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Chamber music : a listener's guide / James M. Keller.
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Keller, James M., 1953-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Description
xix, 494 pages ; 25 cm
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Mendel Music Library - Reference
ML1100 .K45 2011
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Chamber music
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History and criticism
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Chamber music
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Analysis, appreciation
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Summary note
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.
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ISBN
9780195382532
0195382536
019020639X ((paperback))
9780190206390 ((paperback))
LCCN
2010009665
OCLC
551723673
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