Bruckner's fourth : the biography of a symphony / Benjamin M. Korstvedt.
| Author/creator | Korstvedt, Benjamin M. author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024] |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| Supplemental Content | Click here to view book |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in musical genesis, structure, and interpretation Studies in musical genesis, structure, and interpretation. ^A1021903 |
| Contents | Genesis. Introduction. A long view of the Fourth Symphony -- The creation of the Fourth Symphony, 1874 -- Rejecting, sifting, reshaping, and ordering, 1875-1876 -- The music of the first version -- Reinventing the Fourth, 1878-1881 -- The first performances, 1881 -- Entering the public sphere, 1882-1886 -- The third version, 1887-1888 -- The music of the third version -- Structure. The Fourth Symphony, musically considered -- The evolution of the finale, 1874-1888 -- Reception. Toward a synoptic view : Bruckner's pursuit of effectiveness -- The Fourth in performance, a historical sketch. |
| Summary | Anton Bruckner's Fourth Symphony is one of the most beloved & frequently performed works in the orchestral repertoire. Despite this, a great deal about the work & its genesis has been either unknown, poorly understood, or starkly misrepresented. The work's extraordinary history is the source of much of this confusion. Bruckner worked on the Fourth over 15 years before he finally published the score in 1889. During the process, he created several earlier versions of the work, which remained unknown until decades after his death. The first attempts to comprehend the work's compositional history were made by German scholars in the 1930s, but these not only proved partial but sowed the seeds of a long tradition of misunderstanding. This book offers the first complete account, which draws upon numerous previously overlooked sources, of the extraordinary compositional evolution of this magnificent symphony. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-321) and index. |
| Spec. audience char. | Specialized. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 26, 2024). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Korstvedt, Benjamin M. Bruckner's Fourth. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024] 9780197765661 |
| ISBN | 9780197765692 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 9780197765685 (EPUB) |
| ISBN | 0197765688 (EPUB) |
| ISBN | 0197765696 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9780197765678 |
| ISBN | 019776567X |
| Standard identifier# | 10.1093/9780197765692.001.0001 |
| Standard identifier# | CIPO000131509 |
| Stock number | F322B86C-4C62-4F36-8367-B6BC04E7C911 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com |
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