The Characteristic Symphony in the Age of Haydn and Beethoven
Characteristic symphonies have texts associating them with literature, politics, religion, and other aspects of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century European culture. Examining both the music and its aesthetic and social contexts, this first full-length study of the genre demonstrates how symphonies constructed individual and collective identities through their subjects, representing emotion, human bodily movement, and the passage of time. Examples discussed include the Pastoral and Eroica symphonies of Beethoven and works by Haydn, Dittersdorf, and other composers of the era. An Appendix provides a thematic index of the entire repertory.
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The Characteristic Symphony in the Age of Haydn and Beethoven
Characteristic symphonies have texts associating them with literature, politics, religion, and other aspects of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century European culture. Examining both the music and its aesthetic and social contexts, this first full-length study of the genre demonstrates how symphonies constructed individual and collective identities through their subjects, representing emotion, human bodily movement, and the passage of time. Examples discussed include the Pastoral and Eroica symphonies of Beethoven and works by Haydn, Dittersdorf, and other composers of the era. An Appendix provides a thematic index of the entire repertory.
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The Characteristic Symphony in the Age of Haydn and Beethoven

The Characteristic Symphony in the Age of Haydn and Beethoven

by Richard Will
The Characteristic Symphony in the Age of Haydn and Beethoven

The Characteristic Symphony in the Age of Haydn and Beethoven

by Richard Will

Overview

Characteristic symphonies have texts associating them with literature, politics, religion, and other aspects of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century European culture. Examining both the music and its aesthetic and social contexts, this first full-length study of the genre demonstrates how symphonies constructed individual and collective identities through their subjects, representing emotion, human bodily movement, and the passage of time. Examples discussed include the Pastoral and Eroica symphonies of Beethoven and works by Haydn, Dittersdorf, and other composers of the era. An Appendix provides a thematic index of the entire repertory.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521057172
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 03/27/2008
Series: New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism , #7
Pages: 344
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)
Lexile: 1820L (what's this?)

About the Author

Richard Will is Assistant Professor of Music History at the University of Washington. He has articles published or forthcoming on Beethoven, Haydn, and other topics in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century music in the Journal of the American Musicological Society, Music and Letters, and Beethoven Forum. He has also written a series of critical essays on Jimi Hendrix for the International Dictionary of Black Composers.

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Paradise lost; 2. Preaching the emotions; 3. The boundaries of the art; 4. Paradise regained; 5. Making memories; Appendixes: 1. Thematic index of characteristic symphonies; 2. Pastoral symphonies and movements; 3. Symphonies and movements by subject.
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