Viennese Waltz - Decadence and the Decline of Austrias Unconscious

This book shows how over the hundred years between the Vienna Congress and the dissolution of the Empire, the waltz altered from signifier of upper-class artifice-covering with glitz and glamour the poverty and war central to the time-to the link between the three classes, between man and nature, and between Viennese and "Other."

List of contents

Chapter 1. Topics in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna
Chapter 2. Evolution of Viennese Cultural-Historical Topics: Romance, Freud, and
Authenticity
Chapter 3. The Waltz and the "Other"
Chapter 4. Narrative and Deception
Chapter 5. The Development of the Uncanny Narrative
Chapter 6 Part 1. The Waltz and the Uncanny in Mahler's Seventh Symphony
Chapter 6 Part 2. Mahler's Scherzos and the Uncanny Waltz
Chapter 7. The Waltz as Pivot Point in Webern's Symphony Op. 21

About the author

Danielle Hood received her PhD in musicology from the University of Leeds.

Summary

This book shows how over the hundred years between the Vienna Congress and the dissolution of the Empire, the waltz altered from signifier of upper-class artifice—covering with glitz and glamour the poverty and war central to the time—to the link between the three classes, between man and nature, and between Viennese and “Other.”

Product details

• Authors: Danielle Hood
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2024
• EAN: 9781793653949
• ISBN: 978-1-79365-394-9
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous; MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, MUSIC / Ethnic, World Music, Theory of music & musicology, Classical Music (C 1750 To C 1830), Classical style, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Ballroom dancing, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Ballroom, Other global and regional music styles, Theory of music and musicology, Western "classical" music