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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. This first full-length study of the genre illuminates the relationship between symphonies and their aesthetic and soc...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Will, Richard James
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Series:New perspectives in music history and criticism.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Paradise lost: Dittersdorf's Four ages of the world and the crisis of Austrian enlightened despotism
  • Preaching without words: reform Catholicism versus divine mystery in Haydn's Seven last words
  • Boundaries of the art: characteristic music in contemporary criticism and aesthetics
  • Paradise regained: time, morality, and humanity in Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony
  • Making memories: symphonies of war, death, and celebration
  • Appendixes: 1. Thematic index of characteristic symphonies
  • Pastoral symphonies and movements
  • Symphonies and movements by subject.