MUSI 004B: The Symphony (SC)

2013. Julian Horton (Editor) "Few genres of the last 250 years have proved so crucial to the course of music history, or so vital to public musical experience, as the symphony. This Companion offers an accessible guide to the historical, analytical and interpretative issues surrounding this major genre of Western music, discussing an extensive variety of works from the eighteenth century to the present day. The book complements a detailed review of the symphony's history with focused analytical essays from leading scholars on the symphonic music of both mainstream composers, including Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven and lesser-known figures, including Carter, Berio and Maxwell Davies. With chapters on a comprehensive range of topics, from the symphony's origins to the politics of its reception in the twentieth century, this is an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in the history, analysis and performance of the symphonic repertoire."

1995, 2nd ed. Louise E. Cuyler. "An introduction in 230 pages, with numerous musical examples and formal charts for selected works. Includes a glossary. Focuses on commonly performed symphonies to the detriment of the early symphony and of works composed after World War II. Originally published in 1973."

1995. Robert Layton (editor). "The evolution of the symphony is one of the greatest achievements of the Western musical mind. Its 250-year history--how it began to challenge the traditional superiority of vocal music to eventually become regarded as one of the most fulfilling genres in music--is rich and fascinating. From the early symphonies of seventeenth century through the greatest symphonist of all, Beethoven, to the present day, A Guide to the Symphony is a comprehensive and readable guide for anyone who listens to classical music at concerts, on disc, or on the radio. Here, Robert Layton and an international team of scholars present a detailed guide to the history of symphony following its growth and development up to the age of Beethoven, and charting its divergent course in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries throughout the world. Among the distinguished contributors, each a specialist in his own field, are H.C. Robbins Landon, well known for his regular television appearances throughout Britain and his many books on Mozart and Haydn; David Brown, the world's leading authority on Tchaikovsky and nineteenth-century Russian music; Richard Osborne, presenter of the BBC's Saturday Review, biographer of Gioachino Rossini and acclaimed Beethoven expert; and Robert Layton himself, Britain's leading authority on Scandinavian music. Every major symphonist is covered, including such greats as Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Anton Bruckner, Gustav Mahler Jean Sibelius, and Carl Nielsen. With nearly 120 musical examples, and a list of over 500 recommended recordings, A Guide to the Symphony is must reading for any serious music lover. Whether you want a fresh view of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony or Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, an assessment of Schumann's contributions to the symphony, or an introduction to more forbidding composers like Henze and Tippett, this informative and accessible work will guide, illuminate, and stimulate."

1995. Michael Steinberg. "From the agile beauty of Mozart's "Jupiter" and the fierce power of Beethoven's Fifth to the celebration of heroism in Shostakovich's "Leningrad," the symphony has long held a prime place in the Western musical pantheon. Now, in The Symphony, renowned teacher and critic Michael Steinbergoffers music lovers a monumental guide to this most celebrated of musical forms, with perceptive commentaries on some 118 works by 36 major composers.Enriched by biographical detail, historical background, musical examples, and many finely nuanced observations, this volume is a treasury of insight and information. Readers will find illuminating discussion of the complete symphonies of Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Elgar, Sibelius, and Mahler, aswell as of the most loved symphonic works of Schubert, Bruckner, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Vaughan Williams, Prokofiev, and others. We learn, for example, how to listen more sharply for Haydn's humor, to Mozart's singular combination of pathos with grace, and to the evolution of Beethoven's musical ideasin his epoch-making nine symphones. The range and variety of composers are remarkable--Schumann's musical poetry, Tchaikovsky's melodic genius, Mendelssohn's patrician elegance, Mahler's wild and beautiful innovations, Bruckner's mighty cathedrals in tone, the brooding mysteries of Sibelius,Stravinsky's fascinating engagements with the past, and Aaron Copland's ebullient American athleticism--and all are illuminated by Steinberg's deft, inviting, and intensely personal essays. The book boasts generous coverage of American composers, with sections on Howard Hanson, Walter Piston, RogerSessions, Aaron Copland, William Schuman, and John Harbison. Steinberg gives us such a vivid portrait of each composer's personality that we get the most immediate sense of how the work is a direct expression of the person from whose soul and brain it has sprung.Tracing the ways in which composers have dealt with the extraordinary musical challenges that have engaged them throughout the centuries, Steinberg takes us through the revolutions of expression, sound, and form that have shaped the symphony's remarkable history. Whether beginners or veterans,music lovers will listen to the symphony with enlivened interest and deeper understanding with Steinberg's masterful guide in hand.

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