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7) The symphony
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The two-hundred-year development of the symphonic form is traced through a discussion of representative compositions from each period. Narrative covers background and heritage of the classical symphony in Austria and Germany; developments from 1780 to 1914; and the evolution of the symphony in the twentieth century from an international perspective. The student and scholar will find this text rich with illustrations and musical examples. -- Amazon.com....
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"Using the composer's own sketches, and a thorough knowledge of his orchestral style, Remo Mazetti [sic], Jr.'s reconstruction of Mahler's 10th Symphony, in its world premiere recording, gives us a vision of how this extraordinary work might sound if Mahler had lived to complete it."--Container insert
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Neil Butterworth surveys the development of the symphony in the United States from early European influences in the last century to the present day, and asks why American composers have shown such allegiance to a musical form which their European contemporaries appear to have discarded.
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