Concise Guide To Orchestral Music
Product Description
Orchestral works are the central pillars of classical music. In A Concise Guide to Orchestral Music, 1700 to the Present Day, David Fligg evaluates this great music, and explores why so many masterpieces continue to fascinate music lovers. As well as discussing individual composers, the book places orchestral music within a historical context, providing essential reading for music students, and enthusiasts of all ages.
Subtitle: 1700 to the Present Day
Genre: Theory
Language: English
Pages: 254
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 9780786682300
1) List of Illustrations
2) Foreword
3) Acknowledgements
4) Introduction
5) Chapter 1 – Setting the Scene
6) Periods In Music
7) The Orchestra
8) Public Concerts
9) Sonata Form
10) The Symphony and Concerto
11) Chapter 2 – The Eighteenth Century
12) Bach, Handel and Vivaldi
13) Haydn and Mozart
14) Chapter 3 – The Age of Beethoven
15) Chapter 4 – The Nineteenth Century (Part I)
16) Schubert
17) Rossini, Weber and Paganini
18) Berlioz
19) Mendelssohn
20) Schumann
21) Chopin and Liszt
22) Chapter 5 – The Nineteenth Century (Part II)
23) Wagner
24) Bruckner
25) Brahms
26) Tchaikovsky
27) Dvorák
28) The Five and other Russians
29) Other nineteenth century Romantics and Nationalists
30) Chapter 6 – The Twentieth Century (Part I)
31) Debussy
32) Ravel
33) Janácek and other Eastern European Nationalists
34) Elgar
35) Mahler
36) Richard Strauss
37) Sibelius
38) Nielsen
39) Rachmaninov
40) Chapter 7 – The Twentieth Century (Part II)
41) The Second Viennese School – Schoenberg, Berg and Webern
42) Ives
43) Stravinsky
44) Bartók
45) Other Northern Europeans and Americans
46) Southern Europeans and Latin Americans
47) Vaughan Williams and the British School after Elgar
48) Walton, Tippett and Britten
49) Messiaen and the French School after Debussy
50) Prokofiev
51) Hindemith
52) Shostakovich
53) Gershwin and the American Dream
54) Copland, Carter, Barber and Bernstein
55) Other Americans born before 1920
56) Other Americans born after 1920
57) Post-War Experimental Pioneers
58) Lutoslawski, Ligeti, Penderecki, and others born before 1950
59) Chapter 8 – Into the Millennium
60) Suggested Further Reading
61) Index
