Dvorak Cello Concerto (Cambridge Music Handbooks)
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Although Dvorák's cello concerto is enormously popular, no extended study of it has been undertaken hitherto. This book is a comprehensive study intended for concertgoers and students of this well-loved work. It considers aspects of historical background, form, virtuosity, performance and the concerto's rich personal content. This guide sees the work as a crucial means of exploring the composer's emotional life and links it intimately to the woman who was probably his first love.
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Dvor·k's Cello Concerto, composed during his second stay in America, is one of the most popular works in the orchestral repertoire. This guide explores Dvor·k's reasons for composing a concerto for an instrument which he at one time considered unsuitable for solo work, its relationship to his American period compositions and how it forms something of a bridge with his operatic interests. A particular focus is the concerto's unique qualities: why it stands apart in terms of form, melodic character and texture from the rest of Dvor·k's orchestral music. The role of the dedicatee of the work, Hanus Wihan, in its creation is also considered, as are performing traditions as they have developed in the twentieth century. In addition the guide explores the extraordinary emotional background to the work which links it intimately to the woman who was probably Dvor·k's first love.
Dvorak Cello Concerto (Cambridge Music Handbooks),Jan Smaczny,Julian Rushton,Cambridge University Press,0521669030,1841-1904,1841-1904.,B minor,Concertos,,Dvorak, Antonin,,Dvoérâak, Antonâin,,General,Genres & Styles - Classical,Music,Songbooks - Orchestral,op. 104,,violoncello, orchestra,,Composers & musicians,Dvoérâak, Antonâin,--1841-1904.--Concertos,--violoncello, orchestra,--op. 104,--B minor,Music / General,Orchestras
Dvorak Cello Concerto (Cambridge Music Handbooks)
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