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Donald Francis Tovey

Born

in The United Kingdom

July 17, 1875

Died

July 10, 1940

Genre

Music

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British musical analyst, musicologist, writer on music, composer and pianist. He is best known for his Essays in Musical Analysis.

He took classical honors with his B.A. at Oxford in 1898, and became a pianist of the first rank, though he never sought a virtuoso career. From 1914 to 1940 he was Reid Professor of Music at Edinburgh University.

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Average rating: 4.33 · 129 ratings · 16 reviews · 161 distinct works

	The Forms of Music 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1944 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essays in Musical Analysis, Volume 1: Symphonies (i) 4.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1935 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essays in Musical Analysis, Volume 7: Chamber Music 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1944 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essays in Musical Analysis, Volume 3: Concertos 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1936	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essays In Musical Analysis, Volume 6: Supplementary Essays, Glossary, and Index really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1939 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essays in Musical Analysis, Volume 5: Vocal Music 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1937 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chamber Music: Selections from Essays in Musical Analysis (Dover Books On Music: Analysis) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Symphonies and Other Orchestral Works: Selections from Essays in Musical Analysis (Dover Books On Music: Analysis) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Classics of Music: Talks, Essays, and Other Writings Previously Uncollected it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beethoven: Music Book Index it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1993	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The trombone and side-drums in the chamber music of Stravinsky will do well enough in a very smart house-party where all the conversation is carried on in an esoteric family slang and the guests are expected to enjoy booby-traps. Very different is the outlook of some of our younger masters such as Hindemith, Jarnach, and others, whose renunciation of beauty was in itself a youthfully romantic gesture, and was accompanied by endless pains in securing adequate performance. The work of masterly performers can indeed alone save the new ideas from being swamped in a universal dullness which no external smartness can long distinguish from that commemorated in the Dunciad.”
― Donald Francis Tovey, The Forms of Music

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