Experiencing Tchaikovsky - A Listener''s Companion

Informationen zum Autor David Schroeder is professor emeritus at Dalhousie University. His previous books include Haydn and the Enlightenment, Mozart in Revolt: Strategies of Resistance, Mischief and Deception, Our Schubert: His Enduring Legacy (Scarecrow, 2009), and Hitchcock's Ear: Music and the Director's Art. Klappentext In Experiencing Tchaikovsky: A Listener's Companion, historian and scholar David Schroeder looks beyond traditional views of Tchaikovsky to explore the dramatic impact of his music by walking readers through the remarkable range of works by this great Russian composer. Zusammenfassung In Experiencing Tchaikovsky: A Listener’s Companion, historian and scholar David Schroeder looks beyond traditional views of Tchaikovsky to explore the dramatic impact of his music by walking readers through the remarkable range of works by this great Russian composer. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editor's ForewordIntroductionList of AbbreviationsTimelineChapter 1: Symphonic Poems, Shakespeare, and Music with MeaningChapter 2: A Little Help from my Friends: ConcertosChapter 3: For the Love of Mozart: Chamber Music, Suites, and SerenadesChapter 4: Ballet's New Way: Swan LakeChapter 5: Pushkin's Gentle Mockery, Tchaikovsky's Immoderate Ardor: Eugene OneginChapter 6: Symphony as OperaChapter 7: Sorcery, Caprice, Blindness, Saints, and Stacked Decks: More OperasChapter 8: Two Fairytale BalletsChapter 9: Above and Beyond: From His Death to the PresentGlossarySelected ReadingSelected ListeningIndexAbout the Author

Product details

• Authors: David Schroeder, David E. Schroeder, Schroeder David
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.02.2015
• EAN: 9781442232990
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-3299-0
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Listener's Companion; Listener's Companion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music history; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, baroque, Music reviews & criticism, Composers and songwriters, Music reviews and criticism, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750)