The greatest musical prodigy since Mozart (some would say he was even
greater), Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) excelled in everything he
did, musical or otherwise, and during his brief life became Europe’s
most respected and beloved composer. Yet no musician suffered more
drastic swings in his posthumous reputation, and as a result
Mendelssohn’s music was obscured by a host of extra-musical factors:
changes in taste, the rise of nationalism, anti-Semitism, and contempt
for Victorian culture. This “owner’s manual” offers a guide to
Mendelssohn’s musical output, major and minor, providing points of
entry into a large body of work, much of which remains far too little
known. There’s much more to Mendelssohn than the “Italian”
Symphony and the “Midsummer Night’s Dream” Overture, and a whole
creative world of vivid, expressive, and fantastical music is ready
for exploration.
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ISBN
9781538134931
Publisert
2019
Utgiver
Vendor
Amadeus
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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