Between romanticism and modernism: Four studies in the music of the later nineteenth century

California Studies in 19th-Century Music

by Carl Dahlhaus

English, German (translation)

Genres: Music

129 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1980

Reviews

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good but selective history of the in-between period of late Romanticism and early Modernism. Selective in focus (talks almost exclusively about Wagner & Brahms, leaving out truly transitional figures like Strauss and Mahler). Views period as stylistically unified, and this is compellingly argued, but also runs the risk of ignoring the crucial differences that establish the style of individual composers.