The German Symphony between Beethoven and Brahms: The Fall and Rise of a Genre

By Christopher Fifield

It was Carl Dahlhaus who coined the phrase 'dead time' to describe the state of the symphony between Schumann and Brahms. Christopher Fifield argues that many of the symphonies dismissed by Dahlhaus made worthy contributions to the genre. He looks at the non-programmatic works of the five decades between the mid-1820s and mid-1870s. Composers who l

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367599406
• ISBN13: 9780367599409
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"