Author: Beate Perrey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139826379
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This Companion is an accessible introduction to Schumann: his time, his temperament, his style and his œuvre. An international team of scholars explores the cultural context, musical and poetic fabric, sources of inspiration and interpretative reach of key works from the Schumann repertoire ranging from his famous lieder and piano pieces to chamber, orchestral and dramatic works. Additional chapters address Schumann's presence in nineteenth- and twentieth-century composition and the fascinating reception history of his late works. Tables, illustrations, a detailed chronology and advice on further reading make it an ideally informative handbook for both the Schumann connoisseur and the music lover. An excellent textbook for the university student of courses on key composers of nineteenth-century Western Classical music, it is an invaluable guide for all who are interested in the thought, aesthetics and affective power of one of the most intriguing figures of a culturally rich and formative period.
The Cambridge Companion to Schumann
Author: Beate Perrey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139826379
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This Companion is an accessible introduction to Schumann: his time, his temperament, his style and his œuvre. An international team of scholars explores the cultural context, musical and poetic fabric, sources of inspiration and interpretative reach of key works from the Schumann repertoire ranging from his famous lieder and piano pieces to chamber, orchestral and dramatic works. Additional chapters address Schumann's presence in nineteenth- and twentieth-century composition and the fascinating reception history of his late works. Tables, illustrations, a detailed chronology and advice on further reading make it an ideally informative handbook for both the Schumann connoisseur and the music lover. An excellent textbook for the university student of courses on key composers of nineteenth-century Western Classical music, it is an invaluable guide for all who are interested in the thought, aesthetics and affective power of one of the most intriguing figures of a culturally rich and formative period.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139826379
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This Companion is an accessible introduction to Schumann: his time, his temperament, his style and his œuvre. An international team of scholars explores the cultural context, musical and poetic fabric, sources of inspiration and interpretative reach of key works from the Schumann repertoire ranging from his famous lieder and piano pieces to chamber, orchestral and dramatic works. Additional chapters address Schumann's presence in nineteenth- and twentieth-century composition and the fascinating reception history of his late works. Tables, illustrations, a detailed chronology and advice on further reading make it an ideally informative handbook for both the Schumann connoisseur and the music lover. An excellent textbook for the university student of courses on key composers of nineteenth-century Western Classical music, it is an invaluable guide for all who are interested in the thought, aesthetics and affective power of one of the most intriguing figures of a culturally rich and formative period.
Clara Schumann Studies
Author: Joe Davies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108489842
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Develops a holistic and gender-aware understanding of Clara Schumann as pianist, composer and teacher in nineteenth-century Germany.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108489842
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Develops a holistic and gender-aware understanding of Clara Schumann as pianist, composer and teacher in nineteenth-century Germany.
The Cambridge Companion to the Lied
Author: James Parsons
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521804714
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Beginning several generations before Schubert, the Lied first appears as domestic entertainment. In the century that follows it becomes one of the primary modes of music-making. By the time German song comes to its presumed conclusion with Richard Strauss's 1948 Vier letzte Lieder, this rich repertoire has moved beyond the home and keyboard accompaniment to the symphony hall. This is a 2004 introductory chronicle of this fascinating genre. In essays by eminent scholars, this Companion places the Lied in its full context - at once musical, literary, and cultural - with chapters devoted to focal composers as well as important issues, such as the way in which the Lied influenced other musical genres, its use as a musical commodity, and issues of performance. The volume is framed by a detailed chronology of German music and poetry from the late 1730s to the present and also contains a comprehensive bibliography.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521804714
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Beginning several generations before Schubert, the Lied first appears as domestic entertainment. In the century that follows it becomes one of the primary modes of music-making. By the time German song comes to its presumed conclusion with Richard Strauss's 1948 Vier letzte Lieder, this rich repertoire has moved beyond the home and keyboard accompaniment to the symphony hall. This is a 2004 introductory chronicle of this fascinating genre. In essays by eminent scholars, this Companion places the Lied in its full context - at once musical, literary, and cultural - with chapters devoted to focal composers as well as important issues, such as the way in which the Lied influenced other musical genres, its use as a musical commodity, and issues of performance. The volume is framed by a detailed chronology of German music and poetry from the late 1730s to the present and also contains a comprehensive bibliography.
