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Listening to Mendelssohn
An Owner's Manual
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2020
Summary
The greatest musical prodigy since Mozart (some would say he was even greater), Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) excelled in everything he did, musical or otherwise, and during his brief life became Europe’s most respected and beloved composer. Yet no musician suffered more drastic swings in his posthumous reputation, and as a result Mendelssohn’s music was obscured by a host of extra-musical factors: changes in taste, the rise of nationalism, anti-Semitism, and contempt for Victorian culture. This “owner’s manual” offers a guide to Mendelssohn’s musical output, major and minor, providing points of entry into a large body of work, much of which remains far too little known. There’s much more to Mendelssohn than the “Italian” Symphony and the “Midsummer Night’s Dream” Overture, and a whole creative world of vivid, expressive, and fantastical music is ready for exploration.
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Copyright year
2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-57467-500-9
ISBN-Online
978-1-5381-3493-1
Publisher
Amadeus, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
184
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Chronology of Works No access
Introduction. Getting to Know Mendelssohn’s Music No access Pages 1 - 26
1. String Symphonies Nos. 1–6 No access
2. Selected Keyboard Works (Organ Sonatas, Six Preludes and Fugues, Three Preludes and Fugues) No access
3. Oratorios (St. Paul and Elijah) No access
4. String Symphonies Nos. 7–9 No access
5. Chamber Music (Octet, String Quartets, String Quintets, Chamber Works with Piano) No access
6. Selected Keyboard Works (Variations sérieuses, Piano Sonatas, and More) No access
7. String Symphonies Nos. 10–13 No access
8. Symphonies for Full Orchestra (and One Sonata) No access
9. Selected Vocal Works: Songs, Choral Music, “Lobgesang,” Die erste Walpurgisnacht No access
10. Overtures and Incidental Music No access
11. Concertos and Solos with Orchestra No access
12. Songs Without Words No access
Conclusion. Listening to Mendelssohn No access Pages 179 - 182
Track List No access Pages 183 - 184
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