Experiencing the Violin Concerto explores the violin concerto from Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" to Bartók and beyond, the social and personal histories of unforgettable virtuosi, the wonderful instruments they played, and the audiences they conquered worldwide. As part of the Listener's Companion series, this volume gives readers an enhanced experience of key works by investigating the environments in which the works were written and first performed as well as the environments in which the works are enjoyed today.
Experiencing the Violin Concerto explores the violin concerto from Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" to Bartók and beyond, the social and personal histories of unforgettable virtuosi, the wonderful instruments they played, and the audiences they conquered worldwide. As part of the Listener's Companion series, this volume gives readers an enhanced experience of key works by investigating the environments in which the works were written and first performed as well as the environments in which the works are enjoyed today.
Franco Sciannameo is professor and associate dean for Interdisciplinary Initiatives in the College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. He is the author of Nino Rota, Federico Fellini and the Making of an Italian Cinematic Folk Opera: Amarcord (2005); Giuseppe Mazzini's Philosophy of Music: Envisioning a Social Opera (1836) (2005); Nino Rota's The Godfather Trilogy (2010), and Phil Trajetta (1777-1854), Patriot, Musician, Immigrant (2010)
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Chapter 1: In the Baroque: Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Bach's Four Harpsichords Chapter 2: Mozart - Haydn - Brunetti - Tomasini Chapter 3: Viotti and Beethoven Chapter 4: The Meteoric Paganini and His Epigones Chapter 5: At the Heart of German Romanticism: Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Bruch Chapter 6: Brahms' Violin Concerto and the End of an Era Chapter 7: In the After-Brahms: Monsters and Leprechauns Chapter 8: Pillars of Modernism: Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Berg, and Bartôk Chapter 9: Barber and Korngold, Shostakovich and...Schoenberg Chapter 10: Music without Anxieties
Chapter 1: In the Baroque: Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Bach's Four Harpsichords Chapter 2: Mozart - Haydn - Brunetti - Tomasini Chapter 3: Viotti and Beethoven Chapter 4: The Meteoric Paganini and His Epigones Chapter 5: At the Heart of German Romanticism: Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Bruch Chapter 6: Brahms' Violin Concerto and the End of an Era Chapter 7: In the After-Brahms: Monsters and Leprechauns Chapter 8: Pillars of Modernism: Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Berg, and Bartôk Chapter 9: Barber and Korngold, Shostakovich and...Schoenberg Chapter 10: Music without Anxieties
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