Mendelssohn, Time and Memory
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ISBN-13:
9781107005785
Veröffentl:
2011
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
27.10.2011
Seiten:
314
Autor:
Benedict Taylor
Gewicht:
726 g
Format:
250x175x21 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
An examination of cyclic form in Mendelssohn's instrumental music and its implications for conceptions of musical time, memory and history.
Music possesses for many listeners an uncanny ability to express our experience of time. This book explores the conceptions of time, memory and history found in the instrumental compositions of Felix Mendelssohn, presenting an intriguing new perspective on his ever-popular music.
Introduction; 1. The idea of cyclic form; 2. Musical history and self-consciousness: the Octet, Op. 20; 3. Returning home: the E major Piano Sonata, Op. 6; 4. In search of lost time: the A minor Quartet, Op. 13; 5. Overcoming the past: the E flat Quartet, Op. 12; 6. Cyclicism in Mendelssohn's mature music.