The New Bruckner: Compositional Development and the Dynamics of Revision
- Author: Gault, Dermot
Gault is an accomplished writer. His prose is clear and pleasing, and it faces and subdues difficult concepts without misrepresenting their difficulty. In short, this is a superb book. If you... — More…
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Contents
- Contents: Preface
- Introduction
- Tradition and innovation
- Masses and early symphonies
- The emergence of the 'Bruckner symphony'
- Consolidation and revision
- Four masterpieces
- Bruckner and his disciples
- The 8th symphony
- The final decade
- Anomalies of history
- Appendix
- Select bibliography
- Index