Bruckner: Symphony No. 8

Klappentext Explores this many-faceted work from several angles! offering an accessible guide to its musical design. Zusammenfassung Bruckner's Eighth Symphony (1890)! one of the last of the great Romantic symphonies! is a grandly complex masterpiece. This book explores this many-faceted work from several angles! offering an accessible guide to its compositional history and reception and to its musical design. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Placing the Eighth Symphony; 2. The genesis and evolution of the Eighth Symphony; 3. Symphonic design and musical logic; 4. The Adagio and the sublime; 5. The 1887 version and the 1890 version; 6. The 1892 edition, authorship, and performance practice; Appendix A. Haas's edition of the Eighth Symphony; Appendix B. Textual differences between the Finale in the 1890 version and the 1892 version.

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin M. Korstvedt, Benjamin M. (University of St Thomas Korstvedt
• Assisted by: Julian Rushton (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2000
• EAN: 9780521635370
• ISBN: 978-0-521-63537-0
• No. of pages: 148
• Series: Cambridge Music Handbooks
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music