A History of the Symphony: The Grand Genre identifies the underlying cultural factors that have shaped the symphony over the past three hundred years, presentin

This book provides a history of what has been termed the monumental orchestra in America. It traces the growth of the symphony orchestra to its roots in Europea

Originally published: Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2015.

The status of Beethoven's symphonies is ingrained in Western culture, but very little is known about the environment in which the composer wrote them. David Wyn

The two-hundred-year development of the symphonic form is traced through a discussion of representative compositions from each period. Narrative covers backgrou