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100 1 _aMason, Daniel Gregory,
_d1873-1953
245 1 4 _aThe Romantic Composers
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2018
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2018-12-21
505 0 _aPreface -- Introduction: romanticism in music -- Franz Schubert -- Robert Schumann -- Felix Mendelssohn -- Frédéric Chopin -- Hector Berlioz -- Franz Liszt.
508 _aProduced by Andrés V. Galia, Jude Elander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Romantic Composers" by Daniel Gregory Mason is a comprehensive study of music written in the early 20th century. The book focuses on notable composers from the Romantic Period, beginning with Franz Schubert and continuing through Schumann, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Berlioz, and Liszt, exploring their contributions to music and the unique characteristics of their compositions. This work aims to illuminate how each composer's personal character influenced their musical output while discussing the broader developments in musical style during this pivotal era. The opening of Mason's study serves as an introduction to Romanticism in music, discussing its significance as a departure from the classical traditions that preceded it. He explains how composers like Schubert and Schumann began to place greater emphasis on individual expression and emotional depth in their music, contrasting it with the more structured and impersonal qualities of classicism. Mason emphasizes the evolution of musical language during this time, as composers sought innovative methods to convey deeply felt emotions, marking the beginning of a new artistic framework that would redefine music comprehension and appreciation. The reader is invited on a journey through the philosophical underpinnings of Romantic music, highlighting how these thematic shifts reflect the personal and societal transformations of the era. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aLiszt, Franz, 1811-1886
653 _aChopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849
653 _aComposers -- Biography
653 _aSchumann, Robert, 1810-1856
653 _aMendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847
653 _aBerlioz, Hector, 1803-1869
653 _aSchubert, Franz, 1797-1828
653 _aRomanticism in music
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58511
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