The Symphony: A Listener's Guide - Couverture souple

Steinberg, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195126653 ISBN 13 : 9780195126655

Editeur : Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 1998

Synopsis

From the agile beauty of Mozart's `Jupiter' and the fierce power of Beethoven's Fifth to the celebration of heroism in Shostakovich's `Leningrad,' the symphony has long held a prime place in the Western musical pantheon. Now, in The Symphony, renowned teacher and critic Michael Steinberg offers music lovers a monumental guide to this most celebrated of musical forms, with perceptive commentaries on some 118 works by 36 major composers.

Tracing the ways in which composers have dealt with the extraordinary musical challenges that have engaged them throughout the centuries, Steinberg takes us through the revolutions of expression, sound, and form that have shaped the symphony's remarkable history.

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À propos de l'auteur

Michael Steinberg is the program annotator of the San Francisco Symphony and the New York Philharmonic. He has been on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music and the New England Conservatory, and was the music critic for The Boston Globe for twelve years.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195126653
• ISBN 13: 9780195126655
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 698
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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