Beethoven's century : essays on composers and themes /: essays on composers and themes. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hugh Macdonald.
• Other Names: Macdonald, Hugh, 1940-
• Contents: Composers. Beethoven's game of cat and mouse ; Schubert's pendulum ; Paganini, Mendelssohn and Turner in Scotland ; Berlioz and Schumann ; Alkan's instruments ; Liszt the conductor ; Wolf's Wagner ; Massenet's craftsmanship ; Skryabin's conquest of time ; Janáček's narratives -- Themes. Raise your glass to French music! ; Comic opera ; Repeats ; [G-flat major, 9/8 meter] ; The musicians' arrondissement ; Les anglais ; Dr. Mephistopheles ; The prose libretto ; 'Un pays où tous sont musiciens--' ; Modernisms that failed.
• Publisher Details: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 255 pages), illustrations, maps, music
• Subjects: 780.9/034; Music -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Musique -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique; MUSIC -- History & Criticism; Música -- S.XIX; Music; Komponist; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781580467155; 1580467156; 1282894986; 9781282894983; 9786612894985; 6612894989
• Related ISBNs: 9781580462754; 1580462758
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.