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  • The Symphonic Repertoire Volume I

    The Eighteenth-Century Symphony

    Series Book 1 - The Symphonic Repertoire
    Central to the repertoire of Western art music since the 18th century, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultimate compositional challenges. In his five-volume series The Symphonic Repertoire, the late A. Peter Brown explores the symphony from its 18th-century beginnings to the end of the 20th century. In Volume 1, The Eighteenth-Century Symphony, 22 of Brown's former students and ... Read more

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  • The Symphonic Repertoire Volume II

    The First Golden Age of the Viennese Symphony: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert

    Series Book 2 - The Symphonic Repertoire
    Central to the repertoire of Western art music since the 18th century, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultimate compositional challenges. Surprisingly, heretofore there has been no truly extensive, broad-based treatment of the genre, and the best of the existing studies are now several decades old. In this five-volume series, A. Peter Brown explores the symphony from its 18th ... Read more

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  • The Symphonic Repertoire Volume IV

    The Second Golden Age of the Viennese Symphony: Brahms, Bruckner, Dvorák, Mahler, and Selected Contemporaries

    Series Book 4 - The Symphonic Repertoire
    Central to the repertoire of Western art music since the 18th century, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultimate compositional challenges. Surprisingly, heretofore there has been no truly extensive, broad-based treatment of the genre, and the best of the existing studies are now several decades old. In this five-volume series, A. Peter Brown explores the symphony from its 18th ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Symphonic Repertoire, Volume V

    The Symphony in the Americas

    Central to the repertoire of Western art music since the 1700s, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultimate compositional challenges.In his series The Symphonic Repertoire, the late A. Peter Brown explored the symphony in Europe from its origins into the 20th century. In Volume V, Brown's former students and colleagues continue his vision by turning to the symphony in the Western ... Read more

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