Richard Greene, Greene Richard

Holst

The Planets
Herausgeber: Rushton, Julian

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first comprehensive guide to Holsts' popular orchestral suite 'The Planets.' It considers the music in detail and places the work in its historical context, describing the circumstances of its composition and its meteoric rise to popular acclaim.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 152g
• ISBN-13: 9780521456333
• ISBN-10: 0521456339
• Artikelnr.: 22396372

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction: musical character and a theory of musical rhetoric
1. Holst and the two Londons
2. Genesis
3. Reception
4. The character plots (1): Mars to Mercury
5. The character plots (2): Jupiter to Neptune
6. On becoming The Planets: the overall design
Epilogue
Appendices
Notes
Select bibliography
Index.