29%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Jean Sibelius and His World
Daniel Grimley
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Jean Sibelius and His World
Paperback. Perhaps no twentieth-century composer has provoked a varied reaction among the music-loving public than Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). This book focuses on the position occupied by Sibelius in the Western musical tradition. Editor(s): Grimley, Daniel M. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DNF; AVGC5; AVGC6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
Perhaps no twentieth-century composer has provoked a more varied reaction among the music-loving public than Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). Originally hailed as a new Beethoven by much of the Anglo-Saxon world, he was also widely disparaged by critics more receptive to newer trends in music. At the height of his popular appeal, he was revered as the embodiment of Finnish nationalism and the apostle of a new musical naturalism. Yet he seemingly chose that moment to stop composing altogether, despite living for three more decades. Providing wide cultural contexts, contesting received ideas about modernism, and interrogating notions of landscape and nature, ... Read more
Perhaps no twentieth-century composer has provoked a more varied reaction among the music-loving public than Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). Originally hailed as a new Beethoven by much of the Anglo-Saxon world, he was also widely disparaged by critics more receptive to newer trends in music. At the height of his popular appeal, he was revered as the embodiment of Finnish nationalism and the apostle of a new musical naturalism. Yet he seemingly chose that moment to stop composing altogether, despite living for three more decades. Providing wide cultural contexts, contesting received ideas about modernism, and interrogating notions of landscape and nature, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Series
The Bard Music Festival
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691152813
SKU
V9780691152813
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Daniel Grimley
Daniel M. Grimley is university lecturer in music at the University of Oxford, tutorial fellow of Merton College, and senior lecturer in music at University College. He is the editor of "The Cambridge Companion to Sibelius" and the author of "Grieg and Carl Nielsen and the Idea of Modernism".
Reviews for Jean Sibelius and His World
"The connection between Sibelius and the Russian tradition
an influence that went in both directions
is the subject of an excellent essay by Philip Ross Bullock in the book accompanying the festival, Jean Sibelius and His World, from Princeton University Press."
Zachary Woolfe, New York Times "As this collection shows, there is a resurgence of interest in the music of Jean Sibelius... [T]he ... Read more
an influence that went in both directions
is the subject of an excellent essay by Philip Ross Bullock in the book accompanying the festival, Jean Sibelius and His World, from Princeton University Press."
Zachary Woolfe, New York Times "As this collection shows, there is a resurgence of interest in the music of Jean Sibelius... [T]he ... Read more