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Title: The Cambridge Companion to Bruckner
Condition: New
EAN: 9780521008785
ISBN: 9780521008785
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 07/15/2004
Description: This Companion provides an overview of the composer Anton Bruckner (1824–1896). Sixteen chapters by leading scholars investigate aspects of his life and works and consider the manner in which critical appreciation has changed in the twentieth century. The first section deals with Bruckner's Austrian background, investigating the historical circumstances in which he worked, his upbringing in Upper Austria, and his career in Vienna. A number of misunderstandings are dealt with in the light of recent research. The remainder of the book covers Bruckner's career as church musician and symphonist, with a chapter on the neglected secular vocal music. Religious, aesthetic, formal, harmonic, and instrumental aspects are considered, while one chapter confronts the problem of the editions of the symphonies. Two concluding chapters discuss the symphonies in performance, and the history of Bruckner-reception with particular reference to German Nationalism, the Third Reich and the appropriation of Bruckner by the Nazis.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 246mm
Item Length: 175mm
Item Width: 18mm
Item Weight: 544g
Contributor: John Williamson (Edited by)
Author: John Williamson
Genre: Music Dance & Theatre
Book Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
Release Year: 2004

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