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Title

Listening to Mendelssohn : an owner's manual / David Hurwitz.

Author

Hurwitz, David, 1961-

Publication

• Lanham : Amadeus Press, [2020]
• ©2020

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Additional Authors

• Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847.
• Judd, James, 1949-
• Ward, Nicholas, 1952-
• Frith, Benjamin
• Stankovsky, Robert, 1964-
• Nagy, Péter, 1960-
• New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, performer.
• Štátna filharmónia (Košice, Slovakia), performer.
• Aurora String Quartet, performer.
• Northern Chamber Orchestra, performer.

Description

xix, 182 pages; 23 cm +

Summary

"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."--

Series Statement

Unlocking the masters series ; no. 31

Uniform Title

Unlocking the masters series ; no. 31.

Subjects

• Overtures
• Concertos (Piano)
• String quartets
• Concertos
• Piano music
• Sound recordings
• Symphonies
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Symphonies (String orchestra)
• Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847 > Criticism and interpretation

Genre/Form

• Concertos.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Overtures.
• Sound recordings.
• Symphonies.

Note

• With accompanying compact disc, compled from Naxos 8.570794, Naxos 8.553161, Naxos 8.550681, Naxos 8.550861, and Naxos 8. 554055.

Contents

• Felix Mendelssohn: chronological list of works -- Introduction: Getting to know Mendelssohn's music -- The baroque Mendelssohn. String symphonies, nos. 1-6 ; Selected keyboard works (organ sonatas, six preludes and fugues, three preludes and fugues ; Oratorios (St. Paul and Elijah) -- The classical Mendelssohn. String symphonies, nos. 7-9 ; Chamber music (octet, string quartets, string quintets, chamber works with piano) ; Selected keyboard works (Variations sérieuses, piano sonatas, and more) -- The romantic Mendelssohn. String symphonies, nos. 10-13 ; Symphonies for full orchestra (and one sonata) ; Selected vocal works: songs, choral music, Lobgesang, Die erste Walpurgisnacht -- The progressive Mendelssohn. Overtures and incidental music ; Concertos and solos with orchestra ; Songs without words -- Conclusion: Listening to Mendelssohn -- Track list.
• Works on accompanying CD: Overture to A midsummer night's dream -- String symphony no. 3 in E minor -- Piano concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 25 -- String quartet no. 6 in F minor, op. 80 -- Songs without words. No 27 in E minor, op. 62/3, Funeral march ; No. 29 in A minor, op. 62/5, Gondolier's song ; No 39 in A major, op. 62/6, Spring song.

Call Number

JME 20-18

ISBN

• 9781574675009
• 1574675001
• 9781538134931 (canceled/invalid)
• 1538134934 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

1101026825

Author

Hurwitz, David, 1961- author.

Title

Listening to Mendelssohn : an owner's manual / David Hurwitz.

Publisher

Lanham : Amadeus Press, [2020]

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

performed music

Type of Medium

unmediated

audio

Type of Carrier

volume

audio disc

Physical Medium

4 3/4 in.

Digital File Characteristics

audio file

CD audio

Series

Unlocking the masters series ; no. 31

Unlocking the masters series ; no. 31.

Performer

Performers on accompanying CD: Track 1: New Zealand Symphony, James Judd (cond.); Tracks 2-4: Northern Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Ward (cond.); Tracks 5-7: Benjamin Frith (piano), Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Stankovsky (cond.); Tracks 8-11: Aurora String Quartet; Tracks 12-14: Péter Nagy, (piano).

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Container of (work): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Sommernachtstraum. Ouverture.

Container of (work): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Symphonies, string orchestra, no. 3, E minor.

Container of (work): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Concertos, piano, orchestra, no. 1, op. 25, G minor.

Container of (work): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 6, op. 80, F minor.

Container of (work): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Lieder ohne Worte, piano, op. 62. Nr. 3, Trauermarsch.

Container of (work): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Lieder ohne Worte, piano, op. 62. Nr. 5, Venetianisches Gondellied.

Container of (work): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Lieder ohne Worte, piano, op. 62. Nr. 6, Frühlingslied.

Judd, James, 1949- conductor.

Ward, Nicholas, 1952- conductor.

Frith, Benjamin, instrumentalist.

Stankovsky, Robert, 1964- conductor.

Nagy, Péter, 1960- instrumentalist.

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, performer.

Štátna filharmónia (Košice, Slovakia), performer.

Aurora String Quartet, performer.

Northern Chamber Orchestra, performer.

Research Call Number

JME 20-18 [Text]

*LDC 55173 [CD]