Mendelssohn: The Hebrides and Other Overtures
by R. Larry Todd
2021-01-01 17:15:18
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides and Other Overtures
by R. Larry Todd
2021-01-01 17:15:18
The concert overtures A Midsummer Night''s Dream, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, and The Hebrides (Fingal''s Cave), conceived by Mendelssohn before the age of twenty, have ranked among the most enduring of the nineteenth-century orchestral repertoir...
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The concert overtures A Midsummer Night''s Dream, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, and The Hebrides (Fingal''s Cave), conceived by Mendelssohn before the age of twenty, have ranked among the most enduring of the nineteenth-century orchestral repertoire. R. Larry Todd offers a historical, stylistic, and analytical guide to these three remarkable works. His clearly structured and accessible text is supported by a wealth of primary documents, including Mendelssohn''s correspondence, memoirs of his friends, and nineteenth-century critical reviews.
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