Title: The European symphony from ca. 1800 to ca. 1930 : Germany and the Nordic countries /
Authors: Brown, A. Peter.
Publisher: Indiana University Press,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Weber, Carl Maria von,; Weber, Carl Maria von,; Wagner, Richard,; Spohr, Louis,; Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix,; Schumann, Robert,; Lindblad, Adolf Fredrik,; Lindblad, Adolf Fredrik,; Berwald, Franz,; Grieg, Edvard,; Svendsen, Johan Severin,; Frøhlich, J. F.; Hartmann, J. P. E.; Gade, Niels W.; Nielsen, Carl,; Sibelius, Jean,; Berlioz, Hector,; Liszt, Franz,; Raff, Joachim,; Strauss, Richard,; Symphony Europe; Symphony Europe; Symphonies Analysis, appreciation.; Symphonies Analysis, appreciation.
Abstract: The third volume to appear in the magnum opus of A. Peter Brown takes as its topic the European symphony ca. 1800-ca. 1930 and is divided into two parts. Brown's series synthesises an enormous amount of scholarly literature in a wide range of languages.
Contents: Section one : the German classic/romantic symphony from ca. 1800 to 1857. After Beethoven : Leipzig as the epicenter of the symphony -- The symphonies of Carl Maria von Weber and Richard Wagner : two symphonic composers turn to opera -- The symphonies of Louis Spohr -- The symphonies of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy -- The symphonies of Robert Schumann.