Chamber Music for Strings (Recent Researches in American Music)

Hommann, Charles

ISBN 10: 089579411X / ISBN 13: 9780895794116

Published by A-R Editions, 1998

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A former library book with all the expected stamps, stickers and markings. Excellent condition for a former library book. Some shelf, storage or usage wear present. The binding is tight and all pages are present. The pages appear unmarked. Pictures available upon request. Individually inspected by Scott. Thanks for supporting an independent bookseller!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chamber Music for Strings (Recent Researches in American Music)
• Publisher: A-R Editions
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 089579411X
• ISBN 13: 9780895794116
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

This volume of the chamber music of Charles Hommann (1803-1872) offers works published for the first time. Hommann, whose only musical training took place in the United States, lived in Philadelphia and New York. As some of the earliest chamber music to be written in this country by an American-born musician, Hommann's string quartets and string quintet, which date from no later than 1855, demonstrate how he absorbed the influences of late eighteenth and early nineteenth century European music to forge his own unique style. Hommann's skills as a violinist and violist are in evidence in his part writing; his theory studies with the Parisian-trained Léopold Meignen (1793-1873) gave him the ability to fashion sophisticated harmonic progressions. The publication of these chamber works for strings fills a gap in the knowledge of the music of nineteenth-century America.