Grounded in knowledge of thousands of programs, this book examines how musical life in London, Leipzig, Vienna, Boston, and other cities underwent a fundamental transformation in relationship with movements in European politics. William Weber traces how musical taste evolved in European concert programs from 1750 to 1870, as separate worlds arose around classical music and popular songs. In 1780 a typical program accommodated a variety of tastes through a patterned 'miscellany' of genres, held together by diplomatic musicians. This framework began weakening around 1800 as new kinds of music appeared, from string quartets to quadrilles to ballads, which could not easily coexist on the same programs. Utopian ideas and extravagant experiments influenced programming as ideological battles were fought over who should govern musical taste. More than a hundred illustrations or transcriptions of programs enable readers to follow Weber's analysis in detail.
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"In 'Great Transformation of Musical Taste,' William Weber traces the development of the musical canon we revere today -- music, for the most part, composed by creative geniuses long dead. Audiences today prefer old works to new. ...[Weber] does show that the dead did not always reign supreme over our conception of the great and good. And he leaves us to conclude that they need not do so now." --Wall Street Journal
"Weber is to be commended for the clarity of his presentation.." --H-France Review
"Weber is to be commended for the clarity of his presentation.." --H-France Review
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Tracing the evolution of musical taste in European concert programs from 1750 to 1870, William Weber demonstrates how separate worlds arose around classical music, popular songs, and opera selections. The book includes over a hundred transcriptions of programs, enabling the reader to follow the analysis in detail.
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