The German Symphony between Beethoven and Brahms: The Fall and Rise of a Genre

ISBN-13: 9780367599409 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 330 str.

Christopher Fifield

Opis

It was Carl Dahlhaus who coined the phrase ’dead time’ to describe the state of the symphony between Schumann and Brahms. Christopher Fifield argues that many of the symphonies dismissed by Dahlhaus made worthy contributions to the genre. He looks at the non-programmatic works of the five decades between the mid-1820s and mid-1870s. Composers who l

Recenzje

’... a must-buy for all those interested in 19th century music, specifically the German classical (not programme) symphony as it developed in the half-century between the appearance of Beethoven’s 9th in 1824 and Brahms’ 1st in 1876. ... reads like a musicological detective story. It is an extremely important contribution to the understanding of the development of the Symphony in the nineteenth century’. www.unsungcomposers.com 'Dr. Fifield is known to CD collectors as a good conductor of the music of 19th Century composers like Scharwenka and Schnyder von Warttnsee. Covering as it does a half-century missing from symphonic research, his book fills a gap - to put it mildly. American Record Guide

Spis treści

Contents: Preface; Introduction; The German symphony in the 1830s; The German symphony in the 1840s; Leipzig, its Gewandhaus and conservatoire; The German symphony in the 1850s; The German symphony in the 1860s; The German symphony 1870-1876; Select bibliography; Select discography; Index.

O autorze

Christopher Fifield is a conductor and music historian with particular interest in British and German nineteenth century orchestral music and opera. His pioneering books include biographies of Max Bruch and Hans Richter, Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier and a history of Ibbs & Tillett.