Cambridge Haydn Encyclopedia

For well over two hundred years, Joseph Haydn has been by turns lionized and misrepresented - held up as celebrity, and disparaged as mere forerunner or point of comparison. And yet, unlike many other canonic composers, his music has remained a fixture in the repertoire from his day until ours. What do we need to know now in order to understand Haydn and his music? With over eighty entries focused on ideas and seven longer thematic essays to bring these together, this distinctive and richly illustrated encyclopedia offers a new perspective on Haydn and the many cultural contexts in which he worked and left his indelible mark during the Enlightenment and beyond. Contributions from sixty-seven scholars and performers in Europe, the Americas, and Oceania, capture the vitality of Haydn studies today - its variety of perspectives and methods - and ultimately inspire further exploration of one of western music's most innovative and influential composers.

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• Authors: Caryl Clark, Caryl (University of Toronto) Day-O''''conn Clark, Sarah Day-O'Connell
• Assisted by: Caryl Clark (Editor), Caryl (University of Toronto) Clark (Editor), Clark Caryl (Editor), Sarah Day-O'Connell (Editor), Sarah (Skidmore College Day-O'Connell (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781107567429
• ISBN: 978-1-107-56742-9
• No. of pages: 524
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera, Opera, Reference works, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Classical Music (C 1750 To C 1830), Classical style, Art music, orchestral and formal music