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 note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-279) and index. |
LCCN | 2015046824 |
ISBN | 9780226337098 (cloth : alk. paper) |
ISBN | 022633709X (cloth : alk. paper) |
Stock number | Univ of Chicago Pr, Attn: John Kessler C/O Chicago Distribution Center 11030 S Langley Ave, Chicago, IL, USA, 60628 SAN 202-5280 |