Jan Smaczny

Dvorak: Cello Concerto (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Dvorak's Cello Concerto, composed during his second stay in America, is one of the most popular works in the orchestral repertoire. This guide explores Dvorak's reasons for composing a concerto for an instrument which he at one time considered unsuitable for solo work, its relationship to his American period compositions and how it forms something of a bridge with his operatic interests. A particular focus is the concerto's unique qualities: why it stands apart in terms of form, melodic character and texture from the rest of Dvorak's orchestral music. The role of the dedicatee of the work, Hanus Wihan, in its creation is also considered, as are performing traditions as they have developed in the twentieth century. In addition the guide explores the extraordinary emotional background to the work which links it intimately to the woman who was probably Dvorak's first love.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 1999
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511033285
• Artikelnr.: 38211045

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and acknowledgements
1. Dvorák and the cello
2. Preludes to the Concerto
3. The Concerto and Dvorák's 'American manner'
4. 'Decisions and revisions': sketch and compositional process
5. The score I: forms and melodies
6. The score II: interpretations
7. Performers and performances
Notes
Select bibliography
Select discography
Index.