Composers on Composers

by John L. Holmes

This reference provides a new perspective on the work of music's great composers from Bach to Stravinsky, by compiling the comments and criticism offered by other composers, such as Mahler, Wagner, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, and many others. Holmes presents an assessment of composers and musical developments as seen not specifically by the critics but by the composers' peers. While acknowledging that not all composers were necessarily perceptive critics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313266026
• ISBN13: 9780313266027
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"