A Companion to the concerto / edited by Robert Layton.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Christopher Helm, ©1988.Description: xiv, 369 p. : xiv, 369 p. : 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780747020066
  • 074702006X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 21 784.186 LAY
Contents:
1. The Baroque Concerto / Nicholas Anderson -- 2. The Pre-Classical Concerto and the Concerto Parallel to Mozart / H.C.Robbins Landon -- 3. Mozart and the Concerto / Denis Matthews -- 4. Beethoven and the Concerto / Robert Simpson -- 5. The Concerto after Beethoven : (i) The Virtuoso Concerto / Christopher Headington -- (ii) The Symphonic Concerto / Joan Chissell -- 6. The Concerto in Pre-Revolutionary Russia / David Brown -- 7. Russia after 1917 / Robert Layton -- 8. The Concerto in France / Lionel Salter -- 9. The Concerto in the Nordic lands / Robert Layton -- 10. The Concerto in Modern Times : (i) Four Romantics - Reger, Pfitzner, Schmidt and Korngold / Harold Truscott -- (ii) Central Europe in the Twentieth Century / Arnold Whittall -- (iii) Italy, Spain and Latin America / Christopher Headington -- 11. The American Concerto / Peter Dickinson -- 12. The Concerto in Britain / Michael Kennedy.
Summary: "An illustrated survey of the growth and development of the concerto from its origins in the 17th century to the present day. Written by a team of international scholars and music critics, it is designed as a reference work for all who wish to expand their knowledge of the concerto repertoire." -- WORLDCAT
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Includes index.

Includes bibliography (p. 350) and select discography (p. 351- p. 362.)

1. The Baroque Concerto / Nicholas Anderson -- 2. The Pre-Classical Concerto and the Concerto Parallel to Mozart / H.C.Robbins Landon -- 3. Mozart and the Concerto / Denis Matthews -- 4. Beethoven and the Concerto / Robert Simpson -- 5. The Concerto after Beethoven : (i) The Virtuoso Concerto / Christopher Headington -- (ii) The Symphonic Concerto / Joan Chissell -- 6. The Concerto in Pre-Revolutionary Russia / David Brown -- 7. Russia after 1917 / Robert Layton -- 8. The Concerto in France / Lionel Salter -- 9. The Concerto in the Nordic lands / Robert Layton -- 10. The Concerto in Modern Times : (i) Four Romantics - Reger, Pfitzner, Schmidt and Korngold / Harold Truscott -- (ii) Central Europe in the Twentieth Century / Arnold Whittall -- (iii) Italy, Spain and Latin America / Christopher Headington -- 11. The American Concerto / Peter Dickinson -- 12. The Concerto in Britain / Michael Kennedy.

"An illustrated survey of the growth and development of the concerto from its origins in the 17th century to the present day. Written by a team of international scholars and music critics, it is designed as a reference work for all who wish to expand their knowledge of the concerto repertoire." -- WORLDCAT

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