The Cambridge Companion to the Symphony

ISBN-13: 9780521884983 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 470 str.

Julian Horton

Opis

A comprehensive guide to the historical, analytical and interpretative issues surrounding one of the major genres of Western music.

Recenzje

'Including essays both general and tightly focused, this collection goes well beyond the traditional chronological study and overview of the symphony and offers numerous perspectives and scholarly insights … Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.' B. L. Eden, Choice

Spis treści

1. Introduction: understanding the symphony Julian Horton; Part I. Historical Overview of the Genre: 2. The Viennese symphony 1750 to 1827 John Irving; 3. Other classical repertories Mary Sue Morrow; 4. The symphony after Beethoven after Dahlhaus David Brodbeck; 5. The symphony since Mahler: national and international trends David Fanning; Part II. Studies in Symphonic Analysis: 6. Six great early symphonists Michael Spitzer; 7. Harmonies and effects: Haydn and Mozart in parallel Simon P. Keefe; 8. Beethoven: structural principles and narrative strategies Mark Anson-Cartwright; 9. Cyclical thematic processes in the nineteenth-century symphony Julian Horton; 10. Tonal strategies in the nineteenth-century symphony Julian Horton; 11. 'Two-dimensional' symphonic forms: Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony, before, and after Steven Vande Moortele; 12. Symphony/antiphony: formal strategies in the twentieth-century symphony Daniel M. Grimley; Part III. Performance, Reception and Genre: 13. The symphony and the classical orchestra Richard Will; 14. Beethoven's shadow: the nineteenth century Mark Evan Bonds; 15. The symphony as programme music John Williamson; 16. 'Symphonies of the free spirit': the Austro-German symphony in early Soviet Russia Pauline Fairclough; 17. The symphony in Britain: guardianship and renewal Alain Frogley; 18. The symphony, the modern orchestra and the performing canon Alan Street.