The symphony / Preston Stedman.
| Author/creator | Stedman, Preston |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Second edition. |
| Publication Info | Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, ©1992. |
| Description | vii, 466 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Prelude -- Antecedents of the symphony. The baroque ; Baroque instrumental music ; The symphony's antecedent musical forms -- The preclassical symphony. The Classical period ; The preclassical symphony ; Haydn as a preclassicist ; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as a preclassicist -- The Classical symphony. Haydn's middle period: maturity of style established ; Mozart's middle period: maturity through absorption of influences ; Late Mozart ; Haydn's London symphonies -- The symphonies of Beethoven -- The nineteenth-century symphony. The Romantic period ; The symphony ; Franz Schubert ; Felix Mendelssohn ; Robert Schumann ; Program music ; Hector Berlioz ; Franz Liszt ; Johannes Brahms ; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ; Anton Bruckner ; Antonin Dvořák ; French orchestral music of the nineteenth century ; César Franck ; Richard Strauss ; Gustav Mahler -- The symphony in the twentieth century. Introduction to twentieth-century music ; The symphony ; Jean Sibelius ; Ralph Vaughan Williams ; Michael Tippett ; Music in Russia ; Sergei Prokofiev ; Dmitri Shostakovich ; Igor Stravinsky ; Paul Hindemith ; Witold Lutoslawski -- The twentieth-century symphony in America. Charles Ives ; Roy Harris ; William Schuman ; Aaron Copland ; Wallingford Riegger: serialism and the symphony ; Roger Sessions ; Ellen Taafe Zwilich -- Other twentieth-century symphonists -- Postlude -- Glossary of terms. |
| Abstract | This comprehensive reference delivers a chronological history of the symphony with an emphasis on musical style. It takes the reader on a musical journey from the preclassical period to contemporary time, punctuated with specific examples by all major composers from Corelli to Riegger. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 91028609 |
| ISBN | 0138800553 : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML1255 .S83 1992 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |