Nineteenth-century music / Carl Dahlhaus ; English translation by J. Bradford Robinson.

Author/creator Dahlhaus, Carl
Other author Robinson, J. Bradford, translator.
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©1989.
Descriptionx, 417 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Subjects
Music--19th century. --History and criticism.

Uniform titleMusik des 19. Jahrhunderts. English
SeriesCalifornia studies in 19th century music ; 5
California studies in 19th century music ; 5. ^A174953
Contents Introduction. The nineteenth century as past and present ; The twin styles ; Music and romanticism ; Tradition and restoration ; Nationalism and universality ; The music culture of the bourgeoisie -- 1814-1830. Rossini and the restoration ; Opera comique and German opera ; Beethoven: myth and reception ; Beethoven's late style ; The metaphysic of instrumental music ; Lied traditions ; The idea of folk song -- 1830-1848. Melodie lunghe: Bellini and Donizetti ; The dramaturgy of grand opera ; Virtuosity and interpretation ; Poetic music ; The symphony after Beethoven ; Choral music as a form of education ; Romatnicism and biedermeier music ; Church music and bourgeois spirit -- 1848-1870. Wagner's conception of musical drama ; Opera as drama: Verdi ; The idea of national opera ; Opera bouffe, operetta, savoy opera ; The symphonic poem ; Music as criticism as philosophy of history ; Brahms and the chamber music tradition -- 1870-1889. The second age of the symphony ; Drame lyrique and operatic realism ; Ars gallica ; Russian music: epic opera ; Exoticism, folklorism, archaism ; Trivial music ; Historicism -- 1889-1914. Modernism as a period in music history ; Post-Wagnerian opera ; Melodrama and verismo ; Program music and the art work of ideas ; Linguistic character and the disintegration of tonality ; Emancipation of dissonance.
Abstract A survey of the most popular period in music history details many of the socio-historical influences on music of this period, the impact of Beethoven's death, and the rise of grand opera.
General noteTranslation of: Die Musik des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 88015472
ISBN0520052919

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