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The Cambridge Companion to Bruckner: (Cambridge Companions to Music)
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John Williamson (Contributor)
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This Companion provides an overview of the composer Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). Sixteen chapters by leading scholars investigate aspects of his life and works and consider the manner in which critical appreciation has changed in the twentieth century. The first section deals with Bruckner's Austrian background, investigating the historical circumstances in which he worked, his upbringing in Upper Austria, and his career in Vienna. A number of misunderstandings are dealt with in the light of recent research. The remainder of the book covers Bruckner's career as church musician and symphonist, with a chapter on the neglected secular vocal music. Religious, aesthetic, formal, harmonic, and instrumental aspects are considered, while one chapter confronts the problem of the editions of the symphonies. Two concluding chapters discuss the symphonies in performance, and the history of Bruckner-reception with particular reference to German Nationalism, the Third Reich and the appropriation of Bruckner by the Nazis. 36 Printed music items; 3 Tables, unspecified
About the Author
John Williamson is Reader in Music at the University of Liverpool. He is author of The Music of Hans Pfitzner (1992) and the Cambridge Music Handbook Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra (1993).
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- Contributor: John Williamson
- Imprint: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN13: 9780521804042
- Number of Pages: 328
- Packaged Dimensions: 178x254x19mm
- Packaged Weight: 790
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Release Date: 2004-07-15
- Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: John Williamson is Reader in Music at the University of Liverpool. He is author of The Music of Hans Pfitzner (1992) and the Cambridge Music Handbook Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra (1993).
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