Stories of
SYMPHONIC MUSIC
A GUIDE TO THE MEANING OF IMPORTANT
SYMPHONIES, OVERTURES, AND
TONE-POEMS FROM BEETHOVEN
TO THE PRESENT DAY
BY
LAWRENCE GILMAN
AUTHOR OF
"PHASES OF MODERN MUSIC"
"THE MUSIC OF TO-MORROW" ETC.
NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
MCMVII
Copyright, 1907, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
All rights reserved.
Published October, 1907.
TO
E. W. G.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| PREFACE | xi |
| THE ORCHESTRA AS POET, PAINTER, AND DRAMATIST | 1 |
| BANTOCK | |
| TONE-POEM, "THE WITCH OF ATLAS" | 11 |
| Prelude, "Sappho" | 15 |
| BEETHOVEN | |
| Symphony No. 3, "Eroica" | 19 |
| Overture to "Coriolanus" | 24 |
| Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral" | 25 |
| Overture to "Egmont" | 27 |
| BERLIOZ | |
| Overture to "King Lear" | 31 |
| Fantastic Symphony | 34 |
| Symphony, "Harold in Italy" | 36 |
| BIZET | |
| Suite from "L'Arlésienne" | 43 |
| CHADWICK | |
| Overture, "Melpomene" | 49 |
| Overture, "Adonais" | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |