Musical Groundwork: Being a First Manual of Musical Form and History, for Students and Readers (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Crowest, Frederick James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1334044937 ISBN 13: 9781334044939

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2019

Synopsis

Excerpt from Musical Groundwork: Being a First Manual of Musical Form and History, for Students and Readers

I have not thought it necessary to burden the reader with cross references in so small a volume, and I would point out that, frequently throughout the book, where a subject appears to terminate abruptly its continuation will be seen on another page. Take the case of Opera. In this description, slight reference only is made to the Over ture, but a fuller account of this movement appears in the section on Musical Forms. Again, in the chapter on Instruments and Instrumentation, much concerning the Symphony has been omitted there in order that it may find a place where the Symphony is treated as a Form. Not a little, too, concerning early Instrumentation will be found in the treatment of the Opera and Oratorio.

Finally, the little work, small as it is, covers an immense historic ground and critical survey.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1334044937
• ISBN 13: 9781334044939
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 259