Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the Symphony
- Series page
- The Cambridge Companion to The Symphony
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables and figures
- Musical examples
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: understanding the symphony
- Part I Historical overview of the genre
- Part II Studies in symphonic analysis
- Part III Performance, reception and genre
- 13 The symphony and the classical orchestra
- 14 Beethoven’s shadow: the nineteenth century
- 15 The symphony as programme music
- 16 ‘Symphonies of the free spirit’: the Austro-German symphony in early Soviet Russia
- 17 The symphony in Britain: guardianship and renewal
- 18 The symphony, the modern orchestra and the performing canon
- Bibliography
- Index
13 - The symphony and the classical orchestra
from Part III - Performance, reception and genre
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2013
- The Cambridge Companion to the Symphony
- Series page
- The Cambridge Companion to The Symphony
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables and figures
- Musical examples
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: understanding the symphony
- Part I Historical overview of the genre
- Part II Studies in symphonic analysis
- Part III Performance, reception and genre
- 13 The symphony and the classical orchestra
- 14 Beethoven’s shadow: the nineteenth century
- 15 The symphony as programme music
- 16 ‘Symphonies of the free spirit’: the Austro-German symphony in early Soviet Russia
- 17 The symphony in Britain: guardianship and renewal
- 18 The symphony, the modern orchestra and the performing canon
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Cambridge Companion to the Symphony , pp. 313 - 328Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013