| Description |
xiv, 315 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to music
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Cambridge companions to music.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-300) and index. |
| Contents |
Mendelssohn as border-dweller / Peter Mercer-Taylor -- Mendelssohn and the institution(s) of German art music / Peter Mercer-Taylor -- Mendelssohn and Judaism / Michael P. Steinberg -- Felix and Fanny : gender, biography, and history / Marian Wilson Kimber -- Mendelssohn and the rise of musical historicism / James Garratt -- Mendelssohn as progressive / Greg Vitercik -- Symphony and overture / Douglass Seaton -- The works for solo instrument(s) and orchestra / Steve Lindeman -- Mendelssohn's chamber music / Thomas Schmidt-Beste -- The music for keyboard / Glenn Stanley -- On Mendelssohn's sacred music, real and imaginary / R. Larry Todd -- Mendelssohn's songs / Susan Youens -- Felix Mendelssohn's dramatic compositions : from Liederspiel to Lorelei / Monika Hennemann -- Mendelssohn received / John Michael Cooper -- Wagner as Mendelssohn : reversing habits and reclaiming meaning in the performance of Mendelssohn's music for orchestra and chorus / Leon Botstein. |
| Subject |
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847.
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Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. |
| Added Author |
Mercer-Taylor, Peter Jameson.
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| ISBN |
0521826039 hardback |
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0521533422 paperback |
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