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Music in the Classical World: Genre, Culture, and History provides a broad sociocultural and historical perspective of the music of the Classical Period as it relates to the world in which it was created, one of the more vibrant periods of achievement in history.
List of contents
Preface PART I Music and Style in the Classical Period / 1 Defining the Classical Period / 2 The Emergence of the New Styles of Classical Period Music / PART II New Developments, Convergences, and Genres in the Classical Period / 3 The Expansion of the Orchestra and the Development of the Instruments / 4 Genre as the Core of Musical Development: Orchestral Works / 5 Genre as the Core of Musical Development: Chamber Music / PART III Opera! The Development of Popular, Nationalist, and Exotic Entertainment / 6 The Structure and Meaning of Italian Opera in the Classical Period / 7 Opera in France, Germany, and Elsewhere: Escaping the Past for an Exotic Future / 8 Sacred Music in the Era of Secularism / PART IV Capitals and Centers of Music-Making in the Classical Period / 9 Urban Musical Centers and Their Musical Establishments / 10 Cities and Courts on the Periphery / 11 From Universal Composer to Icon: Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / PART V Music for the People: Music as a Social Phenomenon in the Classical Period / 12 The Folk and Their Music Register of Names / Selected Reading / Glossary / Index
About the author
Bertil van Boer is Professor of Musicology-Theory and former Dean of the College of the Fine and Performing Arts at Western Washington University, USA.
Summary
Music in the Classical World: Genre, Culture, and History provides a broad sociocultural and historical perspective of the music of the Classical Period as it relates to the world in which it was created, one of the more vibrant periods of achievement in history.
