The first golden age of the Viennese symphony : Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert / A. Peter Brown.

Author/creator Brown, A. Peter
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, ©2002.
Descriptionxxvii, 716 pages, 31 pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects

SeriesThe symphonic repertoire ; v. 2
Brown, A. Peter. Symphonic repertoire ; v. 2. ^A1424488
Contents Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert: orchestras and concerts -- The symphonies of Franz Joseph Haydn. Introduction. Authenticity ; Dates and chronology ; Views of the genre ; Editions -- Group I: symphonies before 1761. Overture-styled symphonies nos. 1, 4, 10, 27 ; C-Major trumpet symphonies nos. 37, 32, 33, 20 ; Da Chiesa symphonies nos. 18, 5, 11 ; Chamber symphonies nos. 2, "A", 15 -- Group II: symphonies before 1761 to ca. 1763 (?). Nos. "B," 17, 19, 25, 3, 16, 14, 36 -- Group III: early Esterhazy symphonies, 1761-1765. Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9, 40, 12, 13, 72, 21, 22, 23, 24, 34, 30, 29, 31, 28 -- Group IV: Esterhazy symphonies ca. 1766-1772. Nos. 39, 35, 38, 59, 49, 48, 58, 26, 41, 44, 52, 43, 42, 45, 46, 47 -- Group V: symphonies for Prince Esterhazy and public consumption, ca. 1772 to ca. 1782. Nos. 65, 51, 64, 50, 60, 54, 55, 56, 57, 68, 67, 69, 66, 61, 71, 70, 53, 75, 63, 62, 74, 73 -- Group VI: symphonies, 1782-1784. Nos. 76, 77, 68, 79, 80, 81 -- Group VII: the six "Paris" symphonies. Nos. 87, 85, 83, 84, 86, 82 -- Group VIII: two symphonies for Tost and three more for Paris, 1787-1789. Nos. 88, 89, 90, 91, 92 -- Groups IX and X: the twelve symphonies for London. Nos. 96, 95, 93, 94, 98, 97, 99, 101, 100, 102, 103, 104 ; Haydn and Pleyel in London -- The symphonies of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Introduction. Authenticity and the symphonies ; Symphonic adaptations from overtures and serenades -- Symphonies for England and Holland, 1764-1766. K. 16 (GA 1, K. 19 (GA 4), Anh. 223/K. 19a, K. 22 (GA 5), K. 45a -- Symphonies for Vienna, 1767-1768. Anh. 214/K. 45b, K. 43 (GA 6), K. 45 (GA 7), K. 48 (GA 8) -- Symphonies mainly for the Italian tours, 1770-1771. K. 74 (GA 10), K. 84/73q (GA 11), K. 97/73m (GA 47), K. 95/73n (GA 45), K. 110/75b (GA 12), K. 112 (GA 13) -- Salzburg symphonies, 1771-1774. K. 114 (GA 14), K. 124 (GA 15), K. 128 (GA 16), K. 129 (GA 17), K. 130 (GA 18), K. 73/75a (GA 9), K. 132 (GA 19), K. 133 (GA 20), K. 134 (GA 21), K. 184/166a/161a (GA 26), K. 181/166a/162b (GA 23), K. 162 (GA 22), K. 199/162a/161b (GA 27), K. 182/166c/173dA (GA 24), K. 183/173dB (GA 25), K. 201/186a (GA 29), K. 202/186b (GA 30), K. 200/173e/189k (GA 28) -- The "Paris" symphony, 1778. K. 297/300a (GA 31) -- Three Salzburg masterworks, 1779-1780. K. 318 (GA 35), K. 319 (GA 33), K. 338 (GA 34) -- Viennese masterworks, 1782-1788. K. 385 (GA 35), K. 425 (GA 36), K. 504 (GA 38), K. 543 (GA 39), K. 550 (GA 40), K. 551 (GA 41) -- Mozart's symphonies in historical context -- The symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven. Introduction. Phases of Beethoven's symphonic development ; Symphony sketches from the 1790s -- Symphony no. 1 in C major opus 21 ; Symphony no. 2 in D major opus 3 ; Symphony no. 3 "Eroica" in E-flat major opus 55 ; Symphony no. 4 in B-flat major opus 60 ; Symphony no. 5 in C minor opus 67 ; Symphony no. 6 "Pastoral" in F major opus 68 ; Symphony no. 7 in A major opus 92 ; Symphony no. 8 in F major opus 93 ; Wellingtons Sieg bei Vittoria ("Wellington's victory") ; Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor opus 125 ; Plans for a tenth symphony -- The symphonies of Franz Peter Schubert. Introduction. Bibliographic problems and editions ; Stylistic divisions -- Symphony no. 1 in D major D. 82 ; Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major D. 125 ; Symphony no. 3 in D major D. 200 ; Symphony no. 4 "Tragic" in C minor D. 417 ; Symphony no. 5 in B-flat major D. 485 ; Symphony no. 6 in C major D. 589 ; Symphonic sketches D. 615, 708A ; Draft symphony (no. 7) in E major D. 729 ; Symphony no. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D. 759 ; Symphony no. 9 "Great" in C major D. 944 ; Symphonic sketch D. 936A.
Abstract This volume considers some of the best-known and most universally admired symphonies by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert, who created what the author designates as the first golden age of the Viennese symphony during the late 18th and first three decades of the 19th century. The last two dozen symphonies by Haydn, half dozen by Mozart, and three by Schubert, together with Beethoven's nine symphonies became established in the repertoire and provided a standard against which every other symphony would be measured. Most significantly, they imparted a prestige to the genre that was only occasionally rivaled by other cyclic compositions. More than 170 symphonies from this repertoire are described and analyzed in this book.
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Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 659-690) and indexes.
LCCN 98047949
ISBN025333487X

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