
The Mendelssohns
Their Music in History
Oxford University Press
Published on 7. November 2002
Book
Hardback
406 pages
978-0-19-816723-5 (ISBN)
Description
This is a compendium of scholarship concerning the lives, works, and receptions of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Fanny Hensel. Representing the latest work of leading specialists from the USA, France, Great Britain, and Italy, the essays are organized according to a number of issues that have become vital during the past 20 years: sources and source problems--including the disposition of missing and lost works, issues of musical identity as they pertain to little-known concert arias, and editorial issues presented by the organ preludes op. 37; studies of individual works--including Felix Mendelssohn's first composition, the 'Scottish' and 'Reformation' symphonies, and Die erste Walpurgisnacht); problematic repertoires--Felix's occasional works, song cycles, and opera plans; the relationships between Felix and Fanny; and issues of reception history--including Felix's influences as composer of organ music and string quartets, and gender and race in biographical studies of Felix.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
numerous music examples and 2 halftones
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
775 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-816723-5 (9780198167235)
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Editor
, Associate Professor of Musicology, College of Music, University of North Texas, USA
, Professor of German, Illinois Wesleyan University, USA
Content
PREFACE ; LIST OF PLATES ; LIST OF FIGURES ; LIST OF TABLES ; LIST OF MUSICAL EXAMPLES ; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ; ABBREVIATIONS ; PART I: SOURCES AND SOURCE PROBLEMS ; PART II: INDIVIDUAL WORKS ; PART III: REPERTOIRES ; PART IV: FELIX AND FANNY ; PART V: RECEPTION HISTORY ; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX