| Walls of Circumstance: Studies in Nineteenth Century Music Contributor(s): Jensen, Eric (Author) |
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ISBN: 0810825880 ISBN-13: 9780810825888 Publisher: Scarecrow Press OUR PRICE: $66.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 1992 Annotation: Jensen examines the lives and music of eleven composers little known today: Juan Cris-stomo Arriaga, Norbert Burgmyller, Franz Berwald, Henry Hugo Pierson, Sigismond Thalberg, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Hippolyte Monpou, Pietro Raimondi, Giovanni Sgambati, Hermann Goetz, and Guillaume Lekeu. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Biography & Autobiography | Music - Music | Genres & Styles - Classical |
| Dewey: 780.903 |
| LCCN: 92-25210 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.44" W x 8.68" (0.79 lbs) 170 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The nineteenth century was an age of experimentation in music. It was also a time of unfettered individualism that produced compositions in a broad range of musical styles. By focusing on a handful of well-known composers, past studies of nineteenth-century music have tended to overlook the variety and diversity of musical productions characteristic of the day. Walls Of Circumstance offers a fresh appraisal of nineteenth-century styles. Jensen examines the lives and music of eleven composers little known today: Juan Cris stomo Arriaga, Norbert Burgm ller, Franz Berwald, Henry Hugo Pierson, Sigismond Thalberg, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Hippolyte Monpou, Pietro Raimondi, Giovanni Sgambati, Hermann Goetz, and Guillaume Lekeu. For the first time their musical contributions are placed within the context of nineteenth-century musical and cultural life. |