The Cambridge Companion to Chopin
Author: Jim Samson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139824996
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to Chopin provides the enquiring music-lover with helpful insights into a musical style which recognises no contradiction between the accessible and the sophisticated, the popular and the significant. Twelve essays by leading Chopin scholars make up three parts. Part 1 discusses the sources of Chopin's style in the music of his predecessors and the social history of the period. Part 2 profiles the mature music, and Part 3 considers the afterlife of the music - its reception, its criticism and its compositional influence in the works of subsequent composers.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139824996
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to Chopin provides the enquiring music-lover with helpful insights into a musical style which recognises no contradiction between the accessible and the sophisticated, the popular and the significant. Twelve essays by leading Chopin scholars make up three parts. Part 1 discusses the sources of Chopin's style in the music of his predecessors and the social history of the period. Part 2 profiles the mature music, and Part 3 considers the afterlife of the music - its reception, its criticism and its compositional influence in the works of subsequent composers.
The Cambridge Companion to Brahms
Author: Michael Musgrave
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139825305
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
This Companion gives a comprehensive view of the German composer Johannes Brahms (1833–97). Twelve specially-commissioned chapters by leading scholars and musicians provide systematic coverage of the composer's life and works. Their essays represent recent research and reflect changing attitudes towards a composer whose public image has long been out-of-date. The first part of the book contains three chapters on Brahms's early life in Hamburg and on the middle and later years in Vienna. The central section considers the musical works in all genres, while the last part of the book offers personal accounts and responses from a conductor (Roger Norrington), a composer (Hugh Wood), and an editor of Brahms's original manuscripts (Robert Pascall). The volume as a whole is an important addition to Brahms scholarship and provides indispensable information for all students and enthusiasts of Brahms's music.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139825305
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
This Companion gives a comprehensive view of the German composer Johannes Brahms (1833–97). Twelve specially-commissioned chapters by leading scholars and musicians provide systematic coverage of the composer's life and works. Their essays represent recent research and reflect changing attitudes towards a composer whose public image has long been out-of-date. The first part of the book contains three chapters on Brahms's early life in Hamburg and on the middle and later years in Vienna. The central section considers the musical works in all genres, while the last part of the book offers personal accounts and responses from a conductor (Roger Norrington), a composer (Hugh Wood), and an editor of Brahms's original manuscripts (Robert Pascall). The volume as a whole is an important addition to Brahms scholarship and provides indispensable information for all students and enthusiasts of Brahms's music.
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Religion
Author: Hannibal Hamlin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107172594
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
A wide-ranging yet accessible investigation into the importance of religion in Shakespeare's works, from a team of eminent international scholars.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107172594
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
A wide-ranging yet accessible investigation into the importance of religion in Shakespeare's works, from a team of eminent international scholars.
The Cambridge Companion to Schubert
Author: Christopher H. Gibbs
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139825321
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
This Companion to Schubert examines the career, music, and reception of one of the most popular yet misunderstood and elusive composers. Sixteen chapters by leading Schubert scholars make up three parts. The first seeks to situate the social, cultural, and musical climate in which Schubert lived and worked, the second surveys the scope of his musical achievement, and the third charts the course of his reception from the perceptions of his contemporaries to the assessments of posterity. Myths and legends about Schubert the man are explored critically and the full range of his musical accomplishment is examined.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139825321
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
This Companion to Schubert examines the career, music, and reception of one of the most popular yet misunderstood and elusive composers. Sixteen chapters by leading Schubert scholars make up three parts. The first seeks to situate the social, cultural, and musical climate in which Schubert lived and worked, the second surveys the scope of his musical achievement, and the third charts the course of his reception from the perceptions of his contemporaries to the assessments of posterity. Myths and legends about Schubert the man are explored critically and the full range of his musical accomplishment is examined.
The Song Cycle
Author: Laura Tunbridge
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521896444
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Investigates how other types of music have influenced the scope of the song cycle, from operas and symphonies to popular song --
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521896444
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Investigates how other types of music have influenced the scope of the song cycle, from operas and symphonies to popular song --
The Cambridge Companion to the Piano
Author: David Rowland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521479868
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A Companion to the piano, one of the world's most popular instruments.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521479868
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A Companion to the piano, one of the world's most popular instruments.
Schumann's Music and E.T.A. Hoffmann's Fiction
Author: John MacAuslan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107141230
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
John MacAuslan interprets four great Schumann works in the context of their literary connections and Romantic aesthetic concepts.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107141230
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
John MacAuslan interprets four great Schumann works in the context of their literary connections and Romantic aesthetic concepts.