The characteristic symphony in the age of Haydn and Beethoven

The characteristic symphony in the age of Haydn and Beethoven / Richard Will.

'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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Main Author: Will, Richard James
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Series:New perspectives in music history and criticism.
Subjects:
Beethoven, Ludwig van, > 1770-1827. > Symphonies > Criticism and interpretation.
Haydn, Joseph, > 1732-1809. > Symphonies > Criticism and interpretation.
Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von, > 1739-1799. > Symphonies > Criticism and interpretation.
Symphonies (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Symphonies (Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von)
Symphonies (Haydn, Joseph)
1700-1899
Symphony > 18th century.
Symphony > 19th century.
Music > 18th century > Philosophy and aesthetics.
Music > 19th century > Philosophy and aesthetics.
Program music.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Classical.
Music > Philosophy and aesthetics
Program music
Symphony
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Musique à programme.
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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.

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