Romantic music : a concise history from Schubert to Sibelius : with 51 illustrations / Arnold Whittall.

Author/creator Whittall, Arnold
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Thames and Hudson, ©1987.
Description192 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Subjects

SeriesThe world of art
World of art. ^A222346
Contents 'Romanticism': a word and its world -- Shadow and stimulus: the move away from Classicism -- 'A gracious, well-bred air': Romanticism in Germany before Wagner -- 'True passion and emotion': the Italian alternative, from Paganini to Donizetti -- 'Beethoven being dead...': Berlioz and romanticism in France -- 'The scent of paradise': Chopin's radicalism and the imagery of romanticism -- Liszt and Wagner: the high romantic drama -- 'Half vulture, half phoenix': Verdi's romantic synthesis -- From Glinka to Grieg: crosscurrents in romantic nationalism -- Along the fringe: late romantic music in Britain, France and America -- Symphony and song: Vienna in the later nineteenth century -- Into the twentieth century.
Abstract A concise history of Romantic music and composers from Schubert to Sibelius.
Local noteLittle-259972
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 185-187) and index.
LCCN 86071617
ISBN050020215X (pbk.) :