Sinopsis
Unlock the history and craft of the symphony through a focused, student‑friendly study.
This practical course examines how great symphonic music develops from its origins to later movements. It centers on form, style, and content, helping readers grasp why composers shape themes, rhythms, and orchestration the way they do. Through clear explanations and musical illustrations, you’ll see how ideas move from early experiments to expansive, epic works.
Designed for serious study, the book guides you to ask big questions about a composition’s structure and meaning, rather than simply cataloging events. It invites readers to engage with the music on its own terms and to explore how a symphony expresses life, truth, and inner experience.
- Explore origins, precursors, and the evolution of symphonic form from Haydn to Brahms and beyond.
- Learn how themes, counterpoint, rhythm, and tone color create structure and expression.
- Examine major works and their movements through guided analysis and musical illustrations.
- Compare different composers’ approaches to epic and neo‑classic symphonies, and discover the literature’s central questions.
Ideal for students, teachers, and curious readers seeking a clear, nontechnical path into symphonic study.
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The Symphony is the thing now, and when we have learned how it is built, it opens the way to an intelligent knowledge of all other great forms.
The text is as untechnical as possible, the references extremely helpful; and the numerous Music Clubs over the country desiring a Course of Study will find it to their advantage to secure this book.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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This book - "The Development of Symphonic Music", by Thomas Whitney Surette - is the first of a series which the National Federation of Musical Clubs will offer to the music students of America.
The "Course of Study" - of which this is the initial book - is designed to meet the present needs of music students and those who desire to understand and appreciate concert programs, even though they may not be performers. The majority of concert-goers do not care to delve into music history; they wish to understand the present day program which is frequently available to them. If the concert programs of today are made clear, an interest is excited and one is stimulated to further study. Research work comes later.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book traces the evolution of symphonic music from its earliest origins in vocal counterpoint and medieval song. The author argues that counterpoint and harmony, crucial elements of symphonies, were nurtured by independent experiments in vocal music in the 16th and 17th centuries. The book also examines the different forms of composition that preceded the symphony, including the sonata and the fugue, and explores the influence that folk songs had on the development of symphonic themes. A detailed analysis of various compositions, including works by Palestrina, Purcell, Bach, and Beethoven, illustrates the author's points and showcases the depth of insight in this work. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781330130292_0
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