Benedict Taylor

Mendelssohn, Time and Memory

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Music possesses for many listeners an uncanny ability to express our experience of time. This book explores the conceptions of time, memory and history found in the instrumental compositions of Felix Mendelssohn, presenting an intriguing new perspective on his ever-popular music.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 545g
• ISBN-13: 9781108970532
• ISBN-10: 1108970532
• Artikelnr.: 61444497

Autorenporträt

Benedict Taylor is Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Music Theory at the Faculty of Music, University of Oxford, Senior Research Fellow of New College and Lecturer in Music at Magdalen College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The idea of cyclic form
2. Musical history and self-consciousness: the Octet, Op. 20
3. Returning home: the E major Piano Sonata, Op. 6
4. In search of lost time: the A minor Quartet, Op. 13
5. Overcoming the past: the E flat Quartet, Op. 12
6. Cyclicism in Mendelssohn's mature music.