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Haydn's sunrise, Beethoven's shadow : audiovisual culture and the emergence of musical Romanticism / Deirdre Loughridge.

Author/creator Loughridge, Deirdre author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Description291 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Audiovisual histories -- From mimesis to prosthesis -- Opera as peepshow -- Shadow media -- Haydn's Creation as moving image -- Beethoven's phantasmagoria -- Audiovisual returns.
Abstract The years between roughly 1760 and 1810, a period stretching from the rise of Joseph Haydn's career to the height of Ludwig van Beethoven's, are often viewed as a golden age for musical culture, when audiences started to revel in the sounds of the concert hall. But the latter half of the eighteenth century also saw proliferating optical technologies - including magnifying instruments, magic lanterns, peepshows, and shadow-plays - that offered new performance tools, fostered musical innovation, and shaped the very idea of 'pure' music. This book is a fascinating exploration of the early romantic blending of sight and sound as encountered in popular science, street entertainments, opera, and music criticism.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 264-279) and index.
LCCN 2015046824
ISBN9780226337098 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN022633709X (cloth : alk. paper)
Stock numberUniv of Chicago Pr, Attn: John Kessler C/O Chicago Distribution Center 11030 S Langley Ave, Chicago, IL, USA, 60628 SAN 202-5280

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