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Leipzig after Bach : church and concert life in a German city /

Leipzig, Germany, is best known as the city where renowned composer J.S. Bach worked. But the century after his death in 1750 was critically important as well. This book examines how music in Leipzig responded to repeated threats, including changing middle-class musical tastes and the chaos of the N...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sposato, Jeffrey S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Leipzig, Saxony, and Lutheran orthodoxy
  • Church music and the rise of the public concert, 1743-1805
  • Hiller, Schicht, and the crises of church and state, 1785-1823
  • Mendelssohn and the transformation of Leipzig musical culture.