The Romantic Overture and Musical Form from Rossini to Wagner (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107163195)

In this book Steven Vande Moortele offers a comprehensive account of operatic and concert overtures in continental Europe between 1815 and 1850. Discussing a broad range of works by German, French, and Italian composers, it is at once an investigation of the Romantic overture within the context of mid-nineteenth century musical culture and an analytical study that focuses on aspects of large-scale formal organization in the overture genre. While the book draws extensively upon the recent achievements of the 'new Formenlehre', it does not use the overture merely as a vehicle for a theory of romantic form, but rather takes an analytical approach that engages with individual works in their generic context.

Author: Steven Vande Moortele
ISBN-10: 1107163196
ISBN-13: 9781107163195
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/27/2017
Pages: 302
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.49lbs
Size: 10.23h x 7.04w x 0.78d