Mendelssohn, the Hebrides and other overtures : a midsummer night's dream, Calm sea and prosperous voyage, the Hebrides (Fingal's cave) / by Todd, R. Larry

Table of Contents: “…Background -- Genesis -- Musical influences -- Formal considerations: a synoptic overview -- The overtures as programmatic music -- Some thoughts on Mendelssohn's orchestration -- Influence and reception of the overtures.…”
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The Viennese ballroom in the age of Beethoven / by Buurman, Erica

Table of Contents: “…The Public Ball in Viennese Musical Life, 1770-1830 -- Early Waltz Dances of the Viennese Ballroom : Transmission and Transformation in Eighteenth-Century Music and Dance -- The Minuet : Performing Aristocracy in the Viennese Ballroom -- The Contredanse : Participation and Spectatorship in the Public Ballroom -- Dance Arrangements from the Viennese stage -- Battle Waltzes : Programmatic Music in the Ballroom -- 'The Congress Dances' : The Viennese Public Ball and Court-Sponsored Festivities at the Congress of Vienna.…”
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Richard Strauss in context /

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Musical signification : essays in the semiotic theory and analysis of music /

Table of Contents: “…: Narrative strategies in El cimarrón by Hans-Werner Henze -- Narrativity and electroacoustic music -- On the sound dimension of prehistoric painted caves and rocks -- The mythical in non-programmatic music -- The symbol of the tree in musical Jugendstil -- Aspects of the “Dance of Deathâ€? …”
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Haydn and his world /

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