
Mendelssohn, Time and Memory
The Romantic Conception of Cyclic Form
Benedict Taylor(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 27. October 2011
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-1-107-00578-5 (ISBN)
Description
Felix Mendelssohn has long been viewed as one of the most historically minded composers in western music. This book explores the conceptions of time, memory and history found in his instrumental compositions, presenting an intriguing new perspective on his ever-popular music. Focusing on Mendelssohn's innovative development of cyclic form, Taylor investigates how the composer was influenced by the aesthetic and philosophical movements of the period. This is of key importance not only for reconsideration of Mendelssohn's work and its position in nineteenth-century culture, but also more generally concerning the relationship between music, time and subjectivity. One of very few detailed accounts of Mendelssohn's music, the study presents a new and provocative reading of the meaning of the composer's work by connecting it to wider cultural and philosophical ideas.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
88 Printed music items; 6 Tables, black and white; 8 Halftones, unspecified; 8 Halftones, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
724 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-00578-5 (9781107005785)
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Person
Benedict Taylor is Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Music Theory at the Faculty of Music, University of Oxford, Senior Research Fellow of New College and Lecturer in Music at Magdalen College.
Content
Introduction; 1. The idea of cyclic form; 2. Musical history and self-consciousness: the Octet, Op. 20; 3. Returning home: the E major Piano Sonata, Op. 6; 4. In search of lost time: the A minor Quartet, Op. 13; 5. Overcoming the past: the E flat Quartet, Op. 12; 6. Cyclicism in Mendelssohn's mature music.