The Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Music, Pages 151-177The 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. |
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Contents
The musical work and nineteenthcentury history | 3 |
The opera industry | 4 |
The great composer | 10 |
Nations and nationali | 20 |
The profession of music | 55 |
The construction of Beethoven | 118 |
6 Musicand the poetic | 165 |
The great composer | 259 |
Opera and music drama | 371 |
the symphonic tradition | 424 |
Chamber music and piano | 500 |
Nations and nationalism | 568 |
Chronology | 621 |
Institutions | 659 |
Personalia | 689 |
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Progress modernity and the concept of an avantgarde | 287 |
The structures of musical life | 343 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Music, Pages 151-177 Cambridge Histories Online Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History Cambridge history ebook collection The Cambridge History of Music |
| Editor | Jim Samson |
| Contributor | Cambridge University Press |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0521590175, 9780521590174 |
| Length | 772 pages |
| Subjects | › Music / General Music / History & Criticism |
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