What is it about?

This book is a new study of Mendelssohn's development of cyclic form and its significance for understanding modern notions of time, historicism, and cultural and personal memory.

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This book presents the most thorough discussion and theory of the important idea of cyclic form in music.

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This page is a summary of: Mendelssohn, Time and Memory, October 2011, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511794384.
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