TY  - BOOK
AU  - Langford,Jeffrey Alan
TI  - A history of the symphony: the grand genre 
SN  - 9780815357056 (pbk.) :
U1  - 784.1'84'09 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Symphony
KW  - Music
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - '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
ER  -