Music in Eighteenth-Century Austria
The music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven forms a cornerstone of the modern repertoire, but very little is known about the context in which these composers worked. Beginning with the early decades of the eighteenth century, the essays in this volume consider some of the musical traditions and practices of this little understood period of music history. Four main areas are covered: orchestral music, sacred music, opera and keyboard music.
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Music in Eighteenth-Century Austria
The music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven forms a cornerstone of the modern repertoire, but very little is known about the context in which these composers worked. Beginning with the early decades of the eighteenth century, the essays in this volume consider some of the musical traditions and practices of this little understood period of music history. Four main areas are covered: orchestral music, sacred music, opera and keyboard music.
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Music in Eighteenth-Century Austria

Music in Eighteenth-Century Austria

by David Wyn Jones (Editor)
Music in Eighteenth-Century Austria

Music in Eighteenth-Century Austria

by David Wyn Jones (Editor)

Overview

The music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven forms a cornerstone of the modern repertoire, but very little is known about the context in which these composers worked. Beginning with the early decades of the eighteenth century, the essays in this volume consider some of the musical traditions and practices of this little understood period of music history. Four main areas are covered: orchestral music, sacred music, opera and keyboard music.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521453493
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 04/04/1996
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 7.09(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.91(d)

Table of Contents

List of plates; Preface; 1. Introduction: new challenges, new perspectives David Wyn Jones; Part I. Overture, Symphony and Concerto: 2. The trumpet overture and sinfonia in Vienna (1715–1822): rise, decline and reformulation A. Peter Brown; 3. The early Classical violin concerto in Austria Chappell White; Part II. Traditions in Sacred Music: 4. Haydn's Missa sunt bona mixta malis and the a cappella tradition David Wyn Jones; 5. Johann Baptist Vanhal and the pastoral mass tradition Bruce MacIntyre; 6. The Austrian pastorella and the stylus rusticanus: comic and pastoral elements in Austrian music, 1750–1800 Geoffrey Chew; Part III. Opera and Drama: 7. The applausus musicus, or Singgedicht: a neglected genre of eighteenth-century musical theatre Robert N. Freeman; 8. The operas of Antonio Salieri as a reflection of Viennese opera 1770–1800 John A. Rice; 9. Lorenzo da Ponte's Viennese librettos Konrad Küster; 10. Viennese amateur or London professional? A reconsideration of Haydn's tragic cantata Arianna a Naxos Julian Rushton; Part IV. Pianos and Pianism: 11. The Viennese fortepiano in the eighteenth century Eva Badura-Skoda; The Beethoven-Wölfl piano duel Tia DeNora; Index.
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