraordinary achievements. Henryk Wieniawski （1835-1880） greatly enriched the violin literature with his highly individual style, combining Paganini's technical advances with a soaring Romanticism and distinctive Slavonic

In a piano age dominated by Chopin's harmonic innovations and Liszt's technicaladvances, the keyboard music of Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) stands out for its faithfulness to classical proportions, melodic simplicity, and textural clarity.In his rich contributions to the piano literature-including a palette of sheer technical brilliance reminiscent of Scarlatti and Weber-Mendelssohn helped bridge the stylistic gap between the age of Mozart and the era of the great Romantics. This new compilation is a rich selection of the composer's best, most repre-sentative works for solo piano.Included here are such classics as the Rondo capriccioso, Op.14; the delightful E-minor Scherzo, Op.16, No.2; the lyrical Variations sdrieuses, Op.54; the great Prelude and Fugue in E minor; and a generous selection of the "character" pieces and "songs without words" long associated with Mendelssohn's name.Pianists at all levels of achievement will welcome this comprehensive, modestly priced edition.

In terms of his influence and the frequency with which his works are performed, Stravinsky stands preeminent among 20th-century composers. Containing all of the music from the original 1911 version, this edition presents Stravinsky's popular ballet in a reduction for solo piano. Ideal for rehearsal or performance, it also offers translated stage directions.