Evenings with the Orchestra: A Norton Companion for Concertgoers

D. Kern Holoman

W. W. Norton & Company, 1992 - Music - 734 pages

Going to concerts is becoming, for large numbers of Americans, an increasingly frequent pleasure. For those who encounter unfamiliar traditions and terms in the concert hall, here is information and advice which tells all listeners what they need to know to be comfortable at an orchestral concert. Includes background, biographies, and discussions of 200 masterpieces. Drawings.

Contents

• Musical Form: 28
• The Periods of Music History: 38
• Tonality: 47
• 7: 53
• Adagio for Strings: 76
• Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: 82
• Concerto No 4 for Piano and Orchestra: 98
• Le Marteau sans maître: 137
• Symphony No 2: 143
• Concerto No 2 for Piano and Orchestra: 149
• A German Requiem: 156
• The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra: 163
• Te Deum: 170
• España: 177
• Concerto No 2 for Piano and Orchestra: 184
• Ballet Suite from Billy the Kid: 190
• Twelve Concerti Grossi op 6: 198
• Prélude à LAprèsmidi dun faune: 204
• Symphony No 8: 210
• Slavonic Dances opp 46 and 72: 216
• Noches en los jardines de España Nights in the Gardens of Spain: 225
• Pelléas et Mélisande Suite: 232
• Symphony in D Minor: 238
• Rhapsody in Blue: 244
• Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila: 251
• The Concerti Grossi: 260
• Music for the Royal Fireworks: 264
• Symphony No 88: 271
• Symphony No 103 Drum Roll: 277
• Missa in angustiis Lord Nelson Mass: 283
• Mathis der Maler Symphony: 292
• Three Places in New England: 302
• Sinfonietta: 309
• Suite from Háry János: 315
• Les Préludes: 321
• Symphony No 1: 328
• Symphony No 4: 331
• Das Lied von der Erde The Song of the Earth: 339
• Kindertotenlieder Songs on the Death of Children: 345
• Symphony No 3 Scottish: 351
• Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: 357
• Le Boeuf sur le toit: 368
• Symphony No 29: 375
• Symphony No 40: 382
• Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C Major K 503: 389
• Sinfonia Concertante for Violin Viola and Orchestra: 395
• Pictures at an Exhibition: 406
• Concerto No 1 for Violin and Orchestra: 412
• Suite from The Incredible Flutist: 421
• Symphony No 1 Classical: 430
• Peter and the Wolf: 436
• Concerto No 2 for Piano and Orchestra: 443
• Ma Mère loye Mother Goose: 450
• Boléro: 457
• 9: 461
• Capriccio espagnol: 465
• Scheherazade: 466
• The Opera Overtures: 472
• Danse macabre: 478
• 17: 482
• Verklärte Nacht Transfigured Night: 486
• A Survivor From Warsaw: 492
• Symphony No 5: 498
• Rosamunde Overture and Incidental Music: 504
• Symphony No 1 Spring: 510
• 28: 518
• When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomd: 519
• Symphony No 5: 526
• Symphony No 2: 536
• The Moldau: 543
• Waltzes: 549
• Tod und Verklärung Death and Transfiguration: 555
• Ein Heldenleben A Heros Life: 561
• The Firebird: 570
• Symphony in C: 576
• 38: 579
• Symphony No 4: 585
• Concerto No 1 for Piano and Orchestra: 591
• Overture: 597
• Serenade for Strings: 599
• A Child of Our Time: 605
• Arcana: 612
• Fantasia on Greensleeves: 618
• The Four Seasons: 626
• Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin: 633
• Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra: 640
• Symphony op 21: 647
• 47: 660
• The Conductors: 664
• 53: 671
• A Word from the Author: 678
• Glossary: 683
• Suggestions for Further Reading: 693
• Index: 703
• The Brandenburg Concertos: 704
• BERG ALBAN: 706

Bibliographic information

• Title: Evenings with the Orchestra: A Norton Companion for Concertgoers
• Author: D. Kern Holoman
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1992
• ISBN: 0393029360, 9780393029369
• Length: 734 pages
• Subjects: Music / General; Music / Genres & Styles / Classical; Music / History & Criticism; Music / Individual Composer & Musician; Music / Instruction & Study / Appreciation; Music / Printed Music / Band & Orchestra