The Scherzo of Mahler's Second Symphony: a study of genre

This thesis is about the ways in which the construction of genre yields musical meaning in concert music during Europe's long 19th century. I see the genre of scherzo as a product of European modernity and I argue that it should be understood as the musical institutionalization of the uncanny -...

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Main Author: Peteri, Lorant
Published: University of Bristol 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492571