German Music Criticism in the Late Eighteenth Century Aesthetic Issues in Instrumental Music |
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Author:
| Morrow, Mary Sue |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-02745-8 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2006 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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Music aesthetics in late eighteenth-century Germany has always been problematic because there was no aesthetic theory to evaluate the enormous amount of high-quality instrumental music produced by composers like Haydn and Mozart. This book derives a practical aesthetic theory from an analysis of 1300 reviews of instrumental music published in Germany between 1760 and 1798.The reviews document an intersection with trends in literature and philosophy, and reveal interest in criteria like...
More DescriptionMusic aesthetics in late eighteenth-century Germany has always been problematic because there was no aesthetic theory to evaluate the enormous amount of high-quality instrumental music produced by composers like Haydn and Mozart. This book derives a practical aesthetic theory from an analysis of 1300 reviews of instrumental music published in Germany between 1760 and 1798.The reviews document an intersection with trends in literature and philosophy, and reveal interest in criteria like genius, the expressive power of music, and the necessity of unity, several decades earlier than has previously been supposed.