The Companion to Mendelssohn, is written by leading scholars
in the field. In fourteen chapters they explore the life, work, and
reception of a composer-performer once thought uniquely untroubled
in life and art alike, but who is now broadly understood as one of
the nineteenth century''s most deeply problematic musical figures.
The first section of the volume considers issues of biography, with
chapters dedicated to Mendelssohn''s role in the emergence of
Europe''s modern musical institutions, to the persistent tensions of
his German-Jewish identity, and to his close but enigmatic
relationship with his gifted older sister, Fanny. The following
nine essays survey Mendelssohn''s expansive and multi-faceted
musical output, marked as it was by successes in almost every
contemporary musical genre outside of opera. The volume''s two
closing essays confront, in turn, the turbulent course of
Mendelssohn''s posthumous reception and some of the challenges his
music continues to pose for modern performers.
目錄:
Introduction: Mendelssohn as border-dweller Peter
Mercer-Taylor
Part I. Issues in Biography: 1. Mendelssohn and the institutions
of German art music Peter Mercer-Taylor
2. Mendelssohn and Judaism Michael P. Steinberg
3. Felix and Fanny: gender, biography, and history Marian
Wilson-Kimber
Part II. Situating the Compositions: 4. Mendelssohn and the rise of
musical historicism James Garratt
5. Mendelssohn as progressive Greg Vitercik
Part III. Profiles of the Music: 6. Symphony and Overture Douglass
Seaton
7. The works for solo instruments and orchestra Steve
Lindeman
8. Mendelssohn''s chamber music Thomas Schmidt-Beste
9. The music for keyboard Glenn Stanley
10. On Mendelssohn''s sacred music, real and imaginary R. Larry
Todd
11. Mendelssohn''s songs Susan Youens
12. Felix Mendelssohn''s dramatic compositions: from Liederspiel to
Lorelei Monika Hennemann
Part IV. Reception and Performance: 13. Mendelssohn received John
Michael Cooper
14. Wagner as Mendelssohn: reversing habits and reclaiming meaning
in the performance of Mendelssohn''s music for orchestra and chorus
Leon Botstein.