Fourteen illustrated talks by ROGER FISKE
12: The Reaction Against German Domination
The cult of the colossal went on to find its culmination in the works of Wagner, Mahler, and Strauss, but French composers, particularly after the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, turned elsewhere for ideas, to the other arts -Impressionist painting and Symbolist poetry, and to other places —Spain and the Orient. Some nations derived inspiration from their own folksong. All these reactions were reflected in fresh attitudes to the orchestra and new difficulties for the players.
Produced by Peter Dodd