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The early works of Felix Mendelssohn : a study in the romantic sonata style / Greg Vitercik.
| Author/creator | Vitercik, Gregory John |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Gordon and Breach, ©1992. |
| Description | ix, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Musicology ; v. 12 Musicology ; v. 12. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | The Mendelssohn problem -- The classicist heritage. The classical style: elements of form and closure in Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven ; Mendelssohn, string symphonies ; Piano Quartets, opp. 1-3 ; Symphony in C minor, op. 11 -- Piano Quartet in F minor, op. 2, slow movements -- The Octet, op. 20. First movement: Allegro moderato, ma con fuoco ; Second movement: Andante ; Third movement : Scherzo, allegro leggierissimo ; Fourth movement: Presto -- The thematic shape. Schumann, Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, op. 11 ; Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 21 ; Overture, Calm Sea and Prosterous Voyage, op. 27 ; String Quintet in A major, op. 18 ; Hebrides overture, op. 26 ; "Reformation" Symphony, op. 105 -- Thematic process and cyclic form. Beethoven, Symphony in C minor, op. 67 ; Beethoven, Piano sonata in C major, op. 53 ; "Italian" symphony, op. 90 ; Beethoven, String Quartet in A minor, op. 132 ; String Quartet in A minor, op. 13 ; String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 12 ; "Scottish symphony, op. 56 -- The later Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn and nineteenth-century sonata style ; String Quartet in E minor, op. 44, no. 2, first movement. |
| Abstract | This book provides a unique analytical and critical study of the early works of Mendelssohn, including such beloved masterpeices as the Midsummer Night's Dream Overture and the Octet for Strings. It re-examines a number of crucial issues; in particular, it questions the widespread notion that Mendelssohn was primarily a lyric miniaturist incapable of handling large-scale instrumental forms. It proposes that the elegance of Mendelssohn's method has almost completely obscured the fact that it is a method at all. With scholarly detail, the book reveals how Mendelssohn's extensive and carefully constructed strategies reflect a successful attempt to create a specifically Romantic sonata style. Musicologists and theorists, as well as the educated music-lover, will find this a fascinating study. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-329) and index. |
| LCCN | 91043062 |
| ISBN | 2881245366 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 2881245447 (softcover) |