Nineteenth-century music : the western classical tradition / Jon W. Finson.
| Author/creator |
Finson, Jon W. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, ©2002. |
| Description | xiii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Variant title | 19th-century music |
| Contents | Nineteenth-century music: overview and background. The creation of modern Europe ; Industrialization ; Music in society ; Aesthetic trends. Romanticism ; Empiricism, realism, naturalism ; Historicism and nationalism -- The Viennese ascendancy. Beethoven. A brief sketch of the early Viennese years ; Beethoven's "Heroic" period ; Beethoven's late period -- Schubert. Schubert's background ; Schubert's songs ; Schubert's instrumental music -- Operatic premises: musical drama in the first part of the nineteenth century. Italian opera. Rossini ; Bellini ; Donizetti -- German opera. Weber -- French opera. Meyerbeer -- The styling of the avant-garde. Leipzig. Robert Schumann ; Clara Wieck Schumann ; Mendelssohn -- Paris. Chopin ; Liszt ; Berlioz -- The complete work of art: operatic development from midcentury. Verdi. Background and "First period" ; Maturity and "Second period" ; The third period: grand opera and its influences ; The fourth period: the experimentation of old age -- Wagner. Background and "Romantic operas" ; The creation of the "Music drama" ; Last years: Bayreuth and the "Unified work of art" -- French opera after midcentury. Faust ; Carmen -- The life of the concert hall after midcentury. The German contention. Brahms and neoclassicism ; Bruckner and monumentality ; Strauss and Jugendstil -- The ars gallica replies -- The diversity of nationalism. Russia. Mussorgsky ; Rimsky-Korsakov ; Tchaikovsky -- Central Europe and Scandinavia. Czech music ; German music ; Scandinavia -- England and the United states. England ; The United States -- The new language at century's end. France. Debussy ; Ravel -- Italy ; Germany and the United states. |
| Abstract | This up-to-date view of nineteenth-century classical music places a strong emphasis on the history of opera and on schematic representations of musical structure and form. The book presents a highly concise survey of nineteenth-century music tailored for the increasingly limited amount of time available to readers for the study of any one period, and focuses specifically on the central repertory heard today in the concert hall and at the opera house. The volume provides an overview and background information on nineteenth-century music including the Viennese ascendancy, musical drama in the first part of the nineteenth century, the styling of the avant-garde, operatic development from mid century, the life of the concert hall after mid century, the diversity of nationalism and the new language at century's end. For musicians and music lovers interested in an introduction to classical music. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2001036166 |
| ISBN | 0139271791 (pbk.) |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Course Reference | ML196 .F56 2002 | ✔ Available |