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Summary:

"Program music was one of the most flexible and contentious novelties of the long nineteenth century, covering a diverse range that included the overtures of Beethoven and Mendelssohn, the literary music of Berlioz and Schumann, Liszt's symphonic poems, the tone poems of Strauss and Sibelius, and compositions by groups of composers in Russia, Bohemia, the United States, and France. In this accessible Introduction, Jonathan Kregor explores program music's ideas and repertoire, discussing both well-known and less familiar pieces by an array of nineteenth- and twentieth-century composers. Setting program music in the context of the intellectual debates of the period, Kregor presents the criticism of writers like A.B. Marx and Hanslick to reveal program music's growth, dissemination, and reception. This comprehensive overview features numerous illustrations and music examples and provides detailed case studies of battle music, Shakespeare settings, and Goethe's Faust"--Publisher's description.

Table of Contents:

• Characters, topics, and the programmatic battlefield
• Expression, musical painting, and the concert overture
• Berlioz and Schumann on music and literature
• Liszt and the symphonic poem
• The New German School and Beyond
• Excursus : Faust
• Programmatic paths around the fin-de-siecle : Mahler and Strauss
• Programming the nation
• "Ars Gallica."

Author/Creator:

Kregor, Jonathan, 1978- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

English text.

Main Work:

Program music [by Kregor, J.]

Related Series:

Cambridge introductions to music (Complete)

Subjects:

Program music

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-308) and index.

Physical Description:

xvii, 322 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm.

Call Numbers:

ML3300 .K724 2015

ISBNs:

9781107657250 (paperback)
1107657253 (paperback)
9781107032521 (hardback)
1107032520 (hardback)
9781139506397 (electronic book) [Invalid]
1139506390 (electronic book) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2014032237

OCLC Numbers:

887450940