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Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Music - The Cambridge History of Music

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Klappentext The most informed reference book on nineteenth-century music currently available, this comprehensive overview of music in the nineteenth century draws on the most recent scholarship in the field. Essays investigate the intellectual and socio-political history of the time, and examine topics such as nations and nationalism, the emergent concept of an avant garde, and musical styles and languages at the turn of the century. It contains a detailed chronology, and extensive glossaries. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive overview of music in the nineteenth century draws on the most recent scholarship in the field. It is divided into two parts (1800–1850 and 1850–1900), each of which approaches the major repertory of the period through investigations into the intellectual and socio-political history of the time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronology; Part I. 1800-1850: 1. The musical work and nineteenth-century history Jim Samson; 2. Music and the rise of aesthetics Andrew Bowie; 3. The profession of music John Rink; 4. The opera industry Roger Parker; 5. The construction of Beethoven K. M. Knittel; 6. Music and the poetic Julian Rushton; 7. The invention of tradition John Irving; 8. Choral music John Butt; 9. The consumption of music Derek Carew; 10. The great composer Jim Samson; Part II. 1850-1900: 11. Progress, modernity, and the concept of an avant-garde John Williamson; 12. Music as ideal: the aesthetics of autonomy Max Paddison; 13. The structures of musical life Katharine Ellis; 14. Opera and music drama Thomas Grey; 15. Beethoven reception: the symphonic tradition James Hepokoski; 16. Words and music in France and Germany Susan Youens; 17. Chamber music and piano Jonathan Dunsby; 18. Choral culture and the regeneration of the organ John Butt; 19. Music and social class Derek B. Scott; 20. Nations and nationalism Jim Samson; 21. Styles and languages around the turn of the century Anthony Pople.

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Authors Jim Samson, Jim (Royal Holloway Samson
Assisted by Jim Samson (Editor), Jim (Royal Holloway Samson (Editor)
Publisher Cambridge University Press ELT
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 03.12.2001
 
EAN 9780521590174
ISBN 978-0-521-59017-4
No. of pages 788
Series The Cambridge History of Music
The Cambridge History of Music
Cambridge Studies in Early Mod
Subject Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries

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