Statement of responsibility from container. Lecturer: Robert Greenberg. In 3 containers (26 cm.).
Contents:
lecture 1. Let's take it from the top! -- lecture 2. The concerto and the orchestra -- lecture 3. The pre-Classical symphony -- lecture 4. Mannheim -- lecture 5. Classical masters -- lecture 6. Franz Joseph Haydn, part 1 -- lecture 7. Franz Joseph Haydn, part 2 -- lecture 8. Mozart -- lecture 9. Beethoven -- lecture 10. Schubert -- lecture 11. Berlioz and the Symphonie fantastique -- lecture 12. Mendelssohn and Schumann -- lecture 13. Franck, Saint-Saens, and the symphony in France -- lecture 14. Nationalism and the symphony -- lecture 15. Brahms, Bruckner, and the Viennese symphony -- lecture 16. Gustav Mahler -- lecture 17. Nielsen and Sibelius -- lecture 18. The symphony in Russia -- lecture 19. Charles Ives -- lecture 20. Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber -- lecture 21. Roy Harris and William Schuman -- lecture 22. The twentieth-century British symphony -- lecture 23. Olivier Messiaen and Turangalila! -- lecture 24. Dmitri Shostakovich and his Tenth symphony.
Summary:
A twenty-four lecture course that traces the development of the symphony from its roots in the opera of the Baroque period to the present.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.