The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of
Western Music is the eminent musicologist Richard Taruskin's
provocative, erudite telling of the story of Western music from its
earliest days to the present. Each book in this superlative five-volume
set illuminates-through a representative sampling of masterworks-the
themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to a
significant period in the history of Western music.
In Music in
the Nineteenth Century , Richard Taruskin offers a panoramic tour of
this magnificent century in the history music. Major themes addressed in
this book include the romantic transformation of opera, Franz Schubert
and the German lied, the rise of virtuosos such as Paganini and Liszt,
the twin giants of nineteenth-century opera, Richard Wagner and Giuseppe
Verdi, the lyric dramas of Bizet and Puccini, and the revival of the
symphony by Brahms. Laced with brilliant observations, memorable musical
analysis, and a panoramic sense of the interactions between history,
culture, politics, art, literature, religion, and music, this book will
be essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand this rich and
diverse period.
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