Music in Vienna

Music in Vienna: 1700, 1800, 1900

by Wyn Jones, David

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The image of Vienna as a musical city is a familiar one. This book explores the history of music in Vienna, focussing on three different epochs, 1700, 1800 and 1900.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Music in Vienna : 1700, 1800, 1900.

Summary

The image of Vienna as a musical city is a familiar one. This book explores the history of music in Vienna, focussing on three different epochs, 1700, 1800 and 1900.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2016

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Boydell & Brewer
  • Place of Publication:Woodbridge
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2016

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781782048312, 1782048316
  • oclc:on1299136721
  • LC Classification:ML246.8.V6 -- J664 2016eb
  • Dewey Decimal:780.9436130903

Table of Contents

Frontcover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1 Telling Tales of Music in Vienna -- 1700 -- 2 Music at the Imperial and Royal Court -- Angelica, vincitrice di Alcina: an opera for the Habsburgs -- Three emperors: Leopold I, Joseph I and Karl VI -- Music in a fortress city -- Music and Habsburg identity -- 3 Catholicism, Ritual and Ceremony -- The regulation of the liturgy -- Leopold I and pietas austriaca -- Johann Joseph Fux: composer and theorist -- 4 Italian Opera and the Preservation of the Habsburg Dynasty -- Opera, representation and identity -- A coronation in Prague (1723): political unity and musical conservatism -- 1800 -- 5 Court, Aristocrats and Connoisseurs -- Mozart's coronation opera -- Haydn's Te Deum -- Music and the Habsburg dynasty, music and the Habsburg family -- The aristocracy as leaders of private and public taste in music -- Prince Nicolaus Esterházy and Prince Joseph Lobkowitz -- Women play and sing their part: a forgotten history -- 6 Demand, Aspiration and the Ennobling of the Spirit -- Music in the market place -- Behind closed doors: piano, song and string quartet -- Music in Vienna in 1808: the view of a patriot -- 7 Music, War and Peace -- I…

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Subjects

Austria -- Vienna Criticism, interpretation, etc Music Music -- History and criticism. -- 18th…

Writers

Wyn Jones, David

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