Bruckner

Symphony No. 8

Benjamin M. Korstvedt (University of St Thomas, Minnesota)

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English

Cambridge University Press
29 May 2000

Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Orchestras

Series: Cambridge Music Handbooks

Anton Bruckner's Eighth Symphony (1890), one of the last of the great Romantic symphonies, is a grandly complex masterpiece. This book explores this many-faceted work from several angles. It documents the complicated and often misunderstood history of the symphony's composition and revision and provides an accessible guide to its musical design. It demonstrates, by means of a study of well-known recordings, how performance styles have evolved in this century. It also revisits the conventional wisdom about the various versions and editions of the symphony and comes to some provocative new conclusions.

By: Benjamin M. Korstvedt (University of St Thomas Minnesota)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 200g
ISBN: 9780521635370
ISBN 10: 0521635373
Series: Cambridge Music Handbooks
Pages: 148
Publication Date: 29 May 2000
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Professional and scholarly , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; 1. Placing the Eighth Symphony; 2. The genesis and evolution of the Eighth Symphony; 3. Symphonic design and musical logic; 4. The Adagio and the sublime; 5. The 1887 version and the 1890 version; 6. The 1892 edition, authorship, and performance practice; Appendix A. Haas's edition of the Eighth Symphony; Appendix B. Textual differences between the Finale in the 1890 version and the 1892 version.