Philip Hale's Boston Symphony Programme Notes
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Philip Hale’s Boston Symphony Programme Notes assembles musical writings drawn principally from descriptive notes written for concerts, combining those notes with material from newspaper reviews. The editor says the programme notes withheld personal opinion from audiences approaching the music with presumably open minds, while the newspaper reviews expressed that opinion freely. The account of Beethoven describes increasing deafness and painful illness, together with repeated consultations and attempts at different remedies for his distress.
The discussion of Symphony No. 4 points to Mendelssohn’s letters from Italy as its best explanation, if an explanation is needed. The discussion of a music drama says its ethical idea is that enlightenment coming through conscious pity brings salvation, and considers retelling the story unnecessary for describing the prelude.
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- H How Music DevelopedHow Music Developed
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- T Theory and Practice of Piano ConstructionTheory and Practice of Piano Construction
- P Piano Playing, with Piano Questions AnsweredPiano Playing, with Piano Questions Answered
- G Great Singers on the Art of SingingGreat Singers on the Art of Singing
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Book facts
- Author
- Philip Hale
- Reading time
- About 10 hours
- Pages
- 431
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Music
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