A guide to the concerto / edited by Robert Layton.

Other author Layton, Robert, 1930-2020 editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Descriptionxv, 384 pages : music ; 22 cm
Subjects
Concertos--Analysis, appreciation.
Concerto.

Uniform titleCompanion to the concerto.
Contents The Baroque concerto / Nicholas Anderson -- The pre-classical concerto and the concerto parallel to Mozart / H.C. Robbins Landon -- Mozart and the concerto / Denis Matthews -- Beethoven and the concerto / Robert Simpson -- The concerto after Beethoven. The virtuoso concerto / Christopher Headington ; The symphonic concerto: Schumann, Brahms and Dvořák / Joan Chissell -- The concerto in pre-revolutionary Russia / David Brown -- Russia after 1917 / Robert Layton -- The concerto in France / Lionel Salter -- The concerto in the Nordic lands / Robert Layton -- The concerto in modern times. Four romantics: Reger, Pfitzner, Schmidt and Korngold / Harold Truscott ; Central Europe in the twentieth century / Arnold Whittall ; Italy, Spain and Latin America / Christopher Headington -- The American concerto / Peter Dickinson -- The concerto in Britain / Michael Kennedy.
Abstract This guide offers a survey of the growth and development of the concerto form from its origins in the seventeenth century to the present day. Written by a team of internationally renowned scholars and critics under the editorship of Robert Layton, it will prove invaluable to all who wish to understand more about this perennially popular form and expand their knowledge of the concerto repertoire. Throughout, original and penetrating analyses that avoid technical jargon are illuminated by over 130 music examples. Among the many contributors are Dr. Robert Simpson, who discusses Beethoven's concertos with characteristic insight; H.C. Robbins Landon, foremost scholar of the Viennese classical period; David Brown, world authority on nineteenth-century Russian music; Michael Kennedy, author of acclaimed studies on Elgar and Britten, and Peter Dickinson, composer and leading writer on American music. Robert Layton himself provides an introduction and discography with hundreds of recommended recordings, and writes perceptively on the concerto in Scandinavia and the modern Russian concerto.
Local noteLittle-310432--305131038150U
General noteOriginally published: A companion to the concerto. London : C. Helm, 1988.
Bibliography noteDiscography: pages 354-377.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 350-353) and index.
LCCN 96018219
ISBN019288008X

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Music Music Stacks ML1263 .C64 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold