A history of the symphony : the grand genre / Jeffrey Langford.
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TextPublisher: London : Routledge, 2019Description: 296 pages : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780815357056 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Symphony | Music | MusicDDC classification: 784.1'84'09 Summary: 'A History of the Symphony' identifies the underlying cultural factors that have shaped the symphony over the past three hundred years, presenting a unified view of the entire history of the genre. The text goes beyond discussions of individual composers and the stylistic evolution of the genre to address what constitutes a symphony within each historical period, describing how such works fit into the lives of composers and audiences of the time, recognizing that they do not exist in a vacuum but rather as the products of numerous external forces spurring their creation.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
'A History of the Symphony' identifies the underlying cultural factors that have shaped the symphony over the past three hundred years, presenting a unified view of the entire history of the genre. The text goes beyond discussions of individual composers and the stylistic evolution of the genre to address what constitutes a symphony within each historical period, describing how such works fit into the lives of composers and audiences of the time, recognizing that they do not exist in a vacuum but rather as the products of numerous external forces spurring their creation.
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