Music in the Nineteenth Century
The Oxford History Of Western Music
- Editore:
OXFORD UNIV PR
- Collana:
- Oxford History of Western Musi
- EAN:
9780199842162
- ISBN:
0199842167
- Pagine:
- 905
- Formato:
- Hardback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
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Descrizione Music in the Nineteenth Century
In Music in the Nineteenth Century, Richard Taruskin offers a panoramic tour of this magnificent century in the history music. Major themes addressed in this book include the romantic transformation of opera, Franz Schubert and the German lied, the rise of virtuosos such as Paganini and Liszt, the twin giants of nineteenth-century opera, Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi, the lyric dramas of Bizet and Puccini, and the revival of the symphony by Brahms. Laced with brilliant observations, memorable musical analysis, and a panoramic sense of the interactions between history, culture, politics, art, literature, religion, and music, this book will be essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand this rich and diverse period.
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