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The Concerto
A Listener's Guide
Michael Steinberg
OUP USA
522 pages | numerous music examples | 234x156mm
978-0-19-510330-4 | Hardback | 28 January 1999
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A wonderfully informative look at the standard concerto repertory
Michael Steinberg's 1996 volume
The Symphony: A Reader's Guide
received glowing reviews across America. It was hailed as "wonderfully clear...recommended warmly to music lovers on all levels" (
Washington Post
), "informed and thoughtful" (
Chicago Tribune
), and "composed by a master stylist" (
San Francisco Chronicle
). Seiji Ozawa wrote that "his beautiful and effortless prose speaks from the heart." Michael Tilson Thomas called
The Symphony
"an essential book for any concertgoer."
Now comes the companion volume—
The Concerto: A Listener's Guide
. In this marvelous book, 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, Dvora'k, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Elgar, Sibelius, Strauss, and Rachmaninoff. The book also provides luminous introductions to the achievement of twentieth-century masters such as Arnold Schoenberg, Be'la Barto'k, Igor Stravinsky, Alban Berg, Paul Hindemith, Sergei Prokofiev, Aaron Copland, and Elliott Carter. Steinberg examines the work of these musical giants with unflagging enthusiasm and bright style. He is a master of capturing the expressive, dramatic, and emotional values of the music and of conveying the historical and personal context in which these wondrous works were composed. His writing blends impeccable scholarship, deeply felt love of music, and entertaining whimsy.
The specification in this catalogue, including without limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations, and month of publication, was as accurate as possible at the time the catalogue was compiled. Occasionally, due to the nature of some contractual restrictions, we are unable to ship a specific product to a particular territory. Jacket images are provisional and liable to change before publication.
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