num_pages: 317
description: Sound history intelligent evaluation and a good literary style. Library JournalColorful and interesting  a very valuable addition to our rising literature in musicology. Saturday ReviewAn excellent and eminently readable history. New York Herald TribuneThis authoritative survey constitutes the first thorough English-language exploration of the concerto as a musical form. The musical form's long and colorful history is explored in critical terms accessible to lay readers as well as specialists forming a listener's guide an important musicological study and a fascinating reading experience.Examining the social economic and personal factors that influenced the concerto's growth author Abraham Veinus also summarizes the contributions of theorists composers and musicians and defines the genre's terms and the changing nature. He traces the early development of the concerto as well as that of the concerto grosso the early solo concerto classic forms Beethoven's characteristic use of the form the Romantic concerto and the modern concerto. A pleasure to read and a valuable reference this volume is an ideal companion for musicians music students and lovers of classical music.
language: English
title: The Concerto: From Its Origins to the Modern Era
publisher: Dover Publications