The Concerto: A Listener's Guide Hardcover - 1998
by Michael Steinberg
The author of the widely acclaimed "The Symphony" offers a wonderfully informative look at the standard concerto repertory, covering 122 works from Bach to John Adams. 23 music examples.
From the rear cover
In this book, Michael Steinberg discusses over 120 works, ranging from Johann Sebastian Bach in the 1720s to John Adams in 1994. Readers will find here the heart of the standard repertory, among them Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, eighteen of Mozart's piano concertos, all the concertos of Beethoven and Brahms, and major works by Mendelssohn, Schumann, Liszt, Bruch, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Elgar, Sibelius, Strauss, and Rachmaninoff. The book also provides luminous introductions to the achievement of twentieth-century masters such as Arnold Schoenberg, Bela Bartok, Igor Stravinsky, Alban Berg, Paul Hindemith, Sergei Prokofiev, Aaron Copland, and Elliott Carter.
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- Title The Concerto: A Listener's Guide
- Author Michael Steinberg
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition, F
- Pages 528
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY
- Date 1998-10-15
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
- ISBN 9780195103304 / 0195103300
- Weight 1.97 lbs (0.89 kg)
- Dimensions 9.47 x 6.42 x 1.57 in (24.05 x 16.31 x 3.99 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Concerto
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97-42678
- Dewey Decimal Code 784.230
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Citations
- Library Journal, 11/01/1998, Page 86
- Publishers Weekly, 09/07/1998, Page 74
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