|
|
   |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Composers
 Smetana |
 .
Liszt
was the first to offer a programme to his
work which is the guide to the symphonic poem (his own term for programme
music), rather than the sheer musical form. Beethoven
also attached descriptions and explanations
to his Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" ,
yet he meant it as an effect rather than a real programme. Programme music
often presents a clear musical imitation of extra-musical elements (Rimsky-Korsakov's
"Flight of the Bumblebee"),
and sometimes only gives clues to the subject ("The
Sea" ("La
mer") by Debussy,
"Pictures at an Exhibition"
by Mussorgski,
"The Carnival of the Animals"
("Le Carnival des
Animaux") by Saint-Saëns).
"My Country"
("Ma vlast"),
Rimsky-Korsakov's
"Scheherazade"
and Holst's
"The Planets"..
With works like the "Thus Spoke Zarathustra"
("Also sprach Zarathustra") and "Till
Eulenspiegel", he is considered to be
most important in this form.
|
      |
 |
 |
