The Romantic Overture and Musical Form from Rossini to Wagner

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Introduction;
1. Making overtures;
2. Form as formula;
3. Potpourri overtures;
4. Beginning before the beginning;
5. Strong subordinate themes;
6. Open-ended expositions;
7. Recomposed recapitulations.

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In this book Steven Vande Moortele offers a comprehensive account of operatic and concert overtures in continental Europe between 1815 and 1850. Discussing a broad range of works by German, French, and Italian composers, it is at once an investigation of the Romantic overture within the context of mid-nineteenth century musical culture and an analytical study that focuses on aspects of large-scale formal organization in the overture genre. While the book draws extensively upon the recent achievements of the 'new Formenlehre', it does not use the overture merely as a vehicle for a theory of romantic form, but rather takes an analytical approach that engages with individual works in their generic context.

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