Masterworks of 20th-Century Music: The Modern Repertory of the Symphony Orchestra

ISBN-13: 9780415938471 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 528 str.

Douglas Lee

Opis

From Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring to Gustav Holst's The Planets and Igor Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps, this volume collects over 100 of the most celebrated and frequently played compositions by world composers. Based on the author's survey of dozens of American orchestras, these are works that we all recognize, but who's history we may not know. Each entry gives the reader a wealth of information about: the composer, when and where the piece was first performed, the style of the composition, and a basic analysis of the music. From the general reader to the music scholar, this book will prove a source of valuable information and a constant pleasure.

Spis treści

Preface; John Adams; Samuel Barber; Béla Bartók; Alban Berg; Leonard Bernstein; Benjamin Britten; Aaron Copland; John Corigliano; George Gershwin; Alberto Ginastera; Henryk Górecki; Paul Hindemith; Gustav Holst; Charles Ives; Zoltán Kodály; Darius Milhaud; Carl Orff; Sergei Prokofiev; Maurice Ravel; Dmitri Shostakovich; Igor Stravinsky; Ralph Vaughan Williams; William Walton; Anton Webern

O autorze

Douglas Lee is Professor of Musicology, Emeritus, at Vanderbilt U. An active scholar of 18th-century instrumental music, he has also written many articles for journals, reference works, chapters in books, critical editions, plus program and liner notes for concert performances and CD recordings. He lives in Nashville, TN.