Mendelssohn, Time and Memory - The Romantic Conception of Cyclic Form

Music possesses for many listeners an uncanny ability to express our experience of time. This book explores the conceptions of time, memory and history found in the instrumental compositions of Felix Mendelssohn, presenting an intriguing new perspective on his ever-popular music.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The idea of cyclic form; 2. Musical history and self-consciousness: the Octet, Op. 20; 3. Returning home: the E major Piano Sonata, Op. 6; 4. In search of lost time: the A minor Quartet, Op. 13; 5. Overcoming the past: the E flat Quartet, Op. 12; 6. Cyclicism in Mendelssohn's mature music.

About the author

Benedict Taylor is Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Music Theory at the Faculty of Music, University of Oxford, Senior Research Fellow of New College and Lecturer in Music at Magdalen College.

Summary

Music possesses for many listeners an uncanny ability to express our experience of time. This book explores the conceptions of time, memory and history found in the instrumental compositions of Felix Mendelssohn, presenting an intriguing new perspective on his ever-popular music.

Product details

• Authors: Benedict Taylor, Benedict (University of Oxford) Taylor, Taylor Benedict
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781108970532
• ISBN: 978-1-108-97053-2
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 250 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous; MUSIC / General, Romanticism, Composers and songwriters, Romantic Music (C 1830 To C 1900), Art music, orchestral and formal music