This is a definitive biography of the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck by one of the foremost musicologists of the twentieth century. Alfred Einstein provides a detailed analysis of Gluck's life and works, including his most famous operas such as Orfeo ed Euridice and Alceste. This book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history and development of opera.
Focusing on the evolution of the Italian madrigal from its inception around 1500 to its decline in the 17th century, this comprehensive work highlights the contributions of key composers, particularly Cipriano de Rore, who has often been overlooked. The author, a distinguished musicologist, explores the role of secular music in Italian society during the Cinquecento, enriching our understanding of this pivotal cultural period. This volume, part of a three-volume series, reflects four decades of research and offers a significant cultural history of Italian music.
Focusing on the evolution of the Italian madrigal from its inception around 1500 to its decline in the 17th century, this volume highlights the significant contributions of Cipriano de Rore while re-evaluating other composers' roles. Renowned musicologist Mr. Einstein combines musicological analysis with an exploration of secular music's impact on Italian life during the Cinquecento, providing a broader cultural context for understanding this pivotal century. The work is a culmination of 40 years of research, enriched by translations from German scholars.
Focusing on the evolution of the Italian madrigal from its inception around 1500 to its decline in the 17th century, this comprehensive work combines musicology with cultural history. It highlights the significance of Cipriano de Rore while re-evaluating the contributions of various composers. The author, a distinguished musicologist, explores the role of secular music in Italian society during the Cinquecento, enriching our understanding of this pivotal era. Translated from German, this volume is part of a three-book series originally published in 1948.
This collection is a tribute to the talent, teaching, and humanism of Alfred Einstein, whose scholarship and criticisms affirm his position as one of the foremost musicologists of the twentieth century. Written by a former student of Einstein's, this portrait draws on the influences and events that shaped his life and work as a Jewish scholar in pre-Nazi Germany and that necessitated his emigration to the United States. Dower provides more than one hundred examples of his criticisms that document the music of Germany and the United States in the second quarter of this century and that demonstrate the art of music criticism at its best.Included is a chronology that is based on information provided by Einstein's daughter, Eva. Her insight into her father's personal life is combined with Catherine Dower's careful chronological documentation of Einstein's professional endeavors, provide a unique evaluation of a critic whose research produced valuable musical discoveries and whose writings always recognized the important relationship between music and its cultural background. The study affords further access to Einstein's writings by identifying the locations of Einstein collections in numerous libraries throughout the United States.
Written by one of the world's outstanding music historians and critics, the late Alfred Einstein, this classic study of Mozart's character and works brings to light many new facts about his relationship with his family, his susceptibility to ambitious women, and his associations with musical contemporaries, as well as offering a penetrating analysis of his operas, piano music, chamber music, and symphonies.