Gustav Mahler and the Symphony of the 19th Century
Constantin Floros · Peter Lang D eBooks · 2014
Contents: Beethoven and the new categories of symphonic music - Aspects of architectonics - Content and form - Musical themes and the poetic conception - Universality of the symphony: genres and characteristics - The symbol in music - Satanism and the Crucifix - Dall' Inferno al Paradiso - Rhythmic leitmotivs - Characteristic Chord - Symbolic Sounds.