Gustav Mahler: The Symphonies - Rilegato

Floros, Constantin; Wicker, Vernon

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1859280285 ISBN 13: 9781859280287

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1994

Riassunto

Constantin Floros undertakes a precise and detailed exploration of each of Mahler's ten symphonies and Das Lied von der Erde, bringing to light for the first time various aspects of the works. Professor Floros examines their history and autobiographical origins and discusses the events that profoundly influenced the composer's symphonic writing. The compositional techniques employed by Mahler in each symphony are analysed and related to stylistic and semantic aspects to decode the composer's symbolic musical language. The author is thus able to identify certain basic qualities of these works: tragic irony, the sense of the grotesque, and the affirmation of Mahler's belief both in life after death and the power of love to transcend death. Understanding this language leads to a more profound understanding of Mahler the symphonist.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Constantin Floros, translated into the English by Vernon Wicker

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1859280285
• ISBN 13: 9781859280287
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 368