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Germany and the Nordic countries |
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The symphonic repertoire ; v. 3, pt. A
Brown, A. Peter. Symphonic repertoire ; v. 3, pt. A. ^A1424488
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Section one. The German Classic/Romantic symphony from Ca. 1800 to 1857 -- After Beethoven: Leipzig as the epicenter of the symphony. Introduction: the Viennese dilemma ; The appeal of Leipzig ; The critical climate ; Leipzig as the center of music publication ; The Gewandhaus concerts and their repertoire ; Other performing organizations ; The Leipzig conservatory -- The symphonies of Carl Maria von Weber and Richard Wagner: two symphonic composers to opera. Introduction ; Carl Maria von Weber. Symphony no. 1 in C major J. 50 ; Symphony no. 2 in C major J. 51 -- Richard Wagner. Symphony in C major WWV 29 ; Symphony in E major WWV 35 ; A Faust Symphony attempt (WWV 59) -- The symphonies of Louis Spohr. Introduction ; Symphony no. 1 in E-flat major opus 20 ; Symphony no. 2 in D minor opus 49 ; Symphony no. 3 in C minor opus 78 ; Symphony no. 4 "The consecration of sound" in F major opus 86 ; Symphony no. 5 in C minor opus 102 ; Symphony no. 6 "Historical" in G major opus 116 ; Symphony no. 7 "Earthly and divine in human life" in C major opus 121 ; Symphony no. 8 in G major opus 137 ; Symphony no. 9 "The seasons" in B minor opus 143 ; Symphony no. 10 in E-flat major opus 156 (WoO 8) -- The symphonies of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Introduction ; The early string symphonies (nos. 1-7) ; The later string symphonies (nos. 8-13) ; Symphony no. 1 (13(14)) in C minor opus II ; Symphony no. 5 (15) "Reformation" in D minor opus 107 ; Symphony no. 4 (16) "Italian" in A major opus 90 ; Symphony no. 2 (17) "Lobgesang" in B-flat major opus 52 ; Symphony no. 3 (18) "Scottish" in A minor opus 56 ; The C major symphony draft -- The symphonies of Robert Schumann. Introduction ; Symphony in G minor "Jugendsinfonie" ; The C minor symphony sketch ; Symphony no. 1 "Spring" in B-flat major opus 38 ; Overture, Scherzo, and Finale opus 52 ; Symphony no. 4 (2) in D minor opus 120 ; Symphony sketch and draft in C minor ; Symphony no. 2 (3) in C major opus 61 ; Symphony no. 3 (4) "Rhenish" in E-flat major opus 97 -- Section two. The symphony in Northern Europe -- The symphony in nineteenth-century Sweden. The repertoire and milieu ; Adolf Fredrik Lindblad. Introdcution ; Symphony no. 1 in C major ; Symphony no. 2 in D major -- Franz Berwald. Introduction ; Symphony in A major (fragment) ; Sinfonie Serieuse (no. 1) ; Sinfonie Capricieuse (no. 2) ; Sinfonie Singuliere (no. 3) ; Symphony in E-flat major Sinfonie Naïve (no. 4) -- The symphony in Norway. The repertoire and milieu ; Edward Grieg. Symphony in C minor (opus 3) -- Johan Severin Svendsen. Symphony no. 1 in D major opus 4 ; Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major opus 15 -- The symphony in Denmark from ca. 1830 to ca. 1925. The repertoire and milieu ; Johannes Frederik Frohlich. Symphony in E-flat major (opus 33) -- Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann. Symphony no. 1 in G minor opus 17 ; Symphony no. 2 in E major opus 48 -- Niels Gade. Introduction ; Symphony no. 1 in C minor opus 5 ; Symphony no. 2 in E major opus 10 ; Symphony no. 3 in A minor opus 15 ; Symphony no. 4 in B-flat major opus 20 ; Symphony no. 5 in D minor opus 25 ; Symphony no. 6 in G minor opus 32 ; Symphony no. 7 in F major opus 45 ; Symphony no. 8 in B minor opus 47 -- Carl A. Nielsen. Introduction ; Symphony no. 1 in G minor opus 7 ; Symphony no. 2 "The four temperaments" opus 16 ; Symphony no. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva" opus 27 ; Symphony no. 4 "The inextinguishable" opus 29 ; Symphony no. 5 opus 50 ; Symphony no. 6 "Sinfonia semplice" -- The symphony in Finland from ca. 1850 to 1936. The repertoire and milieu ; Jean Sibelius. Introduction ; Symphony no. 1 in E minor opus 39 ; Symphony no. 2 in D major opus 43 ; Symphony no. 3 in C major opus 52 ; Symphony no. 4 in A minor opus 63 ; Symphony no. 5 in E-flat major opus 82 ; Symphony no. 6 in D minor opus 104 ; Symphony no. 7 in C major opus 105 -- Section three. The Avant-Garde/New school symphonists. Hector Berlioz. Introduction ; Symphonie fantastique Hol. 48 ; Harold in Italy Hol. 68 ; Romeo et Juliette: Symphonie dramatique Hol. 79 ; Grande Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale Hol. 80. Conclusion: a temptation revisited -- Franz Liszt. Introduction ; Liszt's symphonic poems and the genre of the symphony ; Proposed symphonic plans ; A Faust Symphony Searle 108 ; Dante Symphony Searle 109 -- Joachim Raff. Introduction ; Symphony no. 1 "An das Vaterland" in D major opus 96 ; Symphony no. 2 in C major opus 140 ; Symphony no. 3 "Im Walde" in F major opus 153 ; Symphony no. 4 in G minor opus 167 ; Symphony no. 5 "Leonore" in E major opus 177 ; Symphony no. 6 "Gelebt: Gestrebt, Gelitten, Gestritten - Gestorben - Umworben" in D minor opus 189 ; Symphony no. 7 "In den Alpen" in B-flat major opus 201 ; The seasons cycle: symphonies nos. 8, 9, 10, and 11 ; Symphony no. 8 "Fruhlingsklange" in A major opus 205 ; Symphony no. 9 "Im Sommer" in E minor opus 208 ; Symphony no. 10 "Zur Herbstzeit" in F minor opus 213 ; Symphony no. 11 "Der Winter" in A minor opus 124 -- Richard Strauss. Introduction ; Symphony and tone poem: problems of genre definition ; Symphony (no. 1) in D minor (opus 4) o. Opus 69 ; Symphony (no. 2) in F minor opus 12 ; Symphonic fantasy: Aus Italien opus 16 ; Sinfonia Domestica opus 53 ; An Alpine Symphony opus 64 ; The "Indian summer symphonies (sonatinas)" for wind instruments. |
| Abstract |
The third volume to appear in the magnum opus of the author takes as its topic the European symphony ca. 1800-ca. 1930 and is divided into two parts. The author's series synthesises an enormous amount of scholarly literature in a wide range of languages. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 1031-1074) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 98026549 |
| ISBN | 9780253348012 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0253348013 (hbk.) |
