Symphonies and other orchestral works / Donald Francis Tovey.

Author/creator Tovey, Donald Francis
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.
Descriptionxi, 570 pages : music ; 22 cm.
Subjects

SeriesEssays in musical analysis
Tovey, Donald Francis, 1875-1940. Essays in musical analysis. (1989) UNAUTHORIZED
Contents J. S. Bach. Overture in C major for orchestra ; Orchestral suite in D major, no. 3 ; Overture in B minor for flute and strings ; Prelude to Church cantata no. 29, Wir danken Dir, Gott -- C. P. E. Bach. Symphony in D major -- Beethoven. Symphony in C major, no. 1, op. 21 ; Symphony in D major, no. 2, op. 36 ; Symphony in E flat major (Sinfonia Eroica), no. 3, op. 55 ; Symphony in B flat major, no. 4, op. 60 ; Symphony in C minor no. 5, op. 67 ; Symphony in F major (Sinfonia Pastorale) no. 6, op. 68 ; Symphony in A major no. 7, op. 92 ; Symphony in F major no. 8, op. 93 ; Symphony in D minor no. 9, op. 125 ; Overetures Leonora nos. 2 and 3 ; Overture Leonora no. 1 ; Overture Fidelio ; Overture Coriolan, op. 62 ; Overture Egmont, op. 84 ; Overture for the name-day of Kaiser Franz, op. 114 ; Overture Zur Weihe des Hauses, op. 124 -- Berlioz. Symphony fantastique, op. 14 ; Harold in Italy, symphony with viola obbligato, op. 16 ; Overture King Lear ; Overture Le Corsair ; Overture Béatrice et Bénédict -- Brahms. Symphony in C minor no. 1, op. 68 ; Symphony in D major no. 2, op. 73 ; Symphony in F major no. 3, op. 90 ; Symphony in E minor no. 4, op. 98 ; Serenade in D major op. 11 (for orchestra) ; Serenade in A major op. 16 (for small orchestra) ; Variations for orchestra on a theme by Haydn, op. 56a ; Akademische Festouvertüre, op. 80 ; Tragic overture, op. 81 -- Bruckner. Romantic symphony in E flat major no. 4 ; Symphony in A major no. 6 -- Dvorǎḱ. Symphony in D major no. 6, op. 60 ; Symphony in D minor no. 7, op. 70 ; Symphony in F major no. 5, op. 76 ; Symphony in E minor no. 9, op. 95 (from the New World) ; Symphonic variations on an original theme, op. 78 ; Scherzo capriccioso, op. 66 -- Elgar. Symphony in E flat no. 2, op. 63 ; Falstaff, symphonic study, op. 68 ; Variations for orchestra, op. 36 ; Overture Cockaigne, op. 40 ; Concert overture, In the South (Alassio), op. 50 ; Introduction and allegro for strings (quartet and orchestra), op. 47 -- Franck. Symphony in D minor -- Haydn. Haydn the inaccessible ; Symphony in G major no. 88 (Letter 'V') ; Symphony in G no. 92 (Oxford) ; Symphony in G major no. 94 (Salomon no. 5) (Surprise) ; Symphony in C minor no. 95 (Salomon no. 9) ; Symphony in B flat no. 98 (Salomon no. 8) ; Symphony in E flat no. 99 (Salomon no. 10) ; Symphony in G major no. 100 (Salomon no. 11) (Military) ; Symphony in D major no. 101 (London no. 11) (The Clock) ; Symphony in B flat no. 102 (Salomon no. 12) ; Symphony in E flat no. 103 (Salomon no. 1) (With the drum roll) ; Symphony in D major no. 104 (Salomon no. 2) -- Gustav Holst. Ballet from The perfect fool, op. 39 ; Fugal overture for orchestra -- Mahler. Symphony in G major no. 4 -- Mendelssohn. Italian symphony in A major, op. 90 ; Overture Melusine ; Overture The Hebrides ; Overture Calm sea and Prosperous voyage ; Overture Ruy Blas ; Overture A midsummer-night's dream ; Incidental music to A midsummer-night's dream ; Scherzo in G minor for orchestra -- Mozart. Serenade in D major, K. 250 (Haffner serenade) ; Symphony in D major, K. 297 (Paris symphony) ; Symphony in C major, K. 338 ; Symphony in C major, no. 36, K. 425 (Linz symphony) ; Note on Mozart's last three symphonies ; Symphony in E flat no. 39, K. 543 ; Symphony in G minor no. 40, K. 550 ; Symphony in C major no. 41, K. 551 ; Overture Der Schauspieldirektor ; Overture Le nozze di Figaro ; Overture Die Zauberflöte ; Overture La clemenza di Tito ; Overture Cosí fan tutte ; Orchestral dances ; Masonic dirge (K. 477) -- Schubert. Obiter dicta ; Symphony in B flat no. 7 ; Symphony in C major no. 9 ; Unfinished symphony in B minor no. 8 ; Entr'acte in B minor and ballet in G major from Rosamunde -- Schumann. Symphony in B flat major no. 1, op. 38 ; Symphony in E flat major no. 3, op. 97 ; Symphony in D minor no. 4, op. 120 ; Overture, scherzo, and finale, op. 52 ; Overture to Byron's Manfred, op. 115 -- Sibelius. Symphony in C major no. 3, op. 52 ; Symphony in E flat no. 5, op. 82 ; Symphony in C major no. 7, op. 105 ; Tapiola, symphonic poem for full orchestra, op. 112 -- Smetana. Overture The bartered bride -- Richard Strauss. Tone-poem Don Juan, op. 20 -- Tchaikovsky. Symphony in E minor no. 5, op. 64 ; Pathetic symphony in B minor no. 6, op. 74 -- Vaughan Williams. Pastoral symphony ; Overture The wasps -- Wagner. Overture Der Fliegende Holländer ; A Faust overture ; Prelude to Act III of Tannhäuser (Tannhäuser's pilgrimage), in the original version ; Introduction to Tristan and Isolde ; Prelude to The master-singers ; Siegfried idyll ; The Venusberg music (Tannhäuser) -- Weber. Overture The ruler of the spirits ; Overture Der Freischütz ; Overture Euryanthe ; Overture Oberon.
Abstract Contains 115 essays: on Beethoven's overtures and symphones (including Tovey's famous study of the Ninth Symphony), all Brahms's overtures and symphonies, eleven symphonies by Haydn, six by Mozart, three each by Schubert, Schumann, and Sibelius, four by Dvorak, and many other works by composers from Bach to Vaughan Williams.
General noteReprint, with an index. Originally published: 1981.
LCCN 88025532
ISBN0193151472
ISBN9780193151475