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In 1944, a posthumous seventh volume appeared on chamber music. In 1989, a new version was published with some essays omitted and the remainder of Volumes I-VI consolidated into two volumes. Tovey's Essays were written as introductory notes for the concert-going public and are occasionally light-hearted in tone. Nevertheless, they analyse the ...
The musicologist Winton Dean has suggested that "music is probably the most difficult of the arts to criticise." [2] Unlike the plastic or literary arts, the 'language' of music does not specifically relate to human sensory experience – Dean's words, "the word 'love' is common coin in life and literature: the note C has nothing to do with breakfast or railway journeys or marital harmony."
Edward Seckerson, chief classical music and opera critic, circa 2009–2012. [55] Los Angeles Daily News (USA) Richard Ginell, 1978–1990. Los Angeles Times (USA) Albert Goldberg, 1947–1965. [56] Martin Bernheimer, chief music and dance critic, 1965–1996. [57] Mark Swed, classical music critic since 1996. [58] [59] The Morning Chronicle (UK)
Engaging Music: Essays in Music Analysis. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-517010-5. Tovey, Donald Francis. 1978 [1935–1939]. Essays in Musical Analysis, 6 vols. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. OCLC 912417. van Appeldorn, M.-J. 1966. "Stylistic Study of Claude Debussy's Opera Pelléas et Mélisande". Ph.D ...
Sir Donald Francis Tovey (17 July 1875 – 10 July 1940) was a British musical analyst, musicologist, writer on music, composer, conductor and pianist.He had been best known for his Essays in Musical Analysis [1] [2] and his editions of works by Bach and Beethoven, but since the 1990s his compositions (relatively small in number but substantial in musical content) have been recorded and ...
Anthony Carl Tommasini (born April 14, 1948) is an American music critic and author who specializes in classical music. [1] Described as "a discerning critic, whose taste, knowledge and judgment have made him a must-read", [2] Tommasini was the chief classical music critic for The New York Times from 2000 to 2021.
Wagner was a prolific writer who published essays and pamphlets on a wide range of subjects throughout his life. [3] Several of his writings have achieved some notoriety, in particular, his essay Das Judenthum in der Musik (Judaism in Music), a critical view on the influence of Jews in German culture and society at that time. Whether Wagner's ...
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