Palestrina and the German Romantic Imagination: Interpreting Historicism in Nineteenth-Century Music

by James Garratt

Book Overview

Focusing on the reception of Palestrina, this bold interdisciplinary study explains how and why the works of a sixteenth-century composer came to be viewed as a paradigm for modern church music. It explores the diverse ways in which later composers responded to his works and style, and expounds a provocative model for interpreting compositional historicism. In addition to presenting insights into the works of Bruckner, Mendelssohn and Liszt, the book...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521807379
• ISBN13: 9780521807371
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"