Daniel J. Koury

Orchestral Performance Practices in the Nineteenth Century: Size, Proportions, and Seating

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

' ...supported by a wealth of information --- often novel and fascinating --- which the author has collected from a great variety of sources. Admirable industry, sound judgement, and excellent style have produced a book that ought to be in the hands of every conductor.' --- Max Rudolf Journal of the Conductors' Guild '...an essential book for anyone trying to give responsible performances of 19th-century music.' --- Early Music News

Produktdetails

• Studies in Musicology Nr.85
• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: März 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 588g
• ISBN-13: 9780835720519
• ISBN-10: 0835720519
• Artikelnr.: 29361179

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Part One:
Eighteenth-Century Precedents: From Baroque to Classic 2. Constitution of
the Orchestra in the Eighteenth Century 3. Size and Numbers in the
Eighteenth-Century Orchestra 4. Eighteenth-Century Seating Plans 5.
Conducting in the Eighteenth Century Part Two: The Emerging Conductor and
His Changing Forces 6. Conducting as a Métier 7. New Sonorities: The
Romantic Orchestral Palette Part Three: Size, Numbers, and proportions in
the Nineteenth-Century Orchestra 8. Expansion-Ideas and Reactions 9. Some
Particular Nineteenth-Century Orchestras 10. Relative Strengths and
Proportions Part Four: Seating in the Nineteenth Century 11. Principles of
Seating 12. Concert Seating Plans 13. Seating in the Church 14. Opera
Seating 15. Festival Seating 16. Summary of Seating Practices Part Five:
Nineteenth-Century Music and Current Performance Practices 17. Toward a
"Standard" Orchestra 18. Postscript Notes Bibliography Name Index Subject
Index