Mendelssohn / edited by Benedict Taylor.

This volume of essays brings together a selection of the most significant and representative writings on Mendelssohn from the last fifty years. Divided into four main subject areas, it makes available twenty-two essays which have transformed scholarly awareness of this crucial and ever-popular nineteenth-century composer and musician; it also includes a specially commissioned introductory chapter which offers a critical overview of the last half century of Mendelssohn scholarship and the direction of future research. The articles are reprinted from their original sources. With an introduction and index. Music examples.

xxviii, 525 p.; 24 cm.
Cloth
Language: English
ISBN: 1472435397
ISBN13: 9781472435392
UPC: 9781472435392