Mahler's Voices: Expression and Irony in the Songs and Symphonies

by Julian Johnson

Overview

Mahler's Voices brings together a close reading of the renowned composer's music with wide-ranging cultural and historical interpretation, unique in being a study not of Mahler's works as such but of Mahler's musical style.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199888207
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/17/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	19 MB
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About the Author

Julian Johnson is Professor of Music, Department of Music at Royal Holloway, University of London. From 2001-2007 he was a Reader in Music and a Fellow of St. Anne's College at the University of Oxford, and recipient of the Dent Medal (2005) awarded by the Royal Musical Association for "outstanding contributions to musicology." Author of Webern and the Transformation of Nature (Cambridge, 1999) and Who Needs Classical Music? (OUP, 2002).

Table of Contents

1. Mahler and the Musical Voicea. The Idea of Voiceb. Songs and Symphoniesc. Orchestral Voices2. Calling Forth a Voicea. Calling Forthb. Horn Calls, Birdsong and Bellc. Calling Back3. Constructing a Voicea. Artifice and Inventionb. iDes Knaben Wunderhorn/ic. The Middle Symphonies4. Plural Voicesa. Carnival Humorb. Irony and Tonec. Borrowed Voices5. Genre and Voicea. Songb. Operac. Symphony6. Ways of Tellinga. Literary Voicesb. Idyll, Dream and Fairytalec. Narrative Strategies7. Vienna, Modernism and Modernitya. Critical voicesb. Modernist voicesc. Political voices8. Performing Authenticitya. Reception and Performanceb. Authenticity and Self-Critiquec. "As If"

Editorial Reviews

"Blazes innovative trails for scholars in several areas...Johnson finds the perfect balance between specificity and generality, making this book useful to anyone interested in learning more bout Mahler, musical narrative, or both." —Notes

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