The Symphonic Repertoire, Volume III Part a: The European Symphony from Ca. 1800 to Ca. 1930: Germany and the Nordic Countries

The third volume to appear in the magnum opus of A. Peter Brown takes as its topic the European symphony ca. 1800-ca. 1930 and is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the symphonies of Germany and the Nordic countries and discusses in great detail the symphonies of Weber, Spohr, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Lindblad, Berwald, Svendsen, Gade, Nielsen, Sibelius, Berlioz, Liszt, Raff, and Strauss. Volume 3B will examine the symphonies of Great Britain, Russia, and France during the same period. Brown's series synthesizes an enormous amount of scholarly literature in a wide range of languages. It presents current overviews of the status of research, discusses important former or remaining problems of attribution, illuminates the style of specific works and their contexts, and samples early writings on their reception.

Table of Contents:
List of Plates List of Tables Preface to the Series Preface to Volume III Postscript Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Orchestral Instrumentation Identification of the Works Volume III Part A: Germany and the Nordic Countries Section One—The German Classic/Romantic Symphony from ca. 1800 to 1857 Chapter One—After Beethoven: Leipzig as the Epicenter of the Symphony Chapter Two—The Symphonies of Carl Maria von Weber and Richard Wagner: Two Symphonic Chapter Three—The Symphonies of Louis Spohr Chapter Four—The Symphonies of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Chapter Five—The Symphonies of Robert Schumann Section Two—The Symphony in Northern Europe Chapter Six—The Symphony in Nineteenth-Century Sweden Chapter Seven—The Symphony in Norway Chapter Eight—The Symphony in Denmark from ca. 1830 to ca. 1925 Chapter Nine—The Symphony in Finland from ca. 1850 to 1936 Section Three—The Avant-Garde/New School Symphonists Chapter Ten—Hector Berlioz Chapter Eleven—Franz Liszt Chapter Twelve—Joachim Raff Chapter Thirteen—Richard Strauss Notes Bibliography of Works Cited Index Index of Works Volume III Part B: Great Britain, Russia, France Section Four—The British Symphony Chapter Fourteen—The Symphony in Great Britain: From Potter to Elgar The Symphonic Milieu from ca. 1800 to ca. 1850 The Symphonic Milieu from ca. 1850 to 1912 Section Five—The Russian Symphony Chapter Fifteen—The Symphony in Russia: From Glinka to Rachmaninoff Section Six—The French Symphony Chapter Sixteen—The French Symphony after Berlioz: From the Second Empire to the First World War Introduction: The Symphony in Mid-Century Between Saint-Saëns's Second and Third: The "Revival" of Instrumental Music after 1870French Symphonies after 1885: Classical and Romantic Camps Between the Mountain Air and d'Indy's Second: The Symphony at the Turn of the Century Notes Bibliography of Works Cited Index Index of Works

About the Author :
A. Peter Brown (1943–2003) joined the faculty of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in 1974 and was professor of musicology and department chair at the time of his death. The author of more than 80 published articles and reviews, Brown was especially known for his scholarship on Joseph Haydn.

Review :
"When complete, this series will be the most exhaustive study available of the symphony in the Western tradition. This release shares with its predecessors (v. 2, CH, Apr'03, 40-4510; v. 4, CH, Mar'04, 41-3953; v.3, part B, CH, Sep'08, 46-0179) a brilliance of detail. Like the earlier releases, this volume provides complete analyses of each symphony, details of first performances, and rich bibliographic resources. Moreover, Brown (who died before part B of this volume was complete) discusses formal and technical detail in a comparative way, placing each work in the context not only of its composer, but of time and place. Examining areas of compositional creativity other than Vienna (volumes 2 and 4 concern the rich Viennese tradition), Brown analyzes the works of Franz Berwald, Joachim Raff, Mikhail Glinka and other relative unknowns and also calls attention to the influence of Mendelssohn (as mentor) and Rachmaninoff (as contrapuntalist). Written with wry good humor, this scholarly volume uncovers a rich world of previously under-appreciated masterpieces. Serious students of music—whether student, performer, conductor, or avid listener—will find this latest volume in this masterful series both informative and readable. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers."—M. Neil, Augustana College (IL), Choice, November 2008 "This work is highly recommended for all larger public and academic libraries, and smaller libraries with specialized music collections. . . . conductors, musicologists, and others connected with symphonic music would certainly benefit from having these volumes in their libraries."—Robert L. Wick, American Reference Books Annual "Written with wry good humor, this scholarly volume uncovers a rich world of previously under-appreciated masterpieces. Serious students of music—whether student, performer, conductor, or avid listener—will find this latest volume in this masterful series both informative and readable. . . . Essential.November 2008"—M. Neil, Augustana College (IL)