| The Characteristic Symphony in the Age of Haydn and Beethoven Contributor(s): Will, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521057175 ISBN-13: 9780521057172 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $44.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: Study of 'characteristic' symphonies, discussing works by Beethoven, Haydn and Dittersdorf. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Classical |
| Dewey: 784.218 |
| Lexile Measure: 1820 |
| Series: New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6" W x 9" (1.11 lbs) 344 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Will, Richard: - 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. |