Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony
Series: Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure & Interpretation;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 20 March 2003
- ISBN 9780198166535
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages256 pages
- Size 241x162x18 mm
- Weight 583 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous music examples 0
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Short description:
This is the first book-length study of the composition, reception, extramusical implications, and stylistic eclecticism of Mendelssohn's 'Italian' Symphony, a staple of the nineteenth-century musical canon. Cooper devotes extensive attention to the differences between the posthumously published familiar version of the work and the composer's revision, which remained unpublished until 2001. He presents substantial new insights into a work which many listeners and scholars have known only in the version the composer considered less successful.
MoreLong description:
Mendelssohn's posthumously published Symphony in A Major has become one of the staples of the nineteenth-century symphonic canon, and is often considered emblematic of Mendelssohn's stylistic strengths and weaknesses - yet the version by which the work has always been known is the first complete version (1833), which was rejected by the composer and rewritten by him the following year. This study documents the Symphony's complicated genesis, examines the reception history of that version, and explores the far-reaching changes incorporated in the 1834 reworking. The book concludes with chapters about the validity and implications of the traditional 'Italian' epithet and the ways in which the music of the two principal versions can shape our understanding of Mendelssohn, his music, and his significance as a cultural figure in the musical culture of the nineteenth century.
There is no doubt that this book represents a consideable scholarly achievement. It brings about a thorough 'defamiliarization' of the 'Italian' Symphony, both through the revelation of a great number of new details concerning its festation and chronology, and through the wide array of new interpretative perspectives that John Michael Cooper opens up, especially on programmatic aspects and the work's 'Italian-ness'.... All in all, this new book is indispensable to anyone with a serious interest in Mendelssohn and is strongly recommended.
Table of Contents:
Compositional Context and Critical Reception
Composition, Revision, and Early Performances
The Musical Sources
The Music and Its Revisions
An 'Italian' Symphony?
Knowing Mendelssohn
