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The lives of the great composers
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From the Book - Revised edition.
Cllaudio Monteverdi
Johann Sebastian Bach
George Frideric Handel
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Franz Joseph Haydn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Franz Peter Schubert
Weber and the Early Romantics
Hector Berlioz
Robert Schumann
Frédéric Chopin
Franz Liszt
Felix Mendelssohn
Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini
Meyerbeer, Cherubini, Auber
Giuseppi Verdi
Richard Wagner
Johannes Brahms
Hugo Wolf
Strauss, Offenbach, Sullivan
From Gounod to Saint-Saens
From Glinka to Rimsky-Korsakov
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
European Nationalists
From Franck to Fauré
Giacomo Puccini
Richard Strauss
Bruckner, Mahler, Reger
Claude-Achille Debussy
Maurice Ravel and Les Six
Igor Stravinsky
Elgar, Delius, Vaughan Williams
Scriabin and Rachmaninoff
Prokofiev and Shostakovich
Busoni, Weill, Hindemith
From Gottschalk to Copland
Béla Bartók
Schoenberg, Berg, Webern
Post 1945: The International Serial Movement.
From the Non-Circulating Item - Third edition.
Pioneer of opera. Claudio Monteverdi
Transfiguration of the baroque. Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer and impresario. George Frideric Handel
Reformer of opera. Christoph Willibald Gluck
Classicism par excellence. Joseph Haydn
Prodigy from Salzburg. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Revolutionary from Bonn. Ludwig Van Beethoven
Poet of music. Franz Schubert
Freedom and a new language. Weber and the early romantics
Romantic exuberance and classic restraint. Hector Berlioz
Florestan and Eusebius. Robert Schumann
Apotheosis of the piano. Frédérick Chopin
Virtuoso, charlatan
and prophet. Franz Liszt
Bourgeois genius. Felix Mendelssohn
Voice, voice, and more voice. Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini
Spectacle, spectacle, and more spectacle. Meyerbeer, Cherubini, Auber
Colossus of Italy. Giuseppe Verdi
Colossus of Germany. Richard Wagner
Keeper of the flame. Johannes Brahms
Master of the lied. Hugo Wolf
Waltz, can-can, and satire. Strauss, Offenbach, Sullivan
Faust and French opera. From Gounod to Saint-Sëns
Russian nationalism and the mighty five. From Glinka to Rimsky-Korsakov
Surcharged emotionalism. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
From Bohemia to Spain. European nationalists
Chromaticism and sensibilité. From Franck to Fauré
Only for the theater. Giacomo Puccini
Romanticism's long coda. Richard Strauss
Religion, mysticism and retrospection. Bruckner, Mahler, Reger
Sympolism and impressionism. Claude Debussy
Gallic elegance and the new breed. Maurice Ravel and Les Six
The chameleon. Igor Stravinsky
The English Renaissance. Elgar, Delius, Vaughan Williams
Mysticism and melancholy. Scriabin and Rachmaninoff
Under the Soviets. Prokofiev and Shostakovich
German neoclassicism. Busoni, Weill, Hindemith
Rise of an American tradition. From Gottschalk to Copland
The uncompromising Hungarian. Béla Bartók
The second Viennese school. Schoenberg, Berg, Webern
The internaitonal serial movement. From Varése to Messiaen
The new eclecticism. From Carter to the minimalists.
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9780393014037
9780393038576
9780393013023
9780393038576
9780393013023
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