Classical and Romantic Music

Classical and Romantic Music
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 614
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ISBN-10 : 9781351571746
ISBN-13 : 1351571745
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Classical and Romantic Music by : David Milsom

This volume brings together twenty-two of the most diverse and stimulating journal articles on classical and romantic performing practice, representing a rich vein of enquiry into epochs of music still very much at the forefront of current concert repertoire. In so doing, it provides a wide range of subject-based scholarship. It also reveals a fascinating window upon the historical performance debate of the last few decades in music where such matters still stimulate controversy.

Classical and Romantic Performing Practice 1750-1900

Classical and Romantic Performing Practice 1750-1900
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 677
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780195347241
ISBN-13 : 0195347242
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Classical and Romantic Performing Practice 1750-1900 by : Clive Brown

The past ten years have seen a rapidly growing interest in performing and recording Classical and Romantic music with period instruments; yet the relationship of composers' notation to performing practices during that period has received only sporadic attention from scholars, and many aspects of composers' intentions have remained uncertain. Brown here identifies areas in which musical notation conveyed rather different messages to the musicians for whom it was written than it does to modern performers, and seeks to look beyond the notation to understand how composers might have expected to hear their music realized in performance. There is ample evidence to demonstrate that, in many respects, the sound worlds in which Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, and Brahms created their music were more radically different from ours than is generally assumed.

Audacious Euphony

Audacious Euphony
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9780199773213
ISBN-13 : 0199773211
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Audacious Euphony by : Richard Cohn

Music theorists have long believed that 19th-century triadic progressions idiomatically extend the diatonic syntax of 18th-century classical tonality, and have accordingly unified the two repertories under a single mode of representation. Post-structuralist musicologists have challenged this belief, advancing the view that many romantic triadic progressions exceed the reach of classical syntax and are mobilized as the result of a transgressive, anti-syntactic impulse. In Audacious Euphony, author Richard Cohn takes both of these views to task, arguing that romantic harmony operates under syntactic principles distinct from those that underlie classical tonality, but no less susceptible to systematic definition. Charting this alternative triadic syntax, Cohn reconceives what consonant triads are, and how they relate to one another. In doing so, he shows that major and minor triads have two distinct natures: one based on their acoustic properties, and the other on their ability to voice-lead smoothly to each other in the chromatic universe. Whereas their acoustic nature underlies the diatonic tonality of the classical tradition, their voice-leading properties are optimized by the pan-triadic progressions characteristic of the 19th century. Audacious Euphony develops a set of inter-related maps that organize intuitions about triadic proximity as seen through the lens of voice-leading proximity, using various geometries related to the 19th-century Tonnetz. This model leads to cogent analyses both of particular compositions and of historical trends across the long nineteenth century. Essential reading for music theorists, Audacious Euphony is also a valuable resource for music historians, performers and composers.

The Romantic Generation

The Romantic Generation
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 748
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0674779347
ISBN-13 : 9780674779341
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis The Romantic Generation by : Charles Rosen

Accompanied by a sound disc (digital; 4 3/4 in.) by the same name which is available in Multimedia : CD 6.

Theory and Practice in Late Nineteenth-century Violin Performance

Theory and Practice in Late Nineteenth-century Violin Performance
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Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015052302638
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Theory and Practice in Late Nineteenth-century Violin Performance by : David Milsom

In this book, David Milsom argues that in order to convey late nineteenth-century musical style appropriately, the performer needs to have a grasp of the philosophical orientation of musical thinking at that time. In effect, one must 'unlearn' the value systems of the present, in order to assimilate those of the late nineteenth century. To arrive at a better understanding of performance in this period, the book examines performing style in the German and Franco-Belgian schools of violin playing from c.1850 - c.1900. Milsom explores selected instrumental treatises written by noted players and theorists, together with a number of recorded performances given by celebrated artists in the early years of the twentieth century, to review the similarities and differences between theory and practice. An accompanying CD illustrates this relationship.

Romantic Music

Romantic Music
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Publisher : W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Total Pages : 523
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0393951960
ISBN-13 : 9780393951967
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Romantic Music by : Leon Plantinga

A survey of the development of romantic music includes analyses of the careers of composers such as Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Wagner, and Liszt

In the Process of Becoming

In the Process of Becoming
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 347
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780195093667
ISBN-13 : 0195093666
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis In the Process of Becoming by : Janet Schmalfeldt

With their insistence that form is a dialectical process in the music of Beethoven, Theodor Adorno and Carl Dahlhaus emerge as the guardians of a long-standing critical tradition in which Hegelian concepts have been brought to bear on the question of musical form. Janet Schmalfeldt's account of this Beethoven-Hegelian tradition restores to the term "form" some of its philosophical associations in the early nineteenth century, when profound cultural changes were yielding new relationships between composers and listeners, and when music itself became a topic for renewed philosophical investigation. A recurring metaphor in early nineteenth-century philosophical writings is the notion of becoming. In the Process of Becoming explores the idea of "form coming into being" in respect to music by Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin, and Schumann. A critical assessment of Dahlhaus's preoccupation with the opening of Beethoven's "Tempest" Sonata serves as the author's starting point for the translation of philosophical ideas into music-analytical terms. Due to the ever-growing familiarity of late eighteenth-century audiences with formal conventions, composers could increasingly trust that performers and listeners would be responsive to striking formal transformations. Schmalfeldt's unique analytic method captures the dynamic, quasi-narrative nature of such transformations. This experiential approach invites listeners and performers to participate in the interpretation of processes by which, for example, brooding introduction-like openings become main themes and huge formal expansions offer a dazzling opportunity for multiple retrospective reinterpretations. Above all, In the Process of Becoming proposes new ways of hearing beloved works of the romantic generation as representative of a quest for novel, intensely self-reflective modes of communication.

The Complete Classical Music Guide

The Complete Classical Music Guide
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 354
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780744033472
ISBN-13 : 0744033470
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis The Complete Classical Music Guide by : DK

What makes Mozart's music so great? Why does a minor chord sound sad and a major chord sound happy? What's the difference between opera and operetta? From Bach to Bernstein, this definitive guide offers a complete survey of the history of classical music. Whether you already love classical music or you're just beginning to explore it, The Complete Classical Music Guide invites you to discover the spirituality of Byrd's masses, the awesome power of Handel's Messiah, and the wonders of Wagner's operas, as well as hundreds of more composers and their masterpieces. This guide takes you on a journey through more than 1,000 years, charting the evolution of musical instruments, styles, and genres. Biographies of major and lesser-known composers offer rich insights into their music and the historical and cultural contexts that influenced their genius. The book explores the features that defined each musical era - from the ornate brilliance of the Baroque, through the drama of Romantic music, to contemporary genres such as minimalism and electronic music. Timelines, quotes, and color photographs give a voice to this music and the exceptionally gifted individuals who created it.

Discover Music of the Romantic Era

Discover Music of the Romantic Era
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Publisher : Naxos Audiobooks
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1843792362
ISBN-13 : 9781843792369
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Discover Music of the Romantic Era by : David McCleery

Free website with music available, to access see page 4.

Classical and Romantic Music

Classical and Romantic Music
Author :
Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 528
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781351571753
ISBN-13 : 1351571753
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Classical and Romantic Music by : David Milsom

This volume brings together twenty-two of the most diverse and stimulating journal articles on classical and romantic performing practice, representing a rich vein of enquiry into epochs of music still very much at the forefront of current concert repertoire. In so doing, it provides a wide range of subject-based scholarship. It also reveals a fascinating window upon the historical performance debate of the last few decades in music where such matters still stimulate controversy.