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2018-12-04
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Stories of Symphonic Music

Lawrence Gilman (1878 - 1939)

'A guide to the meaning of important symphonies, overtures and tone-poems from Beethoven to the present day'. Gilman became notorious for scathing reviews of compositions later to become classics. Here he analyzes the stories behind some famous and not so famous works. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Genre(s): Music

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface Lynne T
 00:10:40
Play 01 THE ORCHESTRA AS POET, PAINTER, AND DRAMATIST Lynne T
 00:14:51
Play 02 BANTOCK Lynne T
 00:09:42
Play 03 BEETHOVEN WilkieMills
 00:22:28
Play 04 BERLIOZ WilkieMills
 00:22:55
Play 05 BIZET Lynda Marie Neilson
 00:09:24
Play 06 CHADWICK Monika M. C.
 00:12:24
Play 07 CHARPENTIER Lynda Marie Neilson
 00:07:07
Play 08 CHAUSSON Lynda Marie Neilson
 00:09:00
Play 09 CONVERSE Larry Wilson
 00:12:24
Play 10 DEBUSSY Kathleen Moore
 00:11:27
Play 11 DUKAS Lynda Marie Neilson
 00:09:04
Play 12 DVOŘÁK Availle
 00:16:08
Play 13 ELGAR Kathleen Moore
 00:17:09
Play 14 FRANCK Grant Hicks
 00:13:39
Play 15 GLAZOUNOFF Lynda Marie Neilson
 00:08:11
Play 16 GOLDMARK Lynda Marie Neilson
 00:06:36
Play 17 GRIEG Lynda Marie Neilson
 00:06:38
Play 18 HADLEY Lynda Marie Neilson
 00:07:52
Play 19 HUBER Monika M. C.
 00:09:59
Play 20 d'INDY Grant Hicks
 00:11:27
Play 21 LISZT Kathleen Moore
 00:59:14
Play 22 LOEFFLER Grant Hicks
 00:19:12
Play 23 MAC DOWELL Greg Giordano
 00:15:05
Play 24 MENDELSSOHN Jan Moorehouse
 00:19:46
Play 25 RAFF DJRickyV
 00:16:30
Play 26 RIMSKY-KORSAKOFF Kathleen Moore
 00:25:23
Play 27 SAINT-SAËNS Monika M. C.
 00:07:47
Play 28 SCHUMANN realisticspeakers
 00:09:32
Play 29 SIBELIUS Lynda Marie Neilson
 00:08:38
Play 30 SMETANA Lynda Marie Neilson
 00:05:04
Play 31 SPOHR Monika M. C.
 00:07:36
Play 32 STRAUSS part 1 realisticspeakers
 00:46:56
Play 33 STRAUSS part 2 realisticspeakers
 00:26:34
Play 34 TSCHAIKOWSKY Mayah
 00:34:10
Play 35 TSCHAIKOWSKY PART 2 Mayah
 00:44:58
Play 36 WAGNER realisticspeakers
 00:11:28
Play 37 WOLF schrm
 00:09:21