|
by: Gretchen A. Wheelock
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 784.092
EAN: 9780028728551
ISBN: 0028728556
Label: Schirmer Books
Manufacturer: Schirmer Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 269
Publication Date: 1992-10
Publisher: Schirmer Books
Sales Rank: 1985895
Studio: Schirmer Books
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Wheelock's jesting with intelligence
As a scholar of humour and wit in the instrumental music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, I found this book to be of the highest standards. Wheelock writes with intelligence and charm and moves through the issue of Haydn's joviality with logic and with good pace. She examines the need to make jokes in music and coherently explains the 18th century view on humour and wit from a literary perspective. The musical examples are well presented and very clearly explained and the essay is completed ... Read More
|
