Christopher Fifield

Gebundenes Buch

The German Symphony between Beethoven and Brahms

The Fall and Rise of a Genre

Beschreibung

It was Carl Dahlhaus who coined the phrase 'dead time' to describe the state of the symphony between Schumann and Brahms. Christopher Fifield argues that many of the symphonies dismissed by Dahlhaus made worthy contributions to the genre. He looks at the non-programmatic works of the five decades between the mid-1820s and mid-1870s. Composers who lead to Brahms are frequently dismissed as epigones of Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Schumann but by investigating their symphonies, Fifield reveals their respective brands of originality and in so doing, shines a light into a half-century of neglected nineteenth-century German symphonic music.

Autor

Christopher Fifield is a conductor and music historian with particular interest in British and German nineteenth century orchestral music and opera. His pioneering books include biographies of Max Bruch and Hans Richter, Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier and a history of Ibbs & Tillett.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 663g
• ISBN-13: 9781409452881
• ISBN-10: 1409452883
• Artikelnr.: 44705117

Rezensionen

'... a must-buy for all those interested in 19th century music, specifically the German classical (not programme) symphony as it developed in the half-century between the appearance of Beethoven's 9th in 1824 and Brahms' 1st in 1876. ... reads like a musicological detective story. It is an extremely important contribution to the understanding of the development of the Symphony in the nineteenth century'. www.unsungcomposers.com 'Dr. Fifield is known to CD collectors as a good conductor of the music of 19th Century composers like Scharwenka and Schnyder von Warttnsee. Covering as it does a half-century missing from symphonic research, his book fills a gap - to put it mildly. American Record Guide