German Music Criticism in the Late Eighteenth Century Hardback: Aesthetic Issues in Instrumental Music - Hardcover

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052158227X ISBN 13: 9780521582278

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

Derives a practical aesthetic for German instrumental music during the late eighteenth century, from a previously neglected source - reviews of printed instrumental works. These reveal interest in criteria like genius, the expressive power of music and the necessity of unity.

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'This beautifully produced book contains an introduction and eleven essays on musical life in eighteenth-century Vienna, that extraordinary era in which Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven flourished ... The collection is a wonderful example of how applied scholarship can deepen our appreciation of great music.' Contemporary Review

'The book's usefulness is enhanced by music examples, a full bibliography and index.' Peter Branscombe, The Times Literary Supplement

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Book by Morrow Mary Sue

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 052158227X
• ISBN 13: 9780521582278
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 268