| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 329 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
New perspectives in music history and criticism |
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New perspectives in music history and criticism.
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| Contents |
Paradise lost: Dittersdorf's Four ages of the world and the crisis of Austrian enlightened despotism -- Preaching without words: reform Catholicism versus divine mystery in Haydn's Seven last words -- Boundaries of the art: characteristic music in contemporary criticism and aesthetics -- Paradise regained: time, morality, and humanity in Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony -- Making memories: symphonies of war, death, and celebration -- Appendixes: 1. Thematic index of characteristic symphonies -- Pastoral symphonies and movements -- Symphonies and movements by subject |
| Summary |
'Characteristic' symphonies have texts associating them with literature, politics, religion, and other aspects of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century European culture. This first full-length study of the genre illuminates the relationship between symphonies and their aesthetic and social context and discusses examples of works by composers including Beethoven, Haydn and Dittersdorf |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-318) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Symphonies -- Criticism and interpretation
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Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809. Symphonies -- Criticism and interpretation
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Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von, 1739-1799. Symphonies -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Symphonies (Beethoven, Ludwig van) fast |
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Symphonies (Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von) fast |
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Symphonies (Haydn, Joseph) fast |
| Subject |
Symphony -- 18th century
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Symphony -- 19th century
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Music -- 18th century -- Philosophy and aesthetics
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Music -- 19th century -- Philosophy and aesthetics
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Program music.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
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Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics
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Program music
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Symphony
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Program music
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Program music.
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Musique à programme.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2001035658 |
| ISBN |
0511041500 |
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9780511041501 |
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9780511481895 |
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0511481896 |
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0511032471 |
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9780511032479 |
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0511047746 |
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9780511047749 |
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9786610433179 |
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9780521057172 |
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0521057175 |
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9781107130548 |
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9781280433177 |
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9780511177590 |
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0511148003 |
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9780511148002 |
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0511325789 |
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9780511325786 |
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