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Gluck und die Oper (Paperback)
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Gluck und die Oper (Paperback)
Series: Gluck und die Oper 2 Volume Set, Volume 2
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Adolf Bernhard Marx (1795-1866), the music critic and composer,
spent much of his career as professor of music in Berlin and was a
friend and mentor of Mendelssohn. His publications included an
influential textbook on composition and a biography of Beethoven.
The preface to this two-volume study, published in 1863, ranks
Gluck (1714-87) wtih Handel, Mozart and Beethoven at the pinnacle
of musical achievement. Marx describes Gluck's radical innovations
in operatic composition in the context of the wider European
tradition, and sets them in a chronological account of the
composer's life. Volume 2 covers Gluck's later life, including his
residence in Paris during the 1770s, where he enjoyed the patronage
of Marie-Antoinette but encountered controversies and intrigues.
Marx discusses operas including Iphigenie en Aulide and Armide,
illustrating his analyses with music examples. The substantial
appendix contains longer music extracts, a facsimile manuscript
page, and an index of works.
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