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The German Symphony Between Beethoven and Brahms
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Christopher Fifield |
It was Carl Dahlhaus who coined the phrase "dead time" to describe the state of the symphony between Schumann and Brahms. Christopher Fifield argues that many of the symphonies dismissed by Dahlhaus … |
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The second golden age of the Viennese symphony
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A. Peter Brown |
"Central to the repertoire of Western art music since the eighteenth century, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultimate compositional challenges. Surprisingly, there has heretofore … |
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Leningrad
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Brian Moynahan |
Places the composition of Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony and its 1942 performance during the siege of Leningrad in the context of the city's intellectual and social life and its sufferings from Stal… |
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