| Description |
xv, 772 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge history of music
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Musical work and nineteenth-century history / Jim Samson -- Music and the rise of aesthetics / Andrew Bowie -- Profession of music / John Rink -- Opera industry / Roger Parker -- Construction of Beethoven / K. M. Knittel -- Music and the poetic / Julian Rushton -- Invention of tradition / John Irving -- Choral music / John Butt -- Consumption of music / Derek Carew -- Great composer / Jim Samson -- Progress, modernity and the concept of an avant-garde / John Williamson -- Music as ideal : the aesthetics of autonomy / Max Paddison -- Structures of musical life / Katharine Ellis -- Opera and music drama / Thomas Grey -- Beethoven reception : the symphonic tradition / James Hepokoski -- Words and music in Germany and France / Susan Youens -- Chamber music and piano / Jonathan Dunsby -- Choral culture and the regeneration of the organ / John Butt -- Music and social class / Derek B. Scott -- Nations and nationalism / Jim Samson -- Styles and languages around the turn of the century / Anthony Pople -- Chronology / Sarah Hibberd -- Institutions / Sarah Hibberd -- Personalia / Sarah Hibberd. |
| Subject |
Music -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Samson, Jim.
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| ISBN |
0521590175 (hardback) |
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