| German Music Criticism in the Late Eighteenth Century: Aesthetic Issues in Instrumental Music Contributor(s): Morrow, Mary Sue (Author), Mary Sue, Morrow (Author) |
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ISBN: 052158227X ISBN-13: 9780521582278 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1997 Annotation: Music aesthetics in late-eighteenth-century Germany has always been problematic because there was no aesthetic theory to evaluate the enormous amount of high-quality instrumental music produced by composers such as Haydn and Mozart. This book derives a practical aesthetic theory from an analysis of 1,300 reviews of instrumental music published in Germany between 1760 and 1798. The reviews document an intersection with trends in literature and philosophy, and reveal interest in criteria such as genius, the expressive power of music, and the necessity of unity, several decades earlier than has previously been supposed. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Classical - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Musical Instruments - General |
| Dewey: 784.117 |
| LCCN: 96041039 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.24 lbs) 268 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany - Chronological Period - 18th Century |