The Symphony: From Mannheim to Mahler

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The Symphony: From Mannheim to Mahler The Symphony: From Mannheim to Mahler is a fascinating and accessible guide that considers the development of the symphony from a number of different perspectives: analytical, historical, and critical. Exploring important milestones, touchpoints, events, key works and the composers that surround the genre, it also includes a composer timeline, detailed case studies and comprehensive music examples. This handy and informative book is ideal for college and undergraduate music students, as well as anyone wanting to study and learn more about the genre. The structure of the book approaches different topics related to symphonic composition in a way that reflects recent academic debates about instrumental music in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Part I: Contexts establishes the main contexts for symphonic composition. Who was composing symphonies? Where were they performed? What were the criteria that regulated the genre? • The early symphony • Patronage and public concerts Part II: Materials deals with the material detail of the symphony, deepening our analytical engagement with individual works as well as the genre more broadly. This part explores themes, syntax, musical form and the question of tonality. • Melody, harmony, and syntax • Form, structure, and cycle • Sonata form • Tonality Part III: Ideas asks broader questions. What makes a symphony? What influence did politics and nationalism have on symphonic composition during this time? • Absolute music and programme music • The symphony outside Germany and Austria • The symphony’s second age The authors Christopher Tarrant is Lecturer in Music Analysis at Newcastle University in the UK. He received his PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London and now teaches and writes about concert music of the long nineteenth century with a special emphasis on theory of form and the Nordic symphony. Christopher is also a violinist and conductor. Natalie Wild is Director of Research and Deputy Director of Music at the Music in Secondary Schools Trust (MiSST). Her research focuses on the role a classical music education can play in breaking down social barriers. Natalie has taught upper secondary school music for many years as Head of Music in various inner-city schools in the UK.
• Featuring a timeline of events from Mannheim to Mahler. • A list and links to performances of all case study works included in the book are provided. • Full scores for all examples used in The Symphony can be found on imslp.org. • Case studies include works such as Haydn’s ‘London’ Symphony, Mendelssohn’s ‘Italian’ Symphony, and Brahms’s First Symphony.
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