Dvorak
Romantic Music's Most Versatile Genius
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2005
250 pages
978-1-57467-218-3 (ISBN)
Description
The music of Antonin Dvorák defies fashion. He is one of the very few composers whose works entered the international mainstream during his own lifetime, and some of them have remained there ever since. The pieces that historically define his international reputation, however, represent only a small fraction of what he actually composed. They comprise just one facet of his complex and remarkably rich artistic personality. This book invites readers to celebrate his extraordinary achievement and experience the pleasure of getting to know more than 90 of his most important works.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United States
Publishing group
Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN-13
978-1-57467-218-3 (9781574672183)
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06/2005
Amadeus Press
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Persons
David Hurwitz is the Founder and Executive Editor of Classicstoday.com, the Internet's first Classical Music recording review magazine, and the popular YouTube channel The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz. He holds MA degrees from Johns Hopkins and Stanford Universities. Hurwitz is the author of books on Mozart, Mahler, Sibelius, Haydn, Dvorák, Brahms, Beethoven, Shostakovich, R. Strauss Bernstein, Handel, C.P.E. Bach, and Mendelssohn. His musicological articles have been published in noted journals such as Music & Letters, Nineteenth-Century Music Review, and Early Music America.
Content
- DVORÁK
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on the Music
- Dvorák Timeline
- Dvorák in Focus
- Symphonies and Concertos
- Dvorák's Symphonic Style
- The Concertos
- Operas
- Alfred
- The King and the Charcoal Burner
- The Stubborn Lovers
- Vanda
- The Cunning Peasant
- Dimitrij
- The Jacobin
- The Devil and Kate
- Rusalka
- Armida
- Chamber Works
- Early Works
- The Classical Tradition
- Slavonic Works
- American Works (and Dvorák's American Period in General)
- One-of-a-Kind Novelties
- Choral Music and Songs
- The Heirs of the White Mountain
- The American Flag
- Moravian Duets
- Stabat Mater
- Gypsy Melodies
- Biblical Songs
- The Specter's Bride
- St. Ludmila
- Mass in D
- Requiem
- Te Deum
- Miscellaneous Orchestral Works
- Serenades and Suites
- Single-Movement Works
- Concert Overtures
- Symphonic Poems
- Afterword
- Appendix: Listening Lists
- CD Trask Listing
