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Modern German Music - Recollections and Criticisms

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Klappentext Lively descriptions of the musical life of German cities! and extended essays on Spohr! Beethoven! Schubert and Mendelssohn. Zusammenfassung This two-volume survey of German music! from 1854! offers lively descriptions of the musical life of German cities! and extended essays on Spohr! Beethoven! Schubert and Mendelssohn! but Chorley is by no means an uncritical observer! noting with concern the rise of nationalism in Germany after 1848. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. A North German Festival: 1. The journey and the rehearsal; 2. First day; 3. Second day; 4. Third day; Part II. In the Harz: 1. A night on the Brocken; 2. Rubeland; 3. The Ross-Trappe; Part III. Glimpses of Berlin: 1. First impressions of Der Freischutz; 2. The court and the opera; 3. 'Comic opera' in Berlin; 4. Quartetts and amateurs; 5. The 'Huldigung' at Berlin; 6. The theatre at Berlin from 1840 to 1848; Part IV. Glimpses at Dresden: 1. The opera and its environs; 2. Organ-playing; 3. The opera from 1840 to 1848.

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Authors Henry Fothergill Chorley
Publisher Cambridge University Press ELT
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 20.07.2009
 
EAN 9781108001595
ISBN 978-1-108-00159-5
No. of pages 392
Series Cambridge Library Collection - Music
Modern German Music 2 Volume Paperback Set
Subject Humanities, art, music > History

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