Masterworks of the Orchestral Repertoire: A Guide for ListenersU of Minnesota Press, 1954 - 662 pages |
Contents
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BELA BARTOK 18811945 | 27 |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 17701827 | 38 |
HECTOR BERLIOZ 18031869 | 115 |
GEORGES BIZET 18381875 | 128 |
ERNEST BLOCH b 1880 | 131 |
ALEXANDER BORODIN 18341887 | 134 |
FELIX MENDELSSOHNBARTHOLDY 18091847 | 363 |
DARIUS MILHAUD b 1892 | 378 |
MODEST MOUSSORGSKY 18351881 | 381 |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 17561791 | 385 |
WALTER PISTON b 1894 | 418 |
SERGE PROKOFIEFF 18911953 | 422 |
SERGEI VASSILIEVITCH RACHMANINOFF 18731943 | 436 |
MAURICE RAVEL 18751937 | 443 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS 18331897 | 138 |
ANTON BRUCKNER 18241896 | 175 |
ERNEST AMEDÉE CHAUSSON 18551890 | 206 |
LUIGI CHERUBINI 17601842 | 210 |
FRANÇOIS FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN 18101849 | 213 |
AARON COPLAND b 1900 | 217 |
CLAUDE ACHILLE DEBUSSY 18621918 | 224 |
PAUL DUKAS 18651935 | 228 |
ANTONIN DVOŘÁK 18411904 | 231 |
EDWARD ELGAR 18571934 | 242 |
MANUEL DE FALLA 18771946 | 246 |
CÉSAR FRANCK 18221890 | 250 |
EDVARD HAGERUP GRIEG 18431907 | 257 |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL 16851759 | 260 |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN 17321809 | 264 |
PAUL HINDEMITH b 1895 | 288 |
ARTHUR HONEGGER b 1892 | 299 |
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY b 1882 | 302 |
ERNST KŘENEK b 1900 | 305 |
EDOUARD LALO 18231892 | 311 |
GUSTAV MAHLER 18601911 | 314 |
MAX REGER 18731916 | 452 |
OTTORINO RESPIGHI 18791935 | 457 |
NICOLAS ANDREIVITCH RIMSKYKORSAKOFF 18441908 | 461 |
CHARLES CAMILLE SAINTSAËNS 18351921 | 466 |
FLORENT SCHMITT b 1870 | 471 |
ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG 18741953 | 473 |
FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT 17971828 | 480 |
ROBERT SCHUMANN 18101856 | 501 |
DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH b 1906 | 525 |
JAN JULIUS CHRISTIAN SIBELIUS b 1865 | 532 |
RICHARD STRAUSS 18641949 | 560 |
IGOR STRAVINSKY b 1882 | 578 |
PETER ILJITCH TCHAIKOVSKY 18401893 | 586 |
RICHARD WAGNER 18131883 | 604 |
WILLIAM WALTON b 1902 | 628 |
CARL MARIA VON WEBER 17861826 | 632 |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS b 1872 | 639 |
GLOSSARY | 649 |
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Other editions - View all
Masterworks of the Orchestral Repertoire: A Guide for Listeners Donald N. Ferguson Limited preview - 1968 |
Masterworks of the Orchestral Repertoire: A Guide for Listeners Donald Nivison Ferguson No preview available - 1954 |
Common terms and phrases
accompaniment Adagio Allegretto Allegro Andante appears arpeggio bars basses bassoon Beethoven begins Brahms Bruckner cadenza celli character chords clarinet climax closing subject Coda composer composer's composition concerto continuation contrast D major D minor dance descending dominant English horn episode exposition F major figure Finale flat major flute follows fugue G minor harmony Haydn heard hint horns instruments last movement lyrical main theme melody ment Menuetto moderato modulation molto motive Mozart notes oboe octave opening opera orchestra Overture passage performed phrase piano piece pizzicato played presently principal theme quiet recapitulation returns rhythm rhythmic rising scale Scherzo Schubert Schumann second movement second subject second theme seems sense shown slow movement solo sonata form song sonorous staccato strain strings suggested Symphony tempo thematic theme Quot third thought tion tone tonic Trio triplet trombones trumpets tune variation violas violins vivace voice Wagner whole wood winds