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.
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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.
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A glittering audience attended the Viennese premiere of Dittersdorf's twelve symphonies on Ovid's Metamorphoses, given at two concerts in May 1786. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Seven Last Words, Golden Age, Wellington's Victory, Les Quatre Ages, New York, Cambridge University Press, Iron Age, Brazen Age, Allgemeine Theorie, Les Paysans, Eroica Symphony, Die Pastorale, French Revolution, Beethoven Hero, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Come All Ye Shepherds, God Save the King, Ludwig van Beethoven, Paul Wranitzky, Anton Wranitzky, Der Tod Jesu, Dittersdorf's Metamorphoses, Don Juan, Dramatic Cohesion, Elysian Fields New!
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A glittering audience attended the Viennese premiere of Dittersdorf's twelve symphonies on Ovid's Metamorphoses, given at two concerts in May 1786. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Seven Last Words, Golden Age, Wellington's Victory, Les Quatre Ages, New York, Cambridge University Press, Iron Age, Brazen Age, Allgemeine Theorie, Les Paysans, Eroica Symphony, Die Pastorale, French Revolution, Beethoven Hero, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Come All Ye Shepherds, God Save the King, Ludwig van Beethoven, Paul Wranitzky, Anton Wranitzky, Der Tod Jesu, Dittersdorf's Metamorphoses, Don Juan, Dramatic Cohesion, Elysian Fields New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Idea of Absolute Music by Carl Dahlhaus on 4 pages
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- Empress Marie Therese and Music at the Viennese Court, 1792-1807 by John A. Rice on page 159, and Back Matter
- Beethoven: The Music and the Life by Lewis Lockwood in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Beethoven: The Music and the Life by Lewis Lockwood in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Bach and the Meanings of Counterpoint (New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism) by David Yearsley in Front Matter
- Hugo Riemann and the Birth of Modern Musical Thought (New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism) by Alexander Rehding in Front Matter
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