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Experiencing the Violin Concerto - A Listener's Companion (Hardcover)
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Experiencing the Violin Concerto - A Listener's Companion (Hardcover)
Series: Listener's Companion
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Since the eighteenth century, violin concertos have provided a
showcase for dramatic interplay between a soloist's virtuosity and
the blended sonority of an orchestra's many instruments. Using this
genre to showcase skill and ingenuity, composers cemented the
violin concerto as a key genre of classical music and gifted our
ears with such timeless masterpieces as Vivaldi's Four Seasons. In
Experiencing the Violin Concerto, Franco Sciannameo draws on his
years of scholarship and violin performance to trace the genre
through Baroque, Classical, and modern periods. Along the way, he
explores the social and personal histories of composers, and the
fabulous virtuosi who performed concertos, and audiences they
conquered worldwide. Inviting readers to consider not only the
components of the music but also the power of perception and
experience, Sciannameo recreates the atmosphere of a live
performance as he paints a narrative history of technique and
innovation. Experiencing the Violin Concerto uses descriptions in
place of technical jargon to make the world of classical music
accessible to amateur music lovers. As part of the Listener's
Companion series, the volume gives readers an enhanced experience
of key works by investigating the environments in which the works
were written and first performed as well as those in which they are
enjoyed today.
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