Overview
Joachim Andersen enjoyed an unusually diverse career. It included founding membership in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, composition of eight volumes of etudes which have become standard repertoire for flutists world-wide, and major influence on Danish musical culture during the early years of the 20th century. The detailed biography assimilates previous inconclusive research and extensive recently found materials. The catalogue of compositions includes information about editions, dedications, and performances during Andersen's lifetime. A detailed discography and critical bibliography complete this latest volume in the Greenwood Press series, Bio-Bibliographies in Music.
The book will appeal to flute teachers and students and to those with an interest in the life and works of Joachim Andersen. It is a result of extensive on-site research conducted in Copenhagen, Berlin, New York, and Chicago, at museums, government offices, libraries, and archives. Walfrid Kujala, a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and esteemed international flutist, contributes the foreword.
Synopsis
A reference guide to the life and compositions of flutist, composer, and conductor Joachim Andersen, including an extensive biography, discography, catalogue of works, and bibliography.
Booknews
The principal flutist of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra offers what is noted as the first full-scale biography of the Danish "Chopin of the Flute." Dzapo (music, Bradley U.) catalogues his compositions for flute in addition to chronicling his early life and career as a Romantic period conductor and educator. Includes an annotated bibliography, representative programs of concerts in which Andersen participated as flutist or conductor, and a timeline of his life (1816-1909) and works in the context of musical and world events to 1944. Indexed by musical composition as well as subject. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)