Author: MELLERS, WILFRID.
Title: Man & His Music. The Sonata Principle. (From 1750). (The Story of Musical Experience in the West series).
Description: London: Rockliff, 1957. 1st edition. "The theme of this volume is the birth and development of sonata form. This new and revolutionary form, created in the second half of the eighteenth century, was a regenerating force in the music of that period. But the principle of sonata, constantly renewed by the experience of each composer, has remained one of the basic principles of composition for the greater part of two centuries." Pp.xvi/237, black & white frontispiece + 7 further illustrations, minor spotting to endpapers. Red cloth, dustwrapper slightly darkened to spine. G+/G+.

Keywords: Mellers Man Music Story Musical Experience West Sonata Principle Tradition Revolution Haydn Mozart Beethoven Schubert Bruckner Brahms Mahler Opera Ritual Myth Berlioz Verdi 44148 Music


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