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Symphony in A major / Leopold Damrosch ; edited by Kati Agócs.
- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Damrosch, Leopold, 1832-1885, composer.
- Series:
- Recent researches in American music ; 54.
- Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.
- Recent researches in American music ; 54
- Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573
- Standardized Title:
- Symphony, A major
- Language:
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Symphonies--United States--19th century--Scores.
- Symphonies.
- Genre:
- Symphonies.
- Scores.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 score (xx, 200 pages, 7 pages of plates)) : facsimiles.
- Place of Publication:
- Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2019.
- Summary:
- "This edition is the first publication of the Symphony in A Major by Leopold Damrosch (1832-85), composed in 1878 in New York. The patriarch of a family that created the foundations for classical music in America, Damrosch held positions in illustrious musical institutions of his native Germany and the respect of such figures as Liszt and Wagner prior to his 1871 immigration to the United States. Distinguished composer and renowned violinist, Damrosch was also a conductor who acted as a "missionary" for modern music by premiering important European works in America. The symphony is one of several symphonic compositions by Damrosch, including two violin concertos and the oratorio A Scriptural Idyll: Ruth and Naomi. Damrosch writes in the international symphonic idiom of the late 1870s, reflecting Beethoven's influence in his scherzo while incorporating the chromatic voice leading of the "modernist" school. Thus the symphony occupies a fascinating position between Austro-German symphonic tradition and the New World." -- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Edited from the manuscript in the Lila Acheson Wallace Library of the Juilliard School (call no. 31D88syBxB002f5).
- Includes preface, biographical information, critical commentary, and facsimile of a letter from Franz Liszt to the composer, 1857, with facsimile of typed English translation.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed July 3, 2019).
- OCLC:
- 1109945555
- Publisher Number:
- A054 A-R Editions, Inc.
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