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This comprehensive overview of music in the nineteenth century draws on the most recent scholarship in the field.
List of contents
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.
Summary
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.
