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The Symphony: A Listener´s Guide
Michael Steinberg
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Description for The Symphony: A Listener´s Guide
Paperback. In The Symphony, renowned critic Michael Steinberg offers music lovers a monumental guide to this most celebrated of musical forms, with perceptive commentaries on some 118 works by 36 major composers. Num Pages: 704 pages, music. BIC Classification: AVGC; AVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1040.
Enriched by biographical detail, historical background, musical examples, and many finely nuanced observations, this volume is a treasury of insight and information. Readers will find illuminating discussion of the complete symphonies of Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Sibelius, and Mahler, as well as of the most loved symphonic works of Schubert, Bruckner, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, and others. We learn how to listen more sharply for Haydn's humor, to Mozart's singular combination of pathos with grace, and to the evolution of Beethoven's musical ideas in his nine symphonies. This remarkable range and variety of composers are illuminated by Steinberg's deft, inviting, and intensely ... Read more
Enriched by biographical detail, historical background, musical examples, and many finely nuanced observations, this volume is a treasury of insight and information. Readers will find illuminating discussion of the complete symphonies of Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Sibelius, and Mahler, as well as of the most loved symphonic works of Schubert, Bruckner, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, and others. We learn how to listen more sharply for Haydn's humor, to Mozart's singular combination of pathos with grace, and to the evolution of Beethoven's musical ideas in his nine symphonies. This remarkable range and variety of composers are illuminated by Steinberg's deft, inviting, and intensely ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
696
Condition
New
Number of Pages
704
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195126655
SKU
V9780195126655
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Ref
99-1
About Michael Steinberg
Michael Steinberg is the program annotator of the San Francisco Symphony and the New York Philharmonic. He has been on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music and the New England Conservatory, and was the music critic for The Boston Globe for twelve years.
Reviews for The Symphony: A Listener´s Guide
a treat for those addicted to reading the program notes before the concert begins
Booklist
an essential book for any concertgoer and any new or veteran fan of classical music
Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director, The San Francisco Symphony
Booklist
an essential book for any concertgoer and any new or veteran fan of classical music
Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director, The San Francisco Symphony