Mendelssohn, Time and Memory

The Romantic Conception of Cyclic Form

By: Benedict Taylor

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Hardcover | 27 October 2011 | Edition Number 1

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Felix Mendelssohn has long been viewed as one of the most historically minded composers in western music. This book explores the conceptions of time, memory and history found in his instrumental compositions, presenting an intriguing new perspective on his ever-popular music. Focusing on Mendelssohn's innovative development of cyclic form, Taylor investigates how the composer was influenced by the aesthetic and philosophical movements of the period. This is of key importance not only for reconsideration of Mendelssohn's work and its position in nineteenth-century culture, but also more generally concerning the relationship between music, time and subjectivity. One of very few detailed accounts of Mendelssohn's music, the study presents a new and provocative reading of the meaning of the composer's work by connecting it to wider cultural and philosophical ideas.

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List of illustrations	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The idea of cyclic form	p. 6
Musical history and self-consciousness: The Octet Op. 20	p. 52
Returning home: The E major Piano Sonata Op. 6	p. 103
In search of lost time: The A minor Quartet Op. 13	p. 126
Overcoming the past: The Eb Quartet Op. 12	p. 170
Cyclicism in Mendelssohn's mature music	p. 209
Bibliography	p. 281
Index	p. 297
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