Free Fantasia and the Musical Picturesque

Klappentext Explores the 'picturesque' in the music of Bach! Haydn! and Beethoven. Zusammenfassung The aesthetic of the picturesque! derived from the controlled wilderness of the landscape garden! provided writers on music with a language in which to describe the free fantasia! and it emerges here as a vital means for understanding the fantastical elements in the music of Bach! Haydn and Beethoven. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Framing the musical picturesque; 2. C. P. E. Bach and the landscapes of genius; 3. The picturesque sketch and the interpretation of instrumental music; 4. Haydn's humour, Bach's fantasy; 5. Sentiment undone: solitude and the clavichord cult; 6. Picturesque Beethoven and the veiled Isis; Select bibliography; Index.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Annette Richards, Annette (Cornell University Richards
• Collaboration: Jeffrey Kallberg (Editeur), Anthony Newcomb (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 02.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521027533
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02753-3
• Pages: 272
• Thème: New Perspectives in Music Hist
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Musique > Général, dictionnaires