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Pages: 294 (Paperback) Editor: Daniel M. Grimley ISBN: 0521894603 Pub: Cambridge University Press Pub date: 2004-02-26 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 381537 |
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Reader Reviews:
One for the experts and not the general reader. (2/3 people found this helpful)
I am a fan of Sibelius's music. His first and fifth symphonies are some of the finest ever written, and his tone poems can astound and amaze. I hoped this volume would enlighten me further about his background and his composing, but I was disappointed. The volume is really intended for musicologists and those with a detailed knowledge of music theory.
This is not to say I did not learn anything. Some of the chapters were accessible to me. I enjoyed the opening chapter by Matti Huttunen on the idea of Finnish music, and some of the later chapters on various musical works were useful for reference when I next pick up the relevant CD to spin. Peter Franklin's cahpater on Sibelius's influence in Britain was pleasant to read, but alas most of the book was skimmed through rather than plodded through in amorphous detail.
One for the experts and not the general reader.
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