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9780300077742

First Nights : Five Musical Premieres

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  • ISBN13:

    9780300077742

  • ISBN10:

    0300077742

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2000-05-11
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
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Summary

This lively book takes us back to the first performances of five famous musical compositions: Monteverdi's Orfeo in 1607, Handel's Messiah in 1742, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in 1824, Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique in 1830, and Stravinsky's Sacre du printemps in 1913. Thomas Forrest Kelly sets the scene for each of these premieres, describing the cities in which they took place, the concert halls, audiences, conductors, and musicians, the sound of the music when it was first performed (often with instruments now extinct), and the popular and critical responses. He explores how performance styles and conditions have changed over the centuries and what music can reveal about the societies that produce it.

Kelly tells us, for example, that Handel recruited musicians he didn't know to perform Messiah in a newly built hall in Dublin; that Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was performed with a mixture of professional and amateur musicians after only three rehearsals; and that Berlioz was still buying strings for the violas and mutes for the violins on the day his symphon

Author Biography

Thomas Forrest Kelly is professor of music at Harvard University.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Introduction xi
Claudio Monteverdi, Orfeo:
2(58)
Saturday, February 24, 1607
Documents
George Frideric Handel, Messiah:
60(48)
Tuesday, April 13, 1742, 12 Noon
Documents
Ludwig van Beethoven, Ninth Symphony
108(72)
Friday, May 7, 1824, 7:00 P.M.
Documents
Hector Berlioz, Symphonic fantastique:
180(76)
Sunday, December 5, 1830, 2 P.M.
Documents
Igor Stravinsky, Le sacre du printemps:
256(79)
Thursday, May 29, 1913, 8:45 P.M.
Documents
Conclusion 335(6)
Recommended Recordings, by Fen-yen Chen 341(8)
Further Reading 349(12)
Notes 361(12)
Photo Credits 373(2)
Index 375

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