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Nielsen
Symphony No. 5
by David Fanning
ISBN: 0521440882
ISBN-13: 9780521440882
Format: Hardcover
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Published date: 1997
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Weight: 0.6 pounds
Pages: 127
Publisher's Notes
After the death of Mahler in 1911 the great Austro-German symphonic line was carried on mainly in England, America, Scandinavia and Russia. The Fifth Symphony of Carl Nielsen, Denmark's greatest composer, was composed in 1921-22 and is not only his masterpiece but one of the finest of all twentieth-century symphonies, representing a powerful renewal of the Beethovenian tradition. David Fanning's detailed and absorbing guide blends detailed analytical commentary with less formal summaries of the music's character. It is the only non-Danish publication on Nielsen to take full account of Danish scholarship and criticism.
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