Listening to Mendelssohn - An Owner''s Manual

This book offers a guide to Mendelssohn's musical output providing points of entry into a large body of work, much of which remains far too little known. There's much more to Mendelssohn than the "Italian" Symphony and the "Midsummer Night's Dream" Overture, and a whole world of vivid, expressive, and fantastical music is ready for exploration.

About the author

Music critic, percussionist, and author David Hurwitz is the founder and Executive Editor of Classicstoday.com, the internet's first classical music review magazine. Holding MA degrees from Johns Hopkins and Stanford universities, Hurwitz is the author of books on Mozart, Mahler, Sibelius, Haydn, Dvořák, Brahms, Beethoven, Shostakovich, R. Strauss, CPE Bach, Bernstein, and Handel, published under the Amadeus Press and Continuum imprints. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, he currently divides his time between Brooklyn, New York, and Milford, Connecticut.

Summary

This book offers a guide to Mendelssohn's musical output providing points of entry into a large body of work, much of which remains far too little known. There's much more to Mendelssohn than the "Italian" Symphony and the "Midsummer Night's Dream" Overture, and a whole world of vivid, expressive, and fantastical music is ready for exploration.

Product details

• Authors: David Hurwitz
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781574675009
• ISBN: 978-1-57467-500-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Unlocking the Masters; Unlocking the Masters
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Musiker, Sänger, Bands und Gruppen, Musik: Musizieren, Techniken, Anleitungen, Komponisten und Songwriter