Chamber music : a listener's guide / James M. Keller.

Author
Keller, James M., 1953- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Description
xix, 494 pages ; 25 cm

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    Approaching the tradition of chamber music with knowledge and passion, James Keller here serves as the often opinionated, always genial guide to 192 essential works by 56 composers, providing illuminating essays on what makes each piece distinctive and admirable. Keller spans the history of this intimate genre of music, from key works of the Baroque through the emotionally stirring "golden age" of the Classical and Romantic composers, to modern masterpieces rich in political, psychological, and sometimes comical overtones. For each piece, from Bach through to contemporary figures like George Crumb and Steve Reich, the author includes an astute musical analysis that casual music lovers can easily appreciate yet that more experienced listeners will find enriching. Keller shares the colorful, often surprising stories behind the compositions while revealing the delights of an art form once described by Goethe as the musical equivalent of "thoughtful people conversing." [Publisher description].
    Contents
    • Anton Arensky
    • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Samuel Barber
    • Béla Bartók
    • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Alban Berg
    • Alexander Borodin
    • Johannes Brahms
    • Benjamin Britten
    • Elliott Carter
    • Aaron Copland
    • Ruth Crawford (Seeger)
    • George Crumb
    • Claude Debussy
    • Ernst von Dohnányi
    • Antonín Dvor̆ák
    • Edward Elgar
    • George Enescu
    • Gabriel Fauré
    • César Franck
    • Mikhail Glinka
    • Osvaldo Golijov
    • Edvard Grieg
    • Franz Joseph Haydn
    • Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
    • Paul Hindemith
    • Jacques Ibert
    • Charles Ives
    • Leos̆ Janác̆ek
    • Zoltán Kodály
    • György Ligeti
    • Bohuslav Martinů
    • Felix Medelssohn
    • Olivier Massiaen
    • Wolfgang Amadè Mozart
    • Carl Nielsen
    • Francis Poulenc
    • Sergei Prokofiev
    • Maurice Ravel
    • Steve Reich
    • Silvestre Revueltas
    • Camille Saint-Saëns
    • Arnold Schoenberg
    • Franz Schubert
    • Clara Wieck Schumann
    • Robert Schumann
    • Dmitri Shostakovich
    • Jean Sibelius
    • Bedr̆ich Smetana
    • Igor Stravinsky
    • Karol Szymanowski
    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • Joan Tower
    • Carl Maria von Weber
    • Anton Webern
    • Hugo Wolf.
    ISBN
    • 9780195382532
    • 0195382536
    • 019020639X ((paperback))
    • 9780190206390 ((paperback))
    LCCN
    2010009665
    OCLC
    551723673
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