Research Catalog

Title

The Nielsen companion / edited by Mina Miller.

Publication

Portland, Or. : Amadeus Press, 1995.

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Additional Authors

Miller, Mina F.

Description

ix, 666 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm

Subjects

• Composers > Denmark > Biography
• Music > 20th century > History and criticism
• Nielsen, Carl, 1865-1931

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 644-655) and index.

Contents

• Pt. I. Aesthetic, Cultural and Historical Perspectives. Perspectives of the 199Os. Carl Nielsen's Homespun Philosophy of Music / Lewis Rowell. Carl Nielsen: Artistic Milieu and Tradition: Cultural-Historical Perspectives / Jorgen I. Jensen. Carl Nielsen Now: A Personal View / Robert Simpson. 1923 - The Critical Year of Modern Music / Jan Maegaard. Nielsen and the Gramophone / Robert Layton. A Perspective of the 193Os. Carl Nielsen as a Writer / Tom Kristensen -- Pt. II. The Music. The Orchestral Music. Perspectives of the 199Os. Progressive Thematicism in Nielsen's Symphonies / David Fanning. Interlude 1: Motivic Consistency in the Third Symphony / Mina Miller. Tonal Structure in Nielsen's Symphonies: Some Addenda to Robert Simpson's Analyses / Harald Krebs. Interlude 2: Recapitulation and Tonality / Mina Miller. Non-classical Diatonicism and Polyfocal Tonality: The Case of Nielsen's Fifth Symphony, First Movement / Mark Devoto.
• Interlude 3: Tonality, Tempo Relations and Performance / Mina Miller. Unity and Disunity in Nielsen's Sixth Symphony / Jonathan D. Kramer. Interlude 4: Interpreting Nielsen: Nielsen's Interpreters / Mina Miller. Tradition and Growth in the Concertos of Nielsen / Cecil B. Arnold. A Perspective of the 1930s. The Problem of Form in the Music of Our Time with an Analysis of Nielsen's Sinfonia espansiva (First Movement) / Povl Hamburger. Solo Chamber and Vocal Music. The Early Song Collections: Carl Nielsen Finds His Voice / Anne-Marie Reynolds. Interlude 5: Nielsen's Compositional Procedures / Mina Miller. Structural Pacing in the Nielsen String Quartets / Charles M. Joseph. Interlude 6: Ink v. Pencil: Implications for the Performer / Mina Miller. Continuity and Form in the Sonatas for Violin and Piano / Joel Lester. Interlude 7: Rhythm, Metre and Accent / Mina Miller. Pitch Structure in Carl Nielsen's Wind Quintet / Richard S. Parks. Postlude / Mina Miller --
• Appendix: Carl Nielsen's Letters: A Selection.

ISBN

1574670042 (cased)

LCCN

96113767

OCLC

• 33869851
• ocm33869851

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries