Music and the Sonorous Sublime in European Culture, 16801880

The first English language collection on the musical sublime. Reveals music's place at the forefront of this interdisciplinary aesthetic category.

List of contents

Sonorous sublimes: an introduction Sarah Hibberd and Miranda Stanyon; 1. Thunder or celestial harmony: French theological debates on the sonorous sublime Sophie Hache; 2. 'A pleasing rape': John Dennis, music and the queer sublime Matthew Head; 3. The idea of the past in eighteenth-century British music Suzanne Aspden; 4. C. P. E. Bach and the neoclassical sublime: revisions of a concept Keith Chapin; 5. Cherubini's Médée and sublime vengeance Sarah Hibberd; 6. When does the sublime stop? Cavatinas and quotations in Haydn's Seasons Elaine Sisman; 7. Counterfeits, contraltos and consonance in De Quincey's sublime Miranda Stanyon; 8. The consecration of sound: sublime musical creation in Haydn, Weber and Spohr Benedict Taylor; 9. Commanding performances: opera, surrogation and the royal sublime in 1848 Dana Gooley; 10. Wagner's sublime effects: bells, cannon and the perception of heavy sound David Trippett.

Summary

A historically situated study of the relationship between music, sound and the sublime, this book embraces familiar works and composers, such as Handel, C. P. E. Bach, Haydn and Wagner, but also explores less familiar repertory and source material. Performers and audiences are also considered as agents and sites of sublime experience.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah (University of Bristol) Stanyon Hibberd
• Assisted by: Sarah Hibberd (Editor), Sarah (University of Bristol) Hibberd (Editor), Miranda Stanyon (Editor), Miranda (King's College London) Stanyon (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781108486590
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48659-0
• No. of pages: 318
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Europe, MUSIC / History & Criticism, Theory of music & musicology, Romanticism, baroque, Music reviews & criticism, Music reviews and criticism, Music: styles and genres, Classical Music (C 1750 To C 1830), Classical style, Romantic Music (C 1830 To C 1900), Theory of music and musicology, Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750)