Isbn: 9781107032521 - program music (cambridge introductions to music) (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. This accessible introduction is the first English-language book in a generation to cover program music as idea and repertoire. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Music. Num Pages: 332 pages, 8 b/w illus. 26 tables 115 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC4. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 175 x 20. Weight in Grams: 830. . 2015. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 322 pages. 9.75x7.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Program music was one of the most flexible and contentious novelties of the long nineteenth century, covering a diverse range that included the overtures of Beethoven and Mendelssohn, the literary music of Berlioz and Schumann, Liszt's symphonic poems, the tone poems of Strauss and Sibelius, and compositions by groups of composers in Russia, Bohemia, the United States, and France. In this accessible Introduction, Jonathan Kregor explores program music's ideas and repertoire, discussing both well-known and less familiar pieces by an array of nineteenth- and twentieth-century composers. Setting program music in the context of the intellectual debates of the period, Kregor presents the criticism of writers like A. B. Marx and Hanslick to reveal program music's growth, dissemination, and reception. This comprehensive overview features numerous illustrations and music examples and provides detailed case studies of battle music, Shakespeare settings, and Goethe's Faust. …