Romanticism In Focus - Couverture souple

Jenkins, Lucien

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1906178143 ISBN 13 : 9781906178147

Editeur : Rhinegold Publishing Ltd, 2007

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Recueil pour Ouvrages de r�f�rence publi� en 2009 sous la r�f�rence RHG902 par Music Sales. Exam boards: Edexcel, AQA, OCR, WJECRomanticism in Focus places works of music, literature and art alongside one another, setting them within the social and political context of their time. There are also helpful examinations of some of the main styles from the period.Suitable for both students and teachers, this guide tackles questions such as whether Mendelssohn was a true Romantic, why Schumann and Baudelaire both worked as journalists and Wagner's thoughts towards Brahms.The Eroica and Symphonie Fantastique, Brahms and Bruckner, Emma and Hard Times, Constable's Haywain and Turner's Fighting Temaire, Byron and Baudelaire all feature, and thereare also contextual definitions of the main styles of the time: nationalism, impressionism, naturalism and symbolism.

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Biographie de l'auteur :

Lucien Jenkins studied for his BA at Cambridge University, and for his MA and PhD at London University. He has taught for Ruskin College, Oxford, the Open University and Bristol Universitys lifelong learning department. He is a former member of the board of the Poetry Society, and has worked as a reviewer, critic and journalist for history, literature, dance, music and the visual arts. He was a member of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authoritys Music Development Group (helping rewrite the music content of the National Curriculum), and has been a judge in the Classic FM Music Teacher of the Year since its inception. He is the former editor of Music Teacher, and the founder of Early Music Today, Classroom Music and Teaching Drama.

Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

Romanticism in Focus is a compact guide to perhaps the most successful arts movement of all time. It examines Romantic literature, music and visual arts in the social and political context of the time, discussing what makes pieces of music, paintings, novels and poems Romantic. Containing a clear outline of what came before and after, the book traces the movements development from Beethoven to Wagner, Wordsworth to Byron, Austen to Dickens and Eliot. There are concise definitions of some of the main styles and genres of the period, including Nationalism, Symbolism and the Bildungsroman and how they relate to Romanticism as well as useful recommendations for further reading. Suitable for students from GCSE up to A2.

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