Modern German Music - Recollections and Criticisms

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.

Product details

• 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