Dvořák, cello concerto / Jan Smaczny.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smaczny, Jan, author.

Series:

Cambridge music handbooks.

Cambridge music handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Concertos--cello, orchestra--op. 104--B minor.

Dvořák, Antonín.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 120 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dvorák's Cello Concerto, composed during his second stay in America, is one of the most popular works in the orchestral repertoire. This guide explores Dvorák's reasons for composing a concerto for an instrument which he at one time considered unsuitable for solo work, its relationship to his American period compositions and how it forms something of a bridge with his operatic interests. A particular focus is the concerto's unique qualities: why it stands apart in terms of form, melodic character and texture from the rest of Dvorák's orchestral music. The role of the dedicatee of the work, Hanus Wihan, in its creation is also considered, as are performing traditions as they have developed in the twentieth century. In addition the guide explores the extraordinary emotional background to the work which links it intimately to the woman who was probably Dvorák's first love.

Contents:

1. Dvořák and the cello

2. Preludes to the Concerto

3. The Concerto and Dvořák's 'American manner'

4. 'Decisions and revisions': sketch and compositional process

5. The score I: forms and melodies

6. The score II: interpretations

7. Performers and performances

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-114), discography (p. 115), and index.

ISBN:

9780511086786

0511086784

9781107117808

1107117801

9780511006371

0511006373

9781280420788

1280420782

9780511172069

0511172060

9780511149979

0511149972

9780511309946

0511309945

9780511605697

0511605692

9780511048524

0511048521

OCLC:

430887951

Publisher Number:

2027/heb07613 hdl