Music in the 19th Century Western Music in Context: A Norton History

Music in the Nineteenth Century examines the period from the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to the advent of Modernism in the 1890s. Frisch traces a complex web of relationships involving composers, performers, publishers, notated scores, oral traditions, audiences, institutions, cities, and nations. The book's central themes include middle-class involvement in music, the rich but elusive concept of Romanticism, the cult of virtuosity, and the ever-changing balance between musical and commercial interests. The final chapter considers the sound world of nineteenth-century music as captured by contemporary witnesses and early recordings.Western Music in Context: A Norton History comprises six volumes of moderate length, each written in an engaging style by a recognized expert. Authoritative and current, the series examines music in the broadest sense-as sounds notated, performed, and heard-focusing not only on composers and works, but also on broader social and intellectual currents.

Product details

• Authors: Walter Frisch, Frisch Walter
• Assisted by: Walter Frisch (Editor), Frisch Walter (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Norton W W Academic
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 02.11.2012
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9780393929195
• ISBN: 978-0-393-92919-5
• Dimensions (packing): 15.9 x 23.5 x 2 cm
• Series: Western Music in Context: A No > 0; Western Music in Context: A No > 0; Western Music in Context: A Norton History
• Subjects: MUSIC / History & Criticism, Music / Songbooks, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, Romanticism, Romantic Music (C 1830 To C 1900), Art music, orchestral and formal music