Masterworks of the Orchestral Repertoire: A Guide for ListenersU of Minnesota Press, 1968 M03 4 - 688 pages Masterworks of the Orchestral Repertoire was first published in 1968. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The fullest enjoyment of an orchestral performance or a record concert comes with a background of knowledge about the music itself. This handbook is designed to help music lovers get the ultimate pleasure from their listening by providing them with that background about a large portion of the orchestral repertoire. Professor Ferguson analyzes and interprets the most important classical symphonies, overtures, and concertos, as well as selected orchestral works of modern composers. He goes beyond a conventional analysis of structure since he believes (with a majority of the music-loving public) that great music is actually a communication -- that it expresses significant emotions. The great composers, on their own testimony, have striven not merely to create perfect forms but to interpret human experience. Mingled with the analyses, then, the reader will find comments on the expressive purport of the music. For twenty-five years Professor Ferguson has supplied the program notes for the subscription concerts of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, and this volume is an outgrowth of that activity. In preparing the material for book publication, however, he studied the musical compositions anew, and the resulting chapters provide a much deeper exploration of the musical subjects than did the program notes. The themes of important works are illustrated by musical notations, and a brief glossary explains technical terms. |
Contents
A WORD TO THE READER | 3 |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 16851750 | 10 |
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 |
660 | |
Other editions - View all
Masterworks of the Orchestral Repertoire: A Guide for Listeners Donald Nivison Ferguson Limited preview - 1954 |
Masterworks of the Orchestral Repertoire: A Guide for Listeners Donald Nivison Ferguson No preview available - 1954 |