No musical genre has had a more controversial critical history than the concerto, but has simultaneously retained as consistently prominent a place in the affections of the concert-going public. This volume is one of a very few to deal with the genre in its entirety. Setting the concerto in its musical and non-musical contexts, it examines the concertos that have made important contributions to musical culture, and reviews performance-related topics.
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“At the heart of this volume, one senses a kind of missionary zeal, a concerted effort (no pun intended) to take this particular genre out of academic limbo. Though perhaps the most popular musical form among great masses of music lovers, the concerto has often been dismissed by scholars as trivial, overly theatrical, ego driven, physical rather than intellectual. In this well-edited volume, Keefe provides a thorough, comprehensive antidote to such misconceptions. The volume explores every aspect of concerto history and literature, offering social and political contexts, stylistic comparisons, and a survey of major works (including structural analysis). The level of scholarship is high and perceptive comments abound. Highly recommended.”
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No musical genre has had a more chequered critical history than the concerto but simultaneously retained as consistently prominent a place in the affections of the concert-going public. This volume, one of very few to deal with the genre in its entirety, assumes a broad remit, setting the concerto in its musical and non-musical contexts, examining the concertos that have made important contributions to musical culture, and looking at performance-related topics.
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Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, First World War, Leopold Mozart, New York, Anton Rubinstein, Philharmonic Society, Felix Mendelssohn, Grand Concertos, Johann Gottfried Walther, Johann Joachim Quantz, Louis Spohr, Piano Forte, Pierre Baillot, Carl Czerny, Carl Maria von Weber, Clara Wieck, Donald Tovey, Frederick the Great, Giovanni Battista Viotti, Ignaz Moscheles, Jan Ladislav Dussek, Johann Mattheson, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Joseph Kerman New!
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Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, First World War, Leopold Mozart, New York, Anton Rubinstein, Philharmonic Society, Felix Mendelssohn, Grand Concertos, Johann Gottfried Walther, Johann Joachim Quantz, Louis Spohr, Piano Forte, Pierre Baillot, Carl Czerny, Carl Maria von Weber, Clara Wieck, Donald Tovey, Frederick the Great, Giovanni Battista Viotti, Ignaz Moscheles, Jan Ladislav Dussek, Johann Mattheson, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Joseph Kerman New!
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- Mozart: Clarinet Concerto (Cambridge Music Handbooks) by Colin Lawson on 5 pages
- The Four Seasons (Dover Miniature Music Scores) by Antonio Vivaldi on 5 pages
- From Vivaldi to Viotti: A History of the Early Classical Violin Concerto (Musicology) by Chappell White on 5 pages
- The Letters by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on 4 pages
- Performance Practice (New Grove Handbooks in Music) by Howard Mayer Brown on 4 pages
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