Jeffrey Langford

A History of the Symphony (eBook, PDF)

The Grand Genre

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A History of the Symphony identifies the underlying cultural factors that have shaped the symphony over the past three hundred years, presenting a unified view of the entire history of the genre.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351125239
• Artikelnr.: 58011605

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey Langford is Associate Dean for Doctoral Studies at the Manhattan School of Music in New York, NY.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: THE CLASSICAL SYMPHONY
Chapter 1 - Origins of the Genre: From Pergolesi to Early Haydn
Pergolesi and the Italian Sinfonia
Stamitz and the Mannheim School; C.P.E. Bach and the Empfindsam Stil
Early Haydn
Chapter 2 - Maturation of the Genre: Haydn and Mozart
Haydn: From Servant to Entrepreneur
The Genius of Mozart
Chapter 3 - From Classicism to Romanticism
Beethoven and the Destruction of the Classical Style
Schubert and the First Signs of Romanticism
PART II: THE ROMANTIC SYMPHONY
Chapter 4 - The Romantic Generation: Tradition vs. the Avant-garde
Berlioz and the Romantic Revolution
Mendelssohn's Classical Romanticism
Tradition and Innovation in the Symphonies of Schumann
The Janus Face of Brahms
Liszt and the Symphonic Avant-garde
Chapter 5 - Musical Nationalism: Eastern Europe and Russia
The Politics of Nationalism in the Symphonies of Smetana and Dvöák
The "Mighty Five" and Tchaikovsky
Chapter 6 - The Late Romantic Symphony: Mahler and Strauss
Mahler as "Song-symphonist"
Strauss and the Tome Poem
PART III: THE SYMPHONY IN THE MODERN ERA
Chapter 7 - The Early 20th Century
Debussy and the Transition to the Modern Era
The Unique Path of Sibelius
Chapter 8 - Masters of the 20th Century: From Ives to Shostakovich
Ives as Symphonic Iconoclast
Prokofiev and the Neo-Classical Style
The Changing Symphonic Face of Stravinsky
Hindemith and the Nazis
The Enigma of Shostakovich
Chapter 9 - Contemporary Views of the Symphony
20th-Century Reinterpretations of the Symphony: Messiaen, Penderecki, and Lutoslawski
Post-modern Symphonies and Gender Issues