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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820506103321

Autore

Sanders Donald C. <1949->

Titolo

Experiencing Schumann : a listener's companion / / Donald Sanders

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4422-4004-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

The Listener's Companion

Disciplina

780.92

Soggetti

Music - 19th century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Timeline; Introduction; 1 The Poet's Life; 2 Music for Solo Piano; 3 The Songs; 4 The Chamber Music; 5 The Orchestral Works; 6 The Narrative Works; Notes; Glossary; Selected Reading; Selected Listening; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Music scholar Donald Sander's chronicles Schumann's life and his work, analyzing the most significant and widely performed compositions from each of the major genres in which Schumann composed. As part of the Listener's Companion series, this volume gives readers an enhanced experience of key works by exploring the environments in which the works were written and first performed as well as the environments in which the works are enjoyed today.