First Nights: Five Musical Premiers
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Author(s)Kelly, Thomas Forrest
PublisherYale University Press
ISBN / ASIN0300091052
ISBN-139780300091052
AvailabilityIn Stock.
Sales Rank229,253
CategoryMusic
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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This text takes a look back at the debut performances of five famous musical compositions: Monteverdi's Orfeo, Handel's Messiah, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique and Stravinsky's Sacre du Printemps. It aims to recapture the atmosphere of these events.
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