The Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Music, Pages 151-177Jim Samson The most informed reference book on nineteenth-century music currently available, this comprehensive overview of music in the nineteenth century draws on the most recent scholarship in the field. Essays investigate the intellectual and socio-political history of the time, and examine topics such as nations and nationalism, the emergent concept of an avant garde, and musical styles and languages at the turn of the century. It contains a detailed chronology, and extensive glossaries. |
Contents
The musical work and nineteenthcentury history | 3 |
The opera industry Roger Parker | 4 |
The construction of Beethoven K M Knittel | 5 |
Music and the poetic Julian Rushton | 6 |
The invention of tradition John Irving | 7 |
Choral music John Butt | 8 |
The consumption of music Derek Carew | 9 |
The great composer Jim Samson | 10 |
The opera industry | 87 |
The construction of Beethoven | 118 |
Music and the poetic | 157 |
The invention of tradition | 178 |
The consumption of music | 237 |
The great composer | 259 |
The structures of musical life | 343 |
Opera and music drama | 371 |
the aesthetics of autonomy Max Paddison | 12 |
The structures of musical life Katharine Ellis | 13 |
Opera and music drama Thomas Grey | 14 |
the symphonic tradition James Hepokoski | 15 |
Words and music in France and Germany Susan Youens | 16 |
Chamber music and piano Jonathan Dunsby | 17 |
Choral culture and the regeneration of the organ John Butt | 18 |
Music and social class Derek B Scott | 19 |
Nations and nationalism Jim Samson | 20 |
Styles and languages Anthony Pople | 21 |
Music and the rise of aesthetics | 29 |
The profession of music | 55 |
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