Concise Guide To Orchestral Music

Orchestral works are the central pillars of classical music. In A Concise Guide to Orchestral Music, 1700 to the Present Day, David Fligg evaluates this great music, and explores why so many masterpieces continue to fascinate music lovers. As well as discussing individual composers, the book places orchestral music within a historical context, providing essential reading for music students, and enthusiasts of all ages.

CONTENTS

• List of Illustrations
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 – Setting the Scene
• Periods In Music
• The Orchestra
• Public Concerts
• Sonata Form
• The Symphony and Concerto
• Chapter 2 – The Eighteenth Century
• Bach, Handel and Vivaldi
• Haydn and Mozart
• Chapter 3 – The Age of Beethoven
• Chapter 4 – The Nineteenth Century (Part I)
• Schubert
• Rossini, Weber and Paganini
• Berlioz
• Mendelssohn
• Schumann
• Chopin and Liszt
• Chapter 5 – The Nineteenth Century (Part II)
• Wagner
• Bruckner
• Brahms
• Tchaikovsky
• Dvorák
• The Five and other Russians
• Other nineteenth century Romantics and Nationalists
• Chapter 6 – The Twentieth Century (Part I)
• Debussy
• Ravel
• Janácek and other Eastern European Nationalists
• Elgar
• Mahler
• Richard Strauss
• Sibelius
• Nielsen
• Rachmaninov
• Chapter 7 – The Twentieth Century (Part II)
• The Second Viennese School – Schoenberg, Berg and Webern
• Ives
• Stravinsky
• Bartók
• Other Northern Europeans and Americans
• Southern Europeans and Latin Americans
• Vaughan Williams and the British School after Elgar
• Walton, Tippett and Britten
• Messiaen and the French School after Debussy
• Prokofiev
• Hindemith
• Shostakovich
• Gershwin and the American Dream
• Copland, Carter, Barber and Bernstein
• Other Americans born before 1920
• Other Americans born after 1920
• Post-War Experimental Pioneers
• Lutoslawski, Ligeti, Penderecki, and others born before 1950
• Chapter 8 – Into the Millennium
• Suggested Further Reading
• Index