Handel, Haydn, and the Viennese classical style / By Jens Peter Larsen ; translations by Ulrich Krämer.
Author/creator |
Larsen, Jens Peter, 1902-1988 |
Format | Book and Print |
Publication Info | Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press, ©1988. |
Description | xii, 332 pages ; 24 cm. |
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Series | Studies in musicology ; no. 100 Studies in musicology ; no. 100. ^A163772 |
Contents | Handel. Handel: the great European ; Problems of the Handel tradition ; Oratorio versus opera ; G. F. Handel's operas and oratorios: form, typology, and performance practice ; Esther and the origin of the Handelian oratorio tradition ; The development of the Handelian oratorio and Messiah ; Changing conceptions of Handel's Messiah ; Handelian tempo problems and Messiah -- Haydn. The challenge of Joseph Haydn ; On Haydn's artistic development ; Haydn and Mozart ; Problems of authenticity in music from the time of Haydn and Mozart ; Haydn's early masses: evolution of a genre ; Beethoven's C-major mass and the late masses of Joseph Haydn ; Haydn's early symphonies: the problem of dating ; Haydn and das kleine quartbuch ; The Haydn tradition -- Viennese classical style. Some observations on the development and characteristics of Viennese classical instrumental music ; Towards an understanding of the development of the Viennese classical style ; On the importance of the "Mannheim school" ; Sonata form problems ; Traditional prejudices in connection with Viennese classical music ; Period style - generation style ; The style change in Austrian music between the baroque and Viennese classicism ; Concerning the development of the Austrian symphonic tradition (circa 1750-1775). |
General note | Essays originally published 1935-1985; those originally in German here published in English translations for the 1st time. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
LCCN | 88001206 |
ISBN | 0835718514 (alk. paper) |
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