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"Would elementary general music teachers benefit from the mental exercise and new insights provided by this book? There's no question." Music Educators Journal
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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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"Would elementary general music teachers benefit from the mental exercise and new insights provided by this book? There's no question." Music Educators Journal
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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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Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 100 books | 11 books that cite this book Explore: Citations | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - CAPs: The Seven Last Words, Golden Age, Wellington's Victory, Les Quatre Ages, New York (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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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 | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Beethoven Hero by Scott Burnham on 10 pages
- Festivals and the French Revolution by Mona Ozouf on 4 pages
- Music Analysis in the Nineteenth Century: Volume 2, Hermeneutic Approaches (Cambridge Readings in the Literature of Music) by Ian Bent on 4 pages
- The Idea of Absolute Music by Carl Dahlhaus on 4 pages
- Music in the Western World by Richard Taruskin 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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