The Romantic Overture and Musical Form from Rossini to Wagner

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The Romantic Overture and Musical Form from Rossini to Wagner is written by Steven Vande Moortele and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1316737926 (ISBN 10) and 9781316737927 (ISBN 13).

In this book Steven Vande Moortele offers a comprehensive account of operatic and concert overtures in continental Europe between 1815 and 1850. Discussing a broad range of works by German, French, and Italian composers, it is at once an investigation of the Romantic overture within the context of mid-nineteenth century musical culture and an analytical study that focuses on aspects of large-scale formal organization in the overture genre. While the book draws extensively upon the recent achievements of the 'new Formenlehre', it does not use the overture merely as a vehicle for a theory of romantic form, but rather takes an analytical approach that engages with individual works in their generic context.