From the agile beauty of Mozart's 'Jupiter' and the fierce power of Beethoven's Fifth to the celebration of heroism in Shostakovich's 'Leningrad,' the symphony has long held a prime place in the Western musical pantheon. Now, in The Symphony, renowned teacher and critic Michael Steinberg offers music lovers a monumental guide to this most celebrated of musical forms, with perceptive commentaries on some 118 works by 36 major composers. Tracing the ways in which composers have dealt with the extraordinary musical challenges ...
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From the agile beauty of Mozart's 'Jupiter' and the fierce power of Beethoven's Fifth to the celebration of heroism in Shostakovich's 'Leningrad,' the symphony has long held a prime place in the Western musical pantheon. Now, in The Symphony, renowned teacher and critic Michael Steinberg offers music lovers a monumental guide to this most celebrated of musical forms, with perceptive commentaries on some 118 works by 36 major composers. Tracing the ways in which composers have dealt with the extraordinary musical challenges that have engaged them throughout the centuries, Steinberg takes us through the revolutions of expression, sound, and form that have shaped the symphony's remarkable history.
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Fair. The pages show normal wear and tear. There is some crinkling to some of the pages possibly from water Pages are clean! The dust jacket shows normal wear and tear. There is staining on the text block edges The binding is split in the middle of the text but all pages are intact Fast Shipping-Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!
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Very Good in Good jacket. Minor wear & soiling to binding. Price clipped dj lightly worn with small tears, scuffing & scratches. Dust Jacket protected by mylar cover.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Jacket and boards have only light wear. Pages are clean, binding is sound. Prior owner was a music professor, 5 pages have pencil markings.
