ENGLISH

Gustav Mahler and the Symphony of the 19th Century: Translated by Neil K. Moran

By Constantin Floros

Book information

Publisher
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Year
2014
ISBN
3631626894, 9783631626894
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
22 MB (23117653 bytes)
Edition
Translation
Pages
397\0
Time added
2024-02-21 12:55:09

Description

The subject of this book is the semantics of symphonic music from Beethoven to Mahler. Of fundamental importance is the realization that this music is imbued with non-musical, literary, philosophical and religious ideas. It is also clear that not only Beethoven, Schubert and Bruckner were crucial role models for Mahler, but also the musical dramatist Wagner and the programmatic symphony composers Berlioz and Liszt. At the same time a semantic musical analysis of their works reveals for the first time the actual inherent (poetic) quintessence of numerous orchestral works of the 19th Century.

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